Recent content by a_ak57

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    New Sapphire TRIXX out.Supports voltage control for 5850 xtreme

    I think his point was if you had problems with it at stock, you should have RMAed it. And overclocking is the last thing you'd do with a card that should be RMAed.
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    System powers up but nothing more

    Yeah, didn't make any real difference. And I've updated the original post.
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    System powers up but nothing more

    Well, I just got an i7 920, DFI LP UT X58-T3EH8, and 3x2GB Patriot 1066. I had been previously using a q6600, ASUS p5Q-deluxe and 4GB OCZ platinum PC2-8400. Been using 5850s. Hi, I recently got an i7 920, DFI LP UT X58-T3EH8, and 3x2GB Patriot 1066 RAM and I've been having trouble with my...
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    Upgrade my HD5850? To what? Or should I be looking at upgrading other components?

    Well, do you find yourself playing any games that would actually benefit from an upgrade (any low framerates, input lag)? Or are you just looking to upgrade for the sake of upgrade? Looking up the specs, your monitor seems to be 1600x1200, so I'd imagine your 5850 should be fine at that...
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    Battlefield 3 pre-order $45 AC @ Direct2Drive (25% off code good for anything > $20!)

    The last actual Battlefield game was 2142 which is 4-5 years old. The Bad Company games are spinoffs, and I wouldn't really count them since the gameplay is different.
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    SAPPHIRE 100282XTREME Radeon HD 5850 $140 FS@newegg

    Got mine in today, did some brief testing and was able to run heaven 2.5 at 800 core and 1200 memory without getting issues. But I'll do some more testing tomorrow since I don't know for sure that this is stable. Temperatures were good for me, seemed to be in the low 60s at max and around...
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    SAPPHIRE 100282XTREME Radeon HD 5850 $140 FS@newegg

    I'll be getting mine in on Wednesday according to tracking, but I probably wouldn't do anything over than some brief overclocking until the weekend.