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    Why still no GDDR5 Geforce GT 640?

    Well, I know the Dell exclusive does not have a power connector because I have one in front of me. They must have bumped up the clocks the same as AMD did with the HD7750 to create the GTX650 and increased the power draw when they did but a used Dell GT640 GDDR5 would still be an excellent...
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    Why still no GDDR5 Geforce GT 640?

    It makes a big difference when power consumption, heat and noise are all issues. The GDDR5 version is right now the most powerful card you can buy without an external power connector. It competes well against the HD7750 which requires external power and it's because of the type of memory used...
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    Why still no GDDR5 Geforce GT 640?

    So if I'm reading this correctly, the GTX 650 is basically Dell's exclusive GT640 GDDR5 with a new name.
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    Why still no GDDR5 Geforce GT 640?

    The OEM version of the GT640 GDDR5 does not have an external power connector. I think, though, that the reason why nVidia has not allowed their board partners to release their own GDDR5 versions yet is because Dell wants to keep it exclusive for a while. One thing does puzzle me about this...
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    Sidegrade from GTX 560 Ti to HD 7870.

    Just how is HD7870 supposed to be a sidegrade from GTX 560Ti when it will wipe the floor with it? HD7870 is going to be faster out of the box than an HD6970 with more overclocking potential. GTX 560Ti is not faster than HD6970 so HD7870 is an UPgrade from GTX 560Ti not a sidegrade..
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    [zol.com.cn] HD 7870 rumors surface better than 560ti!!

    Incorrect. HD7870 is a die shrink of HD6970. HD7850 is a die shrink of HD6950. HD7870 1536 Stream Processors 96 Texture Units 128 Z/Stencil ROP Units 32 Color ROP Units HD7850 1408 Stream Processors 88 Texture Units 128 Z/Stencil ROP Units 32 Color ROP Units Both will have...
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    [zol.com.cn] HD 7870 rumors surface better than 560ti!!

    First of all, what the heck is an HD6930? Secondly, the HD7870 is going to be a die shrink of HD6970 with slightly higher clock speeds, so it will be faster than a HD6970 by a small amount. If this HD6930 is not a typo and is slower than a HD6970, then you are very much mistaken.
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    Confused about 7970 World of Warcraft performance

    And that's precisely the point I tried to make but apparently failed to do, though I don't understand how. It's a simple enough concept to understand. Hardware is only capable of running the standards that it supports. It is not capable of doing anything else. DX11 downgrading the gameplay...
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    Confused about 7970 World of Warcraft performance

    No, it is your misinterpretation of the chart that you linked. You said you were playing in DX11 on DX10 and 10.1 hardware. I pointed out your error. You are not getting anything close to a full DX11 experience on any hardware that is not capable of it. If your video card is only capable of...
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    Confused about 7970 World of Warcraft performance

    If it's not using all DX11 features, then it is not DX11. What don't you understand about that? The chart you linked to proves my point perfectly. If your video card doesn't support DX11, then the game is downgrading to whatever DX version your card supports, so a DX11 card will run in DX11, a...
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    AMD goes fermi

    Bitcoin miners who prefer AMD cards over nVidia ones would dispute the idea that nVidia cards are better at GPU computing than AMD cards. In fact, they have proven that AMD cards have more processing power than equivalent nVidia cards. If AMD is changing their architecture to be closer to that...
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    Video card for 1440x900 (Dec 2011)

    HD6770 will be more than enough at 1440x900. Anything more than that will be a waste of money unless you are planning on getting a higher resolution monitor soon.
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    Why do you guys bother with PC gaming?

    Please do not feed the troll. I'm surprised a mod didn't lock this thread after the first post.
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    Confused about 7970 World of Warcraft performance

    Sorry, but I'm calling you on this. First of all, AMD cards have been using tesselation since R600. Secondly, your 9800GT is NOT running in DX11 mode because it does not support the DX11 feature set. The 9800GT is a DX10 card, so you are playing in DX10, not DX11. Your 4870x2 is running in...
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    Sidegrade from GTX 560 Ti to HD 7870.

    6870 was never intended to beat 5870. 6970 was the 5870 replacement. AMD changed the numbering scheme and brought back x9xx to denote their top end cards and moved the x8xx cards down market. This was announced well in advance of release but to this day people (usually nVidia guys) still compare...