Recent content by Ashkael

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    Help me decide. 6970 vs 580

    This right here is very important to me: minimum FPS. I've previously tried 5870 Crossfire as well as a single 5970. My experience was that while max FPS skyrocketed, minimum FPS barely improved at all. I just don't feel it's useful or practical to have your FPS go from 80 to 120 in a Crossfire...
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    Help me decide. 6970 vs 580

    Wow, this thread kind of exploded while I finished my shift. Thanks for all the feedback! What I meant is that yes, I'm willing to throw bang for the buck out of the window for performance. The thing is, the price gap between the 580 and the 6970 is so massive that I don't know what to do. In...
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    Help me decide. 6970 vs 580

    I've been gaming at 1680x1050 with my HD5870 (great card!) for quite some time now, but today I jumped the gun on a 120Hz 1920x1080 display which I'm quite excited about. In order to celebrate, I've set aside some money for a new top of the line video card (I have plans to use my 5870 on a...
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    German sites IQ findings trickling over to the US. DISCLAIMER: Toms hardware link.

    Interesting story. I've experienced the exact opposite. I've had my 5870 for about 8 months too and I've updated drivers every time they come out. So far, I've experienced a grand total of ZERO problems. On the other hand, the GTX 285 I owned before couldn't play Oblivion or Fallout 3 on the...
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    Why I still love my 5970/5870 tri-fire

    Because I live in Central America, so I have no real way of selling my card in the US. Even if I got a buyer in the US, no one would 1) pay the $120 shipping so the card arrives safely through FedEx or UPS, and 2) no one would trust someone living this far away to make the transaction anyway...
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    Why I still love my 5970/5870 tri-fire

    Do you have any issues with microstuttering and just bad Crossfire performance in some games? I currently use a 5870, but I have a 5970 sitting in a box in my closet that I refuse to use. I tried using it alone and with a Tri-fire setup with my 5870, but the ridiculous amounts of...
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    The 6970 runs at 880 core, 1536sp's, 250watt TDP, launch date is the 14th in US

    I didn't follow the release of Barts at all, but I'm following this one because I'm trying to decide between a 580 and a 6970. Did AMD really hand out cards with crippled BIOS and false PDF files for Barts?
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    The 6970 runs at 880 core, 1536sp's, 250watt TDP, launch date is the 14th in US

    So, just to recap here: have any of these supposed leaked slides/pages/documentation that show the 6970 being >= 570 but < 580 been confirmed as legit yet, or is this all still rumors, possible photoshop and speculation?
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    VC&G Community Poll Request (mod-sponsored)

    The problem comes when someone tries to pass off rumors as factual information. If I see a thread titled "X, Y, and Z in new video card, says NVidia", I'm led to believe the info is accurate. So I click on the thread to find more, and turns out it's all from a rumor site. This is immensely...
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    Sapphire HD 5970 4GB Toxic or GTX 480 Fermi in SLI?

    The Toxic 5970 and the pair of GTX 480s are overkill for your resolution. You do not need that much power. I'll go even further and suggest a single HD5870 or GTX480 instead, but my opinion is very biased as I'm not a huge fan of multi GPU setups. I find they are like some prescriptions drugs...
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    Mafia II's strangely high suggested "Apex" (PhysX) recommended requirements

    Whether or not you are a Physx supporter, I think the argument here is that specifically asking for $600 worth of brand A video cards just to meet the recommended specifications for the best visual experience is going a bit too far. It's been argued by its supporters that Physx is an "added...
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    No AA in StarCraft II with ATI Cards

    I highly doubt Blizzard cares about making their game as pretty as Crysis or Metro 2033. After all, people are still playing SC1, a 10+ year old game. Blizzard's goal is probably to make the game as accessible as possible, even to people who are running ancient dinosaur computers. I played the...
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    "PhysX hobbled on CPU by x87 code"

    Ars has an article on this subject, complete with a response from NVidia. http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2010/07/did-nvidia-cripple-its-cpu-gaming-physics-library-to-spite-intel.ars
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    Need a drag'n'drop MP3 Player Recommendation

    Yah, I definitely want something that works right out of the box, and like I said, 16GBs is pretty much the minimum. I already tried one of those terrible Sony Walkman ones. TERRIBLE sound quality. Any other recommendations would be greatly appreciated.
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    Need a drag'n'drop MP3 Player Recommendation

    Hey there, I find myself in need of an mp3 player. All I hear about these days are Zunes and iPods. My sister owns an iPod and I've toyed enough with it to know that I simply do NOT want any mp3 player that requires me to go through some annoying software to be able to load my music on it...