Recent content by Baconnaise

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    Looking to upgrade from a 7950

    Thanks for the advice everyone. I appreciate it. I'll see about bumping up my 7950 some. I think I saw a used one in my area w/boost like mine for about 100 dollars too so might nab that for my other systems. I'll just have to see what can be scrounged up on the cheap for those others.
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    Looking to upgrade from a 7950

    I am. I ordered a couple of Samsung 850 EVO 250GB. Initially I had two of these drives and one died within six months. It's been running for years now though. Windows 10 doesn't like the drive and will not load or sometimes install which isn't surprising. I was primarily looking for an upgrade...
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    Looking to upgrade from a 7950

    Operating System Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit SP1 CPU Intel Core i5 4690K @ 3.50GHz: 38 °C Haswell 22nm Technology...
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    Looking to update current video card

    Thanks for the info guys. I wasn't noticing any problem with these older dx9 and dx10 parts even playing newer titles. Funny how console ports stagnate the PC it seems and let's you hold off on upgrading. I can wait it out since 10-20% isn't that big of a deal for me atm.
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    Looking to update current video card

    My current specs z68 asus mobo i5 2500k 16gb ram two sata3 striped as boot/game gtx465 se I have two 8800gtxs in an older quad intel and another with two 7800gtx 512mb cards that seem to run new games just fine on max. The 465se runs just about anything maxed except for shadows usually. I...