Recent content by BlueW1zard

I have been doing that and my graphics score looks spot on. I'm presuming the CPU score doesn't have as much of an impact in the newer tests. Based on what I get in all the other tests I was expecting around p18000 in 3Dmark 11

Hi all After recently upgrading to a Fury Nitro I've been running various benchmarks (as you do) and getting some satisfactory results. The only one that doesn't seem to be anywhere near were it should be is the 3DMark 11 score. My System: I5 2500k@4.4gig MSI P67 GD65 (B3) 8 Gig 1333hz...

I purchased a Saphire Nitro R9 Fury for £300 a couple of days ago. Overclocked and running virtually silent its a nice bump up from my 290 Reference (hot and loud) The way I see it, and from the line up of games coming out, is that a 480 or a Fury are going to see increased efficiency with...

Yeah, mine runs silent and cool too, despite a little bit of coil whine (which seems to be in a few select things and hardly noticeable) I've got it overclocked to 1100 mhz and getting decent FPS. Great card.

Cool :) How are you getting on? I've installed mine (had to update BIOS to latest because it wouldn't post) So far I'm pretty happy but there are a few issues: I get some coil whine when benching/ gaming but everything seems stable at least. I also get bad 3dmark 11 scores (12700)...

I've ordered an R9 Fury Nitro.Got it for £300. From what I have now gathered my Mother board will be fine.

I have a feeling that will be the case. Thanks for the quick response. I'll stick a new card in and if it doesn't post I will update my BIOS :) ps I'm reluctant to update the BIOS just yet as I have heard that it cripples the SandyBridge OC settings to allow for IvyBridge

I'm about to grab a new Video card to put into my old motherboard to tide me over until next year and I have a concern. I'm using a MSI p67 GD-65 which is currently running a R9 290 without any issues. Will my MB be compatible with the R9 Fury, Rx 480, GTX 1070 etc.? I've done some...

I'm looking to swap out my hot and loud R9 290 (reference) that I bought at release. I love the card and it's served me well but I've got the upgrade bug now and want to get another GPU. I usually aim for long term when buying a card (2+ years) so I normally get high end or close to high end...

Yeah that's what I'm thinking

So does that mean Nvidia are still just as efficient as AMD with Dx12 despite Async Compute and all the fuss is just nonsense? That's good to know. I might just get a 1070 then as DX12 won't make any difference

I was under the impression that because Nvidia have yet to correctly utilise Async compute in their GPU's it's hindering their performance in DX12 making them less efficient. Guess I was wrong and that there isn't any lack of support and they are on par with AMD. Good news.

Thanks for the feedback guys. My longer term plans are to upgrade everything. My first upgrade will be the video card followed by my CPU, MB and memory early next year. I am aware there may be a bottleneck upgrading my GPU but at the moment I don't always get 60+ fps. Upgrading to a 1070...

I currently get almost bang on 60fps average in Fallout 4 on Ultra. My 290 screams it's head off at 100% usage and a flat line constant 947 clock speed (cap) So no bottleneck there. Coincidently I used to get 40fps until I installed the Crimson driver. Which isn't far off from this...

I'm not fighting their advice, I appreciate the input. CPU bottlenecking isn't black and white and people have different results which become subjective rather than objective. I have experienced bottlenecking on several occasions and one of the first indicators is that your GPU isn't running...