Recent content by Haveapie

Then its done. The 6870 is on its way. My view of tech forums like this has drastically changed, you guys have been a monumental help. I will be sure to pay it forward. Thank you again!

This has been super helpful. Additionally, the prospect of buying used has opened up a lot of options for me, and I have found a GTX 560 ti within budget. Based on the AnandTech benchmarks, that looks like it blows the other cards out of the water. (Still don't really know what I'm looking for...

Buggar, I'm not sure how comfortable I am OCing things. I feel like I am going to end up breaking something :-P Would it be significantly hampering if i kept my CPU at stock to get the full force out of the 6870? Am I throwing in the extra few dollars only to hit a ceiling with my CPU?

Wow guys, thanks a ton for getting back to me on this- @digitaldurandal- Per your edit, yea I am seeing artifacting, its a real bummer as my card performance was already good enough for me. Alas, I figure is I have to replace it, I might as well upgrade. I did reset the drivers, removed the...

Hi, This is my first time to this site, everyone seems so helpful, so hopefully someone can lend a hand. I have a moderate tech level, I understand how all these things work, GPUs however have always seemed to escape me! Thanks in advance! System Specifications: I. Processor/CPU: AMD Athlon...