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I currently have a Radeon HD 7870. I am looking at buying a R9 270 or R9 290X for another computer. Will either the R9 270 or the R9 270X Crossfire with the 7870 if I want to combine them in a single computer somewhere down the road? Also, if Crossfiring them won't work, should I get a 270 or...

Resetting the BIOS didn't do anything so I'm just getting a new heatsink. This is one of the few times I've used a stock Intel HSF, and I guess I should have known better.

Any recommendations (and I'll go $40 no problem)?

I changed some BIOS settings and got the fan speed up to 2000 rpm, but the temps did not fall significantly while playing GW2 (still 90 - 100 degrees Celsius). But if I've been playing GW2 for weeks without any problems, are these temps really an issue?

I'll be installing an aftermarket HSF. Any recommendations for a good HSF that'll fit in a tight motherboard?

There is no core stuck at full load. Besides, with Guild Wars 2 all of the cores are running at high to full capacity when playing the game. Looking at the heatsink while making sure it was seated correctly, I noticed that it really is a piece of junk. You'd think that Intel would sell its...

1500 RPM. I have it set to run at 100% because there is no point with slowing down such a tiny fan.

Yes it is. I was careful to put it on correctly when I first installed it, and I just rechecked it.

My specs are: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3470 CPU @ 3.20GHz Gigabyte B75M-D3V motherboard 8 GB DRAM PC-3 12800 @ 800MHz Radeon HD 7870 Stock Intel heatsink, case cover is off, one 120 mm stock fan at the back. Nothing is overclocked; standard BIOS settings. Right now the CPU is running at...

Yes, it's 64-bit. As someone mentioned above, onboard video needs to use the system memory, so it would seem that with Win 7 installed (love it but it's a hog), having more than 2 gigs of memory could outstrip the benefits of dual-channel. I was also thinking of installing an AMD video card...

Now that my ex has a new hard drive up and running with Windows 7, her computer is handling videos pretty well. Her old system drive was the problem. One question: she has two sticks of 1-gig memory. I have one stick of 4-gig memory from a pair where the partner stick died. Would she be...

OK thanks guys! :biggrin:

Would the SSD actually speed up the video processing? And I could buy her a video card, but she's also short on memory and her CPU is kinda weak; would either of these bottleneck the video card?

I got my daughter a Lenovo Thinkpad E431, and she loves it. It's relatively light, but it has a DVD drive and a separate video card. The battery life is good with a regular battery and you can get a supersized battery (which is heavier though) if you really want to have a long time away from a...

She has a MSI 890-GXM-65 mobo with a Athlon II x445 CPU. The AMD integrated GPU is a HD4290. It has 2 gigs of memory and two standard hard drives. Not much, but it should be able to play videos I would think. OTOH, it looks like her OS drive was dying. I've replaced it and upgraded from XP...