Recent content by MarkC9

Thought I'd update yall on what happened. ATI is a Gods damn fraaaaaakkin joke! Ended up buying a single 7970. I can't believe for the life of me that every issue I was weary of was prevalent. But it was, lol. I've got a pretty standard setup (p8z68/2600k) and despite a full format, the FPS...

Hello, I've attempted to overclock my card via a few diff guides but nothing seems to work. The drivers crash too often. This is my card: http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product/gigabyte-gigabyte-radeon-hd-7970-3gb-gddr5-pci-e-video-card-gv-r797oc-3gd-gv-r797oc-3gd/10214787.aspx - I have attempted...

I know... I hate OCD sometimes. :awe: Thank you, it indeed seemed too steep a price difference. I understand with overclocking even 2 of the same model will experience differences. On average though, I'm sure there's a consensus on how well the TFIII overclocks versus the Gigabyte 7970 OC...

"Do you think the market will make it worth it in a years time to save the money now and use it for better GPU/CPU/mobo this time next year?" If I'm spending $700 it's a priority that I first and foremost do not lack VRAM, but at $300 I'd be saving enough money to sacrifice it for now. The 580...

Well this thread is a bit overwhelming now... dunno what to choose out of 670s or 7950s or 7970s The 7970s benchmark faster than the 670s overall but just barely... and in fact in Skyrim the 670s benchmark better. The only brand I can find as well is XFX, whoever they are. If I wanted to buy a...

@bigystyle - I'm not sure it would overpower the 580 but point taken. It's weird, they had them on sale for $350 at a chain of stores here just a few months ago and they went like hot tamales. As of today (and until boxing day at least) It's $100 more for the 670 4GB vs. 7950 3GB in terms of...

Looks like selling the 580 ASAP is the best bet then. Getting the same feeling from other places I've posted too. Someone from another forum did point this out: "...The bottleneck should be in how much bandwidth the larger textures will cause to the VRAM. In which case faster VRAM and a...

Thanks for the replies so far. Yes I am aware that VRAM does not double. This is going to sound very ignorant but I'm gonna say it anyway: Don't AMD make an inferior product? Or rather games simply don't seem to support their cards as well as NVIDIAs? Just from reading forum posts over the last...

Hello, I am currently using a Zotac GTX 580 @ 1.5GB I am looking to upgrade. I tend to play open world games with high-res textures modded in. For this reason I was looking for cards with more VRAM. I found: EVGA 670 @ 2GB for $365 EVGA 670 @ 4GB for $399 EVGA 680 @ 2GB for $435 The plan was...

I was wondering, if I mash together two uploaded clips using the Youtube video editor, will it reduce its quality? I uploaded two different vids, 1080p @ 25000 kbit. I know Youtube downgrades the quality during the "processing" stage. When I mashed together the two clips, it initialized a...

I tried but I have no idea how to use it at all. Anything more straight forward, or a good guide for this? Thanks

Hello, I have the odd requirement of needing to bind a gamepad key to a keyboard. I have an Xbox controller for PC. hen I hit "F2" on my keyboard I need it to simulate hitting "back" on the Xbox controller. Thanks for any help :)

o_O Can't say I didn't laugh lol http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HH3veImvIkU

Hey guys, I'm trying to maximize the quality of my Youtube uploads and find myself struggling. I have no idea what there criteria is when they re-encode your videos; it seems random. http://support.google.com/youtube/bi...&page=guide.cs At first it lists 8,000kbps max bit rate. Anything more...

Hey guys, I'm trying to maximize the quality of my Youtube uploads and find myself struggling. I have no idea what there criteria is when they re-encode your videos; it seems random. http://support.google.com/youtube/bin/static.py?hl=en&guide=1728585&topic=1728573&page=guide.cs At first it...