Recent content by nardz84

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    PowerColor PCS+ r9 290 vs Sapphire r9 290 tri-x vs Asus r9 290 DirectCU II OC

    Well, it took 27 days to ship, but I finally got my Asus r9 290 dcu2 @msrp ($439+tax) from Amazon. So far I'm pretty happy, gpu tweak says its staying under 78C with a max fan load around 45%, stock 1000/1260MHz. Compared to the other brands that's not terrific it seems, but I really don't plan...
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    290 Newegg RMA Complaint

    This is what happened with my 280x that I had to RMA. Newegg didn't give me the option, just straight to refund. Fine by me in the end, I decided to step up to a 290 and ordered it from a different retailer.
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    Custom R9 290/290X Reviews/Availability/Listings thread

    True, I settled on paying sales tax with Amazon and waiting, figured newegg wasn't going to return to normal anytime soon.
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    Custom R9 290/290X Reviews/Availability/Listings thread

    Now that mine is ordered, here's the Asus R9 290 DirectCU2 link at Amazon. $439.99 but there's a 2-4 week lead time. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00HWQUI02/..._26725410_item
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    Keep r9 280x or sell it and wait.

    So got my Asus 280x before the holidays, and it started corrupting on me. RMA card will be here soon, but now that I've had time to think about it, I keep debating selling it and waiting for the 290s to level out in price. I play on 3x1080p screens in Eyefinity when it works. The...
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    280x Prices up 20%?

    Man I feel lucky now, I gave up on waiting for the custom 290s and snagged an Asus 280x when it appeared today, with the discount code $308 shipped.
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    Looking for real triple monitor setup info

    You probably want these guys http://www.wsgf.org/ Personally, I have a 3x 1080p setup running on a Sapphire 2gb 6950. I would have liked 16x10s but I've found those monitors unnecessarily expensive, I was able to get my displays for $99 each. I'm not sure how Nvidia handles it now, but in...
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    What gaming res. are you targeting? (and what gpu do you intend to use for that?)

    5760x1080, and before reading these posts though I thought I was doing ok running them on a 2gb 6950 :P I had thought about a 7970/280x but at this point I think I'll have to wait for the 290 to come out.
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    Eyefinity on 7970/280x

    So, little hard to find good reviews that cover Eyefinity. I'm currently running a 3x1080p setup on my 6950, which is definitely starting to show its age. Is anyone out there running a similar setup on a single 7970 that could comment on it? From the benches it seems like I'd gain a decent boost...
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    [WCCF] AMD Radeon R9 280X, Radeon R7 260X, Radeon R7 240 Specs Confirmed Oct 8 rel.

    Well bummer, one can probably assume given past launches that the 290 will be ~$399 ish at launch?
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    [WCCF] AMD Radeon R9 280X, Radeon R7 260X, Radeon R7 240 Specs Confirmed Oct 8 rel.

    Eh, new audio + GE at a reduced price, I might end up going for one of these. I've never spent more than $300 on gfx so the 290 would have to be a pretty big improvement to sway me.
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    [WCCF] AMD Radeon R9 280X, Radeon R7 260X, Radeon R7 240 Specs Confirmed Oct 8 rel.

    Am I reading this correct, looks like a 280X is a rebadged 7970GE? At $299 msrp that's not horrible, I would have liked a proper new card at that price though.
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    Should I stay away from HP laptops??

    I purchased a dv6 earlier this year when the 3rd gen i7s came out. I was very impressed with the price/performance and the matte 1080p screen is fantastic. But, I'm on my 2nd one because the first had absolutely horrible build quality, the current one was much improved but I'm still disappointed...
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    Can't format laptop for xop use... help.

    Did you try the various compatibility modes with the program in Win7? I've only had a very small handful of programs that wouldn't work at all. If that fails try XP mode if it is Win7 Pro, otherwise VMware Player or one of the other virtualization programs.
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    Why didnt intel use HT on the QX series?

    Wasn't P4 hyperthreading horrible? I seem to remember most programs actually running worse with it enabled. It probably just took them a while to make it actually useful and worth including on the other gen.