Recent content by Triton67

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    What is the outershell of a 260 GTX made of?

    "First I was like..." "...but then I LOL'd"
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    What is the outershell of a 260 GTX made of?

    I found the GTX 580 prototype, McGyver is the new pyrotechnician over at NVIDIA (you couldn't even fry eggs on the old GTX 480 !) Wasn't Chuck Norris newly hired to the RED TEAM ? Anyways, I stole his PC last nite, found this inside: Chuck Norris Crossfire: Kill two computers with one NVIDIA...
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    Are Prime 95 blend results always reliable for quad cores?

    IBT (Linpack, 2GB/High) would go on for 50 passes, P95 Blend would freeze at 1024K (less than 15mins) with same config. I just have unstable settings and trying to find a mix of atleast 20 runs IBT and couple of hours P95 Blend...if games don't crash after that, I'm satisfied.
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    card ideas for gta 4?

    I tested GTA4 with SLI GTX260 and dual core E8400, almost 4GHz...low low frame rates. If I ran it with only one GTX260, almost same fps...the game doesn't seem to support multi GPU, but since it seems to be a console port; lots cpu cores will help.
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    Problems after overclocking E5200 on stock cooler

    If it's a Gigabyte motherboard, be sure to remove USB gadgets before rebooting. There is an option in BIOS to mimimize risk you're experiencing: disable USB Legacy. Still, my Gigabyte P35 DS3R sometimes reverts to stock FSB, leaving vcore, multiplier etc as they were. Sometimes your...
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    Prime95 15min, blend, 1 full cycle time...

    ~9hr 45min I've too often got error between 8 and 10 hours with current rig, that's when the very large FFTs begin (up to 4096k) http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/487/blendcycle.jpg
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    3dmark06 scores for new build lower than old build

    lol 3000 posts and this? ;) u live here, dont you? :D well, I fancy a beer or two (sixpacks) while running first tests on new rig also !
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    Which is the better processor - AMD 7750+ & Intel E5200

    I've built new 2nd rig from old and new parts, and after OC'ing the E5200 to 3652MHz (stable, 1.344v CPUz) and spent past week gaming with it (Windows 7 x64 beta 7057) I say: If my C2D E8400 - 3.9GHz died today, np, just toss in the E5200 ! I wouldn't hesitate one sec, never buy a ~2.5x more...
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    GTX 260 overclock question

    You should find max shader clock first, above 1458MHz is great :D To rule out core and mem, set them 670 and 1150Mhz or so. If, say, 1512 shader WAS stable Crysis 2hr, set core 50% of shader clock and test again (mem still "low" 1150)...lastly, raise mem till you BSOD , then back some :D Also...
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    GTX 260 overclock question

    1566MHz shader clock or 1242MHz mem clock won't work more than half minute in games etc. If I stress card for longer: game crash or BSOD. Not much warning signs (artifacts or 'driver stopped responding'). My tip for higher OC is unlinking shader/core clocks. If you get stable 1458MHz shader...
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    GTX 260 overclock question

    There was a huge temp differance, running my GTX260/Furmark @ 1680x1050 and 2xAA vs 4xAA: 2xAA showed much more fps and heated card much much more. LOL, few days ago I tested WALL-E demo..it heated my GTX260 more than Crysis/Warhead...(showed insane fps :D ) 88C sounds too hot FOR ME, but I'd...
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    e7200 or e8400?

    you probably can oc the E8400 to 3.9-4.1 w/o issues. dunno if it was SSE4 or 6MB cache, but E6850(SSE3 and 4MB Cache) @ 3.7GHz was noticably slower than E8400@ 3.4GHz...you reckon wether its the SS4 or L2.
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    P45 Chipset and Crossfire

    those numbers showed there is a bigger gap between x38 and x48 than P45 and X48 ! P45 clearly better choise with 2x HD4850 than X38...while X48 at top with a clear margin (few %) this does it for me, P45 with 4850 X2 is OK EDIT /// Important notes from Legion Hardware review...
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    P45 Chipset and Crossfire

    "AMD talks about CrossFire PCI-E bandwidth: 8X enough for HD 4800" Date: 2008-7-15 http://en.hardspell.com/doc/showcont.asp?news_id=3737 ----------- P45 vs P35 and X38 with HD4850 (single and Crossfire) (swedish, with graphs) http://www.sweclockers.com/art...ow.php?id=6086&page=11...
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    4870X2 vs GTX280 Poll

    4870X2 (or 4870 crossfired) vs 4850 crossfired = 100W differance in load, don't like that at all. For me (1680x1050 today), a single 4870 would last another year. Nah, waiting for more 55nm nvidia and ati gpus, 2x6pin fed max !