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    Pre-order GTA5 or wait for benchmarks?

    Please do not pre-order. This has been done to death else where, but pre-ordering perpetuates the negative trend of treating actual release dates as betas, among other issues. Wait until its out.
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    Looking for an opinion - AMD 7970

    sure. the lowest priced 280x on newegg is going for $199 currently which is basically a rebadge of the 7970. Getting it used for 60% seems fair. good luck
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    If my Radeon 69502GB is working should I upgrade?

    If your major complaint is maps loading then a new SSD to have games on would be the upgrade based on your OP. I took the plunge and bought a 500GB EVO a couple months back. As others have already said, wait until you notice you need to upgrade the GPU. That said, I normally upgrade the GPU...
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    Gigabyte Launches GeForce GTX 970 Mini-ITX Graphics Card

    Thanks for the reply yh125d. I did not know the math, but that does look to be more than enough. In most instances, you wouldn't really want to overclock it much anyway and generate more heat in an ITX case. It makes sense for the market segment it's designed for.
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    Gigabyte Launches GeForce GTX 970 Mini-ITX Graphics Card

    How can this be as powerful as the stock 970 when it only has a single 8 pin power connector? Nvidia lists stock supplementary connectors as 2x6 and you see plenty of MSI, Gigabyte, ASUS, etc. non-reference using a 6 and 8 pin connector on their boards. I understand that most of those are either...
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    Color temperature settings gone after I intalled Catalyst 14.9

    Yep. You are right. I misremembered. Color Temperature Control is definitely available under Digital Flat-Panels. I did a complete uninstall and ran Display Driver Uninstaller before installing the new CCC. I would suggest giving that a try if you haven't already. Good luck!
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    Color temperature settings gone after I intalled Catalyst 14.9

    I think they moved it to the Desktop color setting under the Desktop Management drop-down. At work so I can't double check, but I'm pretty sure it's still available, just a different spot. Will check when I get home.
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    Help w/ Mini Tower WC setup

    Define Mini with components First, the case is only slightly smaller than a mid tower. There is enough horizontal space between the back of the case and the HDD cages that I could install the 7970 even with the removable cages left in. Second, after installing the PSU, it is obvious that...
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    Help w/ Mini Tower WC setup

    My 3x120 radiator is from my current build in a full tower. It fits nicely inside the top of my ATCS 840 and I would prefer to have all of my components inside the case. However, this case really is a beast and I would rather use as many of my existing enthusiast level (at one point anyway)...
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    Help w/ Mini Tower WC setup

    Thank DMA0991. I'm going to order the case, microatx board, rear rad mount and fan filters this evening. Hopefully I can assemble all the parts by the end of the week and get some pictures up of whether they they fit or not. This should be fun.
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    Help w/ Mini Tower WC setup

    That's my preference. My main concern is whether I have the room for the pump between the HD cage and the power supply both being at the base of the cage. Do I have clearance over the PSU for the line to go from the GPU to the pump without forcing a kink in the line? After thinking this over...
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    Help w/ Mini Tower WC setup

    I have a 3x120 radiator. I already have a microatx board picked out. My real concern is with how to orient the pump and reservoir or any recommendations on a good quality res/pump combo.
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    Help w/ Mini Tower WC setup

    Good morning Anandtech forums, I have the itch to switch out my case for something significantly smaller. I currently have a full tower ATCS840 with a CPU/GPU block, 3X120 radiator setup, xpsc single bay res, and d-tek dbx pump. I am looking at the Fractal Define Mini...
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    Have you had issues with your xFire / SLI setup?

    xfired 5870s. The only problems I've ever had with cross fire is with Skyrim. That shit was just annoying. Negative scaling for about 2.5 weeks until they had the beta drivers that would work with the 5 series. Of course that game is still buggy as hell and it's betheseda's issue not AMD's at...
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    amd catalyst driver 11.xx+ 11.xx CAP VS. amd catayst 11.yy W/O CAPS?

    I've seen worse. At least its all in one font color. I wish I could have seen the previous mess.
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    How much better is an IPS monitor?

    The u2711 is great. I haven't noticed an issue with response time in the year I've had it. I was skeptical too before purchasing but a number of professional reviews eased my fears. Anand had an in depth review and I think c-net had a video review as well if you want to check them out.
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    Ccc 11.11

    Per catalystcreator's twitter page, 11.11a performance driver, improvements in Batman:AC, Rage and ES:Skyrim. Skyrim still does not have a crossfire fix. It actually disables crossfire. what? http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles/Pages/Catalyst1111aperformance.aspx
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    Ccc 11.11

    http://sites.amd.com/us/game/downloads/Pages/radeon_win7-64.aspx Release Notes Thanks IGemini for linking http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles/Pages/AMDCatalystSoftwareSuiteVersion1111.aspx
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    Most powerful single-slot graphics card?

    I assume you mean non-water cooled gpu? If you didn't ... http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814131438 or http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130601
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    (Gaming) Lowering res. from 1440p to 720p...

    Your system shouldn't out put any faster depending on the monitor. Are you asking about lag in displaying on one monitor running at its native resolution vs. a larger monitor running at the same resolution? If that's the question, I think it would just depend on the individual monitor specs.
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    Frist Time Crossfire.... Need some advice?!

    what res are you playing at? I wouldn't suggest putting more money into a 5 series set up unless you can find the card for cheap and just use it as a stop gap. Personally, I would sell the 5850 before they drop even more in price and get a 6 series card or hold off until the 7 series comes...
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    Problems with Dell 2410 and 2711

    I've had the u2711 for about 10 months. I've been very satisfied with it. I had to get used to 16x9 ratio instead of 16x10. You can't get full 2560X1440 over the hdmi connection though. You need to use the dvi. what other questions did you have? edit: read the rest of the thread. If you...
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    catalyst 11.6 released

    Same here. I don't know where the quote is coming from but as far as I can tell it's not in the release note on AMD's page.
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    Another Dedicated physx card question.

    Does this mean that nvidia supports running physx on an nvidia gpu with an amd gpu present on your system now? or is this refering to a work around?
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    Crossfire question!

    Necc, what resolution are you running at? and how much have you budgeted to the 2nd 5870? are you looking at the 2gb version?
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    3xU2311 or U3011

    when you go to the larger monitor, at first, expect to be shocked at how big it is and how great it is and to have good dpi still. Then after a couple days, you will adjust and forget how you ever put up with something smaller.
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    catalyst 11.3 released

    those are the performance increases for the 6790, not across the board. http://www.tcmagazine.com/tcm/news/software/36673/second-catalyst-114-preview-driver-brings-radeon-hd-6790-support-tweaks
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    Totally uneven heat in Crossfire 5870s

    Seero's advice is good. You could also flip the positioning of the two cards so the eyefinity edition is on top and get a display port adapter. I'm surprised you don't have the adapter with the card. But it really sounds like an airflow problem especially with the non-reference cooler on the...
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    i5 2500k vs i7 2600k and other cost cutting measures

    2nd Aldamon. the unlocked cpu and a mobo that doesn't allow overclocking is obviously a mismatch. currently if you want to overclock you need the p67 boards or wait for the z's to come out in a couple months. if not you can drop to the 2500 (minus the k) and put that money towards the monitor...
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    HP ZR24w vs. Dell U2410

    I've purchased through provantage a number of times and I have not had a problem with them.
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    Liquid cooling on a GTX 580

    replacing my noisy gpu fan was what initially got me in water cooling but I don't know that its the best place to start. It's much easier to start at the cpu because you don't have to disassemble and void the warranty while you get your loop up and running. Also you don't have to worry about...
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    Intel says flaw in Series 6 Sandy Bridge chipsets

    i must have missed something. Where did the rumors that the cpu's are broken come from?
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    how does this q9550 OC look?

    this is on a G41 micro? I'm not familiar with how the chipset overclocks but from what I looked up it's rated to 1333 fsb right? he's getting to 1600 fsb now so not bad. You look stable and temps are good from what you've posted. The voltages in cpu-z are low for what the cpu can handle but I'm...
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    Which Motherboard?

    additionally, all of the other boards mentioned do support overclocking and do a good job of it. So unless you just want the maximus, i would suggest taking a look at the others because they will cost less and are generally easier to find.
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    Which Motherboard?

    if you don't care about price, the maximus iv is the top of the line asus p67 board. it was out of stock at a number of places. Are you going to be overclocking? if not, most of the features are going to be wasted on you. Marlin listed a couple good gigabyte boards. If you are looking at Asus in...
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    Which Motherboard?

    it would be better to go with 2600k but why do you want to wait for that board in particular?
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    Not just another "Which video card?" thread....ok, dang...it is....

    newegg has 6870's for $249 and that would definitely handle that resolution
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    Graphical Anomaly?

    it is pretty random. Normally I can set it around the start button in the lower left corner and underneath the gadgets in the upper right corner. But it can show up in websites using flash. I am using a powerstrip. So I've tried each GPU separately. I think I've isolated it to one of...
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    Graphical Anomaly?

    Nobody has any suggestions? Should I just start an RMA on my GPU's? Can anybody think of something I can do short of an RMA?