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    Help me decide. 6970 vs 580

    This right here is very important to me: minimum FPS. I've previously tried 5870 Crossfire as well as a single 5970. My experience was that while max FPS skyrocketed, minimum FPS barely improved at all. I just don't feel it's useful or practical to have your FPS go from 80 to 120 in a Crossfire...
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    Help me decide. 6970 vs 580

    Wow, this thread kind of exploded while I finished my shift. Thanks for all the feedback! What I meant is that yes, I'm willing to throw bang for the buck out of the window for performance. The thing is, the price gap between the 580 and the 6970 is so massive that I don't know what to do. In...
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    Help me decide. 6970 vs 580

    I've been gaming at 1680x1050 with my HD5870 (great card!) for quite some time now, but today I jumped the gun on a 120Hz 1920x1080 display which I'm quite excited about. In order to celebrate, I've set aside some money for a new top of the line video card (I have plans to use my 5870 on a...
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    German sites IQ findings trickling over to the US. DISCLAIMER: Toms hardware link.

    Interesting story. I've experienced the exact opposite. I've had my 5870 for about 8 months too and I've updated drivers every time they come out. So far, I've experienced a grand total of ZERO problems. On the other hand, the GTX 285 I owned before couldn't play Oblivion or Fallout 3 on the...
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    Why I still love my 5970/5870 tri-fire

    Because I live in Central America, so I have no real way of selling my card in the US. Even if I got a buyer in the US, no one would 1) pay the $120 shipping so the card arrives safely through FedEx or UPS, and 2) no one would trust someone living this far away to make the transaction anyway...
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    Why I still love my 5970/5870 tri-fire

    Do you have any issues with microstuttering and just bad Crossfire performance in some games? I currently use a 5870, but I have a 5970 sitting in a box in my closet that I refuse to use. I tried using it alone and with a Tri-fire setup with my 5870, but the ridiculous amounts of...
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    The 6970 runs at 880 core, 1536sp's, 250watt TDP, launch date is the 14th in US

    I didn't follow the release of Barts at all, but I'm following this one because I'm trying to decide between a 580 and a 6970. Did AMD really hand out cards with crippled BIOS and false PDF files for Barts?
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    The 6970 runs at 880 core, 1536sp's, 250watt TDP, launch date is the 14th in US

    So, just to recap here: have any of these supposed leaked slides/pages/documentation that show the 6970 being >= 570 but < 580 been confirmed as legit yet, or is this all still rumors, possible photoshop and speculation?
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    VC&G Community Poll Request (mod-sponsored)

    The problem comes when someone tries to pass off rumors as factual information. If I see a thread titled "X, Y, and Z in new video card, says NVidia", I'm led to believe the info is accurate. So I click on the thread to find more, and turns out it's all from a rumor site. This is immensely...
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    Sapphire HD 5970 4GB Toxic or GTX 480 Fermi in SLI?

    The Toxic 5970 and the pair of GTX 480s are overkill for your resolution. You do not need that much power. I'll go even further and suggest a single HD5870 or GTX480 instead, but my opinion is very biased as I'm not a huge fan of multi GPU setups. I find they are like some prescriptions drugs...
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    Mafia II's strangely high suggested "Apex" (PhysX) recommended requirements

    Whether or not you are a Physx supporter, I think the argument here is that specifically asking for $600 worth of brand A video cards just to meet the recommended specifications for the best visual experience is going a bit too far. It's been argued by its supporters that Physx is an "added...
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    No AA in StarCraft II with ATI Cards

    I highly doubt Blizzard cares about making their game as pretty as Crysis or Metro 2033. After all, people are still playing SC1, a 10+ year old game. Blizzard's goal is probably to make the game as accessible as possible, even to people who are running ancient dinosaur computers. I played the...
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    "PhysX hobbled on CPU by x87 code"

    Ars has an article on this subject, complete with a response from NVidia. http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2010/07/did-nvidia-cripple-its-cpu-gaming-physics-library-to-spite-intel.ars
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    Need a drag'n'drop MP3 Player Recommendation

    Yah, I definitely want something that works right out of the box, and like I said, 16GBs is pretty much the minimum. I already tried one of those terrible Sony Walkman ones. TERRIBLE sound quality. Any other recommendations would be greatly appreciated.
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    Need a drag'n'drop MP3 Player Recommendation

    Hey there, I find myself in need of an mp3 player. All I hear about these days are Zunes and iPods. My sister owns an iPod and I've toyed enough with it to know that I simply do NOT want any mp3 player that requires me to go through some annoying software to be able to load my music on it...
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    Psu? or Gpu issue?

    Some members already said this, but 77C idle temp is very, very bad. That thing is probably going over 100C on Furmark, hence why it restarts instantly. You need to make sure that: 1) Your Video Card's fan is working properly and is not covered in a thick layer of dust. 2) You have proper...
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    Newly Built Not Performing as it Should =p

    I get that with my 5970 and when I run it in Tri-Fire with my 5870. I do NOT get it when I run the 5870 by itself. So I think it might be a multi-GPU thing. My educated guess is that the last frame rendered by the 2nd GPU doesn't get flushed out when you only run with 1 monitor and when you...
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    Psu? or Gpu issue?

    Make sure to give us your system info! That will help a lot. Also, you said that it happens after a cold boot BUT that still doesn't rule out a heat issue! Make sure to download RealTemp or other temperature monitoring programs and check your temps.
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    5850 crossfire or gtx 465 sli?

    Cause then they would have to reduce the price of the 465, which is probably their best seller right now. I honestly don't know.
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    5850 crossfire or gtx 465 sli?

    Just go with the top-end single GPU of your brand of choice (5870 or GTX480) and save yourself the trouble of having to deal with microstuttering and roller coaster Crossfire/SLI scaling depending on game. You will be able to run everything currently out in the market with max settings (or...
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    New Radeon 5970 seems slow

    What score do you get on your 5870 using the same test? I have a very similar system, unfortunately I only have the cheap $9.99 version of Vantage so I can only run benchmarks at default settings. A default run of Vantage with my processor and the cards at stock settings usually gives my 5870...
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    Newly Built Not Performing as it Should =p

    I'm not the most knowledgeable person in here, but the way I understand it (and someone correct me if I'm wrong) is that essentially, your CPU needs to be fast enough to keep your GPU busy while handling various other tasks. This is why pairing a high end card like a GTX480 or a HD5870 with a...
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    Newly Built Not Performing as it Should =p

    I was busy ordering TWO HD5970s that I don't use because of terrible micro stuttering. To be fair, I haven't seen it happen as bad as DA:O in other games, but it still happens enough that I notice it and it makes me angry. To give you an example, in Just Cause 2 there's virtually no micro...
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    Newly Built Not Performing as it Should =p

    Those numbers look just about right for a 5970 + i7 930 at stocks. In fact, that's pretty close to what I got. I think the farthest I was able to push my GPU score on Vantage at default settings was mid 25000s with the i7 @ 3.8Ghz and the 5970 @ 775/1050. My best Vantage GPU score was about...
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    Newly Built Not Performing as it Should =p

    I always have FPS drops in the central area in the market in Denerim. I've seen it hit the high 30s while running circles around this very same area with x8 anti aliasing and the high-res texture pack installed on my 5870. But you know what? I've gotten FPS drops in this area on all my other...
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    Newly Built Not Performing as it Should =p

    Dragon Age: Origins (and the expansion, Awakening) getting slow and sluggish over time is not a problem with your computer, it's an issue with the game itself that Bioware has yet to fix. It doesn't happen in every area of the game (the Circle of the Magi Tower, for example, seems unaffected)...
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    EVGA: "DX11 done right, Nsist on nVidia"

    It's a particular type of advertising! http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PolishTheTurd
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    Is it safe to remove cooling fins on Dominator GT?

    Oops! Forgot to mention I'm using an Antec Twelve Hundred case. It's got this massive fan at the top, but I'm pretty sure that fan is pulling air into the case. I could be wrong though, will have to double check once I get home from work. I saw Noctua's picture with the dominator ram and the...
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    Is it safe to remove cooling fins on Dominator GT?

    Hey there, I recently bought a Noctua NH-D14 cooler. In order to install this thing on my system, I'm going to be forced to remove the cooling fins of at least one of my sticks of Dominator GT RAM. I won't be able to use the Corsair fan that came with the cooler either. Is it safe to remove...
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    Connection issues - Avast! related? + Netstat

    No, I'm from Panama. Guatemala is a couple countries up North. :\ I'm definitely not trying to grab a Google Page Rank from a web site in Russia. Basically, my browser's homepage is set up to www.google.com, so I opened my browser after uninstalling Avast!, and it loaded Google instantly. From...
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    Connection issues - Avast! related? + Netstat

    Well, I went ahead and uninstalled Avast!. After restarting, did a netstat and there wasn't a single connection. Then I launched Firefox and pointed my browser to this post, which I got bookmarked. Here's the resulting netstat seconds after fully loading the post: This doesn't look very...
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    Connection issues - Avast! related? + Netstat

    Hey, So I'm having some issues with my internet connection that my ISP claims and swears are on my side. I live in a 3rd world country, and therefore my internet service is not that great. I currently have a 4MB DSL connection, and it works fine for the most part. Some times, maybe once a...
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    Hearing bad things about ATIs drivers

    Honestly, both camps have their problems. I was furious when I discovered Fallout 3 was unplayable on my GTX285 unless I reverted to old drivers. Also, having grass draw in the wrong places in Battlefield: Bad Company 2 with my HD5970 can be annoying too! But meh, not a whole bunch you can do...
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    Can a huge CPU heatsink damage the motherboard?

    Alright so I currently own an Intel Core i7 920 processor and I'm using a Xigmatek Dark Knight cooler. Looking to push my OC further on air, I decided to order a Noctua NH-D14 heatsink. However, looking at some unboxing videos on YouTube, I realized that this cooler is ginormous. The guy in one...
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    Help me troubleshoot my 5970.

    Let me clarify: I didn't mean the 5970 couldn't handle the temps. What I meant is the particular card I got was probably defective and couldn't handle them. I sent it back and I'm hoping to get a new one soonish. As far as the fan goes, the fan in my MSI worked. What didn't work was the manual...
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    Having some issues getting Win7 to see all my drives...

    Hey there, I'm having a weird issue trying to get Windows 7 to see all my drives. I recently installed a brand new Intel SSD, and for the installation I plugged the SSD alone, installed Windows 7 Professional 64-bits, and got all updates, installed all applications, etc. After I was done, I...
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    Help me troubleshoot my 5970.

    I tried on a spare drive. I'm currently unable to try on a different PC because of where I live (small town in a 3rd World Country - good luck finding somebody ELSE with a PCI-express motherboard :D) Anyhow, after more testing I think I've narrowed the issue to the card itself not being able to...
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    5870 introduced lag.

    Obligatory question: did you properly uninstall all nVidia drivers and ran driver sweeper utilities before installing your new ATI card? Obligatory question #2: are you absolutely sure your ISP isn't just having a bad day? If I am understanding your post right, your issue is that somehow your...
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    Help me troubleshoot my 5970.

    My mobo's BIOS is updated to the latest version. As far as reflashing my video card's BIOS, well, yeah. My card's BIOS is currently the same one as the MSI and ATI ones listed on that link. ATIWinflash is not letting me flash because it insists I got the same version, so I guess the only way...
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    Help me troubleshoot my 5970.

    Here is the GPU-Z log while running 3d Mark Vantage. This time, I actually managed to get through about 30% of GPU Test #2 before I crashed.