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    Cryptocoin Mining?

    Anyone else using Multipool? It monitors a bunch of smaller cryptocurrencies for profitability vs. BTC and switches your miner between them automatically based on which is the best at that minute. Seems like a great way to maximize profitability. Nwo, I'm getting aobut ~380KH/s on my 7870 with...
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    Intel Q213 Results

    I would hardly call Intel desperate.
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    ººººº--§§§§§§§--The Freebies thread--§§§§§§§--ººººº Part 0b110 (six).

    If anyone has some DDR2 RAM, preferably 2 1GB sticks, I would be forever grateful.
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    SIM City 5 - Actual Strategy Discussion

    Krueger, add me on Origin, kevmawn430. I'm in a growing private region that could use some more people.
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    Annisman's 2nd ever Anandtech giveaway: Winners announced!

    Okay, finally entereing. 1. Pic of current rig: 2. List current computer specs. Intel Core i3-2100 XFX 7850 Core Edition 8GB Team RAM 500GB HDD + 64GB SSD 530W Hybrid2 PSU Really cheap Athena case 3. Reasons I want card. I want to drive the three monitors that my family got me for my...
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    New GPU for Triple Monitors

    Shurerar, I've actually got several on my watch list on eBay, just waiting for the right one to pop up.
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    New GPU for Triple Monitors

    I should add the games I play most are Civ V, Battlefield 3, Skyrim, F1 2012, and Minecraft. Oh, and the new Sim City when that comes out.
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    New GPU for Triple Monitors

    Thanks for the advice. I'm definitely leaning towards the 7950. Would the Xfire 7850's give more performance at that res, or would the VRAM be a limiting factor? Annisman, I'm in Wilson, a little village, right on Lake Ontario. Beautiful area.
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    New GPU for Triple Monitors

    So, for my birthday, my family got me a beautiful new set of 1080p monitors. Problem is, my current rig cannot handle that resolution very well. (See sig) I am giving the 7850 to my bro for his birthday, and using some of my funds to upgrade to an i5-2500k. So, here is my question. I have a...
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    My Crazy $450 Modded Build

    Reserved - Benchmarks
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    My Crazy $450 Modded Build

    Reserved - Building and pictures
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    My Crazy $450 Modded Build

    So, a few weeks ago, I had to sell the desktop in my sig to pay for car repairs. Ever since, I've had this gaming PC shaped hole in my heart. The problem is, I have a very limited budget, and $450 does not usually produce a very fast gaming build. So, I decided I would try to create as fast of a...
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    ~$160 GPU purchase advice?

    I've found a 7950 cheap enough that I could fit it in my budget if I went with the i3-2100. I think that's what I will go with, as long as the deals are still present in a few days. Should be a killer system at 1080p!
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    ~$160 GPU purchase advice?

    Sorry to revive the thread, but I need a little more help. I'm settled on the 7850, but I have a choice of CPUs to pair with it. For about the same money, I can use either an i7-920 or an i3 3220. For about $50 less, I can go with a an i3 2100, which might free up enough to jump up to a 7870 or...
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    ~$160 GPU purchase advice?

    Thanks. I'm an avid overclocker, and as such, it's a shame my budget doesn't allow for a K series CPU. AMD's CPU's are attractive somewhat, but I don't think I'm going to go with any of them. On the GPU side, I think I'm settled on the 7850. Thanks to everyone who gave advice! Much appreciated!
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    ~$160 GPU purchase advice?

    @Tweakboy I'd put both 460's in at start if I went that route. The 7850 seems like a great card, and an awesome overclocker to boot. One last question, if I can get a 6970 for about $25 less than the 7850, would it be worth it, or would the 7850 still be superior?
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    ~$160 GPU purchase advice?

    I have not bought anything yet, and am salvaging an ODD and HDD from another system. The 7850 was my first choice single GPU wise, but do you think it would make sense to go with dual 460 GTX 1GB cards instead? I can get a decent deal on them for less than a 7850 would cost, while keeping the...
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    ~$160 GPU purchase advice?

    I'm playing at 1080p on a single monitor. I'm also considering dropping to a Pentium G850 to free more money in my budget up for a GPU. Tom's Hardware did it in their Q4 $500 build and it seemed to work out well...
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    ~$160 GPU purchase advice?

    Hey guys, I'd really appreciate some opinions one what GPU to put in my upcoming "budget" build. The build will have a 550W PSU, an Intel Core i3-3220 and 8GB RAM. I have a GPU limit of ~$160. I am very much considering used cards. My current choices are below, but any other suggestions would be...
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    BF3 CPU bottleneck? Really?

    Dare I say it, 4.3GHz is almost conservative. You could probobly get another 500 MHz out of it if you have decent cooling.
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    Any upcoming 200$ Card?

    I'm going to disagree with the performance per $ getting worse the last couple of years. The AMD 7850 offers more performance than any previous card at $230-250 .
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    I currently have a 512MB 9800 GT, looking for replacement around $150

    A 460GTX on the forums is just as good as a 560 while cheaper. The 6870 is the best bet if you can find it for the price.
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    sigh good bye cheap processors

    There is some hope, Trinity looks to be just as efficient as SB/IVB. Here's to hope. :/
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    Trinity review

    Way to pick TF2, awesome game. However, like you said, it's not necessarily known for its grapical fidelity.
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    Trinity review

    Take your E420 and fire up any game, really. The few I've playerd on my HD3000 all have crappy image quality, especially Skyrim, which barely runs anyways. The image quality may be improved over the HD 4000, but I've not seen anyone complain about image quality with AMD, other than RAGE. And...
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    Trinity review

    I realize that, and you are correct in that regard. My point still has some value, in that there should still be more of a 22% difference in relative battery from a 17W to 35W. Of course, we won't know for sure until we have numbers on a 17W Trinity.
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    Trinity review

    Just wanted to point out that laptop with only the AMD IGP could install normal drivers. Also, most Dual Graphics laptop can install normal drivers once the latest drivers form the manufacturer are installed. I say this from experience with a DV6z I had w/A8-3810MX and a 6750M. Thought I'd add...
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    Trinity review

    I also haven't seen much of anyone that has a laptop with an HD 4000 yet. And even then, people who game on their laptops don't buy laptops with just Intel IGP's, so your probobly not going to see many people who do complain. But those that will will have legitimate things to coplain about, like...
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    Trinity review

    Most intelligent post I've seen.
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    Trinity review

    Really, because I have three AMD GPU's, never had a driver problem with any of them. Sure, the 7 series has some problems. It's new. It will be sorted out. You do realize that while they don't mention any issues with drivers, they don't mention which ones they use? Do you realize his point...
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    Trinity review

    Obviously, a 17W chip would get better relative battery life, because it has a whole 18W of TDP less to use. Interesting that while the A10 had more than 100% more TDP available than the ULV IVB chip, but its relative battery life was only no where near 100% worse. I know that is not how...
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    Trinity review

    http://techreport.com/articles.x/22932/10 Right here, does Trinity significantly outperform the 3720QM. However, I think the more important metric the the frame spikes. Trinity is not only faster, but has a much more even frame rate, giving you the impression it's running miles faster than the...
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    Trinity review

    I would hope it was the patched version, didn't it imporve performance on AMD by like 50%?
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    Trinity review

    Intel's history of performance increases through driver updates is spotty, to say the least. I don't remember the last time an Intel driver release mentioned a game improvment, but I'd love to be proved wrong, if you can provide proof. AMD's driver team, on the other hand, offers regular...
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    Trinity review

    He didn't say Anandtech had an agenda, as we all know they don't. However, it does seem that YOU have an agenda. Regardless, the majority of websites put that benchmark in the other order. I respect Anandtech's reviews, but sometimes there are anomolies.
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    Trinity review

    THIS. Look at other reviews, LolWut. Sure, Anand's put the HD4000 above the 7660G, but it's the only one I've read that had it this way. You also seem to overlook the fact that AMD will have FAR superior drivers, image quality, and that all of these benches were not run on final drivers...
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    Trinity review

    Okay, lets end this little argument. Until Intel themselves comes out and says, "This is the unit price for this, this and this.", we don't know what it will actually be. Until laptops come out with BOTH Trinity and Core i5/i3 IVB CPU's, we don't know what it will be pried at. Until we...
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    GTX-295 Quad SLI to GTX 600 Series?

    I'd agree for 2560x1600, the extra VRAM will help. You definitely have enough PSU to run whatever you want. Dual 295's are probobly more power hungry than dual 690 or quad 7970, lol.
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    Trinity review

    I also noticed that the 7660G won Skyrim benchmarks on several other website's reviews as well, so maybe Anand had some wierd program running in the background.