Search results

  1. K

    Got the XFX r9 290...AND THE PROBLEMS BEGIN

    Been popping in and out of the forums asking for video card advice, and I finally ended up replacing my 7870 with an XFX R9 290 for my three monitor setup. The 7870 required me to have a powered mini displayport adapter, a displayport adapter, and a DVI to run all three. The new card has...
  2. K

    750 to spend, what should I do?

    Playing FPS and Driving, Flight Sims. Running a 3 monitor system, routing sound through a pioneer receiver and a 6 piece surround sound speaker system. I was thinking of spending a bit of money on myself, and when I looked at specs for new videocards, I saw that almost all the test rigs are...
  3. K

    R7870 Hawk, should I go crossfire?

    I have a fairly mild gamer setup: 256 gig SSD, AMD Black 965, Gigabyte Motherboard, 8 gig of ram, and the R7870 Hawk video card. I was wondering if it would make the most sense to buy a second used 7870 series card (I cannot find another Hawk) and go crossfire, or should I just buy a new card...
  4. K

    A little more than a mid-level rig?

    Here is my latest build checklist. With boilerplate questions answered.. 1. What YOUR PC will be used for. FPS/Driving sims. 2. What YOUR budget is. 1100-1400 3. What country YOU will be buying YOUR parts from. USA 4. IF YOU have a brand preference. That means, are you an Intel-Fanboy...
  5. K

    Extensive hardware reuse...

    PLEASE when you POST threads asking for input on system builds tell us... 1. What YOUR PC will be used for: gaming and photoshop. Games like Crysis two and modern drivers. Photoshop for picture rendering. 2. What YOUR budget is. 600-750 3. What country YOU will be buying YOUR parts from. USA...
  6. K

    Does it make sense to try Crossfire?

    System Specs ASRock A780GXE/128M AM2+/AM2 AMD 780G ATX AMD Motherboard AMD Phenom II X4 920 2.8GHz Socket AM2+ 125W Quad-Core Processor G.SKILL 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory CORSAIR CMPSU-650TX 650W CPU SAPPHIRE 100259-1GL Radeon HD...