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    Should I sell my 5970+5870+5850 and purchase 3 2GB E6 5870s or purchase +1 5970?

    So I was thinking of going for glory and although I haven't benchmarked any of my combined setup yet, I was wondering if it would be a better decision to ditch the 5970,5870 and the 5850 and just purchase 3 2gb 5870 E6 editions, or perhaps buy another 5970? :D Basically I only have a 1080p...
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    Your impressions of Charlie Demerjian, post here.

    Charlie Demerjian from Semi Accurate seems to be very accurate with his Nvidia and ATI news. My question is does he hate Nvidia personally? Not to make this thread sound offending, I'm trying to figure out that although he is criticizing Nvidia in his blogs, why does there seem to be an...
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    The full truth revealed: GTX480 is one power sucking monster --Fudzilla

    http://www.fudzilla.com/content/view/18503/1/ Reading this and looking at the benchmarks made my jaws drop D:
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    Is LGA1366 (socket B) to die out soon?: LGA1156 to get to 30 percent by year end -Fud

    LGA1156 to get to 30 percent by year's end "Soc 775 at 60 percent during the same quarter The most successful socket of Intel's recent past is the LGA 775 and this socket has accounted for some 79 percent of all Intel desktop CPUs in Q1 2010. This trend won’t go down by much in Q2 as...
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    Core i7 wake up call: AMD Phenom II X6 1090T BE overclocked to 6.29GHz!!

    "On LN2, naturally An overclocker going by the stage name Luca has managed to overclock AMD's new six-core T1090 Black Edition to a whopping 6.29GHz. The 1090T is stock clocked at 3.2GHz and LN2 cooling was used to keep the six cores from burning a hole in the carpet. Interestingly, Luca...
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    Thinking of going Eyefinity x3 (1920x1080 x3)..thoughts?

    I'm thinking of buying two more BenQ E2420HD 24" 1920x1080 2ms monitors to go with my single monitor for Eyefinity. The plan is to use them for intense gaming, BFBC2 would be the primary game. I figured since I will be running 1gb 5970 + 1gb 5870 in CF, I would try this out. It's also nice to...
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    $499 MSI 5870 Lightning is the fastest 5870 in the market (avg oc=1034/1351)

    I've been reading reviews online about the new MSI 5870 Lightning edition, it is a non referenced card which offers astounding OC and great cooling, some have labeled it as some what noisy at load, however it still has a substantially better performance/oc head room than a reference 5870. Post...
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    Corsair 750W TX PSU enough for 5970+5870+5850 on i7 920@4 ghz + 4 HDs?

    I'm wondering if a Corsair 750W TX PSU is enough for 5970+5870+5850 on i7 920@4 ghz + 4 HDs? I'm thinking no at this point....but recommendations would be welcomed...Would an 850W cut it? a 950W? or a 1000W? Thanks.
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    UPDATED, Part 4 of Benches out! E8400 vs Core i7 with my 5970,5870 and 5850

    As some of you know, I have an original thread here regarding my purchase of my Asus 5970/5870/5850s. I plan on running and comparing Crossfire and single card benchmarks in the coming weeks. I conducted tests and determined that my E8400@3.9ghz was a bottleneck, I compared this with another...
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    Request for suggestion oF a bang for the buck i7 920 heatsink and tri-CrossFire case

    I'm looking to buy a "bang for the buck" i7 920 heatsink/fan combo and also a Computer Case for housing a tri-crossfire setup with sufficient airflow/easy to maintain and affordable. For coolers I've looked at a few but don't find the price justifying. My options are: Being a first time...
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    Post your workout schedule. How often do you work out? PC geeks stay fit too!

    I thought I'd get some thoughts of the AT gym fanatics and work out hobbyists. I've been working out at the gym since I was 20. It's kept me healthy and I also enjoy it as a hobby and pass time, also helps to alleviate stress, boosts confidence and makes your body feel and be great. My...
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    Post your workout schedule. How often do you work out? PC geeks don't have to unfit!

    I thought I'd get some thoughts of the AT gym fanatics and work out hobbyists. I've been working out at the gym since I was 20. It's kept me healthy and I also enjoy it as a hobby and pass time, also helps to alleviate stress, boosts confidence and makes your body feel and be great. My...
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    What is your profession? Vote in the poll.

    What is your profession? What is your job like? How long have you had it for? Are you happy? Vote! Now this is a pretty vague poll but please try to match to the closest options. If you are a doctor or a dentist, you will choose the obvious option 1. However if you are a CEO or a business...
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    How many girlfriends and boyfriends have you had? Vote! (goto love and relationships)

    http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2063187 check it, i figured since most visit the Off topic section, I'd like to steer some folks to the other section...vote there for the number of relationships you've had. cheers locked - those who want to go to L&R will. Pretty entertaining...
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    What sexuality are you? Anonymous poll!

    What sexuality are you? Hetro, Homo, Lesbo, Bi ? Feel free to post or just vote.
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    The coming of DualCore/QuadCore/HexaCore GPUs..just like CPUs..how soon and feasible?

    I thought I'd lay this out since CPUs are evolving so fast. How soon will it be until we see Video Card manufacturers incorporate DualCore, TriCore, QuadCore and even HexaCore single chips on one video card? Now I can imagine that GPU's burn hotter than Cpu's and such a setup would require a...
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    What ATI DX11 Video card/s do you currently own? Vote!

    Vote or post which DX11 ATI card you currently own here. I'd like to get a perspective on how well these ATI DX11 cards have sold and are selling. PS-HD 5550 includes other. Newer cards are ATI cards that are yet to be released in the future.
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    Your thoughts on Lady Gaga and her symbolism...any favourite or 'head ringing' songs?

    Well my musical taste has mostly been hip-hop, trance, dance, fusion, rock, soul, r and b, some pop, instrumental, some classical. I have never really dug any "chick" music that they play on the radio but it's just everywhere... I go to the local Ymca gym here, and every day, almost non stop...
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    gtx480

    http://www.fudzilla.com/content/view/18175/1/ The above link reports that Asus is boasting a 50% performance boost with Voltage Tweak on the GTX 470/480... Shocking if this is true...
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    Are you Male or Female? Vote!

    Vote for who you are..Male or Female...I'd like to get a perspective on the ratio of men to women on AT forums.
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    How old are you? Vote!

    This board community has been a mature crowd since I joined back in 03...there's a decent amount of well established professionals on here and I'd like to make an arbitrary poll to gauge the age groups of AT members. I expect there to be a mix of young generation to old timers on here. ---- I...
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    Bought an Asus 5970, Benchmarking PCI-E 1.0 vs PCI-E 2.0 5970vs5870, 5970/5870/5850CF

    As some of you may know I made a post at the CPU Overclock section of the forums about a possible upgrade path to the core i7 setup since my E8400 was a bottleneck, especially when dual GPUing...you can read that thread here I decided to bite the bullet and stumbled upon a killer $697CAD with...
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    Question about installing wifi.

    I have a client that I have an appointment for next week to inspect his wireless connection in his office/pub. he says he has a few Point of sale systems and computers using his cable internet connection via a DLink router, but he wants Wifi connectivity downstairs in his lunch room. He says the...
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    Switching to i7 920 from E8400. E8400 bottlenecks the 5970/BFBC2, benchmarking...

    I've been going on an insanity PC spending free since February. I bought a 5870 for rig 2 in my sig. Then I bought a 4350 for Rig1, then realized I needed to game on it, so I bought a 5850 for Rig1. My Acer x193w 19" was boring me and now I went ahead and bought a BenQ BenQ E2420HD 24"..... I...
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    24" monitor recommendation under $220 CAD--$214 BenQ E2420HD vs $199 HP L2445MCN

    I've decided it's time to upgrade to a better monitor for my Rig1 in my sig. I'm currently looking to spend no more than $220 CAD on a nice 24" monitor and also am looking at nothing less than a 24" screen. After hunting for some deals I found the following to be the closest match: BenQ E2420HD...
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    The 5850 Overclock thread, post your overclock settings and benchmarks.

    I started playing with my Asus 5850 last night, having had it on a mild 835Mhz core and 1025Mhz memory on stock voltages, it worked fine. I'm using the 10.3 beta drivers. I wanted to push it further and tested stable at the following settings: Run1: 835/1025 stock voltage (1.087v)-3dVantage...
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    Will you be buying Fermi? Sell your current card? Other? Post here!

    Post your thoughts and vote in the poll!
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    An uncertain moment of truth: Post your Unigine Heaven benchmark score/screenshots

    So I downloaded the Unigine Heaven benchmark to try out my new Asus 5850, with a slight overclock. The demo looks so and so, but I wanted to see what kind of a score I'd get, running Dx11 raped my card heavily, at just 2x AA and 8x AF and a 1440x900 resolution, I noticed that my card struggled...
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    Where is the next Quake3,Doom3 technology? Will John Carmack reinvent the 3d wheel?

    It's been over 10 years since Quake 3 entered the 3d gaming world and revolutionized PC Gaming forever. Then in 2004 came Doom 3, another technological marvel, it completely changed the look of 3d gaming, introduced better graphics, textures and a whole new way of gaming. Then came Quake4 which...
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    Overclocked E8400/8500/8600@4.0Ghz vs Corei7920@4.0Ghz +58xx gaming benchmark request

    I was wondering if anyone would be willing to benchmark some popular games with the following overclocked processors: Overclocked E8400/8500/8600@4.0Ghz vs Corei7920@4.0Ghz and a 58xx series video card (5850/5870/5970) I haven't found any links that give me direct comparison at 4 Gigahertz...
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    E8400/Asus P5KE Overclock boot problems with Asus 5850...

    So I've bought an Asus 5850 for my E8400 setup on a Asus P5K-E wifi board. The card worked fine initially, but after I restarted the machine would not post, and would give me 3 beeps. To solve this I removed the 5850 and connected my older 4350 onto the PCI-E slot, and had the same problem. Then...
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    Question about high end budget video cards.

    I'm currently running a Asus HD 4350 on one of my machines with a E8400@3.9. The games I really want to play are CODWAW with full eye candy, currently the screen I'm using is a Acer X193w 19". It does the job for gaming and also has 75hz peak capacity. I decided to go budget and sell my 9800gx2...
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    What video card setup do you have? SLI/Crossfire/Single? Motherboard you prefer?

    I'm wondering how many of you use SLI boards, Crossfire boards, multi boards, and how many of you prefer SLI, Crossfire or single setups. Post here, and cast your vote in the poll. With the current video card's coming out, I presume some will go with the extreme performance dual GTX480 route...
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    Solving the issue of image tearing...Vsync at 60hz good enough? Alternate methods?

    Just wondering how many of you folks game with Vsync enabled. Given that most PC monitors have a 60Hz refresh rate (60fps), sure having Vsync enabled does solve the tearing issues, but the Fps is still very limited. I don't have the budget to afford an expensive 120Hz set so I was wondering how...
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    Has ATI stopped manufacturing 5970s?

    I've been looking around and was wondering if the 5970s are to end production soon? IT seems as though they are being shipped in extremely limited quantities, the question is whether ATI plans to sell these in mass numbers or just stop selling them all together like Nvidia did with the GTX 295...
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    Should I bight the bullet and upgrade my 5870 to a 5970? Anxious and stock worried..

    It's been about 16 days so far with my 5870 purchase, I tried a couple of games on it and it runs them great, Crysis Warhead @Everything Enthusiast 1920x1080 gives me a steady 29-35 fps with 2xAA and 16XAF. However, I want more....and hearing the latest news about Fermi's limited quantity March...
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    What AMD Cpu do you currently use? Post here!

    I just wanted to get an idea of what AMD CPU/s the fellow Anandtechers are using. I've created a poll so you may list the ones you are using. If none are on the list, the please list your AMD only CPU. Note:If you are using an Intel, please use the other thread I created called "What INTEL CPU...
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    What INTEL CPU do you currently use? Post here!

    I was wondering what the fellow Anandtechers currently use as their INTEL CPUs, it would have to be a more generic answer so I'll make a poll listing some common processors. Note: Please list other Intel Processors if yours is not on the poll list. Do not post AMD processors in this thread...
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    Is Intel going 'girls gone wild' while AMD takes a 'chill pill'?

    I have a feeling that Intel may have gone crazy with their latest releases. The problem is that their chips are too vast and to me it confuses the average buyer, maybe even the enthusiast with so many similar options. They are releasing E8xxx series, Corei3, Corei5 and Corei7s. I think this...