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    Any reports yet on the 5870?

    That's already a massive upgrade as it is, and it's projected to spank Nvidias followup, which will also arrive late. However, it will not be out for August. ATI has said they wiill have DX11 GPUs coming out at the same time Windows 7 arrives. This will most likely not be the 5000 series...
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    Prime/Orthos fails after 8hrs (UD3P and E5200)

    I'm just seeing this now, but I have a super weird issue that's related. I pass IntelBurn Test. I normally find that if it's going to find a problem, it will do it in the first 5 passes, but I gave it 20 just to be sure..... Prime95: Small FFT & Blend pass no problem. Orthos Small FFT...
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    Any reports yet on the 5870?

    ATI said they would have the first DX11 cards out by the time Windows 7 is released, which means by 10/22 according to Microsoft's latest release date for Win7 (which actually looks promising -- it will be far stable than Vista upon release with superior performance - no doubt. But there's...
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    Is the 512MB 4870 insufficient for 19x12 ?

    lol I know I am a bit late here but the game only detects 256mb video RAM with a 4870 so 1gb would be a waste with WAR too. Card isn't ready for 1gb. It's only marginally faster when running 2560x1600+ res with at least 8xAA. Not worth the extra ~$100 I have Crossfire 4870 512s. AA/AF...
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    TWIN3X2048-1800C7DF + Rampage Extreme Memtest Video Corruption

    Okay I have now tried just about every possible setting combination on the board. I'm a bit annoyed and it's downright obvious that I'm wasting my time I've come to the conclusion that: a) Corsair, like all other DDR3 brands I've used on several boards, have an extremely high defect rate...
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    TWIN3X2048-1800C7DF + Rampage Extreme Memtest Video Corruption

    Well I made it the longest I have made it so far last night. I woke up and it was going for 5 hours 30 minutes, went back to bed for a half hour and when I woke up it froze at 6 hours 8 minutes. Increased VTT to 1.26 and tried 1.51v on the northbridge (1.48v actual). Trying 1.59v on the...
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    TWIN3X2048-1800C7DF + Rampage Extreme Memtest Video Corruption

    Around 1.30v. Corsairs recommended setting is 1.70v. That sounds a bit high to me too. Others say they need a full 1.72v to do a little bit higher than what I am aiming for, so 1.63v (1.59v reported actual) might even be too low. I tried VTT at 1.22v with a NB voltage of 1.59v (1.55v...
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    TWIN3X2048-1800C7DF + Rampage Extreme Memtest Video Corruption

    I found the VTT part since I first posted. It's been fine at lower RAM speeds, so I never thought that VTT might be too low.
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    western digital releases new 1TB drive that is FAST!!

    I have a 750gb RE2 and I am surprised how fast that drive is. It's one of the fastest 7200 rpm drives have seen. The RE3 is 15-30% faster. The review I saw plotted it against a Velociraptor with a RE2, the 1TB black edition drive and about 5 or 6 other SATA drives. It never was too far...
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    TWIN3X2048-1800C7DF + Rampage Extreme Memtest Video Corruption

    Hey guys I have a kind of weird issue. I have a Rampage Extreme with Corsair TWIN3X2048-1800C7DF (1800mhz 7-7-7-20). When I run memtest at stock speeds, it seems to pass for roughly a hour and after a while the video becomes corrupted. I believe I saw something changing, like it's a bad...
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    subjective performance of velociraptor

    I own a velociraptor. It's a very fast drive... I was surprised how fast windows installed on it, and it keeps load times short, but it's more of a luxury for a gaming system than a requirement -- your load times will decrease, but it won't effect the playability of (well designed) games...
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    Best brand for ATI 4870?

    Try Nvidia, they never fixed Auto fan speed on the 9800gtx. Runs randomly between 4-39% and often goes down in speed when the temp goes up. They also never completely made manual 100% run at 100% all the time either... at least ATI offered a fix! I too am ready to buy now, but I'd rather...
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    Best brand for ATI 4870?

    They're still around?
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    Best brand for ATI 4870?

    I have a 9800gtx now, and you have to set the fan speed to 100% manually... auto is 4 to 39% and it gets o 90+ degrees in a matter of seconds. And for a while, when the card hit 60 degrees it reverted the fan speed back to manual. Nvidia actually fixed that (one of the few things they ever...
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    Best brand for ATI 4870?

    Link doesn't work :|
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    Best brand for ATI 4870?

    hmm I didn't think about that, good call.
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    Best brand for ATI 4870?

    Guys, how about this card, from Force3d (Inno3d). It launched yesterday - have not seen reviews of the black edition yet, but the reviews of the Force3d referennce model and it's the only reference model to stand out as all the reviews it overclocks to at least 800mhz, usually 850 (but one...
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    Best brand for ATI 4870?

    I would look at the toxic or atomic (which will probably come first) when they come out too... I've always been a bit of a Nvidia fanboy with the exception of the ATI 9000 series vs the Nvidia 5 series and never really bought many ATI cards so you guys and reviews is all I have to go by.
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    Best brand for ATI 4870?

    That's a shame. I've always heard they make a solid product too... standing behind it never hurts :| I will preferably be getting it from newegg although if someone else lists it first and newegg does not have it listed by 8/10, I might get it elsewhere as I'd like to receive it on 8/15 if...
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    Best brand for ATI 4870?

    On top it does but you might notice the large 4 pipe heatsink. I have not seen any reviews of the IceQ4 yet, but some people put their IceQ 3870 coolers on their 4870 cards and the cards idled at 37 degrees and under load at 50 and 52 degrees each with the fan speed turned down. That's...
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    Best brand for ATI 4870?

    That is what I read from reviews.. instead of idling at 65 and running mid 80s under load, the IceQ 3870 idled around 37 and hit 52 with an additional overclock, and people who put their IceQ3 coolers on their 4850 or 4870s had similar results... I don't mind the heat so much as I just don't...
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    Best brand for ATI 4870?

    Any idea when I can get my hands on these? I'm so anxious to get a stable computer (which means getting rid of all the Nvidia drivers and hardware lol!!!! ...but it's the truth!)
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    Best brand for ATI 4870?

    Are they generally a good brand? Is the IceQ worth the wait or should I wait for Sapphire's Atomic/Toxic or something else?
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    Best brand for ATI 4870?

    How is visiontek to deal with? I've read only complaints (mostly people RMAing an OC'd card and getting a reference card back)... but then again when you google a company name and RMA or warranty all that comes for the first 10 pages for anyone is the complaints too.
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    RV870 in early 2009, rumour: 40nm, 2000 shader processors!

    lol maybe at 1024x768... people have been saying the same about a card that can handle Crysis with every new card and it hasn't happened, although ATI is back in the game so that MIGHT change things too (but I think both companies hit a brick wall right now)
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    Best brand for ATI 4870?

    I am looking at buying an ATI 4870. What brands would you guys recommend? Is it worth waiting for the HIS Ice 4870 assuming it comes out soon? I have read it is due at the end of the month (any day now) on fudzilla but have not seen any other mention of this card's existence, so any...
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    Need quick help with RMA decision. EDIT: Need new advice.

    I'd take the money and run on that one. I have tons of crashes with my 9800gtx. You can read about the fan speed problem that existed for a while when it first came out. Know that they never fixed it (auto still runs between 4 and 39% fan speed, and it still does occasionally revert to auto...
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    Anybody having problems with their HD4870?

    The one, and ONLY scenario where Vista is more stable is with video related driver crashes, Vista usually doesn't blue screen or freeze but says "your driver failed", but it still forces you to reboot for your 3d to work after that... XP just freezes. However there's a lot more complaints...
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    Anybody having problems with their HD4870?

    Forget playing CoD4 on Nvidia - I can't even make it through a level! ATI releases drivers every month (where nvidia every year or whenever new cards come out but they still don't update drivers for old cards when that happens).... next driver should fix it.
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    The 9800GT is out

    the 9800s aren't worthy of the 9 series name. 8900s would be right, but most 8800s are still faster.... so maybe 8700 would be right.... I'd bet my money on the 8800gt being a tad faster... the 9 series cards seem to drop frames t higher resolutions much faster than the 8 series, even the...
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    sapphire hd4870 vs. Asus hd4870

    I'm in the same boat but I'm thinking I should wait for the HIS Hightech Iceq model which should hardly cost any more than the reference models.... It is true that Asus gives you the run around if you need customer support. Sapphire is at least good if you call them. The recent complaints...
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    DDR3 RAM Recommendations

    Here's a few I could find... I saw some that compare 7 CAS 1800mhz DDR3 vs DDR2 1066 which showed a decent improvement with DDR3 and another which plotted 1066 Mhz DDR2 vs DDR3, the DDR2 was slightly faster due to timings, but not much but I can't seem to find either at the moment One...
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    DDR3 RAM Recommendations

    I've got 2 9800gtx's on the way (I know the 9900 is coming soon, but I expect it to have large problems being the first dual core GPU). I could get DDR2.. lower latencies, but DDR3 seems to outperform it, from what I've been seeing anyway.
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    DDR3 RAM Recommendations

    Nobody?
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    DDR3 RAM Recommendations

    What's some good DDR3? I am looking at upgrading my CPU to a E8500, which means I need new RAM and a new motherboard as well. I am going with the EVGA nForce 790i Ultra as that seems to be a very good board, but I'm not sure what to buy for RAM. I'd like something with good performance...