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Serephucus · 22-03-2013 11:33PM

I usually run 8-1024, with 12GB of RAM. I find it to be a lot better than stock, and usually gives temps closer to IBT (Incidentally, that might be why my temps seem slightly higher than others).

Sarz91 · 22-03-2013 11:37PM

How long should I leave it run. Reading about crazy times like 24 hours.

Serephucus · 22-03-2013 11:40PM

That's standard.

If you're just checking a given clock, with the intention of going higher, use Intel Burn Test instead (If you really want to use Prime - hopefully as well - then an hour should do it. Small FFTs will throw errors the quickest, usually). Stick it on maximum, let it run for five passes, then move on. It throws errors much faster than Prime, but it's not as good for long-term stability. When you get to whatever your end goal is, then run Prime.

smileyj1987 · 22-03-2013 11:42PM

Sarz91 wrote: »

I was reading a few guides and most said to just leave it on. Just out of curiosity, what settings do you, personally, run prime under?

I would recommend about 8 hours , 24 hours is for extreme clocks . I would also say run intelburntest too .

Sarz91 · 22-03-2013 11:48PM

Serephucus wrote: »

That's standard.

If you're just checking a given clock, with the intention of going higher, use Intel Burn Test instead (If you really want to use Prime - hopefully as well - then an hour should do it. Small FFTs will throw errors the quickest, usually). Stick it on maximum, let it run for five passes, then move on. It throws errors much faster than Prime, but it's not as good for long-term stability. When you get to whatever your end goal is, then run Prime.

Think I'll just stick at 4.2 GHz. Don't really have much time on my hands at the moment and just wanted to give it a go without going too far into it. I'll definitely give it more time during the summer but for now I think it's good enough for the time being.

Damo 2k9 · 22-03-2013 11:55PM

Right lads quick question, turned off my brothers laptop earlier and it had to install updates, this was at half 5 and its still saying "Please do not turn off your blahhh blahhh blahhh, Installing update 2 of 2"

Should I just turn it off or what haha

Headshot · 24-03-2013 01:11AM

Anybody ever sell their steam account?

ED E · 24-03-2013 09:00AM

Headshot wrote: »

Anybody ever sell their steam account?

Its against the TOS and is risky enough.

ED E · 24-03-2013 09:01AM

Damo 2k9 wrote: »

Right lads quick question, turned off my brothers laptop earlier and it had to install updates, this was at half 5 and its still saying "Please do not turn off your blahhh blahhh blahhh, Installing update 2 of 2" Should I just turn it off or what haha

Usually not a good plan, its a common way to frag a windows install. Remember those are system updates, its editing windows files.

smileyj1987 · 24-03-2013 05:39PM

Headshot wrote: »

Anybody ever sell their steam account?

I would say it could be sold what they don't know won't hurt them !

Headshot · 24-03-2013 05:43PM

ED E wrote: »

Its against the TOS and is risky enough.

Steam cant do anything unless you put it a public sale or somthing like that

smileyj1987 wrote: »

I would say it could be sold what they don't know won't hurt them !

I was half thinking of it

So many games iv never played and no intention of playing, a bit of a waste

Damo 2k9 · 25-03-2013 11:51AM

Parts arrived today, not really happy about the second box, it's pretty bashed :pac: lets just hope the parts aren't damaged.

Gumbi · 25-03-2013 01:25PM

Damo 2k9 wrote: »

Parts arrived today, not really happy about the second box, it's pretty bashed :pac: lets just hope the parts aren't damaged.

Blur out your address man!

Vicxas · 25-03-2013 01:30PM

Got my first taste of my SSD yesterday.... holy christ on a bike batman!

VenomIreland · 25-03-2013 01:33PM

Gumbi wrote: »

Blur out your address man!

Quick! Someone order him a pizza!

ShadowHearth · 25-03-2013 01:37PM

VenomIreland wrote: »

Quick! Someone order him a pizza!

Done! I hope he likes anchovies and pineapple pizzas. I got all 5 of them! With garlic mayo dip!

ED E · 25-03-2013 07:22PM

So who's gonna be playing Infinite?

marco_polo · 25-03-2013 07:25PM

ED E wrote: »

So who's gonna be playing Infinite?

Me me me. I'm going to try and wait till this arrives though, it looks like it is going to be a suitably epic game to break my new toy in.

Your Amazon.co.uk order of "Dell Ultrasharp U2412M." has been dispatched

Serephucus · 25-03-2013 07:29PM

Congrats! For when you get it:

Brightness: 43
Contrast: 75
Colour: R96, G93, B87

Gives you pretty good calibration. I upped my brightness slightly to 50, and am very pleased with the overall result.

marco_polo · 26-03-2013 12:38AM

marco_polo wrote: »

Me me me. I'm going to try and wait till this arrives though, it looks like it is going to be a suitably epic game to break my new toy in.

Well that went well, half an hour in so far.

Serephucus · 26-03-2013 12:45AM

Liking it so far then? :P Spend as much time as you can with your monitor tomorrow... Then plug your TN monitor back in.

TN: Never again.

marco_polo · 26-03-2013 01:44AM

Serephucus wrote: »

Liking it so far then? :P Spend as much time as you can with your monitor tomorrow... Then plug your TN monitor back in.

TN: Never again.

Don't have the monitor until thursday, liking Bioshock though it unlocked on Steam at 11

mailrewop · 26-03-2013 02:43AM

http://www.hardwareversand.de/2048+MB/75631/Sapphire+Radeon+HD+7870+XT+Boost%2C+2GB+GDDR5%2C+DVI%2C+HDMI%2C+2x+Mini+DisplayPort%2C+full+retail.article

Got this graphics card today from hardwareversand and i heard that you get 2 free games from amd but am i right in saying i cant get these games cause i bought from hardwareversand and they are not part of the promotion. just wanted to check .

marco_polo · 26-03-2013 02:49AM

mailrewop wrote: »

http://www.hardwareversand.de/2048+MB/75631/Sapphire+Radeon+HD+7870+XT+Boost%2C+2GB+GDDR5%2C+DVI%2C+HDMI%2C+2x+Mini+DisplayPort%2C+full+retail.article

Got this graphics card today from hardwareversand and i heard that you get 2 free games from amd but am i right in saying i cant get these games cause i bought from hardwareversand and they are not part of the promotion. just wanted to check .

Some folks have got them in the past, i'd shoot them off a mail.

http://touch.boards.ie/thread/2056827885?page=1

tuxy · 26-03-2013 02:51AM

Is this good value for a 7950

http://www.pixmania.ie/ie/uk/13360145/art/generique/radeon-hd-7950-3-gb-gddr5.html

Or would you be better off with a 7870 and non oem cooler?

BloodBath · 26-03-2013 03:36AM

No it's not. I'd grab a sapphire 7870xt at the moment. You will get 1 delivered for about that price with tomb raider and bioshock infinite. Overclocked it would outperform that 7950 and be quieter. You can get the club3d model with the same games for a tad over €200 delivered.

smileyj1987 · 26-03-2013 03:51AM

BloodBath wrote: »

No it's not. I'd grab a sapphire 7870xt at the moment. You will get 1 delivered for about that price with tomb raider and bioshock infinite. Overclocked it would outperform that 7950 and be quieter. You can get the club3d model with the same games for a tad over €200 delivered.

But the thing with Pixmania is the fact you could end up getting a card with a non reference cooler because they seem to send you any card in a brown box .

Vicxas · 26-03-2013 03:31PM

ED E wrote: »

So who's gonna be playing Infinite?

Got it with my 7950

ED E · 26-03-2013 05:19PM

Vicxas wrote: »

Got it with my 7950

Gamesplanet site couldnt handle the load, screwed up my order which was thus cancelled, no I dont get the deal and amn't in the mood to play it anymore. Gonna wait for a steam sale and get it for 20E.

Snowie · 27-03-2013 01:40AM

I cant wait to get my pc i want to destroy things presently,

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