Sarz91 wrote: » Anyone using the Sapphire HD 7950 Vapor-X OC. Is it true that by switching to the lower speed, ie: not the boost bios, that you up the voltage and clock the card much higher?
Eboggles wrote: » I'd probably go with the 950mhz version of Sapphire's HD7950 which looks like this:http://us.sapphiretech.com/mc/images/prods/1551/11196-10_HD7950_OC_3GBGDDR5_2miniDP_HDMI_DVI_PCIE_C03_634702826338314263_600_600.jpg. Failing that, MSI's Twin Frozr with HD7970 PCB (not the boost version) or the ASUS DCII. EDIT: Also, my ASIC quality is poor, which seems to be the case with many of the other 8+8-pin cards. It's 67.8%. The performance of the card itself is unreal at 1220mhz though.
Sarz91 wrote: » Sweet cheers for that. Was looking into getting a 7970 but decided against it. I was just being greedy to be honest. I'm getting it from ocuk so the Dual X actually works out cheaper.
Eboggles wrote: » OcUK is down for me right now... Once it reappears I'll link you some recommended ones.
Sarz91 wrote: » Ye went back on to throw a few more things in the basket but it's down for me too. Cheers for the help mate. Are they on the same level as the 670? I had a 670 a while back but they haven't decreased in price since I bought my old one back in August.
Eboggles wrote: » It's on the same level (and can surpass the 680) once you overclock it. At stock speeds, the 670 wins.
Sarz91 wrote: » Thanks again. I'll throw a few Gentle typhoons into the case too.
Eboggles wrote: » OcUK have good delivery times, but they're quite expensive. I'd go with HWVS if you don't mind waiting an extra day or two. They've got a massive selection of cards, too.
deceit wrote: » Fluffy88 why would you put so little ram in a computer that is going to be highly specced such as that one? The fact your using a K series chipset would suggest your going to overclock it and if your overclocking it I'm guessing you need it for something intensive and generally intensive programs require a bit of ram also. Would be a waste to buy this rig only to keep using pagefiling because your running out of ram. I run out of ram all the time on my laptop with 4gb on it and pagefiling turned off just using firefox,outlook and netbeans.
Fluffy88 wrote: » I have the mouse already :P
marco_polo wrote: » I wouldn't completely disable the pagefile if you are low on RAM as you will only run out of it even faster, the reason being that programs often reserve more memory than they actually use. It can often add up to a few 100 hundred MBs depending on what programs you are running. With a pagefile enabled the memory manager can allocate this reserved but unused memory to the pagefile, freeing up actual physical ram for use by other processes.
Squaredude wrote: » Got my 670 ordered should have it on Monday or Tuesday,hope my power supply from HWVS arrives then as well or i won't be able to play with my new toy.
tuxy wrote: » Why wait? A gtx 670 has similar power usage to a HD6870. Edit: Actually it uses less power. So unless your PSU has had problems running the 6870, why change? The 850 watt psu upgrade would suggest you might be thinking of 3 way sli 670! Damn that will be expensive :P
Squaredude wrote: » I will definitely be adding a second 670 at some stage and I'll be doing some over clocking so I decided that I might as well upgrade my PSU while I'm upgrading everything else.Plus its modular so I can tidy up my case a good bit.
tuxy wrote: » Makes sense but why wait for the psu before installing the 670?
Sarz91 wrote: » Anyone any interest in a Crysis 3 key? Haven't got it yet, should be here soon though.
Eboggles wrote: » I'd love a key .
Sarz91 wrote: » When I get it you're more than welcome to it. You don't happen to have a dead space 3 key by any chance?
Eboggles wrote: » I don't have any keys at the moment, sorry .
thewheel2.0 wrote: » Looks like I have to RMA my Sapphire HD7870 OC GHZ Edition - I have the dreaded black screen issues. So disappointing cause I like Sapphire's cards. Anyone else have the same problems?
