Off-Topic Thread

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

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

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

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

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

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

Anybody ever sell their steam account?

Headshot wrote: »

Anybody ever sell their steam account?

Its against the TOS and is risky enough.

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

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

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

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

Gumbi

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

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

VenomIreland

Gumbi wrote: »

Blur out your address man!

Quick! Someone order him a pizza!

ShadowHearth

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!

So who's gonna be playing Infinite?

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

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 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.

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.

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

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 .

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

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

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

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

ED E wrote: »

So who's gonna be playing Infinite?

Got it with my 7950