Danger781 wrote: » Shiieet that's tempting me and I literally just bought my two 7950's for about €570 or so.. Damn it :P
Gumbi wrote: » How do they perform? Have you overclocked them? 2 7950s for that money isn't bad like. Overclocked they will almost match a 7990 at the cost of more power.
Danger781 wrote: » And more heat. Yes I've Overclocked them - If I remember correctly I had them 1130 / 1600 but not entirely sure if it is 100% stable. Was playing CS:GO the other day and it kept crashing every half hour or so forcing me to restart my computer. I reduced the OC substantially, but also verified the game cache in steam and all seems okay now.. will slowly bring the OC back up and see what happens.. Haven't played anything demanding yet.. I've got exams to worry about so games aren't a priority at the moment.
Gumbi wrote: » Repeat exams? I have 4 to do myself Note to self: attend college next semester. :P Can you up the voltage to make them stable at 1130? Upping the voltage is probably not worth it due to the extra heat. they're probably fine at 1100mhz, id leave them there personally, that's a ton of performance. Have you used them in any graphically demanding game? Crysis? How hot do they get? Do you have good airflow? I'm just sizing up if its worth it for me to get another 7950 in the future :P
Gumbi wrote: » That all sounds good tbh. Max of 75 with both cards maximally stressed is fine. I'd stick with stock volts and ~1100mhz. With good scaling that's pretty much 7990 performance, maybe a tad less. I must start studying this week And so little time as I'm working full-time due to coop.
Gbear wrote: » How reliable do second hand cards tend to be? Where's the best place to get them? Not in the market at the moment due to poverty but, with the new drivers, another 7950 in 6 mths to a years time could be just the ticket.
Portlawslim wrote: » http://goo.gl/w81zYd Just ordered this monster mat:D Plus my mec kboard arrived today:D Sweet
Lu Tze wrote: » You know it was half price a couple of days ago yeah!? Mine is in the dpd depot!
Portlawslim wrote: » Yeah got the half price deal:cool:
Monotype wrote: » There's only two choices really for a 1TB hard drive. The WD 1TB blue WD10EZEX and the Seagate 1TB 7200.14 ST1000DM003. They're much the same in performance. Both beat each other in some benchmarks. Desktop higher rev drives are slower since they haven't been updated. The WD Black is slower since it hasn't been updated. Enterprise drives aren't worth the money. Low rev drives, e.g., WD Red are good but not what I'd go for as main storage. RAM is much the same, whomever it comes from. Try to get 1.5V and not above to avoid issues. Also avoid huge heatspreaders. Finally, high speeds make little difference on Intel systems unless they are overclocked.
Monotype wrote: » The blacks are supposed to be better, but they're not. They're actually quite a lot slower. If you're thinking of the larger sizes, seagate might be a better option. I'd have to double check to see what lines WD have updated above 1TB capacities. Alternatively, the WD Red are still a good option if you have a big SSD... they're probably faster than the blacks even though they're a lower rev but a newer generation.
Gumbi wrote: » Sure. I imagine the 780 will get slightly better than the 770, basically run any 1v1 map early game and you should have several hundred FPS. Doesn't have to be particularly scientific. I only have ~100FPS. Depends on the map ofc. Some ~90. It is poor performance comparatively and there should not be a situation where I am graphically bound and below 60FPS in sc2.
NTMK wrote: » 1v1 map i was getting 130-140 fps everything max. you sure hes running everything ultra?
Gumbi wrote: » Wtf. That lines up with AMD apparently being better adapted for SC2 (according to Linus's benches) in conjunction with the 780 being quite a bit faster than the 7950. Hmmm. I assume you have a capable CPU? Anything modern and overclocked will easily limit the GPU in the game. This requires more investigation. I must check if he is actually maxing it out. He's not tech illiterate at all, he knows more than me I would say. Hmmmmm.... Thanks anyways. Edit: Do you mind screenshotting the early game FPS for me on the map?
Gumbi wrote: » What in the fook. That seems realistic when compared to a 7950. Thanks! Any reason you have your 3570k at 4.3ghz instead of 4.5/6?
NTMK wrote: » stock cooler until i decide to wc or not
Serephucus wrote: » Since when is watercooling a question?
Serephucus wrote: » Point taken. I have all of the above (minus the 780) to buy, as well as a new server, so I know where you're coming from.But I already have the watercooling. Mwuhahaha!
