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VenomIreland wrote: »

DPD are so damn useless, they were meant to collect a keyboard for RMA to Scan on Tuesday, then Wednesday and now today, they haven't even made any contact with us (DPD, I've been in contact with Scan and they've been fine), what can I do in this situation?

Could you not drop out to there offices and just leave it with them?

I've found with rmaing a monitor that dpd where really easy to deal with. They dropped out too me two days after I organized a replacement with hanns with a new monitor in hand and collected the old one at the same time. (While I think of it, Hanns server and warranty are awesome especially considering the value of there stuff)

dwighet wrote: »

I just sent back a mobo to them and they were spot on...they tested it as soon as it arrived and a replacement was sent straight away..
I posted it to them myself and got a refund for the postage...(36euro)and they put the postage cost into my credit card...Im very happy with there service..

Cool, hopefully I have the same response as this. If so I will have to thank them with another purchase of a second 290x, block and backplate :P

dwighet wrote: »

.im jelous..:cool:.how is the single card performing over the 2x7970`s you had???

Well it was more playable in games until it would black screen as it showed lower fps but had no frame pacing issue so was smooth 100% of the time where as if the 7970's went below 60 they would stutter.
Now its just a paper weight :P

dwighet wrote: »

I see.
Your running 3 monitors though???
Ive only the one 1440 and the 2 7970`s are flying it since I got the rig on water..
Bf4 never gets under 60fps on ultra...Best move I ever made was watercooling.
Got both cards wound up to 1250/1700 @1.3v...

One 290x would be a fair bit slower for you then. You would be much better off sticking with them.
I mostly wanted the 290x as can have an xspc backplate on it :P
My cards sagged a lot with the weight and it ruined the look of the rig, a full backplate would really help the look of it with a straight card.

Headshot wrote: »

http://www.techpowerup.com/196657/dell-28-inch-4k-monitor-priced-at-699-coming-this-month.html
Very interesting

As much as it sounds amazing it is still romoured to be only 30hz.

I would prefer to see some 1440p 120hz monitors to become more affordable then 4k 30hz

ShadowHearth wrote: »

As much as it sounds amazing it is still romoured to be only 30hz.

I would prefer to see some 1440p 120hz monitors to become more affordable then 4k 30hz

I doubt It'll be 30Hz , I cant see many people buying them if they are.

If its is 60hz and lower than 900 euro, ill be buying it

The 28" is a 30Hz TN. The more expensive 24" is a 60Hz IPS. Dunno where I read that, but it's legit.

I want to see a 24/27" IPS/VA 60/120Hz G-Sync/FreeSync monitor. We all know they're coming, someone announce one already!

Do those Post cards work for Mobo's? Be dead handy to have a tool to test the motherboard.

http://www.pcgamer.com/2014/01/09/battlefield-4-demoed-with-amds-mantle-during-ces-conference-runs-up-to-45-faster


If this turns out to be even half accurate Mantle could make a big difference!!

..Brian.. wrote: »

Can someone quote the article, can't access it in work!

If PC gaming is a romance, then DirectX represents the high-school era. It's the thing that's passing notes between your games and your graphics cards, possibly while getting a bit bashful and giggling. Cute as this image is, it's hardly the most efficient way to foster a relationship. Step in AMD's new low-level API, Mantle, which has been designed to allow games to directly access GPUs. That sounds like a good thing, although it's going to be awkward when Battlefield 4 realises that your graphics card has been seeing other games behind its back.
At AMD's CES conference, Battlefield 4 was demoed on-stage running the Mantle API. It was presented alongside the claim that it could run "up to 45% faster than the original version on this same hardware." Meaning, up to 45% faster than the DirectX equivalent. You can watch the relevant section at the 31 minute mark of the below video.
Really, there's not much we can tell from the footage - especially when it contains a couple of embarrassing lag spikes. If AMD's performance quotes are accurate, though, it'll be a welcome streamlining of performance. Mantle is currently lined up for support in over twenty games - both current and upcoming - including Battlefield 4, Thief, Star Citizen and Sniper Elite 3.
It'll be interesting to see how AMD plan to handle multiple vendor support. Mantle is designed specifically for GCN cards, but AMD have also claimed that certain functionality will be supported in existing modern cards. That could also include Nvidia. While there must be a temptation to keep the tech proprietary, it'll be difficult to promote mass adoption by locking out a significant portion of the PC market.

Blitz17 wrote: »

Whats the second hand CPU market like ? I have a 4670k only a month old which I might get rid of and get a 4770k ( can get it at a good price )

I may be interested in that depending on your asking price

marco_polo wrote: »

They usually hold a fairly decent resale value, because if they are working they tend to stay working for a long time.

I'm usually alot more comfortable buying a second hand CPU than pretty much any other type of component,

Yeah I see what you mean. Just looking on eBay and used ones are not a million miles way from the retail price :eek: