Nice casing right there, mine one have issue with cable management lol
anyways, didnt expect AMD to come out with new Graphic card and it is something to be compare with GTX580 too...i wonder if this time AMD gonna take the crown for creating the most powerful single-GPU
I wonder what happened to the GTX590 and HD6990...doesn't looked like selling that well considering their price
Tomorrow Skeleton Server gets an upgrade; ASRock Z68 Professional Gen3 1155, Core i7 2600k, Corsair H70 cooler, courtesy of the expansion slot controller frying on my old board.
I currently have all the data copying from my RAID5 to my server, since I will probably need to redo the array, and so that I can reinstall Windows 7 fresh (ooh, just reminded myself I need to copy my CD key and probably burn a new W7 disc if I can't find the old one). Should be done some time tomorrow morning.
I would have liked to have waited until the Ivy Bridge came out and maybe reduced prices on Sandy Bridge equipment, but I need my desktop for school and work.
AMD catalyst 12.1 is out. I have a radeon HD6950. Should I update? 11.11 caused a BSoD
maeriden said:
AMD catalyst 12.1 is out. I have a radeon HD6950. Should I update? 11.11 caused a BSoD
Do you have any issues with your current set? Does the new set have anything in the changelog that you would care about?
If not, don't bother.
Got my Radeon 7950 today, it's quite the beast. Windows 7 graphics rating didn't improve though.. it was already capped at 7.9 with the 6950 :P
Getting much more acceptable graphics settings now without the framerates going to hell, Skyrim runs all maxed out at 2560x1440. The Witcher II still needs some things turned down, it looks great, but at my monitors resolution it only gets decent framerates with dual GPU's at the highest settings(xfire or two on one card).
Not talking about uber sampling btw, that makes it so damn heavy that even a quad xfire setup would struggle :P
Neat Hedgehog said:
Do you have any issues with your current set? Does the new set have anything in the changelog that you would care about?
If not, don't bother.
Well Battlefield 3 suggests updating to 11.10. Aside from the fact that I don't know if it would have better graphics, that message pops up every time I connect to a server, and it's very, very, VERY annoying
just arrived at doorstep...time for another OS installation
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I've tethered my computer to my iPhone, and am using the internet on my phone's data plan. I'm carefully monitoring that usage, so I don't fuck up my phone bill.
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I can't figure out why my connection's not working. I'm connected to the same switch as other machines on the network, which is itself connected to our modem. Some of the other computers on the network can access the internet, but none can actually ping or access the modem (it shows up in arping on netscan, though).
I'm 90% sure it isn't the cord itself, but I'm bringing home some cable testing gear from work tomorrow to check it out anyway. The tech from my ISP doesn't come in until Thursday, too.
Probably some fucked up setting on the modem that I can't even access. I hate my ISP. I would love it if there was some god damn competition in my region.
What should i do when my whole casing is covered with electric charge?
This kinda bother me a bit, especially after several upgrade i did for my PC. Back then, there are only several spot on casing that has electric discharge (like the bolts).
But now i can literally feel the electric flowing everywhere. Top, bottom, left, right. Heck some of the reading i got from my screwdriver (the one with electric reading thingy) have the light glow bright enough i think touching it would result in painful zap.
Any clue what to do? i do not really mind the zap, I'm more worried about the health of my SSD, Mobo, Graphic Card, and pretty much the rest of it.
You're short circuiting something, most likely the motherboard touching the backplate of the case? Such a timely response, you probably have resolved it already.
Anyway, why I'm posting.. I recently found out that there is quite a few cheaper alternatives for my lovely monitor. That is, they do use an IPS panel with a 2560x1440 resolution and are 27". They're also glossy which is great if you want vibrant colors not dulled down by some anti-glare coating.
They're dirt chip considering the specs but they're meant for the Korean market so you may get slapped in the face with import taxes and the quality might not be up to par with products aimed at the western products. Basically it's an Apple Cinema display at a fourth of the price so thought it would be worth mentioning. If you're interested look the product names below up on ebay (Googling would be wise too to find the experiences other folks have had with these monitors)
So frigging tempted to buy one myself, but I really can't come up with a reason to justify two monitors with such a resolution. Could go for a total of 3 to have an eyefinity setup but that's a little too extreme for my graphics card (3*2560*1440=11059200 pixels to render :P). Whoever posted in the artists thread a while ago about pictures looking better on a iPad.. these should be quite comparable, IPS+Glossy.
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That the monitors don't work with laptops is bullshit btw, if the laptop has dual-link DVI (not many do) it works.. or displayport with a displayport to dual-link dvi adapter (those are ~$100 however).
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Don't get a glass model, the glass plate can get shattered during transport or may fall off (apparently kept in place with double sided tape).
baronight said:
just arrived at doorstep...time for another OS installation
I have exactly the same drive.
The 240 GB version of that one was on sale on boxing day. So nice.
$1.5k for a laptop with a higher resolution screen but weaker video card than my almost 2 year old back then $1k laptop?
Sounds like a horrible deal to me. I don't like the 17" laptops at all, too big and bulky to carry around comfortably. MSI usually has the bang a buck stuff in their gaming series, if you want a bulky behemoth the MSI GT780DX-406US seems like a better buy. I don't think I'm getting a gaming laptop again though, how often have I played a 3D game while not at home? Like 3 times, not worth the extra cash. A nice light and cool laptop like something with an AMD A8 APU + normal gaming rig works better and costs the same.
Those few times I gamed somewhere else I wasn't having all that much fun either, laptop keyboard + screen doesn't make for very nice gaming imo.
Was expecting thunderbolt to bring powerful external graphics cards.. but no luck it seems.
lolno , imo , a gaming laptop? , in my cause i would build a pc gaming rig with that money and i will save alot money , but if you want a laptop that could run crysis 1/2 whenever you go well yeah maybe , also one of the reason why is expensive is because it have a blu-ray drive , do you care about blu-ray?
pilu said:
If you want to play new games on the go, then yes.
If you just want to surf on the go, then buy a more powerful desktop and a netbook. That option is cheaper.
CC said:
$1.5k for a laptop with a 'gaming laptop' that has a higher resolution screen but weaker video card than my almost 2 year old back then $1k laptop?Sounds like a horrible deal to me. I don't like the 17" laptops at all, too big and bulky to carry around comfortably. MSI usually has the bang a buck stuff in their gaming series, if you want a bulky behemoth the MSI GT780DX-406US seems like a better buy. I don't think I'm getting a gaming laptop again though, how often have I played a 3D game while not at home? Like 3 times, not worth the extra cash. A nice light and cool laptop like something with an AMD A8 APU + normal gaming rig works better and costs the same.
Those few times I gamed somewhere else I wasn't having all that much fun either, laptop keyboard + screen doesn't make for very nice gaming imo.Was expecting thunderbolt to bring powerful external graphics cards.. but no luck it seems.
HKE said:
lolno , imo , a gaming laptop? , in my cause i would build a pc gaming rig with that money and i will save alot money , but if you want a laptop that could run crysis 1/2 whenever you go well yeah maybe , also one of the reason why is expensive is because it have a blu-ray drive , do you care about blu-ray?
Okay after thinking about it, I think I'll build my own desktop and buy a cheapo notebook. But pilu, CC, and HKE, you guys are gonna have to kinda help me a little. What shops do you guys use?
I always buy from a Dutch shop as I don't want to get hit in the face with import taxes. Use the tweakers.net pricewatch to find the cheapest but reliable shop.
Google shopping basically does the same thing though, finds you the lowest prices and shops have ratings so you can figure out if you want to buy there or not.
do dell xps 15z make for good anime machines? or what would be a cheaper equivalent?
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