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27. August 2010 @ 13:26 |
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I wonder why that would be a bad idea? With zero conductivity, I'm uncertain why it would be a bad idea. I'd probably never delve that deep into a GPU though. My 260 runs extremely cool even during gameplay. And I don't overclock the precious babies :p
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27. August 2010 @ 13:39 |
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Just be careful, it's conductive. If any spills over, it will short stuff. You ought to try and use non-conductive TIM if you can.
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27. August 2010 @ 14:22 |
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Whaaaat? Conductive thermal compound? I would think stuff like that would need to be near 100% NON conductive. If not completely non conductive ;)
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27. August 2010 @ 15:15 |
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Originally posted by omegaman7:
Whaaaat? Conductive thermal compound? I would think stuff like that would need to be near 100% NON conductive. If not completely non conductive ;)
it supposedly has very fine silver granite in it. i would think placing it on the bare GPU die would cause issues. i guess not.
I wouldn't OC an nvidia either, they already have a very crappy life span. well at least the 7800 did, the last nvidia card i ever owned.
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BFG was a good company. However, I'll remain hopeful that I don't have problems. My Asus 8600Gt has been flawless. I'm no Nvidia fanboy. Fact of the matter is, with all I've been hearing as of late, an ati card will be in my not too distant future ;)
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27. August 2010 @ 15:20 |
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Originally posted by sammorris:
Just be careful, it's conductive. If any spills over, it will short stuff. You ought to try and use non-conductive TIM if you can.
i might order Céramique, 1.99 plus 5 bucks shipping bah.
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29. August 2010 @ 22:11 |
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Arctic Silver is conductive and GPUs are very small and the electronics are exposed. If you are very careful it can be done, but something non-conductive would make things easier. Arctic Silver Ceramique is like $5 for a tube worth 15-20 applications over at Newegg. If you think you can do it without gooping, go for it. I personally wouldn't do it with Arctic Silver 5.
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Big textwall inc, this is a translation of Xbit Labs' review of the GTX460 in SLI alongside the 5870 and 5970, in my opinion a more accurate representation of how SLI/CF stack up in the DX11 generation.
I have split the results into 5fps brackets, for ease of comparison on a 'points' basis.
Fingers are too tired to comment on the results, haha.
[These are 1GB GTX460s]
DC load:
Idle
Geforce GTX460: 20W @37ºC ref, 40ºC non-ref
Geforce GTX470: 29W @ 43ºC
Geforce GTX465: 30W @ 44ºC
Geforce GTX480: 42W @ 49ºC
Radeon HD5770: 14W @ 45ºC
Radeon HD5850: 16W @ 44ºC
Radeon HD5870: 16W @ 54ºC
Radeon HD5830: 17W @ 33ºC
High-clock Idle [HD playback, Alt-tabbed]
Geforce GTX460 non-ref 52W
Geforce GTX460 reference 70W
Geforce GTX470 90W
Geforce GTX465 91W
Geforce GTX480 131W
Radeon HD5770 42W
Radeon HD5830 47W
Radeon HD5850 49W
Radeon HD5870 57W
Full load [Typical, non-stresstest]
Geforce GTX460 non-ref: 141W @ 72ºC
Geforce GTX460 reference: 150W @ 76ºC
Geforce GTX470: 202W @ 85ºC
Geforce GTX465: 224W @ 90ºC
Geforce GTX480: 262W @ 91ºC
Radeon HD5770: 77W @ 80ºC
Radeon HD5850: 122W @ 80ºC
Radeon HD5830: 125W @ 76ºC
Radeon HD5870: 170W @ 75ºC
Aliens vs. Predator 4xAA 16xAF [Load rating: 28.6]
GTX460: M20A30 @ 1600x900, M10A20 @ 1920x1080, M5A10 @ 2560x1600. 19
GTX480: M30A45 @ 1600x900, M20A35 @ 1920x1080, M10A20 @ 2560x1600. 32
SLI470: M40A55 @ 1600x900, M30A35 @ 1920x1080, M10A20 @ 2560x1600. 38
HD5970: M40A60 @ 1600x900, M30A45 @ 1920x1080, M10A25 @ 2560x1600. 42
SLI460: M40A60 @ 1600x900, M35A45 @ 1920x1080, M15A25 @ 2560x1600. 44
HD5870 not included as results are wrong.
Battlefield Bad Company 2 4xAA 16xAF [Load rating: 15.7]
GTX460: M40A50 @ 1600x900, M30A35 @ 1920x1080, M15A20 @ 2560x1600. 38
HD5870: M45A60 @ 1600x900, M40A50 @ 1920x1080, M25A35 @ 2560x1600. 51
GTX480: M60A70 @ 1600x900, M50A55 @ 1920x1080, M30A35 @ 2560x1600. 60
SLI460: M80A85 @ 1600x900, M60A70 @ 1920x1080, M35A40 @ 2560x1600. 74
HD5970: M75A90 @ 1600x900, M65A75 @ 1920x1080, M40A50 @ 2560x1600. 79
SLI470: M75A95 @ 1600x900, M60A75 @ 1920x1080, M45A50 @ 2560x1600. 80
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 4xAA 16xAF [Load rating: 9.1]
GTX460: M55A85 @ 1600x900, M35A70 @ 1920x1080, M20A40 @ 2560x1600. 61
HD5870: M70A115@ 1600x900, M50A110@ 1920x1080, M40A75 @ 2560x1600. 92
GTX480: M100A145@1600x900, M80A120@ 1920x1080, M40A85 @ 2560x1600. 114
SLI460: M110A160@1600x900, M100A135@1920x1080, M45A85 @ 2560x1600. 127
SLI470: M125A180@1600x900, M85A155@ 1920x1080, M50A100@ 2560x1600. 139
HD5970: M95A145@ 1600x900, M90A125@ 1920x1080, M80A105@ 2560x1600. 128
Crysis Warhead 4xAA 16xAF [Load rating: 33.0]
GTX460: M20A25 @ 1600x900, M15A20 @ 1920x1080, M5A10 @ 2560x1600. 19
HD5870: M20A35 @ 1600x900, M15A30 @ 1920x1080, M5A10 @ 2560x1600. 23
GTX480: M35A40 @ 1600x900, M25A30 @ 1920x1080, M10A15 @ 2560x1600. 31
HD5970: M30A50 @ 1600x900, M25A40 @ 1920x1080, M5A15 @ 2560x1600. 33
SLI460: M35A50 @ 1600x900, M30A40 @ 1920x1080, M5A15 @ 2560x1600. 35
SLI470: M35A55 @ 1600x900, M30A45 @ 1920x1080, M15A25 @ 2560x1600. 41
Far Cry 2 4xAA 16xAF [Load rating: 10.7]
HD5870: M50A85 @ 1600x900, M45A70 @ 1920x1080, M25A50 @ 2560x1600. 65
GTX460: M60A80 @ 1600x900, M50A65 @ 1920x1080, M30A40 @ 2560x1600. 65
HD5970: M90A120@ 1600x900, M75A105@ 1920x1080, M40A70 @ 2560x1600. 100
GTX480: M95A120@ 1600x900, M75A100@ 1920x1080, M45A60 @ 2560x1600. 99
SLI460: M95A135@ 1600x900, M90A125@ 1920x1080, M45A80 @ 2560x1600. 114
SLI470: M90A130@ 1600x900, M90A130@ 1920x1080, M55A95 @ 2560x1600. 118
Metro 2033 NoAA 16xAF [Load rating: 15.0]
GTX460: M35A60 @ 1600x900, M25A40 @ 1920x1080, M10A20 @ 2560x1600. 38
HD5870: M55A85 @ 1600x900, M40A60 @ 1920x1080, M25A35 @ 2560x1600. 60
SLI460: M65A100@ 1600x900, M45A70 @ 1920x1080, M20A35 @ 2560x1600. 67
GTX480: M70A90 @ 1600x900, M55A65 @ 1920x1080, M25A30 @ 2560x1600. 67
SLI470: M80A110@ 1600x900, M60A80 @ 1920x1080, M35A45 @ 2560x1600. 82
HD5970: M90A120@ 1600x900, M50A75 @ 1920x1080, M40A55 @ 2560x1600. 86
STALKER Call of Pripyat 4xAA 16xAF [Load rating: 24.7]
GTX460: M25A40 @ 1600x900, M20A30 @ 1920x1080, M10A15 @ 2560x1600. 28
HD5870: M25A45 @ 1600x900, M25A30 @ 1920x1080, M10A20 @ 2560x1600. 31
GTX480: M40A55 @ 1600x900, M30A40 @ 1920x1080, M15A25 @ 2560x1600. 41
HD5970: M30A60 @ 1600x900, M25A50 @ 1920x1080, M20A30 @ 2560x1600. 43
SLI460: M45A65 @ 1600x900, M35A55 @ 1920x1080, M15A25 @ 2560x1600. 48
SLI470: M50A65 @ 1600x900, M40A50 @ 1920x1080, M20A35 @ 2560x1600. 52
Just Cause 2 4xAA 16xAF [Load Rating: 24.8]
GTX460: M25A40 @ 1600x900, M20A30 @ 1920x1080, M10A15 @ 2560x1600. 28
HD5870: M30A45 @ 1600x900, M20A35 @ 1920x1080, M15A25 @ 2560x1600. 34
SLI460: M35A65 @ 1600x900, M20A45 @ 1920x1080, M10A30 @ 2560x1600. 41
GTX480: M40A60 @ 1600X900, M25A45 @ 1920x1080, M15A25 @ 2560x1600. 42
HD5970: M40A55 @ 1600x900, M30A50 @ 1920x1080, M20A30 @ 2560x1600. 45
SLI470: M40A75 @ 1600x900, M30A60 @ 1920x1080, M15A40 @ 2560x1600. 52
Resident Evil 5 4xAA 16xAF [Load rating: 8.6]
GTX460: M80A105 @ 1600x900, M65A85 @ 1920x1080, M40A50 @ 2560x1600. 85
HD5870: M115A130 @ 1600x900, M75A125 @ 1920x1080, M60A75 @ 2560x1600. 116
GTX480: M125A130 @ 1600x900, M90A110 @ 1920x1080, M70A80 @ 2560x1600. 121
SLI460: M90A120 @ 1600x900, M85A120 @ 1920x1080, M75A95 @ 2560x1600. 117
SLI470: M90A105 @ 1600x900, M90A105 @ 1920x1080, M90A100 @ 2560x1600. 116
HD5970: M120A150 @ 1600x900, M115A145@ 1920x1080, M75A110 @ 2560x1600. 143
Mass Effect 2 4xAA 16xAF [Load rating: 11.3]
GTX460: M60A85 @ 1600x900, M35A60 @ 1920x1080, M20A35 @ 2560x1600. 59
HD5870: M45A90 @ 1600x900, M40A75 @ 1920x1080, M20A50 @ 2560x1600. 64
GTX480: M60A115 @ 1600x900, M45A90 @ 1920x1080, M30A50 @ 2560x1600. 78
HD5970: M55A120 @ 1600x900, M45A100@ 1920x1080, M30A65 @ 2560x1600. 83
SLI460: M110A170@ 1600x900, M75A125@ 1920x1080, M50A70 @ 2560x1600. 120
SLI470: M105A190@ 1600x900, M70A145@ 1920x1080, M50A80 @ 2560x1600. 128
DiRT 2 [Load rating: 11.3]
GTX460: M60A75 @ 1600x900, M45A60 @ 1920x1080, M30A35 @ 2560x1600. 61
HD5870: M65A75 @ 1600x900, M55A70 @ 1920x1080, M35A45 @ 2560x1600. 69
GTX480: M80A105@ 1600x900, M70A90 @ 1920x1080, M40A55 @ 2560x1600. 88
HD5970: M80A100@ 1600x900, M60A85 @ 1920x1080, M50A65 @ 2560x1600. 88
SLI460: M100A125@1600x900, M85A110@ 1920x1080, M55A65 @ 2560x1600. 108
SLI470: M105A130@1600x900, M100A120@1920x1080, M60A75 @ 2560x1600. 118
H.A.W.X. 4xAA 16xAF
HD5870: A60 @ 1600x900, A55 @ 1920x1080, A45 @ 2560x1600. 32
GTX460: A80 @ 1600x900, A65 @ 1920x1080, A40 @ 2560x1600. 37
HD5970: A90 @ 1600x900, A75 @ 1920x1080, A65 @ 2560x1600. 46
GTX480: A110@ 1600x900, A100@ 1920x1080, A60 @ 2560x1600. 54
SLI460: A160@ 1600x900, A120@ 1920x1080, A75 @ 2560x1600. 71
SLI470: A170@ 1600x900, A140@ 1920x1080, A95 @ 2560x1600. 81
Battleforge 4xAA 16xAF [Load rating: 20.8]
HD5870: M10A60 @ 1600x900, M5A45 @ 1920x1080, M5A30 @ 2560x1600. 31
GTX460: M30A40 @ 1600x900, M15A35 @ 1920x1080, M10A20 @ 2560x1600. 30
SLI460: M35A80 @ 1600x900, M10A65 @ 1920x1080, M5A40 @ 2560x1600. 47
HD5970: M20A85 @ 1600x900, M15A70 @ 1920x1080, M10A45 @ 2560x1600. 49
GTX480: M50A80 @ 1600x900, M50A65 @ 1920x1080, M25A35 @ 2560x1600. 61
SLI470: M60A110@ 1600x900, M30A90 @ 1920x1080, M10A55 @ 2560x1600. 71
Starcraft 2 4xAA 16xAF [Load rating: 16.3]
GTX460: M40A45 @ 1600x900, M25A35 @ 1920x1080, M15A25 @ 2560x1600. 37
HD5870: M45A60 @ 1600x900, M30A45 @ 1920x1080, M20A30 @ 2560x1600. 46
GTX480: M45A60 @ 1600x900, M35A50 @ 1920x1080, M20A30 @ 2560x1600. 48
SLI460: M70A95 @ 1600x900, M60A75 @ 1920x1080, M30A45 @ 2560x1600. 75
HD5970: M70A95 @ 1600x900, M60A80 @ 1920x1080, M30A45 @ 2560x1600. 76
SLI470: M80A100@ 1600x900, M75A80 @ 1920x1080, M35A55 @ 2560x1600. 85
World in Conflict: Soviet Assault 4xAA 16xAF [Load rating: 18.3]
GTX460: M35A60 @ 1600x900, M25A45 @ 1920x1080, M15A25 @ 2560x1600. 41
HD5870: M30A55 @ 1600x900, M25A50 @ 1920x1080, M15A35 @ 2560x1600. 42
GTX480: M35A75 @ 1600x900, M30A65 @ 1920x1080, M25A40 @ 2560x1600. 54
HD5970: M30A85 @ 1600x900, M25A75 @ 1920x1080, M25A50 @ 2560x1600. 58
SLI460: M40A90 @ 1600x900, M40A80 @ 1920x1080, M25A50 @ 2560x1600. 65
SLI470: M40A90 @ 1600x900, M35A80 @ 1920x1080, M35A60 @ 2560x1600. 68
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tl:dr :P
so whats the conclusion taking in all factors? (for each resoltuion aswell)?
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In AvP, despite its bias and the bugs with crossfire, the HD5970 is close to the GTX460 SLI pairing. More interestingly though it outperforms two GTX470s, since scaling for the higher-end Fermi cards would appear to be broken, or at least it was for Xbit.
In Bad Company 2, the HD5970 beats two GTX460s, despite what the HardOCP test says, notably proving the most beneficial at 2560 res. Both the 5970 and two GTX460s can minimum 60fps at 1920x1080, so anything beyond on a 24" is largely unnecessary.
In Modern Warfare 2, the HD5870 is largely superior to the GTX460 solo, but when in crossfire form only proves useful at high-res. However, given that a single GTX470 could probably minimum 60fps at 1920x1080, everything but high-res is irrelevant. The HD5970 doubles the minimum fps of the 480, and massively outstrips even two GTX470s at 2560, which is where MW2 actually needs graphics power.
In Crysis Warhead, none of the setups tested could minimum even 20fps at 30" res, though perhaps two GTX480s could. The HD5970 is not far behind a pair of GTX460s or GTX470s, though the pair of 460s is by far the best deal as it's joint first in all the resolutions tested - 1600x900 and 1920x1080 are the only resolutions really playable though.
In Far Cry 2, the HD5870 can't manage M60 at 1600x900 but the far cheaper GTX460 can. The lead thins later on, but the 460 is the better card for the game. The HD5970 and 2xGTX460 are similar competition, but two GTX470s are far superior, especially at 2560x1600, where they almost manage 60fps minimum. Two 480s certainly would achieve this.
Metro 2033 isn't tested with AA due to the crazy demand, which places it, interestingly, less than half as demanding as Crysis Warhead. The HD5870 destroys the GTX460 in the single GPU arena, and actually takes on the GTX480 at 30" (not at smaller resolutions, however). Two GTX460s work out slower than GTX480 as scaling is far from perfect, and the HD5970 actually beats two GTX470s in all examples. Minus the silly AA, Radeons are the way to go for Metro, especially since they don't bugger with the texture quality.
In STALKER CoP, 2560x1600 isn't ever really playable at max. 1920x1080 is far from smooth, but it's far better with SLI than with CF, with two 470s 60% above the HD5970, 460s aren't far behind, but they do fall back a bit at 30", irrelevant though that is. The HD5870 marginally beats the GTX460, with the GTX480 slightly behind the HD5970.
In Just Cause 2, 2560x1600 is again unplayable at max. 1920x1080 is also pretty dire, as SLI doesn't work quite as well. The HD5870 is better than the GTX460, but disappointingly one GTX480 is better than two GTX460s. The HD5970 is slightly further ahead, so is two GTX470s, but really the difference is pretty marginal. What a GTX480 can do, so can the expensive dual setups, but nothing further.
Resident Evil 5 is very undemanding for a modern game, even a GTX460 can minimum 65fps at 1920x1080, but it doesn't have the grunt to do 30". The HD5870 does. Unsurprisingly, the dual GPU configs can too, but dual graphics scaling is largely moderate, CF is very low, SLI is good, but unexceptional (not that it's necessary!)
Mass Effect 2 is much more difficult, as not even two 470s can get 60fps minimum at 30", not sure if two 480s would either. The HD5870 is faster than the GTX460 at high res, slower at low res. The same story occurs with the HD5970 vs the GTX480. The SLi configs are in a league of their own, however, powering past the 5970 and 480, especially at 2560.
DiRT 2 is maxable at 30" on two 470s smoothly, two 460s are very close behind, the HD5970 a little further behind. The GTX480 surpasses the 5970 clearly at low res, but not at 2560. The single 460 can max the game at 1600x900, but is clearly behind the HD5870 beyond that res.
I'll comment the other games later :P
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thanks sam :)
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HAWX, contrastingly to the DX10 generation, is massively in favour of nvidia, and this shows through in pretty much all tests. This is because DX10.1, a heretofore ATI-exclusive performance boost, is done much better on the GTX400s and the HD4800s than the HD5800s.
The benchmark doesn't record minimum frame rates, so it's a little more difficult to gauge how well the game runs, but suffice to say the HD5870 cannot even average 60fps at 1920x1080, whereas the GTX460 can. The HD5970 is able to average more than 60fps at 2560x1600, but two GTX460s are far cheaper and pull off an average of 75, and even without needing two GPUs, a GTX480 can average 60. If the average of 75 isn't going to be enough to keep minimums at 60, two GTX470s can average 95 which should be ample, still for less than an HD5970.
In Battleforge, 2560x1600 is exclusively the domain of the GTX480. Nothing else, even two 470s, can touch it. The same is true of 1920x1080. While a minimum of 25fps is hardly smooth, no other combination can even pull of 15. Realistically, Battleforge at 30" is best left to the next generation of graphics cards.
At more sensible resolutions like 1080p, the GTX480 is in a class of its own. Two GTX470s will achieve a rough minimum of 30, but with a minimum of 50, it's GTX480, or reduced detail/res. The HD5970 can only minimum 15, and two GTX460s can only minimum 10, less than with one GTX460! While SLi fails here, crossfire does at least work, as a single HD5870 drops into single figures.
1600x900 allows SLI to work, and two 470s can minimum 60, thankfully. The GTX480 isn't far behind at 50, but the pair of 460s fares poorly, with 35 versus the 30 of a single card. Crossfire seems to work well, but because of the drastically poor performance of the HD5870 (a third as good as the GTX460 that costs barely half as much), the HD5970 is also totally outclassed, it's not even very smooth at 1600x900 either.
Starcraft 2 is a little more forgiving, and the HD5970, and both pairs of 460s and of 470s can minimum 30fps at 2560, which for an RTS is reasonably respectable. The GTX480 and HD5870 are pretty much neck and neck, and while they'll struggle with 30", 1080p is not too much an issue.
At 1080p, two GTX460s is enough to minimum 60fps, which is ample. The HD5970 can also achieve this, so anything beyond is superfluous. The frame rates may increase at 1600x90, but this doesn't really open up M60 to anything below these dual-GPU configs. SLI/CF are necessary to attain these fluid frame rates.
WiC Soviet Assault runs fairly similar to Starcraft 2, but the GTX470 SLI pair has more of a clear advantage, providing the only semi-fluid playback at 30" res. Even when you drop to 24" monitors, the only other setup that can really deliver the goods is two GTX460s, which at that resolution actually surpass the 470s. A single 480 can manage 30 at 24", but since crossfire scaling is almost non-existent in WiC [and has always been], the HD5870 and HD5970 are equal, and can only really run 1600x900 properly, thus both sit behind the GTX480, and at 1600x900 they both sit behind a single GTX460.
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So are we gonna continue to call Amd GPU's Ati Gpu's? :p
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I'll call them ATI GPUs if they're sold as ATI GPUs. Once they're branded as AMD GPUs (probably from the 6 series onwards) I'll likely switch to AMD, though I'm bound to forget on occasions..
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Indeed. I'll likely make the mistake myself ;)
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October 12th is the official announcement day for the HD6 series detailing what they'll release, when it'll come out, how much it'll cost etc. Not bad, only 6 weeks away from yesterday. The current plan is for most of the GPUs to arrive in November. It's not clear if this includes the dual-GPU Antilles, but going by ATI's past record I can see that arriving either in December, or maybe January/February. The HD6870 still seems on track for a 30-45% generation boost. Not huge, but considering there's nothing new from nvidia under the sun yet, and they haven't even finished padding the 400 series out yet (the GT430 is only set to be unveiled on the same day, Oct-12) the only possible card they have up their sleeves will be a 512 shader GTX485. In which case, how much will ATI be gouging for the HD6870?
The TDPs are shaping up to be rather worrying for the new cards, the HD6870 is likely to have a 225-250W TDP like the GTX470 currently has, so a dual GPU card is likely to be based on the HD6850, with perhaps a 350W TDP with a massive cooler. I'd also hazard a guess at the 6870 being £420 or so like the 5870E6 cards were, and the dual GPU card being the same £580 initial launch price the HD5970 had.
Hopefully ATI will have the sence to offer a 2GB per GPU reference design for the 6870/6970 from the get go this time round, especially as Eyefinity matures.
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oct 12 is a special day for me as she gave birth to a big turkey, me!!
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Originally posted by ddp:
oct 12 is a special day for me as she gave birth to a big turkey, me!!
i say we stuff it and eat it then. sound good DDP?
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that was the day i was born, dummy. i was her thanksgiving present.
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Originally posted by ddp:
that was the day i was born, dummy. i was her thanksgiving present.
LOL, i know. Stuffed DDP i wonder what it tastes like.
like chicken i bet
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1. September 2010 @ 21:29 |
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i was hoping for a daul nvidia card based on GF104 or a 512 core GF104
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1. September 2010 @ 21:32 |
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Originally posted by shaffaaf:
i was hoping for a daul nvidia card based on GF104 or a 512 core GF104
i'm sure the need for six 6 wire power connectors would limit its intended application
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1. September 2010 @ 21:57 |
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Originally posted by DXR88:
Originally posted by shaffaaf:
i was hoping for a daul nvidia card based on GF104 or a 512 core GF104
i'm sure the need for six 6 wire power connectors would limit its intended application
im sure it could be done (the dual card) with an 8 and 6.
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1. September 2010 @ 22:01 |
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Originally posted by shaffaaf:
Originally posted by DXR88:
Originally posted by shaffaaf:
i was hoping for a daul nvidia card based on GF104 or a 512 core GF104
i'm sure the need for six 6 wire power connectors would limit its intended application
im sure it could be done (the dual card) with an 8 and 6.
i was joking.
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2. September 2010 @ 07:09 |
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Ha just got a new 75 round drum magazine for my AKS-47 and my buddy got a 120 round drum for his AR-15 in the same order. We decided to celebrate the new acquisition by testing them out :D
That's me in the yellow and the guy next to me is my buddy Kyle. Shame we didn't get some pictures of me firing my Ruger .357 revolver as we did have it there that day.
Really should have had ear protection for the magnum... ouchies on the ole' ear drums. Temporary hearing loss wasn't an issue till the revolver came out XD
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