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N E D M · Feb 15, 2010, 06:27 AM // 06:27

honestly i went with the 4670 and it is working fine for anything i do
i dont have a monster screen tho just dual 1280x1024s

also tell me more about this ATT . . . i am sick of CCC

moriz · Feb 15, 2010, 06:41 AM // 06:41

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Originally Posted by N E D M

honestly i went with the 4670 and it is working fine for anything i do
i dont have a monster screen tho just dual 1280x1024s

also tell me more about this ATT . . . i am sick of CCC

http://www.guru3d.com/article/ati-tray-tools-/

Lord Sojar · Feb 15, 2010, 07:42 AM // 07:42

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Originally Posted by Abedeus

Well then, if it dies, you have a 3-year (or 5-year, not sure where you bought it) warranty. Then buy a better vent.

I'm considering changing my GPU's on-board ventilator. My 9800GT is usually 58-60'C when idle, 80 during gameplay (especially with ME2). Since my card endures 90'C, I really need a new cooling.

The 9800GT has high Cobalt doping. It will be fine at those temps, but the rest of your system... yeh, you might want to upgrade airflow in the case in general.

I am ditching this POS HD5870 as soon as possible! If you are serious Moriz, I am too. As soon as Fermi drops, it's all yours.

moriz · Feb 15, 2010, 08:30 AM // 08:30

damn it rahja! i only have one more week left on the return policy for my card. fermi won't be here for another month

Lord Sojar · Feb 15, 2010, 08:01 PM // 20:01

I don't have a backup card moriz. @_@ Well, I do, but it can't run anything (It's a 6600GT).

You have a backup card, yes? Or am I off base here? And, Fermi will be out far before another month.

moriz · Feb 16, 2010, 11:39 AM // 11:39

yeah i have a backup card. a GT 240, the bad version with DDR3.

i think i'll hang onto my 5850 then. it's not like i REALLY need the additional performance. if anything i need a platform upgrade before i get a new graphic card. the G33+E7200 combo is really beginning to get long in the tooth.

i won't count fermi to have general availability that early rahja, unless you know something we don't.

Lord Sojar · Feb 16, 2010, 09:53 PM // 21:53

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Originally Posted by moriz

yeah i have a backup card. a GT 240, the bad version with DDR3.

i think i'll hang onto my 5850 then. it's not like i REALLY need the additional performance. if anything i need a platform upgrade before i get a new graphic card. the G33+E7200 combo is really beginning to get long in the tooth.

i won't count fermi to have general availability that early rahja, unless you know something we don't.

I might... Fermi will have far better availability then the 5800 series did, lol.

Neo Atomisk · Feb 16, 2010, 11:17 PM // 23:17

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Originally Posted by Theocrat

Clearly you didn't complete ATi's loyalty mission before setting off to destroy the Collector ship, moriz. As expected from you

it has a loyalty mission?
so much win.

moriz · Feb 21, 2010, 02:51 AM // 02:51

yeah, the loyalty mission involves sticking the "graphics by ATi" sticker onto my case. i didn't do it, so my card went poof.

anyways, if this is even half true:
http://www.semiaccurate.com/2010/02/...gtx480-scores/

then you better hang on to the 5870 rahja. yes, this is semiaccurate, but strangely enough, they've been strangely very accurate about a lot of things.

vamp08 · Mar 01, 2010, 11:08 PM // 23:08

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Originally Posted by theocrat

clearly you didn't complete ati's loyalty mission before setting off to destroy the collector ship, moriz.

ahhahahaha!!

moriz · Apr 06, 2010, 05:01 AM // 05:01

Just got the replacement card today, only a week after I sent it out; had some issues with my receipt. the card is another hd4890 OC, except this one came with a 6+8pin power connectors, instead of 6+6 I had before. The card is also slightly bent on one corner, due to the crappy box they packaged it in. Fortunately, the card works perfectly. So the answer to snog's question is: RMA is fast, but packaging sucks.