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[scaramonga]

OK......lol


I'm about to order this:

ASUS 5970

Someone please talk me out of it lol, yup I know, ATI, but I'm seriously wanting to go for it

[m.oreilly]

for any os except server, that is the monster card



what, fermi a letdown?

[stormrosson]

Agreed, that's the a*s-kiker vid card ,looks like Fermi isn't "all that" so far anyway

[bizketman101]

DO IT! you wont regret it.. fermi = fail.

[scaramonga]

Thinking I may just get the 5870 instead, the 5970 is overkill for a 24" display Gotta get hold of an ASUS one as you can volt mod the BIOS on them, and a decent waterblock to fit.

Anyone looking for a GTX280 fitted with EK waterblock?

[scaramonga]

Changed my mind lol

Went with the 2GB XFX HD 5970 Black Edition



Also ordered the Koolance VID-AR597 water block to keep this beast nice and chilled.



Should arrive early Friday, will post pics of fitting and build


What's the best drivers to go with mo?

[stormrosson]

The latest catalyst build 10.6 Rik ..ATI.com... ...I assume your os is W7-64.....

Edited by stormrosson, 08 July 2010 - 01:35 PM.

[scaramonga]

stormrosson, on Jul 8 2010, 02:34 PM, said:

The latest catalyst build 10.6 Rik ..ATI.com... ...I assume your os is W7-64.....

Many thx Nu!!

Yeah W7 x64, I take it no problems with this driver set?

[Nvyseal]

I'll be interested in this thread. Go Sacra!

[stormrosson]

No probs here....and the stream enhancements actually seem to work, ie. with adobe flash the newest FF beta and 5000 series card , You can take utube fer instance, it offers 480P res now

[scaramonga]

stormrosson, on Jul 8 2010, 08:33 PM, said:

No probs here....and the stream enhancements actually seem to work, ie. with adobe flash the newest FF beta and 5000 series card , You can take utube fer instance, it offers 480P res now

Always has offered up to 1080p here??

[bizketman101]

So excited for you scara!! take loads of pictures!

[scaramonga]

bizketman101, on Jul 8 2010, 10:01 PM, said:

So excited for you scara!! take loads of pictures!

Thx buddy!

Foto shoot will start tomorrow

[m.oreilly]

pretty fancy there rik

[stormrosson]

scaramonga, on Jul 8 2010, 02:36 PM, said:

Always has offered up to 1080p here??

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Really depends on the original content , at least my expeience not ALL the video on undertube is 1080P.....I think the most common of the crap I look at ,480P is generally the highest res offered, but yes I have viewed content at 1080P....only now it actually works/flows without a lot jrkin and stallin