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Scara's Upgrade to ATI HD 5970


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#1 scaramonga

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Posted 04 July 2010 - 10:57 PM

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 :storm:

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Posted 05 July 2010 - 12:26 AM

for any os except server, that is the monster card :storm:



what, fermi a letdown?

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Posted 06 July 2010 - 12:47 PM

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

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Posted 06 July 2010 - 03:33 PM

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

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Posted 06 July 2010 - 03:38 PM

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

Anyone looking for a GTX280 fitted with EK waterblock? :P

#6 scaramonga

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Posted 08 July 2010 - 03:17 AM

Changed my mind lol :P

Went with the 2GB XFX HD 5970 Black Edition :cake:



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 :storm:


What's the best drivers to go with mo?

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Posted 08 July 2010 - 01:34 PM

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

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Posted 08 July 2010 - 04:34 PM

View Poststormrosson, on Jul 8 2010, 02:34 PM, said:

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

Many thx Nu!! :hi:

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

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Posted 08 July 2010 - 05:24 PM

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

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Posted 08 July 2010 - 07:33 PM

:storm: 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 :P

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Posted 08 July 2010 - 08:36 PM

View Poststormrosson, on Jul 8 2010, 08:33 PM, said:

:storm: 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 :P

Always has offered up to 1080p here??

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Posted 08 July 2010 - 09:01 PM

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

#13 scaramonga

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Posted 08 July 2010 - 11:12 PM

View Postbizketman101, on Jul 8 2010, 10:01 PM, said:

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

Thx buddy! :cake:

Foto shoot will start tomorrow :P

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Posted 09 July 2010 - 01:40 AM

pretty fancy there rik :storm:

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Posted 09 July 2010 - 01:51 AM

View Postscaramonga, on Jul 8 2010, 02:36 PM, said:

Always has offered up to 1080p here??

Attachment uttest.PNG
:P 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 :storm:




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