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Last time I had that slow a transfer rate it was the Hard Disk. Most noticeable when trying to install a game or such like. Having said that, your Windows installed ok, may have gone down afterwards. If you can't RMA it then I would just get a new one to try, you can never have too many...

XFX in stock this morning, not the cheapest but I ordered one anyway from Aria.co.uk It seems to be live stock count as they were showing more an hour ago. http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Graphics+Cards/?x=12&p_brand=283&p=cF9zdHlsZT1saXN0JnBfcHJvZHVjdHNQZXJQYWdlPSY=

I'm going to wait until the price has gone up and come back down again, probably about the same time as when the wafer factory can churn out more than 7 a day. I think it's going to be a long wait. Xmas would be nice though...

Scan are doing it on a Today Only for £80......... not :) UK prices just refuse to drop don't they.

That's exactly the card I had (TNT1) in a Gateway P2 450, my first PC back in 1998 which was bought just to play Half-Life on. I've been into gaming ever since although the wife tells me I should give it up at my age....no chance :p

I would like either one of these cards myself, but at over $350 converted from the GB pound I'll hang on a bit. Probably get the 4870 a bit cheaper to be fair, but still not coming down all that much.

Cheers everyone, that's good information. It's not as though 4 Ghz is the Holy Grail or anything for me, I was just wondering which chip would be less stressed to do it, and between you all I reckon you've answered it :D

Here in the UK GonzoP, the price difference between a 4850 and a GTX 260 192 core is about $150 or thereabouts, it's a proper jump that can't be considered in a budget build. Not saying I can't go for that but the prices aren't even close :/

Yeah I could always go that way GonzoP, or perhaps a more budget build for the lad, ie E7400, cheaper mobo etc, you know the score. As you can see I am still undecided, and will remain so until I HAVE to get something organised, which will be soon as the wife is on the case already.

Thanks for the input guys, crawlgsx, I know exactly what you are saying and I have thought about it a lot too. Sensibly I would be better off keeping the quad, but you know... kids and all that, he doesn't ask for a lot, unlike his brother, so I thought I'd kind of treat him :) Ta for help on...

My son has sold his computer to a friend, so I am going to give him mine/this one which is Q6600, Maximus Formula, 8800 GT basically. The thing is, I will have to replace it, I am pretty well set on the 8xxx's but can't decide which one will give the best results bearing in mind the different...

Exactly the same readings here, 4 cores with a 3 degree difference as it always has been.

Mine did that, but I know it is not a peculiarity of the Maximus as other boards have displayed the same readouts using Probe. Was it something like this :- PC Probe II V1.04.19B is red flagging voltages as follows: 1.2VHT= 4.08v NB Core=4.08v SB Core= 4.08v DDR2 TERM=4.08v Memory=...

I'm unlucky enough to work in a car dealership, I blow mine out every few months using the workshop compressor and air line. Probably the best thing ever. I'm sure the local garage would let you guys blow a bit of dust out of a case :)

I was a bit concerned at first when the alarm went off, but all the temps and fans stayed normal. It seems that it might/must be a reprting error from Probe. Anyway I was just wondering if anyone on here has experienced this, doing a little research threw up at least one other case with the...