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    Come across any 6970 reviews w/WoW benchmark?

    I'm playing at 2560x1440 and it's screaming. I can bump up to 4x and beyond (which kind of pointless at that res unless you faceplant against the screen) and everything on ultra. The shadows in the city and the water slow it down a bit (also did on my 5970) but I could be a bit CPU limited...
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    My results with the 5970 cold bug vs 6970

    It's an Antec 850w. I've run 2x5970s at one point off it (different MB). It's not a load thing. And it's not happening with the 6970 so I don't think it's a "warm up" thing. I think my 5970 has the cold bug. It does the GSOD thing when the clocks aren't forced to 400/1000. Currently a eVGA...
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    Advice for my 6970s without CF board

    Good advice, thx.
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    Advice for my 6970s without CF board

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    Advice for my 6970s without CF board

    I apologize for the random writing style. I ordered 2 6970s to replace my 5970 (thought the 2560x1440 could use the horsepower) and I forgot that I don't have a CF board. I had switched out a finicky Rampage Extreme (the original) that has CF with a simple and reliable EVGA 790i SLI. I...
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    wow stutters and lags

    WoW will constantly load textures. It's footprint is 30gb+ as of Cataclysm. If you watch your HD light, it's almost always on. I moved the game to an SSD which helped but you'll still get micropauses if someone flies into your view with gear that's not in memory. Little hiccups. I don't...
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    My results with the 5970 cold bug vs 6970

    I know cold bug isn't the proper term but I don't know how else to say it. I'll explain my problem below and what I've found with the 6970. Hopefully this helps someone who's run into the same thing or is wondering about this. GSOD problems I bought the Sapphire 5970 on release day from...
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    A question about the 2gb of ram on the new 69XX cards

    Hijacking with a related question... In CF mode, the RAM is still shared right? So the new 69xx 2gb cards paired up would still be 2gb usable and the 6990 could possibly be 4gb (still 2gb usable)?
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    New driver installed (10.12) Where is the MLAA?

    Try 10.10e. The drivers are actually newer than 10.11 and I bet just the UI was changed for 10.12. I have mlaa on my 5970 with no crazy inf stuff. I skipped 10.11 and looks like I'll be skipping 10.12.
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    6970 Active DP->DVI Converter...

    I'd be surprised if it didn't. My 5970 came with one mini to full size DP. I ordered twin 6970s and expect the same but I don't see any pictured in the xfx box. Sapphire includes them. Oh well. Monoprice.
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    quick question: video card for wow cataclysm?

    I don't think there's an inherent preference (like logic or vendor detection) but in my opinion AMD's chips are cheaper to go wide (quad core etc) at lower clock speeds which is not what you want. But if you go with a Phenom II X6, it has a turbo core like Intel which is what you want. WoW is...
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    AMD/ATI - Hardware vs Software support

    I just had to roll back to 10.5 to fix the amazingly crappy issues I was having with my 5970. SC2 boot up screen would go into acid mode where the geometry of the ship flying by would stretch to infinity and little dot textures would blink. Then my box hard froze. It was pretty funny, I...
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    Continued GSOD problems with AMD

    I had a lot of issues getting 10.6 installed. Thought I had things fixed with the GSOD. I'm firing up a stupid Pop Cap game (so simple) and my whole box is freezing. I tried underclocking, overvolting. Memtest is doing fine. I went all the way back to the 10.3 cats (non beta) and Pop Cap...
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    ATI Catalyst 10.6 Drivers

    [SOLVED] Just another data point for this thread. 10.4 to 10.6 upgrade was causing a BSOD system_service_exception. I have a 5970 so it seems to count as a CF card in relation to this problem. Other people seem to be able to just install over the old drivers (as I've done every time until...
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    HIS ATI 5970 Issue

    I have to do this with my Sapphire 5970. Exact same issue. Very few fixes floating around (this is the first thread with the 5970 specific XML I've seen). I wonder if I should RMA mine? I'll never see it again, there's no extra stock.
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