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    EVGA GTX670 FTW Discussion

    The latest WHQL release drivers 301.42 will be perfectly fine. As for the new beta's, currently installed those (added a front case fan too) and was able to push my card to 1279 core and 7512 ram (+80, and +650). Ran Heaven and 3dmark 11 again a few times to verify as well as OC Scanner. 3dmark...
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    EVGA GTX670 FTW Discussion

    I'll try to take a screen shot later. I did notice it when running the furry test for stressing
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    EVGA GTX670 FTW Discussion

    I'm not sure if the ram is tied into it or not but I did notice under benchmarks/games the card barely goes over say 111% but if you run OC Scanner/furmark it will push it to 145%
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    Official GTX 670 Overclocking Thread

    Did some quick tests this morning with OC Scanner, Heaven and 3dmark 11. Lowered the ram to 7512 and core is still 1269 (+ 80 core and +650 mem) and so far fully stable in all 3. Does anyone know or tried lowering the max TDP on these FTW's and achieved higher clocks? I'm going to play around...
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    Official GTX 670 Overclocking Thread

    Will do. I didnt notice any artifacting or anythng whle benching at that speed but if i tried higher i did. While reviewing the graphs from Precision both the core and ram stayed consistant. Im going to test further this week to see and let you know. So far very impressed.
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    Official GTX 670 Overclocking Thread

    Just picked up my 670 FTW this weekend :D. So far 1269 core with boost and 7752 mem. Going to try and reach the magic 1300, but so far anything over 1270 and Heaven crashes. Havent tried benchmarking higher on others, but as it stands 3dmark 11 P9863
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    intel 510 vs 520

    I've had both the 510 and the 520 since each launch respectivaly. Have had zero issues with either and fully stand behind Intel ssd's. Having said that currently I have 2 520's in raid 0 and could not be happier. Havent noticed and performance issues or slowdowns, and never a blue screen.
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    Ever RMA a motherboard? Share your experience here (good, bad or indifferent)

    Model Asus A7N8X Deluxe Problem Bios would corrupt itself with memory timing adjustments Turn around time 8 weeks x5 Was the problem fixed with the first RMA? Nope was a horrble bios issue that never got resolved. Even though this mb is old and dates back, it was the worst board i ever...
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    Transferable warranty for the 7970 canadian buyer ?

    For me as an example, had a Logitech G7 which had 3 yr warranty. Mouse went diffective about the 2yr mark, had no original receipt, numbers on the bottom of the mouse were worn off, had 0 warranty or rma options due to this directly through Logitech. Last video card that I needed replaced was a...
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    Transferable warranty for the 7970 canadian buyer ?

    Alot of manufacturers, if not all, require the original sales reciept for warranty purposes based on date of purchase. The item carries a warranty based on the date that you purchased it instead of the date it was made. If the item sat on the shelves for a year and it has a 2 year warranty...
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    Intel 510 250 gig Performance...

    Hey Chris I actually just finished reading ALOT into this the last few weeks. I last week picked up the Intel 510 120GB for my Rampage 3 Gene. It has the same Marvel 9128 Sata 3 controller. The controller is a 6GB controller is limited to 1 single PCI-E lane resulting in 5GB/s theoretical max...
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    Is it time to finally upgrade my ancient Q6600 to an i7 setup?

    Take it from me who recently went from a Q6600 @3.6 to a i7-970. For day to day use or TF2 you wont really see a difference from what you have to an I7. Video card I too had the 4870 and went to the GTX 460, and that was a more noticeable investment. Combined with an itch and a good deal its the...
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    i7 970 help

    Thought I'd update. Reapplied the MX-4 and temps dropped nicely. I currently have it running at 4.2GHz 21*200 with 1.3v. Full load temps under IBT very high test are low 70's. (74/79/64/70/73/74). Very happy with the outcome.
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    i7 970 help

    Yeah for now I am ignoring prime95 unless otherwise directed otherwise. What really gripes me right now is that 2 of my buddies have the same chip on Sabertooth boards, both running @ 4.2 with 1.35 and 1.375v CPU, both under air coolers, True 120 and Silver Arrow and they are getting lower temps...
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    i7 970 help

    I'm going to write down the bios options and settings tonight and post them up as some settings I'm sure could be tweaked. Currently after messing around last night the CPU is at 20*200, 1.256v in bios, QPI 1.25v manually set the memory to 1603 and 7200 something for the quickpath. Loadline is...
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