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    Mother of god AsRock......

    I generally look only at Asus or Gigabyte boards for my personal PCs, or when recommending a board to someone else. Seen too many problems with other brands over time. But a few weeks ago I was looking for an H77 board and picked up an ASRock. First ASRock board I've ever tried, the features...
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    budget card. What would you buy?

    So far Skyrim w/HD texture pack and a bunch of mods, Modern Warfare 3, Battlefield 3, and Dirt Showdown. Running on an OCZ Vertex III SSD, i5-3570k, and 8 gb DDR3-1600.
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    budget card. What would you buy?

    Just picked up a Sapphire HD 7770, the ghz edition with the single fan. It has heatpipes in the heatsink and runs very cool. The fan is very quiet. It idles around 32C and loads in the low 40s. As long as AA is not cranked up too high it will max every game I've tried it with so far...
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    How much faster is HD 7770 than HD 6750?

    Got the card installed. So far I've only tested it with Skryim. It averages 56 fps @1650x1080 with all options maxed except for 4x AA. There are 15 or so mods installed that are probably hurting the framerate a little. This is a good bit stronger than the 6750, which averaged 40ish fps with...
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    How much faster is HD 7770 than HD 6750?

    I pulled the trigger on a Sapphire 7770 yesterday, it should arrive tomorrow. I was looking at an XFX with 2 fans vs the Sapphire. A review showed that this single fan Sapphire was quieter *AND* cooler than the XFX I was looking at, probably due to the heatpipes in the heatsink. I was already...
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    How much faster is HD 7770 than HD 6750?

    Thanks. This PC has a 22" 1680x1050 monitor right now. I've been thinking about adding a 2nd 24" 1080p monitor. Not a hardcore gamer, but I do want a good experience when I play.
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    How much faster is HD 7770 than HD 6750?

    The video encoding is mostly Windows Live Movie Maker and Cyberlink Power Producer + a little Handbrake. Live Movie Maker and Handbrake don't seem to use it, but Power Producer gets a huge boost in encoding speeds from the 6750.
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    How much faster is HD 7770 than HD 6750?

    I have an HD 6750 in my home office PC right now. It's a multipurpose PC and the only games I'm playing are Skyrim, MW3, and sometimes BF3. It plays MW3 maxed, Skyrim at Ultra as long as AA is kept low, and BF3 at High so it's doing the job pretty well. I also do some video/Blu-Ray encoding...
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    Overclocking a locked Brisbane core X2 5000+

    It runs fine at 1080. I took the multi down to 4 because I've always read that HT operates fine between 800 and 1100 or so on most boards, but to keep it as close to 1000 as possible. Any reason to take it from 864 to 1080? Figured it would just generate more heat and stress on the...
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    Overclocking a locked Brisbane core X2 5000+

    The memory is actually underclocked to around 370 mhz or so at stock, due to the ratio at factory settings. Also the auto timings in the BIOS were looser than what JEDEC data shows. As far as C&Q goes, I think the board is disabling it as soon as the "Auto" settings for ref clock & multi are...
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    Overclocking a locked Brisbane core X2 5000+

    Thanks. I might try to push it up to 2.9 later and see what happens. Not trying to do anything crazy, I just want to squeeze a little more performance out. I had the memory underclocked a little in BIOS, so now with the CPU base clock at 2.8 the memory is at 399 mhz. It's DDR2-800 so is...
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    Overclocking a locked Brisbane core X2 5000+

    I played BF3 and Skyrim on it for a couple hours with no problems, but no I am not 100% sure it is fully stable. This is a pretty mild OC so I am not too worried about instability yet. Hoping to get a few ideas on how far it can be OC'ed without increasing voltage, and why C&Q seems to not...
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    Overclocking a locked Brisbane core X2 5000+

    I have an X2 5000+ (locked Brisbane core, 2.6 mhz base clock) in an HTPC. It also has 4 gb of DDR2-800 Muskhin memory, a 9800GT, and an OCZ Vertex III SSD in it. It works great for most tasks and there are no plans to upgrade it right now. It does struggle some with newer games so I decided...
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    What Heat Sink for Ivy i5 3570?

    Yep, I'm a little surprised at the temps. I upgraded this PC from a 65 watt TDP dual core Brisbane with a Coolermaster Vortex cooler. I was a little worried about temps, but am not seeing anything even remotely hot so far. There is a 120mm fan in the power supply and in the back of the case...
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    What Heat Sink for Ivy i5 3570?

    I have had my i5-3570K for a week now, the stock heatsink and fan are not horrible. The fan is quiet, especially if controlled by BIOS/power management, and there is a copper slug in the base of the factory heatsink which will help some. I have not OC'ed, and probably won't until there is a...
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