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Recent content by stevelopez91

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    XFX 7970 Gone Bad? Anything but MS driver Artifacts Bad

    I may be mistaken, but I think this reply was intended for you. Considering I just received my replacement unit, and you had an issue regarding artifacting, I'm fairly certain this means you have a replacement unit headed your way ;P Enjoy the new card, brotha.
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    XFX HD 7970 High Temperature after replacing heatsink

    I forgot to mention - my room is actually 5 degrees. I prefer gaming in North Face arctic jackets and pants. It keeps me awake and my focus where it needs to be - on dominating some TW3. Really though, all levity aside, I think I really did score on this card. For such a grueling title, I'm...
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    Catalyst 15.5 Betas out.

    My sample time with my R9 280x is extremely limited: just 2 days to be exact. However, when I received my GPU, I installed 14.5 drivers and played some of TW3. My settings were set to Ultra / high post processing, with hairworks disabled. At those settings, I was averaging in the mid to upper...
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    XFX HD 7970 High Temperature after replacing heatsink

    Well, I'll be damned. Perhaps I fortuitously received a unit that is aberrant from the rest of the pack? :cool: I actually did not alter the fan speeds, so from what I saw, the fan speeds were within the 25-40% auto range. I was actually in the process of increasing fan speeds until I noticed...
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    XFX HD 7970 High Temperature after replacing heatsink

    I appreciate the extra attention. On a side note: this baby is pumpin' away ice, with Witcher 3 temps maxing @ ~64 degrees Celsius; cold as my ex-girlfriends heart (kappa). Thanks again, though. :D
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    XFX HD 7970 High Temperature after replacing heatsink

    One fairly important detail that I mistakenly omitted: I live in Walnut, California, and XFX is based in Ontario, California. That's literally a 15 minute drive from my house, so perhaps my experience is not representative of what the rest of the population can expect. Perhaps tack on an ENTIRE...
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    XFX HD 7970 High Temperature after replacing heatsink

    Update: I have just received my replacement unit from XFX. They have issued me a brand spankin' new R9 280x. It may not be an "upgrade" when you juxtapose the raw horsepower of my previous GPU and this new card, but it is certainly still an upgrade in my eyes; I purchased the HD 7970 on launch...
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    XFX HD 7970 High Temperature after replacing heatsink

    For the sake of anyone curious as to how XFX handles their RMAs, I will be updating the thread with their next moves :) They just received the card yesterday morning. Stay tuned.
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    XFX HD 7970 High Temperature after replacing heatsink

    That was quite the swift response. My GPU is now en route to XFX. After two pleasant support exchanges, I can now say that my next video card, regardless of the type, will be from XFX again. Thanks.
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    XFX HD 7970 High Temperature after replacing heatsink

    Hey guys, I submitted a XFX support ticket for a loud noise coming from my GPU's fans. XFX promptly remedied the situation by offering to replace the heatsink/fan via RMA or deliver a new heatsink that I could replace manually. I, of course, opted for the second option. I just received the...
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    Removing ATI/AMD drivers, help needed

    Hey all, it's been awhile since I've done a clean driver reinstall, and sadly, I sort of forgot what program to use. I'm going to reinstall the 12.4 drivers because starting today, I started getting random freezes that lasted for 1-2 seconds while playing Battlefield 3. They come about every few...
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    Corsair PSU RMA info needed

    So today I was playing some Battlefield 3, when suddenly my Corsair HX850W started making an obnoxiously loud noise, so loud that it even overpowered my speakers. I immediately turned off my computer and left it off for about 10 minutes before attempting to use it again. After startup the...
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    Is the Corsair AX1200 enough for 3-way SLI GTX 680?

    That's honestly overkill, so yes. It is plenty enough.
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    Just got my Sapphire 7870

    Congratulations brotha. Welcome to the 7xxx family! Should be a fairly nice upgrade ^__^
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    GPU or Case Cooling: Which Comes 1st?

    Like everyone else is saying, upgrade your case airflow. It'll help tremendously. Go with a fractal or silverstone; you can't go wrong with either, both are insanely good case brands.
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