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I'll definitely check that setup out. Is that probably as cheap as it gets for a single slot solution? I don't have to go that route and can look at cards with dvi if it will save me some money. If it's not that big of a difference then I will probably go with single. Thanks!

Hey all. Been awhile since I've been on here. I broke a capacitor off my watercooled 290x and now it only runs at 100mhz unfortunately, so I need a new card. I am wondering which card you would recommend. Obviously I will be overclocking the hell out of it and take full advantage of my...

I just turned the shaders to highest and it does look extremely good. I turned grass to the third highest to get some more performance. What settings tax our cards the most? Hmmmm, Turned down post fx from the highest to one below and the game feels silky smooth now.

How is the game running for people using a 290x? Mine at 1920x1200 seems to be solid at 60fps with mostly highest settings but I get a lot of massive frame drops, even if I turn down the graphics in most sections.

I tried to change around the with or without powerplay support and still don't have the automatic profiles setup on the profiles tab. I am running the latest msi afterburner, but i noticed you have screen and video capture which I don't have. Your version seems different. Having powerplay set...

The noise is playing the game and in the menu, turning vsync on or off doesn't seem to matter much. I went to the profile tab and i only see 4 boxes to put hotkeys for each profile...

Hmmm, I did what you suggested and set my core to 500 and it got rid of the whine! I wish I could enable ulps so it can keep my temps down but oh well. I suppose it's not taking up too much more power than leaving the card at idle 300/150. I just wish there was a way where I can edit the...

How would I set a frame rate cap in 2d mode on the desktop? What exactly does ulps do, and how does it correlate to cranking the clock on the card? How exactly do I lock the clock speed via afterburner? I can do this but I'm hoping I don't have to really raise it alot to stop the whine.

I used gpuz this morning and used the little rendering test to tax the card and the noise stopped. I don't like the idea of turning off the power saving to get rid of the noise which in turn would run the card higher than normal. I'll try turning off vsync in game and see if the clock stays...

This whole throttling thing with the 290x is just strange. I understand they are doing it to save power when the gpu is hardly being used but it seems excessive. Playing watch dogs today I noticed the core clock was all over the place, and it didn't get much higher than 8-850, which I thought...

What do you think it could be?

I have a feeling it does have to do with frames because it only seems to happen when I'm on the desktop and of course the frame rate is insanely high. Could my psu be getting old? I bought it back in 2008 so it's 6 years old now but it's been solid. What are the chances getting a new psu...

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I just got this used msi 290x card off ebay a couple days ago and just got all the drivers installed, which happened to take 20 mins. Not too happy about that but it's all done finally. I grabbed the 14.7 beta which shows up as 14.6 in afterburner. Anyway, it's sporting anice ek water block...

I bid 480 on it and someone else had it set to 475 so that's what I got it for. Was hoping to get it for a bit cheaper but oh well. It comes with the block already installed plus a backplate and the stock cooler comes with it too. I think I paid more than most other auctions but most don't have...

Looking around I have been seeing lots of 780's going for 4-450 as well. Are the prices finally coming down on those, and can they really even compare to the 290x?

The seller of the msi finally got back to me and mentioned he does have the stock cooler but no receipt or box for the card, so not sure how that would affect me as far as rma goes and such. He also says hes only used the card for gaming and it has not been oc'd. I think I may put a bid in of...

That xfx card does look good. Unfortunately the msi card is already up to 410. People are bidding that high and the auction still has another 5 hours left, so it will probably get pretty high. I may bid 450 on it but I think it will go higher. Kinda sucks since it looks like a nice card. Your...

I'm almost tempted to buy a new asus card on amazon for 409 before a 20 dollar rebate and buy the water block for 115 or so. If I was to simply buy the card used on ebay, does reference or improved cooler matter at all? Also, as long as the auction has the box and original cooler, can i warranty...

Hey all, I've been itching to buy a new card for some time now as my water cooled 470gtx is really starting to show it's age and having to run alot of new games on low-medium settings is getting to be annoying. I've been reading posts and recently read about people offloading their bitcoin...

If they make a new vampire game with this engine I will be in heaven.

I do have it enabled. The framerate is consistently 60 and up, I meant the texture pop-in is my biggest problem, it's a huge visual detractor. I have all settings maxed and everything is good except for the textures, which nothing will fix right now it seems. Another oddity I encountered is...

Well, I fixed the vsync, but the texture pop in is the worst I have seen in any game to date. It feels like I'm running an old ti4200 card with how slow the textures load and I see it when doing a 180 every couple seconds. If I can fix this I may play through the game, but it still looks like...

Good god. I booted up the game tonight for the first time with the fucking 1gb large patch and the game looks horrible. The game looks like they put tons of polish into it but the textures totally ruin the game and the immersion which is really too bad. I also can't keep vsync enabled which is...

^ That's why demons souls and this game are pretty much my favorite games ever. They are hard as hell because they challenge you, and it's unforgiving unless you figure out a way to overcome obstacles in the game. The key to this game is to just take your time, one enemy at a time. When you...

You don't even need to shoot it with arrows. You go through a tunnel either above or below it, can't remember which, and you will have a way to attack it from behind. As for the dudes that shoot darts, it's really not that hard. If you get poisoned, just do a suicide run at them so they die and...

I read an interview with one of the games devs and he said the beta is over a month and a half old. Because they had to license the beta for all 3 platforms the game was submitted at that time and since then they have said lots of things have changed and been fixed, so I am still hopeful.

^ Are you talking about ornstein? He was my favorite boss to play so far, but was also the hardest. You kill smough then face him on steroids. Lost to him probably 15 times and when I finally beat him I was so juiced. I bough this armor and it looks sooo sick. Not as good as my Havel armor but I...

Definitely kill the dude at the bottom of the circular tower if possible. You get a ring that raises your equip weight by like 60 or so and lets you wear some nice armor. I won't lie, I did the soul farming in the dark forest and I am currently SL 55 or so, and the game still kicks my ass, so I...

My biggest gripe was the sound. It didn't feel or sound like a 5.1 game to me playing caspian, and seemed to be lackluster, but I am hoping this changes with the full release via war-tapes sound quality, I hope. I thought all the vehicles were cool, but it did suck I couldn't use missiles. The...

So far this game is utterly amazing. The music and art style have me totally drawn in and I feel like I'm in the Deus Ex universe. My only complaint is the lackluster lighting and lack of shaders. Lots of textures do not have shaders and look too bland and low res, but I'm sure someone will...

As long as the load times aren't as bad as the original witcher pre-major patch release it hopefully won't be too crazy.

Looked at all the screens and they look bad. I am hoping that only the gamma was on too high but damn, it looks about as good as red faction guerrilla and that came out some years ago... I'll still get it, but I feel sort of worried.

Something tells me you will still buy the game like millions of others when the game comes out though. I know I will no matter what.

I totally miss the feeling of the first game. Played this for maybe 15 minutes and couldn't take the cod clone feeling. Feels like it went away from the first game (which felt seamless and you were the character in the game) to being clunky and cod style gameplay. Starting the single player, it...

I work in an East Bay store and this is bullshit. I guarantee you there is only 1 or 2 stores that are actually doing this. By firing their employees or threatening them, they are screwing themselves over because they will lose trained personnel and respect from their entire store. If enough...

I just noticed the game has letterboxing for 16:10 screens. Didn't even notice it until today because the game is so epic. Also, I think the screen mesh artifacting is due to not running the game in a true 16:9 mode, such as 1440x900. I am running 1920x1200 at the moment. The original game did...

An imported save I used gave me 250k orens. Could someone tell me how I can throw all my money away to make the game fair? lol

This game is amazing, cd projekt really delivered and then some. Combat is very hard, which I enjoy, ala demons souls. I am playing on hard and it makes the game more challenging for me and slows the pace which is cool. As a serious gamer you really shouldn't bitch about a game being hard. Hard...

I think it would be hilarious if someone made a mod for hl-2 singleplayer and gave freeman a portal gun, would be epic. The difficulty was my only disappointment for portal 2, but in the games defense I played through portal 1 and then played the awesome mod portal: prelude, which was quite...