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Been thinking of a GPU upgrade for a little while now, and have more or less decided to take the plunge to the 670 or 680 from my single 5870. My question is, I run a Asus P6X58D mobo which only has PCIe 2.0 slots, any concerns there or are the 2 cards in question ok with this mobo? Also...

Posting in the general forum too since it's kind of a general GPU question and i'm not tied to a brand or architecture. Hello Haven't really been keeping up to date with all the latest GPU offerings from AMD or Nvidia for that matter in the past year or so. Been running a single 1GB 5870...

Hello Haven't really been keeping up to date with all the latest GPU offerings from AMD or Nvidia for that matter in the past year or so. Been running a single 1GB 5870 in my PC for 2 years without too many issues. Curious - if I were to upgrade today or in the near future, what would be the...

Given my system (in sig) what type of gains could I expect to reasonably (FPS, driver stability, thermals) see moving from a single 5870 to a single 6950? I've just recently decided to move away from Crossfire to the best single GPU solution I can currently afford. My budget if I do replace my...

XFX HD-587A-ZNF9 Radeon HD 5870 (Cypress XT) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card w/ATI Eyefinity http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150443 - example of same card. Original owner. Never overclocked. Transferable lifetime...

I am using the APC - 750A for battery backup and surge protection. I recently added a second HD5870 GPU into my system (in sig) and ever since when I fire up a game and the 2nd gpu kicks in, I get an intermittent and continuous high pitched beeping. I am assuming that this means my UPS is...

Hope this isn't too dopey a question but...I just picked up some headphones (Logitech G35) without really thinking about the fact that they are USB. I have my onboard sound disabled due to recently acquiring a new sound card so...if I plug my headphones into the USB port, won't they try to use...

My first [H]OT post so please don't yell at me if this is not considered a hot deal :) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121374R&cm_re=5870-_-14-121-374R-_-Product Add 7.87 shipping comes to 327.86 total. Seems decent to me.

Selling my 8 month old EVGA GTS 250. SOLD Selling my 1 month old Creative Soundblaster X-FI Xtreme Gamer. Nothing wrong with it, just realized that after going CF with my 5870's, I don't have a free PCI slot to use, duh. Cost $100 a month ago, will sell for $40 shipped. Preferred payment would...

So I just put my shiny new xfx 5870 in x-fire into my PC. Had to remove my sound card to make it fit but that's a separate issue. Once i'd figured out the power play issues in 2d I fired up BFBC2. I am running WHQL 10.4 CCC drivers. As soon as I enter a game in BFBC2, I hear an awful...

Hi Real quick, can anyone tell me if any of the 3(?) PCI-e lanes on this board can be made 16x speed? I am under the impression that only the first 2 slots (blue) can be made x16 and the last slot (grey) can be x8. I need to know because the clearance from my CPU cooler is such that the first...

Is there any difference between Catalyst 10.2 and the newer drivers that are out or are being previewed right now for a Crossfire setup? I'm currently running just 1 5870 but planning a second pretty soon and just wanted to know if there is an opinion out there as to what are the most stable...

I was researching the possibility of picking up another 1TB Caviar Black to RAID1 with my other Black drive that I have but have found some thorny issues with RAID-ing those particular drives and the TLER issue they have (documented all over the place). So, now i'm looking at just adding a 3rd...

I am running the system in my sig and would like to setup RAID 1 when I pick up another WD Caviar Black. My question is related to the setup of RAID and SATA modes. If I change the SATA controller mode in the mobo to be RAID, will that effectively make my boot drive (x25-m SSD) a RAID drive also...

Ok so I recently put my new PC together (see sig) and inadvertently set the mode for the primary boot drive (my SSD) to be in IDE mode instead of AHCI. Is this a big enough deal for me to worry about attempting to change it? I seem to remember reading that if an SSD is connected to a SATA port...

Ok so I recently put my new PC together (see sig) and inadvertently set the mode for the primary boot drive (my SSD) to be in IDE mode instead of AHCI. Is this a big enough deal for me to worry about attempting to change it? I seem to remember reading that if an SSD is connected to a SATA port...

Recent financial grief is forcing me to downsize where possible. Unfortunately, i'm going to put up for sale my 9 month old NEC. I am the original owner and the monitor is in pristine condition, no visible flaws, no dead or stuck pixels. Around 3 years and 3 months left on warranty. Given my PC...

Hi - Could really use a little guidance...building a pretty high-end gaming rig and the one part that I kind of neglected up to now was sound...figured i'd probably go the standard route of picking up a Creative X-fi something card and some Logitech speakers. But after a good amount of...

My new planned build (next couple of weeks) is as follows: i7 920 ASUS P6X58D XFX 5970 or 5870 3x 2GB Corsair Dominators DDR3 1600 Intel X25-M 160GB + WD Caviar Black 1.5TB CM HAF 932 1000w Corsair PSU CM V8 Windows 7 Pro x64 24" NEC LCD2490WUXi I am going to be gaming on the NEC at...

I've more or less got my new build together which I will be building in around a month or so. Main parts as follows: Case - HAF932 full tower Mobo - either the Asus P6X58D or the Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD7 CPU - i7 920 Cooling - Coolermaster V8 GPU - unsure, 5870 or maybe wait for Fermi...

I'm looking to build a new PC around March/April and have a budget of around 2.5 - 3k. I haven't built my own machine before but would definitely like to do so and have a couple of work pals who I know will help out. This machine really needs to be as "future proof" as is realistic to be...i'm...

Hope this is the correct forum, if not please let me know and I will create it elsewhere. I have a budget of around $3k, would like to move from a 4 year old PC (single core P4, 2GB ram) to a solid current system that will allow me to play CODMW2, Crysis and other modern games reasonably well...

Hello - Since relocating my PC upstairs from where my cable modem and Linksys router are, I have been using a Linksys WUSB100 adapter for wireless connectivity. Well, long story short, this adapter sucks, I get drops just about every single day. A fun new wrinkle arrived when I decided I wanted...

Because i'm pretty new to LCD's in general, I wanted to get some feedback on this topic. After a lot of research into LCD technology, I decided to get the Planar PX2611W. Further reading led me to understand that this monitor is "wide gamut". It would seem that in the 24"+ IPS panel world, there...

I have been bitten recently by poor panel uniformity when I bought the Benq G2400WD, in addition to being unexpectedly bothered by the terrible viewing angles inherent in TN's and the generally average color accuracy. So, having returned my G2400WD (might have kept it had I not had the poor...

I posted in the other larger G2400W thread but was hoping to get a better response in a new thread. I am starting to have regrets in purchasing this monitor. It is fine if you angle it down and have your nose on level with the top of the monitor, plus you stare straight at it from no angle...

Hello all New to this forum but been browsing for a few days now and amazed at the quality of knowledge on here. Anyway, quick background, I am running an old rig (single core P4, 2GB ram) and am planning on a major system purchase in 12-18 months. I decided to try and improve my gaming...