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    MSI Radeon R9 290X GAMING 4G Video Card Review @ [H]

    The throttling issue is a bug verified by AMD. ALL R9 290X cards throttle considerably when voltage and powertune (power limit) is pushed. On my R9 290X Tr-X even using +25mV causes my OC to fail. 13.12 driver = 1220MHz Core with +156mV and +50% power 14.x Beta = ~900Mhz the same voltage and...
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    XFX R9 290X Double Dissipation Overclocking Review @ [H]

    Sorry for the way my post came across, I should not have been so dismissive of the article. Apologies for that, but my own experience is totally different with 14.1 and 13.2 when using voltage to overclock. Having said that it's not FUD for me, it is a completely repeatable test for me...
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    XFX R9 290X Double Dissipation Overclocking Review @ [H]

    Just for reference. Catalyst 14.1 are broken for overclocking, they throttle immensely with any kind of additional voltage. My R9 290X 14.1 Betas Max OC: 1090 without voltage increase, 1120 with voltage increase but throttling actually drops clocks to ~850 13.12 WHQL: 1090 without voltage...
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    NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti Video Card Review @ [H]

    Hardware.fr actually test their GPU sound levels from 60cm (2ft) and the GPU is in a closed case. Even 60cm is too close IMHO as my PC sits on the floor around 90cm (3ft) away...
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    Gigabyte vs MSI 7950

    Don't touch the Gigabyte card with a bargepole. I have owned both types and the MSI TF3 leaves the WF3 in the dirt for overclocking due to unlocked voltage. If you overclock at all and purchase a locked voltage GPU you are deliberately asking for trouble.
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    Nvidia Should Be Held Accountable For OverCharging With Lower Performance.

    This is not about cars or mergers, it is about GPUs. I didn't say brand doesn't matter at all, I said it doesn't matter when it comes to value. There is a limit to how much premium someone will pay for brand recognition. At some point brand recognition becomes moot and value starts to matter...
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    Nvidia Should Be Held Accountable For OverCharging With Lower Performance.

    I just checked Newegg and 2GB 7850s are on sale for $165. The 7850 2GB trades blows with the 650Ti boost and sells for the same price.
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    Nvidia Should Be Held Accountable For OverCharging With Lower Performance.

    I would say that in some cases Nvidia get away with charging more for less because some PC enthusiasts perceive AMD products to be sub-standard. Of course perception is not to be confused with reality because the vast majority of consumers care not one jot for brand recognition and can be...
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    Is AMD saving high ASIC chips to the 7990 or something else??

    Strange, I have a 69% asic and 90% asic and both use 1.031v as stock. Though this still doesn't change the fact that high asic does not necessarily equate to higher quality. Once you get to really high asic such as 90% you start to notice the high asic have less leakage so they overheat very...
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    Is AMD saving high ASIC chips to the 7990 or something else??

    This only applies when overclocking. At stock speeds there will be no difference in power usage between low asic or high asic cards as the BIOS will ensure volts are identical. To be honest some people put far too much stock in asic = better quality or better OC potential. I have uses loads...
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    Is AMD saving high ASIC chips to the 7990 or something else??

    Higher Asic does not = hgher quality. It just means it requires less volts for a similar core clock. This is only a good thing up to a point as high asic cards tend to not like high volts. So a low asic card of aroundg 60% may take 1.3v while a high asic card of 90% will hard lock at 1.2v for...
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    MSI GTX 660ti PE VS HD7950

    Yes, the 7950s you linked to are the boost editions. Here is a 7950 boost review from January. It doesn't have the 660Ti but the GTX670 gives slightly better performance overall. So at least you get an idea of the speed...
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    MSI GTX 660ti PE VS HD7950

    A few points that are important for your consideration. That review is very old as far as drivers go, both Nvidia and AMD have more recent and faster drivers. Always look for recent reviews using updated drivers. The 7950 in that review is the standard 800MHz reference version. You are looking...
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    What can I Xfire with an early adopter XFX Black Edition

    Any Tahiti based GPU will Corssfire with this card. So HD7870 XT (Tahiti LE), HD7950 or HD7970. If you are going to CF with another card with a similar fan type you should leave a gap between the cards for best colling.
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    NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN Video Card Review @ [H]

    The 7970 GE in that chart does quite well for frametimes, it's only Crossfire that looks crap. So simply stating "Enjoy the stuttery GE 7970" while ignoring the CF part is a non-sequitur, because in fact a single GE 7970 is getting better frame times in that chart than a GTX 680.
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    NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN Video Card Review @ [H]

    Thank you for clarifying, delighted to hear it was just a typo. Good work.
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    NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN Video Card Review @ [H]

    Taken directly from the review. "For the AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition we are using the newly released Catalyst 13.2 Beta 6 and latest CAP. " http://www.hardocp.com/article/2013/02/21/nvidia_geforce_gtx_titan_video_card_review/2#.USaXTldi5I0 Now look at the graphic shown on the test setup...
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    NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN Video Card Review @ [H]

    Are [H] going to address the fact that they state they used "latest" caps with the13.2 beta drivers? (12.11 CAP2 are the latest caps and ar NOT meant to be used with the current 13.2 beta drivers. They actually reduce performance in many of the games tested because the overwrite the later...
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    NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN Video Card Review @ [H]

    The card deserves its Gold award from a technological standpoint. It is an awesome card and I honestly can't fault it at all from the hardware aspect. My point is that in no way can we use the "but it has great features for non-gamers" to excuse the price/perf. Especially on a site that only...
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    NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN Video Card Review @ [H]

    Your site tests GPUs using games, so this conclusion is irrelevant. Instead of making excuses as to "why" Titan costs $1000, why not stick to the fact that at $1000 it is an absolute rip-off for what it delivers to gamers. In short ~30-40% extra performance for a massive premium. I agree...
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    NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN Video Card Review @ [H]

    I highlighted this fact to [H] over a week ago with their GTX 660 GC review here. http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?p=1039606601&highlight=#post1039606601 I hope this is a typo and the [H] reviewers didn't install the latest CAP (12.11 CAP2) which is NOT meant for use with the 13.2 beta...
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    GALAXY GTX 660 GC Video Card Review @ [H]

    If you are using 13.2 beta drivers you are NOT meant to use the older 12.11 caps. Doing so invalidates the AMD results in some of the games in this review. Form the Beta 13.2 driver release notes on Guru3D. Please do not use any other Catalyst profile patch (CAP) with this driver, the one...
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    660 Ti vs 670 @ 2560 x 1440

    Was your Sapphire 7950 a reference version or an OC Vapor-X edition? Some versions of GPUs come with military grade components that are designed to higher tolerances. It isn't a guarantee that you will not get coil whine but it is still less likely. MSI Twin Fozr editions have military...
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    660 Ti vs 670 @ 2560 x 1440

    I'm sorry to hear that your 7950 failed, I hope it was under warranty. Coil whine can afflict any card so it's kind of a lottery if you get it or not. IMHO the GTX 670 or the cheaper HD 7950 is a better option than a GTX 660Ti at 2560x1440 resolution. Get one of the good brand OC editions...
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    660 Ti vs 670 @ 2560 x 1440

    This is always the case when judging price/perf between cards of the same brand. The price/perf is rarely linear. My advice when choosing a new GPU is to look at benchmarks of the resolution you plan to use and check if the FPS is acceptable to you. If you are budget constrained then you need...
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    2012 NVIDIA Video Card Driver Performance Review @ [H]

    My apologies, I should have said lack of working/optimised SLI profiles for Farc Cry 3. For many the Far Cry 3 Nvidia SLI profile was broken in DX11 as it caused serious stutter. The only way to improve it was to use Nvidia inspector. It took until 310.70 drivers before it was fixed, up...
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    2012 NVIDIA Video Card Driver Performance Review @ [H]

    I read this entire "review" with my jaw dropped, are things so slow that this is what [H] are reverting to? [|H] with exclusive info... "drivers get better with later releases" shocker. Well duh I'd like to bloody think so. I didn't read anything about the major vsync stutter issues I and...
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    GTX 670 or 7950

    Don't forget to take into account that the 7950 in that chart is using a modest 1050/1250 overclock due to lack of voltage boost. Once you overvolt the 7950 expect another 125-200 MHz on the core and 300-500 on the VRAM. The GTX 670 and GTX 680 doen't have that luxury.
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    Help me decide: GTX670 2GB vs HD7950 3GB

    If anyone wants the raw csv files for use with FRAFs let me know and I can provide them.
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    Help me decide: GTX670 2GB vs HD7950 3GB

    The HD 7950 with a very achievable 1150 - 1175 overclock is faster than an similarly clocked GTX 680 for average FPS. Hitman Absolution 1920x1080 All settings at max in game, 4x MSAA. Control panel left at app control for all cards in all benchmarks. The 7950 is getting much higher average...
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    AMD acknowledges driver stuttering issues

    Agreed but unfortunately the nature of PC games/hardware means AMD or Nvidia cannot guarantee every game will work perfectly. That is why both AMD and Nivida issue new driver releases regularly. It is also the reason why it is possible to create your own game profiles using the built in GPU...
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    AMD acknowledges driver stuttering issues

    This is not a hardware issue, it is a driver/CAP problem for a few individual games and can be fixed. From my own testing on single GPU (HD 7970 and GTX 680) serious stutters only showed in three games out of the following. This is at 2560x1600 resolution and the games with latency issues were...
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    GeForce versus Radeon captured on high-speed video - Skyrim at 120 and 240 FPS

    My apologies, I though it was at mine. :confused:
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    GeForce versus Radeon captured on high-speed video - Skyrim at 120 and 240 FPS

    The images are stored directly on photobucket from my own account and the link goes direct to Anandtech forums. No bandwidth theft this way. They also show that one single setting with my HD 7970 changed things from stuttery to smooth. Setting flip queue size to 1 made a dramatic difference...
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    GeForce versus Radeon captured on high-speed video - Skyrim at 120 and 240 FPS

    I found that setting flip queue size to 1 rather than default makes a big difference in the frametimes in Skyrim. So it isn't a driver issue, it's a possible CAP profile issue IMHO. See this thread here for graphs. http://forums.anandtech.com/showpost.php?p=34373542&postcount=1
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    What are Kyle and Brent's opinions on Tech Report's GTX 660 Ti vs HD 7950 findings?

    [H] Conducted a review of the latest drivers from last month and I never read that they had problems with stutter in the HD 7950. http://www.hardocp.com/article/2012/11/12/fall_2012_gpu_driver_comparison_roundup/ [H] conclusion included the following The most interesting stand out from...
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    how to enable frame rate limiter in radeonpro

    Have a look at the Tomshardware review to see a screenshot of how to set an FPS limit. http://www.tomshardware.com/gallery/Radeon-Pro,0101-357526-0-2-3-1-png-.html Make sure you have downloaded the latest preview version. Look for the "Not for the faint of heart" section in the 1st post...
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    Which 7970 is the best for a little overclocking?

    The Gigabyte WF 7970s are now voltage locked (as are most new 7970s). The price drops on the 7970s mean the AIBs have to keep costs down to help keep their profit margins. They have started using PCB rev 3.1 which has ALL voltage adjustments removed. No amount of registry hacks or MSI tweaks...
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    ASUS Matrix HD 7970 Platinum

    In a rare moment of stupidity I sold my reference GTX 680 and reference 7970 to get one of these. Max stable overclock = 1170, which is utter shit for the price and the "so called" OC enthusiast level quality and components. 30 minutes of Crysis 2 for stress testing = system lock or reboot >...
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    Post your Heaven Benchmark Scores (Single GPU Only!)

    Please stick to the same settings as in the OP. Any results not using those settings hould be removed to avoid confusion.
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