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Good point regarding the phases, especially considering how hot Haswell runs under OC. Is there much difference between the UD3H, UD4H and UD5H apart from colours? I can't seem to see any difference in the specs on their website.

I'm finally going to move on from my X58 build after 5 years, Intel are really dragging their feet with IB-E and Haswell-E so I'm just going to go for the i7 4770K. Looking at the selection of mobos, which one would you recommend (feel free to suggest others): ASRock Z87 EXTREME4 Asus...

Sounds very interesting, if they OC well then I'm sold. Much cheaper than the IPS Korean ones too.

Yep, enabling exclusive full screen made CF work :) Bit confusing since there's "full screen" and "exclusive full screen" options. Any idea of the performance increase with 13.2 beta 7?

Hmm I turned that off cause I thought it would improve performance, will try enabling it first and see what happens.

Just got the game, but noticed CF isn't working. I'm running Catalyst version 13.1, should I be running 13.2 b7 and are there any known bugs in b7 I should be worried about? It's not running too bad off just one 7970 actually, I'm getting a playable 35fps @6002x1080 with no TressFX or AA and...

This, and also a max OC to max OC comparison would also be interesting. To be honest I think only a small proportion of the people who buy GTX 680's and HD 7970's care about out of the box experience, after all if you spend $800+ on a GPU setup then surely you would download a small piece of...

If your mobo supports it then it's a great choice since you're not overclocking and you don't need onboard graphics (I'm assuming you have a dedicated GPU since you mentioned gaming). In your situation it's basically an i7 3770 but much cheaper.

Which P8Z77? There's several variants with different suffixes, but as far as I can tell they all only have 2 PCI-E slots so you wouldn't be able to use those 3 cards.

I loved MD, in fact I've still got it. They were way better than bulky and skipping CD players and IIRC MDs were around for several years before iPods came out so at least you got your money's worth in those years.

You need to answer those previous questions I put forward regarding what are the most important factors for you in a monitor. Unfortunately there isn't a perfect monitor with 120Hz, low input lag, low response time, 10-bit IPS, with a choice of matte or glossy - you're going to have to...

Were you working with a glossy or matte screen before? Because switching from matte to glossy will also make the screen seem "clearer".

This is actually the best answer. The Xeon won't have overclocking or integrated graphics but you don't need those anyway. It's much cheaper than a 3770K and only slightly more expensive than a 3570K but has Hyperthreading which will be useful for what you're doing.

Lenovo's T-series is pretty much indestructible, at my first company when I started off working on a graduate scheme, hundreds of us were all given T-series laptops and in those 2 years I don't recall anyone complaining of a broken laptop. Off topic, but how young is your wife if she still...

Thinkpads, no question. There's a reason why so many businesses prefer them. For thin laptops it's the MBA, tried out a lot of ultrabooks but the key travel is terrible in most of them and uncomfortable after long periods.

Not really worth upgrading to a 660 from a 6970 though. And why is it scary?

Yup agree with you totally. For example look at the Blackberry Playbook, launched at a ridiculous price and I recently picked one up a brand new 64GB one for a quarter of its original price. Had RIM undercut Apple by say 25% to begin with it might not have been such a flop.

They only just finished releasing their mid range 600 cards. Last time around they were a few months behind AMD so I reckon Q2 13 is probably the earliest estimate.

That's a TN panel, and not even 120Hz. Going 680 SLI on a 60Hz 1080p screen is a colossal waste of money. First of all you need to decide what's important: 120Hz for gaming or accurate colour reproduction for PS work or just a big cheap 1080p 27 inch monitor. It would also be useful to know...

That's a great SSD, and you'll be very happy with the performance boost for general PC usage. Upgrade your GPU when Sea Islands comes out in a couple of months.

I haven't used anything better than those Scythe AP-15's, they are really quiet for the amount of air they move. At the full 1850 rpm they are a bit loud so if you don't have a fan controller it might be a better idea to get the 1450 rpm version instead. I'm surprised they're so hard to find...

Those are like the 3 most important criteria for choosing a monitor :rolleyes: I reckon one of those overclockable Korean monitors (Overlord/Catleap) would suit your usage: the high refresh rate is great for gaming, it's an IPS panel so the colour reproduction would be good for your PS usage...

How random is this? In a game which has a good storyline and an authentic and realistic world... now comes zombies?

That's an absolutely tiny difference, in general the choice of motherboard has minimal impact on gaming performance (when running a single GPU). What you really need to look at is the features and form factor of the motherboards.

Problem is 7970's aren't exactly cheap or good value, unless you find a good used deal. If you want to buy new then 7950's might be a better option as they are significantly cheaper and not that much slower when overclocked. Still, I'd wait for AMD's next generation cards which are due out early...

Are you actually seeing performance degredation because of the lack of VRAM (i.e. sharp drops to single digit framerates) or are you just worried because you're seeing VRAM usage close to 2GB during gameplay? Games like BF3 will fill up whatever VRAM you have, so even though you might hear about...

Practically everyone who's used a mechanical keyboard will say that going back to membrane keyboards feels like mashed potatoes, but people who've never experienced mechanical keyboard won't be too bothered. If you can't justify spending $100+ on a keyboard then it's probably just as well you...

Do those games even support Physx? Also you didn't answer the previous question about what motherboard you have, it's kind of crucial to know what speed the PCI-E slots run at.

Ok my bad, I somehow read it as $120 each because that's roughly how much new ones retail for. What's your mobo? I'm guessing it's not the Asus M4A77TD listed in your sig cuz that's only got one PCI-E slot.

No AMD doesn't have that exact function (i.e. gaming over 3 monitors and showing something else on the other one). You can display 4 monitors in Extended mode or as one big 4x1 or 2x2 Eyefinity group. Switching between profiles is very easy using hotkeys, last time I checked Nvidia doesn't have...

Ahh ignorance is bliss... You can't comment on the mushiness of membrane keyboards when you've never tried mechanical ones because it is just night and day.

Do you mean GT 240 or GTS 250? Regardless, either of them will be better than a 9600 GSO as a Physx card. By the way if you can then return those 550Ti's, you can do way better with a $240 single card. You'd also not have to worry about splitting PCI-E lanes over three slots.

Grab a CM Hyper 212+ and overclock it to 3.8-4.0Ghz, that's a huge 50% increase in clockspeed for like $30. Then when Haswell comes out do a whole system upgrade. Just make sure you read the Nehalem overclocking guides, it's different to Sandy/Ivy Bridge overclocking and slightly more...

You're not running any VMs so won't get anywhere near 16GB. Photoshop, FF and a game all open at the same time don't take up 16GB. Just go with 2x8GB now and if you ever need more in the future then get another 2x8GB kit.

You'll see no real world difference. What do you need 32GB of RAM for anyway?

I dunno, depends on who you're selling it to. I've sold several iphones over the years and a lot of people think jailbreaking ruins the phone or something. I've had people say "I'll offer you £20 less because it's been jailbroken" so be careful how you market it.

Did you add the couple of lines to your hosts file to point to Cydia's servers rather than Apple's? Haven't tried downgrading from iOS 6 but that's what you used to have to do. And why do you care if you're selling it anyway?

Or even better, a map which updates in real time. Would be useful for traffic updates and stalking.

For companies like facebook a huge portion of their valuation is from intangible assets (user base and information, brand value etc.), you can't recreate that from nothing. Although that's not to say FB is worth anywhere near its current $50bn.

Yeah I'd also get the 7850 unless you pick up a used 6950 for cheap. The 6950 is quite a power hog.