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I'm still on an i5 750. Just debating between a 6700k based system or a 4790k. Once these are actually online I'll spec it out in PCHound and see if the additional cost for Skylake seems worth it. Either is going to be a huge upgrade for me. These are supposed to be on sale today, right?

Thank you for the review, I am shopping for a needed upgrade (still on a 6970) for 1080p gaming and noticed the sweet price on this. I've been reading reviews between the 290, 390 and 970 and it's a difficult decision. The 390 looks to be the best performer, slightly better than a 970, but these...

2 monitors. probably 3 hours of non gaming time on avg per day, and 1-3 hours gaming. I'll take that into consideration. The 290 just looks like a steal for the performance at $250 right now, and I should refresh the cpu/mobo to match it. Devil's Canyon would be a pretty big upgrade for me...

Worth holding out for Skylake or just upgrading now? I'm on a Lynnfield i5 750. Need a new video card (game at 1080p only) and looking to get a new mobo-cpu lowish-mid end to refresh the system as well. Would buy a z97/4690k if buying today. Looking at a r9 290 as the price is really good...

Almost bought one of these, but then the Toxic came back in stock. After reading the review, I think I'm happy I spent the extra cash. If all new games had FXAA, maybe I would rather have the MSI R6950 1GB Twin Frozr III PE, but considering I won't be upgrading in a few years, having the 2GB on...

I am also trying to decide between the 1GB or 2GB 6950. gaming at 1080P. I don't upgrade too often so I'm torn. The $40 extra for the 2GB might be worth it for the future, but I don't really want to spend $250 on a card. I usually go for the $150 price point, but BF3 is making me look for...

Newegg auto notify just notified me it was in stock. When I went to buy it, it was out of stock again. The page did say in stock for a few minutes. More likely scenario - that the small shipment they got sold out in 3 minutes or that the Newegg status was incorrect?

I need to hear better because black ops just came out and I want to pwn harder.

I've been a huge fan of Bioware for years now. Name the last game they released that was mediocre? Dragon Age took 5 years (and I'm sure a lot of money) and it showed. The Mass Effect series has been superb. Maybe EA is just finally getting around to screwing Bioware up. But as of...

My thoughts exactly. You're going to trust 20 cents worth of velcro to hold an $800 ipad 3G? The video wasn't bad, but the idea is more lazy than useful, so I vote lame. If you really want a car dock, mod up a car dock.

Exactly why the iPad is selling so well :D

Simply deleting your account doesn't work either, they just deactivate it and you can reactivate it any time and all of your stuff will still be there. FB is a joke, I'm moving all of my personal information off of it and onto my own site. Pages are now completely public, even if you have your...

If you think the iPad is worthless, you need to rethink how you look at the device. I'm no apple fanboi, but if you look at this device as a pure content-consumption device, there is nothing like it. If you try to put it into a netbook category, you're looking at it wrong, because it isn't a...

Great review, excellent thoughts, liked the vids, although I'm sure you've taken some more heat for being NV 'haters' :P We will have to see how Surround plays on Fermi, but overall I am not impressed at all. However performance should increase when NV can hone in the drivers, we've already...

I'm calling BS on this. They might all be updated eventually, but if they were to put 2.1 on everything right now, why the hell would I buy an nexus one for $150 with a contract when I can get the eris for $70-80 with a contract. Is a bit more ram and a faster processor worth double the price...

I am running Windows 7 x64 Pro with a Sapphire 5770 and have experienced the GSOD numerous times, although interestingly never while gaming. I've gotten gray, red, green, yellow, and blue stripes! Since installing 10.2 I have not experienced it (yet). I will hold my vote and report any issues...

When can we expect to see some enthusiast laptops equipped with USB 3.0 support? If the motherboards are ready, I'd expect laptops to follow soon after, even if the devices aren't caught up. Also, the SATA II 3.0Gbps vs SATA 3.0 6.0Gbps is going to drive me INSANE. When I first saw SATA 3.0...

Hey again. Just got my GD65 after purchasing on black friday. Am not getting any POST beeps, tried removing ram, no beeps either. Removed from case to make sure there weren't any shorts. Still no beeps. Tried different PSU, GFX card, 1 stick of ram into each slot, etc. Sound defective to you?

Yay! I like free random drawings, because I never win.

Excellent review as always, gentlemen. I have been eying this board for my much needed upgrade. I really like the value that you are getting with this board, and with the stellar performance (and OC ability) of the i5 and the current budget video card lineup, (5750, please!) this is definitely a...

I have been running the Retail version of Win7Pro since late August. Thank you, MSDNAA! I'm happy for today because XP mode is now officially out of beta. I have been trying to use it for months and it has been realllly unstable with my systems. Granted, I have had 0 problems with drivers or...

Shopped.

I understand your point. I don't understand how you don't see Eyefinity as an 'intention of actually furthering the graphics card market' ? Maybe it has no use to you... I certainly won't be able to afford it anytime soon. Heck, it's not even new technology as many have pointed out. But it is...

I completely disagree with your analogy. I suppose you could say that the two companies are in a race, a competition. That's true. But the goal is not simply to have the fastest video card on the market. The goal is to make money. There is more than one way to do that. AMD had great success...

Jealous. I will be getting an eyefinity card, but it will take me a while to round up enough monitors to actually test it, and I certainly won't be able to afford it for myself. But never the less, this is a good step forward for gaming. Yes, the technology is not new. Yes, there are still...

I noticed this as well, while the other manufacturer's models are at the listed price as mentioned in the review. The difference is a BattleForge coupon download with the XFX card, so you are paying the extra $15 for a game which you may or may not like. I've always had good luck with...

Personally I am very impressed by the 5700 line of cards. Gaming on my 22" at 1680 x 1050 is big enough for me, and considering I am a budget gamer, these cards are very impressive. I just can't swallow a 5850 at $260, and although the 5770 maybe underwhelming in its price/performance vs. a 4870...

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Interesting choice, NV. I like the approach, but I think they might take themselves right out of the gaming market. If the card doesn't perform up to the competition, the market that will buy these gpu's for the computing power is far far smaller. I expect it should perform quite well in games...

AMD - 4 nV - 0 Excellent review as always, gentlemen. Still wondering if it's going to be worth it to wait for the 5770's for us budget folks, although $260 is certainly a deal for what you get. I read 5770's could be out late october, and considering i'm stuck at 1680 x 1050 and...

This technology is pretty cool. I would assert that 3 widescreen monitors in a portrait configuration will be the best way to go for most applications and gaming, especially if you work with graphics and photography. I am drooling at the prospect of photoshopping in this sort of environment...

Another victory for AMD (small as it is.) I can't wait for a 5850. I am interested to see how much of an affect this is going to have on both companies sales. With AMD getting smacked on the processor side of things, this could be a very important victory heading into the coming years.

Solid review, as always. Personally I'm interested in some of the cheaper P55 boards. It would be nice to see some reviews for the more reasonable non-enthusiast boards. I am still on a 939 and in need of an upgrade, and the i5's stellar performance and price tag have me drooling. For those...

With the new price slashes, I'm in a bit of a bind. I am going to be upgrading my compy here real soon, 2 or 3 weeks, and with these new prices, I have no clue which card to get. The Choices: I'm a newegg fan (who isn't though :P) and my system will end up being something like this: Athlon...

I have the sapphire 9600 ATLANTIS 256 mb card, and am a hardcore bf2 player. I have an athlon xp 3200+ and a gig of ram, and I play on 64 man servers (low detail of course) without any problems. I do have 3 meg internet, so I get low pings, which also helps. A 9600 can handle bf2, easy. I...

I'm really not a big fan of overclocking, I've never played with it before and I'd rather just stick with stock speeds, plus I would probably only oc a little bit, which most oc'ers will agree isn't really worth it.

I'm wondering what would be best for my new rig. Pros and Cons of each: x1600XT: Newer, Crossfire capable (without any messy chords) good speeds, 12 pipes, and Smoothvision HD, Hyper Z HD, Video Shader HD, which are all the newer versions (vs the 2.0 of an x800GTO2, which I was also...

alright I am debating between the pro and the XT right now, the 512 mb is very tempting, but the XT's clock speeds look better. XT is about $10 more than the PRO from newegg, but again, the extra 256 memory looks very good. Suggestions?

so does the x1600 perform better than an x800, disregarding crossfire?

So I've been thinking about upgrading my setup and have been saving money to get r' done, and was wondering if it would be better to go with a Sapphire x1600PRO 512 variant or just a nice Saphire x800GTO. I will not be able to crossfire right now but I am getting a crossfire board and will be...