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codswallop
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I've been out of the GPU loop for a bit. Do only nVidia cards have PhysX nowadays? That might be another decider if they do. Is there much support for these features?
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
Salacious Crumb said:
Mine was surprisingly unstable at 4.5Ghz, though I probably needed to add my juice to the vcore. I just couldnt be bothered.
jambo said:
You dont really need more VRAM for Crysis 2, I dont think. The high-res texture pack requires only half the VRAM on the GTX 570. GTAIV maybe.
codswallop said:
Yep. PhysX is nVidia exclusive, but to be fair not a lot of games make use of it. Mirror's Edge, Mafia II and Alice: Madness Returns are the only noteworthy games I can think of (there's more, I'm just being lazy). Granted, PhysX does look really awesome in these games.
Ydahs said:
GST
remember that
so the 99c includes GST
so that is 9c GST per app transaction
so 90c meaning that apple is taking 27c per app sold
US has tax on top of the US pricing, so 99c does not include the tax.
therefore apple is taking 29c per app sold
They take less from Australians then they do Americans
Also Shady have you installd IOS5? its freaking awesome
Is the 6970 a dual-GPU card, though? Given the problems I've had with getting a handful of games to run smoothly (namely Blur and Hot Pursuit) I'd be wary of anything that uses any kind of Crossfire. Dual 5850s should spank both of those games, but they both barely run at an even framerate. Blur I can hardly get 30fps out of, HP dips below 60 whenever there's more than two cars on the screen.legend166 said:
bodyboarder
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jambo said:
Thinking about it. They any good live?
Crumb, How did you go about overclocking your 2500k? Got a guide? I've been so far out of the loop that i'm lost and usually half asleep when i attempt it.
I have reached 4.3 just by selecting the performance option in my bios
.
Still waiting on noctua to send me my bracket, once that arrives i can setup the cooler again and actually try and OC for real.
Also my book still hasn't arrived. CURSE YOU BOOK DEPO!
I have reached 4.3 just by selecting the performance option in my bios
.Still waiting on noctua to send me my bracket, once that arrives i can setup the cooler again and actually try and OC for real.
Also my book still hasn't arrived. CURSE YOU BOOK DEPO!
Marshmellow
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Ydahs said:I guess that makes sense.
About IOS5, I only have a second gen iPod Touch and it's not supported
But yeah, it does look awesome.
I'm planning to buy an iPhone 5 if I can afford one. If not, I'll just go with the iPhone 4.
Gaz do you happen to have any codes for beta of IOS5? or anyone else?
Id love to test it.
Was pleasantly suprised with my order from book depository. I so far have 3/4 of the books i ordered and they have all arrived within 3 days of me placing the order so expecting the 4th tonight.
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
evlcookie said:Crumb, How did you go about overclocking your 2500k? Got a guide? I've been so far out of the loop that i'm lost and usually half asleep when i attempt it.
I have reached 4.3 just by selecting the performance option in my bios
Still waiting on noctua to send me my bracket, once that arrives i can setup the cooler again and actually try and OC for real.
Also my book still hasn't arrived. CURSE YOU BOOK DEPO!
Here is a popular OCing guide for the Sandy Bridge CPUs.
codswallop
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Yes, but Windows might have a whinge when validating if you've used that Windows on a few machines previously.legend166 said:
Legally, you're probably only licensed to use it on one machine at a time, so bear that in mind if you want to stay within the letter of the law.
Salacious Crumb
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evlcookie said:Crumb, How did you go about overclocking your 2500k? Got a guide? I've been so far out of the loop that i'm lost and usually half asleep when i attempt it.
I have reached 4.3 just by selecting the performance option in my bios
Still waiting on noctua to send me my bracket, once that arrives i can setup the cooler again and actually try and OC for real.
Also my book still hasn't arrived. CURSE YOU BOOK DEPO!
The guide eatchildren posted above looks good, and you should probably follow that because I'm no pro OCer. but here's a quick run down of my settings (Asus P8P67)
Turbo Ratio: 48 (all cores)
VRM Frequency: Manual 350
Phase control: Extreme
Duty Control: Extreme
CPU Voltage in offset mode with +0.06v
Every other setting is standard. I like running my OCs in offset mode so that it throttles back to 1.6Ghz at or less than 1v when idle. Those settings are prime stable for over 24Hrs and IBT stable for just over 8.
As ever though YMMV, looking around the net it seems I snagged my self quite the nice little chip.
codswallop
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Then that's fine. Just remember you can't (legally) install it on the old machine again, you'll (legally) need a new license if you want to do that.legend166 said:
If it complains about too many activations (because Microsoft look for hardware changes, even in the same machine, to try and figure out if it's a new machine) you'll just need to give Microsoft a call on the automated 1800-number.
Didn't your Noctua come with a bracket for Intel 1156? You can use that for 1155 if so.evlcookie said:Crumb, How did you go about overclocking your 2500k? Got a guide? I've been so far out of the loop that i'm lost and usually half asleep when i attempt it.
I have reached 4.3 just by selecting the performance option in my bios
Still waiting on noctua to send me my bracket, once that arrives i can setup the cooler again and actually try and OC for real.
Also my book still hasn't arrived. CURSE YOU BOOK DEPO!
nVidia also has better support for 3D gaming if that's something you'd be interested in later, if you don't have a 3DTV/monitor already.legend166 said:
I'd recommend nabbing Windows 7 64-bit OEM anyway, it's only ~$120 and you'll be safe with a validated and official copy of Windows 7. I was worried when I upgraded my mobo that it would reconize it as a different PC but nope, only Steam did.legend166 said:
Is it really worth overclocking your CPU? I've got a Phenom II X6 1090T and I've never overclocked it. Nor with my GPU (5870). Only game it's chugged on is Metro 2033 on full settings, even then it didn't really chug, it just wasn't smooth like Crysis 2 etc.
Well, Marine Arena killed my PC once but that was probably because I had literally overflowing marines on my screen at one point, it was killing everyones PC :\ derp.
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
Sadly I'm pretty sure that I lucked out on my i5 2500K. As they say, no CPU is the same, and mine is a power guzzling bastard. I've tried, but I cannot get a stable OC at 4.5Ghz at anything under 1.3v, and even then that isn't stable. I really should be able to hit 4.5Ghz at ~1.28v, but I struggle badly.
Unless I'm tweaking wrong, but I'm pretty sure I'm not. I dont really know why my CPU is a so power hungry
. Oh well.
Unless I'm tweaking wrong, but I'm pretty sure I'm not. I dont really know why my CPU is a so power hungry
. Oh well.I think I'm in the same boat.EatChildren said:Sadly I'm pretty sure that I lucked out on my i5 2500K. As they say, no CPU is the same, and mine is a power guzzling bastard. I've tried, but I cannot get a stable OC at 4.5Ghz at anything under 1.3v, and even then that isn't stable. I really should be able to hit 4.5Ghz at ~1.28v, but I struggle badly.
Unless I'm tweaking wrong, but I'm pretty sure I'm not. I dont really know why my CPU is a so power hungry
Marshmellow
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Choc said:
Ahh. so your the one i should beg and plead on me knees to choc.
Please sir, may i have some more?
Rahk said:
It's a stabilizing bracket. Since it's such a large hamburger, it seems to bend towards one side i guess? This should keep it dead stable with no bending. Hopefully it will actually fix the strange issue i'm having, I think the fan is scrapping along the fins, something is causing noise anyway. So at the moment my case is on a strange angle leaning up against my desk which makes the noise go away, yay!
The Storyteller
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There is a report on the R rating of videogames on ABCNews24 right now.
I second this.
legend166 said:
I second this.
roosters93
Member
iOS5 is indeed the shit. I've been using iMessage a lot.
Having an untethered jailbreak and iOS5 with my iPhone 3Gs is like the best of both worlds.
OH YEAHHH
I just started a rewatch last week though lol
My mates started watching it and got me all nostalgic.
Having an untethered jailbreak and iOS5 with my iPhone 3Gs is like the best of both worlds.
legend166 said:
OH YEAHHH
I just started a rewatch last week though lol
My mates started watching it and got me all nostalgic.
iOS 5 was great, but I lost beta access when I had to exchange my iPad as the old one had dust under the glass. It really is hard to go back, though it looks like the gestures will only be available for iPad 1 users on 4.3.3. That is really shit, as they're a huge usability improvement and it's a blatant case of Apple fucking over their early adopters with arbitrary restriction of software improvements.
You know what you fucking guys, you've subjected me to forty fucking pages of PC building bullshit, here's a God damn comic about Mortal Kombat 2.
Street Fighter is better than Mortal Kombat. Discuss.
No actually fuck discussing that, discuss how good Z on iPad is.
Also up for discussion: Noni Hazelhurst.
I would also consider anything else that isn't random number generating tech gobbledeygook thanks
BTW Clive that gave me a good laugh, nice one
Street Fighter is better than Mortal Kombat. Discuss.
No actually fuck discussing that, discuss how good Z on iPad is.
Also up for discussion: Noni Hazelhurst.
I would also consider anything else that isn't random number generating tech gobbledeygook thanks
BTW Clive that gave me a good laugh, nice one