CA_Steve wrote:I don't think you'll need the heat spreaders at 1.5V.

thats if you manage to get them off. Most of them are glued or whatever, can't get them off without using a lot of force.

swaaye wrote:Secondly, RBE can edit the voltage table in the BIOS for these cards.

Don't forget to change voltage for "video playback" mode. I got dual screens so the card would always stay in that mode and the voltage for it is way higher than required.

Here these guys did some undervolting
http://www.computerbase.de/artikel/proz ... dervolting
(in german)

c. GPU: try existing radeon 5850 first(may consider 6950 x2 will hack to 6970 via fw) - newegg has sapphire 6950 $285 6950 hack to 6970 is tempting cost wise, thats for sure. In crossfire it'll be tough to cool tho. Another variable is upcoming dual-gpu card from AMD, 6990 i think, in February. It ...

Quite a downer

Finally a cpu that can utilize available memory bandwidth, and it shows no difference in real world tests
I guess lets all hail advanced cache system that removes necessity for low latency memory...

maxxxim wrote:My solution on 2GB Club3D Radeon 6950 using Arctic Cooling Accelero S1 Rev. 2

Impressive
I might have to resort to same solution if I don't like how 6950 behaves in idle

if you eat a chicken drumstick does it make you a better musician? Or perhaps only chicken can appreciate this improvement?

I am quite happy with my Benq V2400W for gaming, its quite good as far as TFTs go, but 60Hz really pisses me off in dynamic shooters. How can you be quite happy with and pissed off by the same thing? ;) Hmm I must explain here As far as common LCDs go, my Benq is ok for colors, reaction time, input...

Mats wrote:

Ksanderash wrote:So the articles you read are first written in Russian, then translated to English.

Seems logical, but most articles seems to be published at Xbitlabs first.

Not from my experience. Fcenter is usually first, but xbitlabs has more readers and perhaps it is indexed in search engines better

But at the end of the day, of course I'll turn down the settings to make a game playable (not much point otherwise!), so let's assume I can run my games at 60fps (which seems more realistic than 120fps). Returning to my original question, would games running at 60fps look any better on a 120hz moni...

My brain tells me 6970 will be quite hot card, still being at 40nm
But I still want to upgrade

So accidentally the only air intake hole is now near the videocard?
+points for low pressure systems
my AC Silentium case is designed around that. Cool incoming air does make a difference.

I cannot think of the last piece of software I've used which depended on the windows registry. Granted, some settings may be lost, but are there really programs incapable with coping with missing registry keys these days? For me it sounds wild that you reinstall windows without reinstalling program...

Keep OS, programs, games on one partition; documents, media, archives on other. Hmm. What is the rational behind OS on the same partition with programs and games? First and major one is that you will have to reinstall programs and games anyway along with reinstall of windows. All of this is replace...

Keep OS, programs, games on one partition; documents, media, archives on other.

Overall not much is gained in power efficiency. Same 40nm TSMC manufacturing process, a bit smaller die, expected result. Idle clocks for both new cards 100MHz core and 300MHz memory and idle consumption on par with 5770. AMD made a good mainstream card to compete with GTX 460, but nothing spectacul...

Old layout was much better and prettier.
Now its generic and color scheme is meh.

Where do I click to get to first unread message in a thread? Used to be an orange page icon on left of thread name?

http://www.techpowerup.com/132802/Radeon-HD-6870-PCB-and-GPU-Pictured.html http://www.techpowerup.com/img/10-10-14/78a.jpg Latest news say that 6850 and 6870 will be roughly SAME performance as 5850 and 5870. Same performance and price, smaller heat package. Pictured 6870 has same PCB size as 5850.

So I was reading news on new Jaguar supercar C-X75 Its a hybrid.. yeah.. with a gas turbine! Two of them even, very mean looking thing http://images.dailytech.com/nimage/16834_c-x75_1.jpg http://image.automobilemag.com/f/34630794+w750+st0/jaguar-c-x75-concept-rear-view.jpg But yeah, not super effici...

I was looking for that.. 4 years ago

external power switch is much simpler solution

I have PC, two monitors, speakers and printer and a battery charger on one power strip with a switch. Every ***** one of them draws 1-8 watts when "turned off". Makes ton of sense to completely power them down.

don't let the numbering fool you. 6750 and 6770 are in performance range of 5850 and 5870 while consuming less

Most likely in same price range as well

Wind noise is much interest to me. Well not noise per se, but the wind drag. More streamlined car and less speed are the answer How come it is so hard to find a LOW overall car. There are almost no models listed below 1400mm unless you go to sports coupes and small fun cars. Lower narrower car = sma...

X-prize winners were announced http://www.brightsideofnews.com/news/2010/9/17/automotive-x-prize-winner-gets-1025-mpg.aspx 4-seater class for $5 million 1-cylinder 40hp gasoline engine and 800lbs (under 400kg!) weight http://www.edison2.com/storage/WINNERS%20idea%201.jpg 2-seaeter side by side for $...

Or get Windows 7 for same price

Slower or same speed as 5770 but consumes more power.

Guess thats the best they can do

A post on anand forums filled with lots of speculations.

Seems like internally new cards will be redesigned quite a bit

http://forums.anandtech.com/showpost.ph ... tcount=497

It should go to 4.0 GHz fairly easily.

Can't say I agree with "more slow RAM is better". Faster response time on RAM can be quite noticeable in many tasks.

Whats your VGA? I connected AC L2 fan to 5770 and it does rpm regulation by itself, stays pretty quiet.

Congrats on the purchase

Tell me if you find use for thumb keys

Argh, I just learned that Loremo is likely being cancelled.

No hope in ultra-lightweight car market for me