PC Tech/Gaming Info Thread

[HCCA]

saw some ppl saying that they replaced their xspc water block and got better results... is that true??

Well it's possible that different waterblocks provide better performance based on their design so it's true. However the stock waterblock the kits come with works just fine.

Only if you're into extreme overclocking then you should check out different parts, so far the stock one works very well.

I using an OCZ Hydroflow 2 block with my xspc kit on my AMD system and using the xspc block with my TT Kandalf parts on my Socket 1366 system.

[nervewrecker]

Whats a nice 5.1 or 3.1 soundcard for someone on a budget?

It will be nice if the software comes with eq, time alignment, highpass, bandpass &/ or low pass crossover frequencies as well.

I once had an onboard card with a dedicated sub out, menaing it was strictly bass that came through not fullrange & you have to use an external low pass filter with it.

[Elyon]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2py6Z5q ... AAAAAAAAAA

so sad, it looks interesting, but i'm gonna get killed so many times, looking forward to the vertical gameplay though

[Chiney]

^ extremely sexy!

[iM@st@1]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2py6Z5q9wE&feature=context&context=G21d88caFOAAAAAAAAAA

so sad, it looks interesting, but i'm gonna get killed so many times, looking forward to the vertical gameplay though

*note to self* upgrade gpu

[mickey17]

^^ dual 7870 for me

[HCCA]

^^ dual 7870 for me

One of those supposed to be enuff seeing how they outperforming the 6970s dem.

[Elyon]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2py6Z5q9wE&feature=context&context=G21d88caFOAAAAAAAAAA

so sad, it looks interesting, but i'm gonna get killed so many times, looking forward to the vertical gameplay though

*note to self* upgrade gpu

what gpu you got in your system master?

[iM@st@1]

6870....eyefinity a lil harder to play on tho, will take some getting used to.

[iM@st@1]

New battlefield weapons ina timin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uV1SbEuzFU

[mickey17]

^^ dual 7870 for me

One of those supposed to be enuff seeing how they outperforming the 6970s dem.

true true..

[jinx1218]

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[jm3]

guys i think im gonna make the move to lga 2011 im gonna go for this on the currently amd system
http://www.amazon.com/Intel-Corp-Single ... 90&sr=1-17
http://www.amazon.com/Intel-Core-i7-382 ... 602&sr=1-3

and this on the new intel system

http://www.amazon.com/ASUS-SABERTOOTH-X ... 690&sr=1-5
http://www.amazon.com/Intel-Core-i7-393 ... 727&sr=1-1

[jm3]

crossfiring is silly nowadys the new gpu's have so much power that you don't need it plus crossfire never works as well as you would like

[Chiney]

^^ I do not agree. Crossfire works WAYYY better than it used to!

[Elyon]

New battlefield weapons ina timin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uV1SbEuzFU

Speaking of you know what i'd like to see introduced in bf, some better naval battles.

Imagine blowing up the aircraft carrier that has the above weapon...no doubt if said railgun was in bf3 it's piss off alot of ppl, myself included, worse yet if someone with an aimbot was using it.

[jm3]

^^ I do not agree. Crossfire works WAYYY better than it used to!

on what? what is there that pushes 2 of the new cards? the last cards i had crossfired were my 5870 x6's there were serious issues in what i needed them for,
gaming was not a problem though but it seemed like overkill even for bf3 and crysis even in eyefinity 3.

[Chiney]

^^ within the 6800 and 6900 series, crossfirex has come a LONG way. the new board chipsets scale so much better now. you almost see a double up in performance, providing you have a good CPU to back those badboys, and yes, there are games/reasons to have 2 cards. running full AA and detail requires what more than 1 card can run.

eg. BF3

even if you set the game to ultra, the AA is set to x4 .. to max that out and get FULL detail you WILL need more video ram AND GPU power.

and with these new games coming out, those new cards releasing. the question of WHAT would be there to push 2 card is not really a question.

[HCCA]

crossfiring is silly nowadys the new gpu's have so much power that you don't need it plus crossfire never works as well as you would like

True eh. Some games doh even support it well.

I find if you not getting double performance of one card (2 gpus crossfired) then it really doesn't make sense having them.

[Chiney]

Old games do not support dual GPU well..all recent 2011+ games have extremely good support for dual GPU, even the driver release info says about it.

[jm3]

well i have had bad experiences with crossfire,
well not necessarily bad just disappointing. i'd rather just buy a sdingle 7970 and be done which is being ordered tonight (yay)

[firstchoicett]

3 7970 on the way for my new system.

[iM@st@1]

Check this, never think pink would look so sic
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set ... 185&type=3

[HCCA]

Check this, never think pink would look so sic
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set ... 185&type=3

That and the all red version real 'bright' looking.

They have a white/red version, they should make a black/red version.

[Bison Mison]

Started collecting parts for my phase change diy build. I hope to do a build log when i get every thing. Has anyone here attempted phase change?

[Chiney]

Started collecting parts for my phase change diy build. I hope to do a build log when i get every thing. Has anyone here attempted phase change?

Helped someone with that once. It is pretty easy once you follow the instructions..

Having ur CPU going 5.5ghz at a negative temp is amazing

[Elyon]

Don't know if this is true, but if it is, it is impressive;

http://wccftech.com/nvidia-kepler-gefor ... s-hd-7970/

[xaira]

just saw those, the performance is slightly better than the 7970, but the power consumption numbers are lower which is crazy to me... nvidia finally did it, cudos to them, now just make something that beats the 7750 in performance per watt

[Bison Mison]

Started collecting parts for my phase change diy build. I hope to do a build log when i get every thing. Has anyone here attempted phase change?

Helped someone with that once. It is pretty easy once you follow the instructions..

Having ur CPU going 5.5ghz at a negative temp is amazing

Yeh i looking to take a plunge into the sub zero cooling after having success with water cooling and seeing how great that was i gonna try a single stage build.A modeste 5.5ghz on a 2600k should be enough for my goals

[mickey17]

not much difference in speed in ivy bridge as i hoped..