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um my SLI 670s boost to 1300 mhz cores.
Mine's the GTX 680 PCI evga FTW versions.
and run just fine on anything i throw at it at 2560 X 1440 (U2711 user)
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I've had many Nvidia cards and many AMD graphics cards over the years and if there's one thing I learned from it all is that AMD cards can pack a huge punch in terms of price/performance but Nvidia...
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I forgot to answer your last question about Skyrim.
You can see in the benchmarks that the resolution is very high at 2560x1600 which is the 16:10 ratio of 2560x1440. Both resolutions are very...
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I would go so far as to say my 7950 is magical. I have the MSI R7950, which comes with the 7970 PCB which has been shown to increase overclocking capability some. The card comes overclocked from...
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You're right that specific benchmark I posted is from November (just under 6 months though, might want to check your math of almost a year).
I fail to see what your contention with it is though as...
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you must have some magical 7950 as the reviews show differently
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/geforce-gtx-680-sli-overclock-surround,3162-7.html...
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Your review is almost a year old. I like to stick to current benchmarks and price points since those both matter a lot.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-graphics-card-review,3107.html
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Don't get a Nvidia card if you want pure power http://www.techspot.com/review/603-best-graphics-cards/page4.html. My Radeon 7950 Boost (just means it auto overclocks like the Nvidia features) is...
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et me breakdown in detail what I think you should do:
I have built numerous (5-10 at this point) gaming PC's in the past few years. A couple were for me, a couple for friends/family and I even...
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There will always be newer and faster hardware out there. At this point, I say wait at least until Haswell comes out so that you can get some deals on the current generation when they go on...
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There will be newer, faster hardware in the Fall but likely at the same price points. Intel's Haswell architecture should arrive this summer as a replacement for Ivy Bridge.
Intel usually doesn't...
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By the way, the Phenom II I mentioned is $90 online, not BM.
Yesterday's (4/20/13) Phenom II deal is only $81.
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If you're interested in saving some cash, BM stores have great loss leader CPU deals. I found the CPU you're using in a Micro Center BM for $159 OEM. Also, Intel CPUs do not become much cheaper over...
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tech moves fast. Wait till June, I5 3570k will drop. Its gonna be outdated by the introduction of Haswell Chips. New Chips, new Platform aka new motherboard aka everything before will drop in price!...
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Technology moves fast. There will absolutely be faster stuff available in the fall.
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:woot:
I'm building my first gaming rig to play some BF4 when it comes out. As of right now, I haven't played a PC game since D2:LoD p1.08. For those that don't know, that is cobwebs of the past! ...
