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11-22-2012, 01:03 AM
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#1376 | | I answer every Emotion with an emoticon
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IMHO, the gain from Sli doesnt seem to be worth the cost of buying 2 cards...
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11-22-2012, 02:00 AM
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#1377 | | Need my Daily Fix of RS
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Originally Posted by Cman333  Any suggestions on GPU's? I have the 560ti now. Should I SLI it? Or get a GTX 670? Or maybe a Radeon card? | AnandTech - Bench - GPU11 AnandTech - Bench - GPU12
SLI 560 Ti is faster than 580. Seems to be on par to a 670.
If you can get one used for under 100, I say go for it. Think they were hovering around 150 new last time I checked.
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11-22-2012, 10:13 AM
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#1378 | | My dinner reheated before my turbo spooled
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11-22-2012, 02:14 PM
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#1379 | | What hasn't Killed me, has made me more tolerant of RS!
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I've got a problem in my system.
I7 930
6gb ram
GTX 580
(C: )60gb ssd
(D: )1tb WD Black
750w Corsair Psu
Whenever I play games that are graphics intensive, the game would randomly crash. Or maybe not so random, Once it crashes and I try to play again, it would crash again soon after. But if I let my system rest for a while, I could play for a while before the first crash happens. And this only happens in Graphics Intensive games - Sleeping Dogs, Crysis 1, and now AC3. Didn't happen on Rage but I was watching the GPU usage on that in Afterburner and its pretty easy on the load. Also didnt happen on CIV 5, Dungeon Defenders.
And I monitor the GPU temp using after burner, it says max I reach is around 65 C
Games are installed in the D: drive
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11-22-2012, 03:01 PM
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#1380 | | I STILL don't get it
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^^^
try updating your video card driver...
are you using a MSI card?
I'm using a factory OC MSI 570 card, and it used to always crash too..
But then i underclocked it to reference speed and its been stable ever since..
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11-22-2012, 06:52 PM
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#1381 | | What hasn't Killed me, has made me more tolerant of RS!
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Originally Posted by bobola ^^^
try updating your video card driver...
are you using a MSI card?
I'm using a factory OC MSI 570 card, and it used to always crash too..
But then i underclocked it to reference speed and its been stable ever since.. | I'm using 306.97 right now, I have a Twin Frozr II factory oc'ed at 800, and I already did underclock it to stock settings (Core: 772, Memory:2004; taken from afterburner) but that didn't stop the problem.
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11-22-2012, 07:36 PM
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#1382 | | #deephouse
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11-22-2012, 08:08 PM
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#1383 | | I WANT MY 10 YEARS BACK FROM RS.net!
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Originally Posted by Cman333 Any suggestions on GPU's? I have the 560ti now. Should I SLI it? Or get a GTX 670? Or maybe a Radeon card? | If you can find one for $120 or less...I would just SLI...560Ti is still relevant these days.
It's a more cost effective upgrade than dropping >$300 for 670 Quote:
Originally Posted by neo_geo74 I'm using 306.97 right now, I have a Twin Frozr II factory oc'ed at 800, and I already did underclock it to stock settings (Core: 772, Memory:2004; taken from afterburner) but that didn't stop the problem. | Did this start out of nowhere (ie not after new driver...cleaning the card)
are you seeing artifact? Maybe it's dying and time for RMA
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11-22-2012, 08:13 PM
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#1384 | | Hacked RS to become a mod
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Originally Posted by knight604 | Hope you never decide to use a large CPU cooler later on
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11-22-2012, 08:20 PM
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#1385 | | #deephouse
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11-22-2012, 08:24 PM
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#1386 | | What hasn't Killed me, has made me more tolerant of RS!
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Originally Posted by twitchyzero Did this start out of nowhere (ie not after new driver...cleaning the card)
are you seeing artifact? Maybe it's dying and time for RMA | nop, not even seeing artifact, It just crashes the game. I just actually tried it now after shutting down my pc for several hours. And I'm crashing after a couple minutes into the game (AC3). Maybe my theory about letting the cpu rest is bunk.
Anyway, I don't know when this started. I know I was playing a lot of diablo 3 when it came out and had no problems with that. Pretty sure its not because of a new driver. Maybe it started after I cleaned the card? My room is carpeted and I know there's precautions about grounding yourself but I've never done those. How would I know if static electricity has damaged my video card?
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11-22-2012, 08:39 PM
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#1387 | | Hacked RS to become a mod
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Do all games crash, or just that one? And the obvious question, is it pirated?
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11-22-2012, 08:44 PM
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#1388 | | What hasn't Killed me, has made me more tolerant of RS!
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Originally Posted by SkinnyPupp Do all games crash, or just that one? And the obvious question, is it pirated? | not all games crash, just the ones that use a lot of gpu. Yes they are mostly pirated but Crysis also crashes which I bought in steam. Checked the integrity of game cache on it.
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11-22-2012, 10:13 PM
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#1389 | | HELP ME PLS!!!
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Originally Posted by knight604 | I got the same kit. About to buy another kit to load up my system. so far i got 4*8 need another 4 sticks to load up my system
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11-23-2012, 01:19 PM
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#1391 | | Revscene.net has a homepage?!
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Preview of our new system for you gents.  | |
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11-23-2012, 03:26 PM
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#1392 | | I WANT MY 10 YEARS BACK FROM RS.net!
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Originally Posted by bakasam | extreme4 unless you need the bells & whistles
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11-23-2012, 06:55 PM
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#1393 | | Hacked RS to become a mod
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Don't get the Extreme 4, the VRM is a POS
Get this instead.
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11-24-2012, 05:19 PM
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#1394 | | To me, there is the Internet and there is RS
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Where do you guys get cheap case lighting?
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11-24-2012, 09:38 PM
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#1395 | | Revscene.net has a homepage?!
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can anyone suggest a HTPC build? (size of computer does not matter, so ATX and medium size case is fine)
budget: no more than 500$? after tax?
Was thinking of just going onboard video card/soundcard, and get more storage.
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11-24-2012, 09:43 PM
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#1396 | | Hacked RS to become a mod
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Originally Posted by 3klipze can anyone suggest a HTPC build? (size of computer does not matter, so ATX and medium size case is fine)
budget: no more than 500$? after tax?
Was thinking of just going onboard video card/soundcard, and get more storage. | CPU: AMD A10-5700 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($126.99 @ Newegg) Motherboard: MSI FM2-A55M-E33 Micro ATX FM2 Motherboard ($49.99 @ Newegg) Memory: Samsung 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($34.99 @ Newegg) Storage: Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive ($129.99 @ Newegg) Case: Silverstone ML03B HTPC Case ($57.21 @ Amazon) Power Supply: Silverstone Strider Essential 400W 80 PLUS Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($54.99 @ Amazon) Total: $454.16
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11-24-2012, 10:55 PM
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#1397 | | Revscene.net has a homepage?!
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Wow thanks for quick reply. Won't forget to thank when I have a chance.
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11-24-2012, 11:03 PM
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#1398 | | I STILL don't get it
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You can probably find a cheaper hard drive with all those Thanksgiving weekend sales going on
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11-24-2012, 11:25 PM
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#1399 | | Hacked RS to become a mod
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Yeah that's just a guide to build around
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11-25-2012, 08:32 PM
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#1400 | | I bringith the lowerballerith
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Originally Posted by underscore Where do you guys get cheap case lighting? | eBay 48cm LED strip - $2-3 (make sure its 12V)
molex female plug - FREE: cut it off of an extra VGA 6/8 pin to dual molex adaptor that comes with most GPUs
Solder leads together and you get a cheap, flexible strip of blindingly bright light in the color of your choice
Total cost without the cost of 1cm of solder and some tape: < $3. Can't get cheaper than that
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