The Official PC building thread -3rd Edition

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Will Wrote:
Good Deal .I guess you picked me out a Good Card then...I wonder how it would be on alittle Oc'ing not that much just alittle.I'll find out...

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Heh, don't expect the sort of overclocks you get from CPUs, or you'll be sorely disappointed...

 

no what I'm saying is now your saying get a 512mb but back then you said buy a 1gb why the change from then to now atlease it's Radeon and no atlease thing, I was expecting from you was(hey good choice in a card) to go with that's all

 

No, please try and read my post properly. I didn't recommend you the HD5770 because it was 1GB, I recommended it because it was an HD5770, the memory size had nothing to do with it, the HD5770 is a much more powerful card. The 1GB of memory is overkill but you can't get something that powerful without having to have 1GB of memory.

 

will what sam is saying is that the 5770 is better than the 5670, so go for that. but if you are to choose thr 5670, go for the 512mb version, as the 1GB version is overkill. its like buying a $500,000 car brand new, when all you need to do is the school run.

(or something to that effect )

 

Another analogy you could use is say for example it's like 512MB memory is a set of tyres rated for 100mph and 1GB is a set of tyres rated for 200mph. You've no need to buy the 200mph tyres since the HD5670 is the equivalent of a vehicle with a top speed of 60mph. It's of course, not quite as clear cut as this, but that is the essence of the issue - you are paying money for an extra resource that is too large for the product to take advantage of.

 

GTA4 is a GPU memory whore! It uses all of my 896mb. I cannot increase certain settings anymore without more GPU ram. It's a shame, but the effect would probably be marginal at best anyway. Most of my settings are very high anyway. The next GPU will be capable Perhaps 5970 when/if the price comes down in the next 6months to a year.

 

You can, just turn the limiter off in the config file. Just be advised that if you push it too far (say for example, exceeding the memory on your card by more than 50%) you do risk missing textures. Nothing ventured, nothing gained though!

 

No joke eh? Clearly I haven't played around enough LOL!

 

ok Sam, I'll run with 512mb card,I just left micro center here in my town they have the 512mb Radeon HD 5670 (Redwood) for the same price as the 1GB $119 there card prices higher and another,I was looking over at the motherboards again just eye shopping and saw a ep45-ud3p Rev 1.0 only one there for $83.99 the box did'nt look like it was a customer return either fresh clean box my mind started wonder ,why in the world they have the first revision here so late there should be 1.6's instead


Question what ya'll guys think about this?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815345001

 

I got tired of all these "Mystery" crashes, and set the computer back to stock 2.8GHz. I figure if I still have the same problems, which I do, as Firefox crashed the first time I ran it. I think something may have corrupted the OS, maybe one of the changes I made in the setup that didn't work out. I've been noticing little file errors, things like the blinking cursor in note pad won't stay where it was when I minimized it. Stupid stuff like that, but errors, none the less. Tomorrow when this download finishes, I'm going to wipe the drive and lay down a fresh copy of XP. I don't think anything is wrong with the computer because I haven't overvolted anything, and there's been no overheating issues. It's weird, as it can run Orthos for 10 hours and it doesn't crash, but will lock up the computer about 75% through DVDRB/CCE! I've also been getting file errors showing in both Tunup Utilities 2010 1 Click maintenance, and 1 Click fixer Frankly, I can't think of anything else to do!

Unless someone has a better idea, I'm going to wipe it and start over!

Russ

 

Haha guess who finally hit addict after 4 years? LOL

 

Estuansis,
In my eyes, you've been one for a long time!

Congrats, my Friend,
Russ

 

Will, that looks like a very interesting device. Suddenly, I don't regret buying that Rosewill Lan card anymore

 

Thank you for the sentiment

I suppose I am one of the longer-term members here. The only thing keeping my post count down is that I don't post much outside the stickied threads. But I'm on at least a couple times a day.

Been a long time. I joined on 18 of January '06 I have some 4000 posts but a good chunk of them are safety valve.

 

Congrats Estuansis.

 

I've been at AD a lot longer then 4 yrs. Quite content, Status only counts when a woman is involved

 

Will: It's quite possibly old stock they found hiding in a drawer somewhere! As for the HD5670s also remember brand is of reasonable importance, if the 512MB card is a good brand and the 1GB a cheap and nasty one (or even vice versa) then you want the better branded card, it does make a difference, not for performance, but for reliability and warranty.
Russ: These things do happen sometimes, it's all I can suggest
Jeff: You mean you weren't already? I'm astonished! Grats. It's 6 years and a bit for me at aD, and I'm rapidly approaching the big 30k (legitimate) posts!

 

Haha yeah I'm not terribly prolific

I do try to always contribute though if I'm going to bother replying.

30k posts is quite a feat! They may need to make a new status rank for you if it goes much further

 

Yes.. his title should be "INCESSANT BABBLER"

Well that should get it started... hehehee.