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Forum: AMD Eyefinity Discussions Topic: Catalyst 9.12 / 9.12 Hotfix - Eyefinity and Crossfire!! |
| iThinman |
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Posted: 06 Jan 2010, 18:05
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Replies: 129
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If the next driver focuses on CF + EF issues, I will consider renaming my first born to 'Radeon'. She's a girl, so it won't be that weird.
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Forum: Hardware Discussions Topic: 5870, Fan speed and Temp |
| iThinman |
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Posted: 06 Jan 2010, 17:32
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Replies: 7
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Vcore is at 1.27. Yeah, strange it isn't reporting there, first time I've used that utility, so not sure :cry:
Has been fine so far, but I still need to crank up the heater in the room today and test it more. It gets fairly stuffy in the room during summer. |
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Forum: Hardware Discussions Topic: 5870, Fan speed and Temp |
| iThinman |
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Posted: 06 Jan 2010, 07:19
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Replies: 7
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| [quote]Another question I have is... ...how badly did I shoot myself in the foot by going CrossFire 5870's with an i5 and it's bus limitation of 2*x8? :( Not very badly. 3 or 4% at most performance impact. It's really not until PCI-E 4x that you really see heavy bus limitation happening. TechPowerU... |
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Forum: Multi-Monitor Gaming Topic: triple monitor vs large HD screen |
| iThinman |
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Posted: 05 Jan 2010, 03:35
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Replies: 29
Views: 6121
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| I put off going THTG for a very long time because of the inherit limitations of such a solution, as attractive as it was. It was a very difficult decision. I jumped in with both feet on EF and have not been disappointed. I understand and accept the early stages of the technology, because I understan... |
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Forum: Hardware Discussions Topic: 5870, Fan speed and Temp |
| iThinman |
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Posted: 04 Jan 2010, 23:11
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Replies: 7
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Another question I have is...
...how badly did I shoot myself in the foot by going CrossFire 5870's with an i5 and it's bus limitation of 2*x8?
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Forum: Hardware Discussions Topic: 5870, Fan speed and Temp |
| iThinman |
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Posted: 04 Jan 2010, 18:10
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Replies: 7
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| I am curious how others have the fan set on their 5870's. If I leave it at Auto, the fan runs at about 20% and my chip temp has hit as high as 87* (C) at load. Setting to manual and bumping the fan to 50% drops my at load temp to ~67* (C), but 50% fan on these is fairly noisy and 30% seems to be a s... |
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Forum: AMD Eyefinity Discussions Topic: 5770 + Three 22" LCDs = Crysis? |
| iThinman |
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Posted: 01 Jan 2010, 22:25
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Replies: 20
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I get the same results in Crysis as I do in NFS: Shift if I enable Crossfire. Framerate drops to sub 10. Disable CF and I get about 25-30 FPS with no-AA and everything on High.
Looking forward to the next driver update.
i5/2.66, 8gb, 2x 5870, Win7x64, 5760x1080 |
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Forum: AMD Eyefinity Discussions Topic: 5770 + Three 22" LCDs = Crysis? |
| iThinman |
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Posted: 01 Jan 2010, 01:02
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Replies: 20
Views: 3250
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| Crysis + Crysis Warhead today on Steam for $13. :doh |
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Forum: General Gaming Discussions Topic: So apparently it is possible for a Steam game to sell out... |
| iThinman |
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Posted: 01 Jan 2010, 00:48
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Replies: 24
Views: 3874
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| Keep an eye on those 'declined' transactions, I have a couple that are showing as pending charges. Steam said they will be reversing within 5-7 days. |
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Forum: General Gaming Discussions Topic: Top Ten Games of the Decade |
| iThinman |
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Posted: 29 Dec 2009, 18:09
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Replies: 52
Views: 9660
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Does egg = firetruck?
will you settle for eggrolls?
Anyway, thanks for the clairification. I personally did not spend any time on HL2 and was shocked to not see CS mentioned by anyone given its massive popularity. Such is life, different strokes. |
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Forum: General Gaming Discussions Topic: Top Ten Games of the Decade |
| iThinman |
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Posted: 29 Dec 2009, 17:04
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Replies: 52
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Does HalfLife 2 = Counter Strike?
Never played HL2 once, but played CS for years and still go back to it from time to time. |
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Forum: General Gaming Discussions Topic: So apparently it is possible for a Steam game to sell out... |
| iThinman |
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Posted: 29 Dec 2009, 17:00
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Replies: 24
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Makes sense to me. I purchased two 5870's 2 weeks ago and am still waiting for my download copy of Dirt 2. :|
Appearently, in addition to a shortage of components for the actual boards, bits and bytes are also in short supply these days.
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Forum: AMD Eyefinity Discussions Topic: Anyone use Eyefinty 100% time? |
| iThinman |
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Posted: 28 Dec 2009, 06:56
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Replies: 16
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| I run it 100%. Haven't had a need to switch to extended (yet). Pretty new install. I doubt I'll need to switch until I jones for some Astroids and need to crank up Mame. That sentence has little to do with my personal habits. :| Also, once I get a VPN client from work that they support under Win7, I... |
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Forum: AMD Eyefinity Discussions Topic: My Monitor keeps going out ? ? ? |
| iThinman |
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Posted: 26 Dec 2009, 22:26
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Replies: 479
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| fwiw, while I haven't researched the issue much, my blinking DP connected monitor appears to be linked to Stand-by Mode which would be consistent with the comments made earlier by the ATI rep. When coming out of Stand-By, my DP connected monitor blinks or looses display as others have experienced. ... |
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Forum: AMD Eyefinity Discussions Topic: Need some eyefinity wallpapers :D |
| iThinman |
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Posted: 26 Dec 2009, 17:47
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Replies: 13
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| Oddly enough, the best place I have located is named, http://www.triplemonitorbackgrounds.com/. There is a 'dual' and 'quad' as well. Great site that lets you select your resolution and then choose from many backgrounds at that specific res. Also, being into photography, I know that you can find man... |
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Forum: AMD Eyefinity Discussions Topic: My Monitor keeps going out ? ? ? |
| iThinman |
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Posted: 22 Dec 2009, 20:00
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Replies: 479
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| fwiw, while I haven't researched the issue much, my blinking DP connected monitor appears to be linked to Stand-by Mode which would be consistent with the comments made earlier by the ATI rep. When coming out of Stand-By, my DP connected monitor blinks or looses display as others have experienced. I... |
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Forum: AMD Eyefinity Discussions Topic: ARMA 2 - Runs very well at 5760x1200 |
| iThinman |
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Posted: 22 Dec 2009, 19:21
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Replies: 9
Views: 1914
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Can't believe that I had never heard of this game prior to reading this. Took me a long time to figure out if this was a strat game or shooter, or both.
Now all I know is that I want it. :)
Fry's Electronics really loves me this month. :| |
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Forum: AMD Eyefinity Discussions Topic: NFS Shift: Glorious in 5040x1050! |
| iThinman |
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Posted: 21 Dec 2009, 18:09
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Replies: 11
Views: 2743
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| [quote]my favorite racing game ever (NFS: Shift) is running very well at 5040x1050 and with latest drivers/hotfix/patch 1.02/EDID workaround. Hi :) What is this EDID workaround that you speak of? I run it with 5870 @ 5760x1200 / 2xAA / rest max. I am ok with how the game works but stutter that i ge... |
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Forum: AMD Eyefinity Discussions Topic: Problematic Eyefinity setup |
| iThinman |
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Posted: 19 Dec 2009, 20:32
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Replies: 31
Views: 5339
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| Picked up two DVD-D cables today and also received my Accell DP>DVI adapter in from Fed-X. Everything works perfect now. Thanks everyone for the posts that I've read over the past weeks that made this fairly seemless once I pulled the trigger. Gigabyte P55UD3R Motherboard Intel i5 750, 2.66mhz 4x Co... |
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Forum: AMD Eyefinity Discussions Topic: Problematic Eyefinity setup |
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Posted: 19 Dec 2009, 10:05
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Replies: 31
Views: 5339
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| I switched to DVI>VGA adapters/cables and everything is working. I think it may be a DVI cable issue, but will need to run to the store in the morning to verify (need dual link DVI cables). |
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