XFX HD 7970 Core Edition GPU 3GB DDR5

[Monkey_Grill]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHXh_v61GyQ
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[Sir-diealot]

I want this version. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150586

[FALLEN]

well i must say its nice

[Schlup]

Just wait, new GTX 600 series coming out any time now...going to chew this thing up and spit it out.

[Sir-diealot]

Just wait, new GTX 600 series coming out any time now...going to chew this thing up and spit it out.

lol ATI has been kicking their butts for years now. Get with the times FANBOY. And ATI looks better in game too.

[Grizwold]

Tsk, Tsk, Tsk. Now you know better than to be spewing that ATI inspired propaganda around those of us who know better Sir!! Shame on you!! Now go to your room for a 15 min. timeout!!!!

*Take it easy on him guys. He's a little deranged these days & doesn't really know what he is babbling about.

[Sir-diealot]

lol Griz everything I have seen and read says I am right. Better FPS, better colors and better shadows. I have seen top end ATI's set right next to the identical computer but with a top of the line Nvidijunk in it and the ATI looked so much better even the guy with the Nvidijunk in his said the ATI looked better as did everyone else in the room. The just to be sure they switched monitors and the same thing. the guy with the Nvidijunk returned his card and got an ATI

[Schlup]

On that note I picked up a EVGA Nvidia GTX 560 Ti 448 core superclocked classified today, and got it installed.  It should hold me over until the GTX 690 is released.

[Monkey_Grill]

A problem with ATI that I have noticed is their drivers. Most recently, my friend got the 7970 and got it installed. But the drivers for some odd reason scale down his screen size so there are black borders around his screen. But when he goes to remove the scaling, his computer will stay on after pressing "Shutdown". Windows goes through the whole shutdown process and the screen goes blank, but the computer stays on. When he sets the scaling to the default black borders around the screen his computer shuts off just fine!

PS: I don't like how ATI puts inappropriate women on the the graphics card box!

Here is my friend's new computer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QxIr7PKUNU
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[Grizwold]

lol Griz everything I have seen and read says I am right. Better FPS, better colors and better shadows. I have seen top end ATI's set right next to the identical computer but with a top of the line Nvidijunk in it and the ATI looked so much better even the guy with the Nvidijunk in his said the ATI looked better as did everyone else in the room. The just to be sure they switched monitors and the same thing. the guy with the Nvidijunk returned his card and got an ATI

There are no such things as two *identical* computers. They will present different performance stats at some random point. It's just inevitable. Heh, heh, heh.

[Grizwold]

On that note I picked up a EVGA Nvidia GTX 560 Ti 448 core superclocked classified today, and got it installed.  It should hold me over until the GTX 690 is released.

Grab another one Schlup & sli 'em. I love my GTX 560 Ti sc's. As you say, they'll do 'til the 690's get here.

[Sir-diealot]

Grill that is a known problem when hooking up through HDMI if you use DVI there is no problem. This is from newegg


AMD's drivers for HDMI are HORRIBLE. Absolutely, unbelievably, stupidly awful. If you use HDMI, Catalyst Control Center will default to enabling "underscan" which will cause your nice 1080p resolution to not fill up your monitor screen. You can fix this for the desktop easily, but for some games (for me - Crysis) there is no apparent fix, as the setting will not "stick" and you are stuck with black boxes around your screen and a blurry, underscaled picture. This is the absolute dumbest thing I've ever seen, but it is AMD's problem and not specific to this card, so I'm not docking an egg. The only solution I found was to just use DVI.

[Grizwold]

Grill that is a known problem when hooking up through HDMI if you use DVI there is no problem. This is from newegg


AMD's drivers for HDMI are HORRIBLE. Absolutely, unbelievably, stupidly awful. If you use HDMI, Catalyst Control Center will default to enabling "underscan" which will cause your nice 1080p resolution to not fill up your monitor screen. You can fix this for the desktop easily, but for some games (for me - Crysis) there is no apparent fix, as the setting will not "stick" and you are stuck with black boxes around your screen and a blurry, underscaled picture. This is the absolute dumbest thing I've ever seen, but it is AMD's problem and not specific to this card, so I'm not docking an egg. The only solution I found was to just use DVI.

LMAO!!! I'm gonna let this one slide Sir. I just can't bring myself to jump in your c**p over faulty drivers. Besides, you're my very good friend & it would just be TOO easy!! It still deserves 4 giggles out of five on the Griz-O-Meter!!!

[Monkey_Grill]

We tried using a DVI cable, but still had the issue.

[Schlup]

That's a pretty nice build, did Bunker do it himself?  It's very clean!

[Sir-diealot]

By the way Grill it is a cartoon of a woman, get over it.

[Sir-diealot]

LMAO!!! I'm gonna let this one slide Sir. I just can't bring myself to jump in your c**p over faulty drivers. Besides, you're my very good friend & it would just be TOO easy!! It still deserves 4 giggles out of five on the Griz-O-Meter!!!

Evry company in the world has had a driver issue at one time or another, ATI at least fixes theirs.

[CoCoCountyKiller]

ford vs chevy
ATI vs NVIDIA

the beat goes on!!!

as far as the woman on the box..... guess Grill does not watch
any media...tv...or read any magazines ...
even the Weather lady on the news looks hott

co.co.

[Sir-diealot]

Dodge beats them both CoCo