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Jakethesnake011

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Im not unhappy about the purchase, it is an awesome card, it is a 4870x2 in a single chip, I am loving that. Amazing performance in games too.

I should say I just ordered it today, I will have my hands on it Saturday... I got so excited I jumped the gun lol
 
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Jakethesnake011 said:
Im not unhappy about the purchase, it is an awesome card, it is a 4870x2 in a single chip, I am loving that. Amazing performance in games too.

I should say I just ordered it today, I will have my hands on it Saturday... I got so excited I jumped the gun lol
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are you going to run like a Crysis benchmark, or Far Cry 2 or something? That should be nice if you can :D
 
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After some tweaking:
 
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Yeah, I was also trying to make that a Vantage/ 06 run, but it didn't make it.
 
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DarkEgo said:
Yeah, I was also trying to make that a Vantage/ 06 run, but it didn't make it.
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crashed? Add some vcore bro, I bench at a slightly higher clock all I want, but i need just a bit more vcore :)


Great job by the way :toast:
 
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I think it was the RAM that crashed it. I am pretty sure the CPU was stable (enough for 3dmark).
This board HATES my RAM!
 
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Nice clocks Dark, also how u like the monitor?
 
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Works great. No problems at all. Tomorrow I should have this UD4p sold, and if I can get my PSU and a pump sold I am to get FITS classy.
 
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nice I just ordered myself one, they seem to be the top of the line board, which is what I would like to work with lol. I hope I dont run into problems with 5870 crossfired, or going with a single 5870x2, I shouldn't with the x58 chipset... Also hope it will let me birng my chip up to 4.6 or so to bench if not higher the Gigabyte has been giving me hella trouble getitng past the 4.45ghz range, I have played with it for a month and had no luck. Be a great board for any Dry ice cooling or LN2, which I would love to get into when I get the cash and time...
 
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Would going from a q9550 @ 3.7ghz to an i7 860 be a noticeable upgrade?
 
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I would say a very noticeable difference. But that's just me.
 
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Flak said:
Would going from a q9550 @ 3.7ghz to an i7 860 be a noticeable upgrade?
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I dont think you would see any real world difference in gaming but it would speed up your PC in terms of encoding video and things like that.
 
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well games would depend on your gpu more than cpu but EVERYTHING else will be noticably faster.

i noticed my i5/p55 felt faster than my i7/x58 setup so im now selling the i7/x58 setup
 
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Fitseries3 said:
well games would depend on your gpu more than cpu but EVERYTHING else will be noticably faster.

i noticed my i5/p55 felt faster than my i7/x58 setup so im now selling the i7/x58 setup
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:eek: No interest in Gulftown Fits?
 
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sell it now!

get a i7 860.. its cheaper at microcenter. only $229.99
 
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