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[InnocentCriminal]

OK!!!! Crunch time!!

I spoke to Novatech about having the XFX instead of being sent another crappycolor card back and he said he'd refund me and then i could get whatever card I wanted next......

but after the amount that the cheap powercolor played up with crossfire etc etc Im suspicious about the XFX

and for a few quid more - for almost the same price I could get a HD 5850 Twin FrozR II from Overclockers that would put both the powercolour and the XFX to shame....the only problem being that i need to order it from overclockers....

And I know that HD 5850 Twin FrozR II wont fuck about like a goat when it comes to overclocking and crossfire

It may, as it's coming from OcUK - I wouldn't put it past them to give people bodged products.

 

[scaminatrix]

pay for the XFX one, the warranty itself is worth it

OK!!!! Crunch time!!

I spoke to Novatech about having the XFX instead of being sent another crappycolor card back and he said he'd refund me and then i could get whatever card I wanted next.......
.....And I know that HD 5850 Twin FrozR II wont fuck about like a goat when it comes to overclocking and crossfire

Don't touch XFX "just" because of their warranty. XFX's "Lifetime Warranty" is a rip off. Late last year, people were getting refunded only up to a quarter of the amount they originally paid for their XFX card, and XFX are getting away with it, saying "normal wear and tear, you've had a good use out of it and the time you've had it is reflected in the amount we've refunded you."
I would understand if this was old news, but this is on £300 graphics cards bought only a few years ago. Their Lifetime Warranty isn't worth the paper it's printed on at the moment

I would go for EVGA if you're interested in warranty, Twin FrozR for cool temps.

EDIT: just noticed the Twin FrozR is coming from OcUK
Buy a hamster instead.
And an air rifle.
Have some fun.

 

[FreedomEclipse]

hard decision :/ the Twin FrozR is an amazing card. the cooler on the XFX is the same one as they use on on of their 5830's so im a little worried about cooling performance of it. If i get a full refund from novatech i'l probably just bite the bullet, buy from overclockers and pray that everything arrives on time and is working out of the box - otherwise if its DoA, I dont think i'd like to deal with overclockers Returns department....I heard they suck harder then SCAN

 

[scaminatrix]

Just had my new HDD's delivered, I RMA-ed them to dabs last Thursday. They didn't have any of the WDC Black SATA2 500GB 32MB cache so they sent me 2 WDC Black SATA3 500GB 64MB cache

 

[Tatty_Two]

Just had my new HDD's delivered, I RMA-ed them to dabs last Thursday. They didn't have any of the WDC Black SATA2 500GB 32MB cache so they sent me 2 WDC Black SATA3 500GB 64MB cache

Nice bonus!

 

[scaminatrix]

Nice bonus!

Good old dabs, they've always been good to me, even though I've seen a few bad reports. I was a difficult customer RMA-ing another drive this time last year, and they were still very good.

 

[Tatty_Two]

Yes, to be fair, I have had only good experiences with Dabs but have not used them since BT bought them out, not because I don't like BT, just that they don't generally seem to have as good deals as they sometimes did.

 

[FreedomEclipse]

Just trawled through a few sites with answers on the XFX card - aparently its only 7" long - its about the same size as the powercolor i just RMA'd so i think i will steer clear and go with the MSI Twin FrozR II from overclockers. like i was saying earlier - these 7" are just made deliberately to run at the stock speeds - nothing higher and nothing lower and raising any of the clocks will result in an automatic bitchslap and a finger wag as they cant keep the voltage stable (no cooling additional cooling on VRMs) for the raised clock speeds. and since the VRMs were crap - setting the clocks in Afterburner meant that the card would forever stay at the overclocked clocks instead of clocking down through powerplay.

those 7" cards are a real mess but great if youre not an overclocker - £150 for a 5850 is a good price but unfortunately too much of the good stuff has been cut off the card to make that price possible - the powercolor didnt even come with a fricking crossfire bridge!!!

 

[Tatty_Two]

Just trawled through a few sites with answers on the XFX card - aparently its only 7" long - its about the same size as the powercolor i just RMA'd so i think i will steer clear and go with the MSI Twin FrozR II from overclockers. like i was saying earlier - these 7" are just made deliberately to run at the stock speeds - nothing higher and nothing lower and raising any of the clocks will result in an automatic bitchslap and a finger wag as they cant keep the voltage stable (no cooling additional cooling on VRMs) for the raised clock speeds. and since the VRMs were crap - setting the clocks in Afterburner meant that the card would forever stay at the overclocked clocks instead of clocking down through powerplay.

those 7" cards are a real mess but great if youre not an overclocker - £150 for a 5850 is a good price but unfortunately too much of the good stuff has been cut off the card to make that price possible - the powercolor didnt even come with a fricking crossfire bridge!!!

Get your money back and buy mine, it's prob the best, quitest and coolest 5850 out there.

 

[FreedomEclipse]

Get your money back and buy mine, it's prob the best, quitest and coolest 5850 out there.

Are you selling your 5850? because if you are I will buy it!!!

.:edit:.

If you have the original box and manuals etc etc that would be great too -- its my OCD, It needs to have the original box otherwise i wont be able to sleep at night but even if it doesnt i'l still take it so long as the price is good (just gotta wait for my refund to come in first as im bit strapped for cash)

 

[Tatty_Two]

Are you selling your 5850? because if you are I will buy it!!!

.:edit:.

If you have the original box and manuals etc etc that would be great too -- its my OCD, It needs to have the original box otherwise i wont be able to sleep at night but even if it doesnt i'l still take it so long as the price is good (just gotta wait for my refund to come in first as im bit strapped for cash)

It has the origional everything in mint condition, to give you an idea of what it is like, you could run Furmark and the fan would not go above 60% and the temps would not go above 60C, in intense gaming at 900mhz the fan does not go above 45%.

It comes with it's own voltage software should you want to beast the animal and although I have only briefly tested it when i first got it, it will do 1035mhz without getting too toasty, I just run it 900mhz out of the box with no mods or voltage although I think it will do 930 out of the box.

 

[FreedomEclipse]

awesome!! I only need it to do 915|1195 - so long as it can match my sapphire its good. how much you want for it??

 

[Tatty_Two]

I will think about it and drop you a PM when I get home later if thats OK............

 

[FreedomEclipse]

dont leave me hanging tatty

 

[Tatty_Two]

dont leave me hanging tatty

Hang baby Hang!

 

[MoonPig]

IM BACK!

hello.

 

[Tatty_Two]

Just about to leave work! Hometime.

 

[scaminatrix]

IM BACK!

hello.

I just imagined it in your avatar's voice! How you doing?

I get paid tomorrow, I'll be sorting you out very soon

 

[stock]

Can't afford to pay myself this week

 

[MoonPig]

I just imagined it in your avatar's voice! How you doing?

I get paid tomorrow, I'll be sorting you out very soon

Good thanks

Gunna have some surprising pictures tomorrow

 

[scaminatrix]

Gunna have some surprising pictures tomorrow

usually when someone says that, it's dirrty pictures lol

 

[MoonPig]

Hmm.. sorry. These ones ain't. But i'll get you some of them too

 

[gumpty]

Gunna have some surprising pictures tomorrow

Oo er!

 

[FreedomEclipse]

the neighbours dog is getting seriously close to getting pwnd by a pack of urban fox's that regularly patrol the gardens every night

those 3-4 foxes never do fuck that dog up but they really should - they'd be doin that dog a favour given the kind of life it leads - all that dog ever does is eat, sleep, bark/whine/yap nonstop and shit in the garden, and it doesnt matter if its raining, snowing or -3'c that dog is still out there with no shelter or even a blanket to snuggle up in.

if the foxes dont kill it - heartworm will. and thats one hell of a painful way to die

 

[Bo$$]

the neighbours dog is getting seriously close to getting pwnd by a pack of urban fox's that regularly patrol the gardens every night

those 3-4 foxes never do fuck that dog up but they really should - they'd be doin that dog a favour given the kind of life it leads - all that dog ever does is eat, sleep, bark/whine/yap nonstop and shit in the garden, and it doesnt matter if its raining, snowing or -3'c that dog is still out there with no shelter or even a blanket to snuggle up in.

if the foxes dont kill it - heartworm will. and thats one hell of a painful way to die

dont the neighbours know about them?