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GTX or Ultra - 1920 x 1080

Shep_Cobain

Shep_Cobain

Shep_Cobain

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I think i will go with the GTX to be honest. The extra 5 - 15 FPS isnt worth it from an Ultra which is superclocked. I just want to play games at 1920 x 1080 with no slow down. At the moment with certain games my GTS cant offer me that. I want Crysis on 1920 x 1080 with acceptable fps.

Ill probably go for the '768Mb XFX 8800GTX XXX, PCI-E (x16), Mem 2000 MHz, GPU 630 MHz, Dual DVI/HDTV'

or

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...-042-BG&tool=3

Unless anybody else has any other suggestions?
 
Good! I was hoping you would say that. The BFG OC2 is exactly the same though...

except by 4mhz GPU clock speed. OCUK dont stock the XFX GTX XXX..... and neither do hardly any other retailers.

:(
 
My XXX clocks to 670/1100 on stock cooling. :D With the XXX cards you are paying for the transferable double lifetime warranty. Worth the extra? Personal choice.

The OCUK card does look like a good deal. It wasn't available when I got mine. :(
 
weescott said:
My XXX clocks to 670/1100 on stock cooling. :D With the XXX cards you are paying for the transferable double lifetime warranty. Worth the extra? Personal choice.

The OCUK card does look like a good deal. It wasn't available when I got mine. :(
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with recent postings on the net about XFX problems with dealing with faulty cards and taking weeks to repair/replace, probably not worth it IMO.

Plus the fact the transferable double lifetime warranty only applies to US customers and not UK. I'm afraid UK customers get standard non transferable two year repair or replace warranty from their re-seller. Not worth the money for a pre-overclocked card with one extra years warranty IMO but personal choice.

US warranty here: http://www.xfxforce.com/web/support/showWarranty.jspa?regionId=1&productGenerationId=730964

Uk warranty here:
http://www.xfxforce.com/web/support/showWarranty.jspa?regionId=2&productGenerationId=730964
 
ATI tools to find the max overclock of the core, then turn core low and find max overclock of the memory then try both max settings together, adjust as necessary, run something stressful and once happy it's all stable put the figures in Rivatuner and have it load when booting.

Don't forget you can set the 2d, low 3d and high 3d clock speeds all seperate and adjust the fan speeds as well. Some people set the fan to 100% all the time to get the max possible overclock.

I just leave the 2d and low 3d clocks at stock so the fan is bearly audible when surfing etc on the desktop. No put stressing the card for destop use.

Simple really.
 
Shep_Cobain said:
XFX GTX XXX
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You gotta love their marketing strategy.

Mr Marketer 1: "Hmmmm how can we get the kids to buy more of our cards"
Mr Marketer 2: "Ooh, this is a hard one. I know I know, we add another X to the name"
Mr Marketer 1: "WAIT A SEC, I'M A ****** GENIOUS....LET'S ADD 3 X's to the name, that will surely blow them away!!!!"

Both marketers smile at the thought of a job well done

:D
 
My apologies. Region 2 mentions States and Federal law, thats what made me think it was in reference to the US. Just a mistake on the site.
 
WELL!!!!! Youve made me make up my mind. Normally i would go for the top of the range ready come OC'ed card or ..... Buy the named product. But i think i will buy the OCUK GTX and OC it to 630/2000.

The only thing is.... can you use ATI Tools and the overclocking program on Vista x64?
 
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