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Just Got My 3870X2

What on earth are you two fighting about? :p

BTW I've been playing some COD4 online today and, while I didn't have the FPS counter up, it's certainly running no slower than my GTX was maxed out. Seriously impressed with this card so far. :D
 
Loadsa seems to think I've had an X2 ;)

Ulf this thread is a total anticlimax, I wanted benchies galore and expected at least that from you :D

Want to see what that beasties can do, I was so close to buying one from a competitor a few weeks ago. GTX will stay till the end of the year tbh and I'll be happy getting a year out of it.
 
Loadsa seems to think I've had an X2 ;)
I'm guessing you didn't? I've not been following.

Ulf this thread is a total anticlimax, I wanted benchies galore and expected at least that from you :D
I was going to do a whole battery of tests but just been too busy and not felt too well lately.

Want to see what that beasties can do, I was so close to buying one from a competitor a few weeks ago. GTX will stay till the end of the year tbh and I'll be happy getting a year out of it.
From what I've seen so far in COD4 (online), Oblivion and even Crysis it's exactly on-par with my GTX. Switch if you're bored but don't bother if you want an actual upgrade as it's practically the same apart from it being louder and having better drivers (I got sick of this betas and stuff malarky and they were buggy for me anyway).
 
I'm guessing you didn't? I've not been following.

Nope never had one :)

I was going to do a whole battery of tests but just been too busy and not felt too well lately.

Fair game

From what I've seen so far in COD4 (online), Oblivion and even Crysis it's exactly on-par with my GTX. Switch if you're bored but don't bother if you want an actual upgrade as it's practically the same apart from it being louder and having better drivers (I got sick of this betas and stuff malarky and they were buggy for me anyway).

Interesting Thanks.
 
I'm guessing you didn't? I've not been following.

I was going to do a whole battery of tests but just been too busy and not felt too well lately.

From what I've seen so far in COD4 (online), Oblivion and even Crysis it's exactly on-par with my GTX. Switch if you're bored but don't bother if you want an actual upgrade as it's practically the same apart from it being louder and having better drivers (I got sick of this betas and stuff malarky and they were buggy for me anyway).

Hope the 8.3 drivers will improve things more.
 
For me it feels like a step up from a GTX, my GTX wasn't the best clocker and I used to use 100% fan when gaming so the X2 is a lot quieter in comparison. Also, Crysis is faster for me with the X2, 6FPS in the bench @ 1280x1024 but at 1680x1050 it feels like much more, I very rarely see below 40FPS in the early stages of the game and 30FPS in the later, more stressful parts. This is on all high with a tweaked very high config.

CoD4 suffers from the Powerplay issues in SP but when its not running at 20FPS because of that bug its certainly on par if not slightly ahead of my GTX.
 
(I got sick of this betas and stuff malarky and they were buggy for me anyway).

That's how I feel about my GTX. Since I bought it I don't think I have EVER used non-beta drivers! I'm sick of the various glitches such as dreamscene causing driver crashes and the rest.
 
That's how I feel about my GTX. Since I bought it I don't think I have EVER used non-beta drivers! I'm sick of the various glitches such as dreamscene causing driver crashes and the rest.
Aye, exactly. It's a fantastic card but Nvidia's pathetic drivers let it down. :(
 
Agreed.

I really wanna buy an X2 now. What's your address so that I can post the invoice to it? It's your fault I'm buying one.
 
Good insight so far even if it's only on a few titles. Hope you get better soon Ulf ;).
 
Just ordered mine for delivery tomorrow. Had to get a new PSU as well as my current one is 500w - never mind. I'll do some benchmarks on the game I play the most when I get the chance - supreme commander forged alliance!
 
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