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To add to what NZB said.
Although I see dips below 60, I've yet to see a game which wouldn't be playable maxed out (if you don't mind some slowdowns here and there;p). Battlefield 3 SP runs like a charm if I ditch MSAAx4 but even when I enable it, the game's still quite playable. MP is noticeably more taxing but also very playable. I'm very happy with 45-55 fps average and most games can reach that maxed. Pretty much the only game I've seen dropping below 30 fps is Sleeping Dogs. My gpu usage in this game fluctuates between 50-70-ish. A lot of people seem to have this problem even with CPU's better than mine. Sleeping dogs is a joke. They even promised that the game won't be a half assed console port and it was. GTA IV looks better and was released like... what... 5 years ago? and runs a lot better as well. I can play all games maxed out at 1920x1080 at smooth framerate including BF3 on 64 player maps, and this ****** ass SP game won't even get more than 20-30fps? what a joke.Thanks, that's what I thought. I'll stick with my 7850 as I'm not a heavy gamer and I'm rather pleased with the overall performance
The card's staying with me for the time being, I hope it'll let me play Far Cry 3 on decent settings;p Besides, I think I should start with upgrading the CPU, mobo and the PSU.
I think you enabled ubersampling in witcher 2, disable it and you'll get smooth fps.
Yes. If the VRM's are pushed hard, power delivery can be inconsistend and cause rippling (high/low swings) which can cause instability. Also, higher volts create more heat, which could push the GPU over the edge of stability.
Hey, I've seen that in a post you said that unlocking the bios to allow 1.3v killed your gpu. What exactly was the cause if you found it out? heat, voltage or the bios change itself? I'd like to increase my limit to at least 1.25v or more, since I get low temps at 1.225 and feel like I can easily get above 1300 with this gpu (I get about 60C with 50% fan in furmark while having 1290mhz OC but it's unstable due to low voltage). Also, do you think the card will last at least 1-2 years with 1.225 or 1.3v? at least until the 8XXX amd series comes out or the future 9XXX if they'll name them that way.
The GPU was not killed, but something did go wrong and now the card only works properly as the secondary card within Crossfire. For some reason there is no ouput from any of it's display ports, even though everything appears fine from BIOS and Windows. Fortunately, everything works fine within Xfire, when the display connections are hooked up to the other card.
