Ive yet to actually try it myself, i bought 3 22" benq screns from ocuk but somehow they shipped 2 22" and a 24". The 24" has just been picked up today so i assume over christmas ill have to make do with a pair of 22" and my hp 23" which has a pretty thick bezel. The benqs bezel seem pretty thin by comparison.
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Send my 5870 back and get a 6970?
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Ive yet to actually try it myself, i bought 3 22" benq screns from ocuk but somehow they shipped 2 22" and a 24". The 24" has just been picked up today so i assume over christmas ill have to make do with a pair of 22" and my hp 23" which has a pretty thick bezel. The benqs bezel seem pretty thin by comparison.
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I also ordered a G2222HDL today from a big etailer today because seeing it on special offer for £104.99 and with free next day delivery 
With the MSI 5850 Twin FrozeR I pre-ordered on OcUK, I basially spent £230 as buying myself x'mas present this year
Shame that I won't receive the 5850 until at least x'mas is gone lol
With the MSI 5850 Twin FrozeR I pre-ordered on OcUK, I basially spent £230 as buying myself x'mas present this year
Shame that I won't receive the 5850 until at least x'mas is gone lol
Just wondering if the 6970 showed up and what the results were.
I got some nice OCUK vouchers for Christmas and with the 5% off today I'm severely tempted to grab a 6970 as an upgrade to the 5870. I'm running Eyefinity at 6000x1200 including the bezel management. Was hoping to see a bit of an improvement with the 2gb.
Alternative would be to wait for the 6990 but I imagine that will be mega bucks plus the VAT rise.
I got some nice OCUK vouchers for Christmas and with the 5% off today I'm severely tempted to grab a 6970 as an upgrade to the 5870. I'm running Eyefinity at 6000x1200 including the bezel management. Was hoping to see a bit of an improvement with the 2gb.
Alternative would be to wait for the 6990 but I imagine that will be mega bucks plus the VAT rise.
Works well with eyefinity though im not sure of what type of performance bump over the 5870 it would be. Some of the settings in games like bc2 have to be set to medium to get better framerates, once its tehre though im seeing 40 odd fps (5760x1080), if i set the res to 4800x900 its in the 70fps region.
Considering a second card myself at the mo.
Considering a second card myself at the mo.
Would love to do the same. But I'd need a new board as the P35 isn't really up to xfire. I'd need a new PSU too.
Wonder what's kicking around the MM and B grade section.
Would love to do the same. But I'd need a new board as the P35 isn't really up to xfire. I'd need a new PSU too.
Wonder what's kicking around the MM and B grade section.
Is the p35 not crossfire capable? I think it has a 16x and an 8x slot. According to hardocp theres no real difference in terms of running dual cards in different pcie slot speeds.
http://hardocp.com/article/2010/08/16/sli_cfx_pcie_bandwidth_perf_x16x16_vs_x16x8
I've got the same board. From what I've read it's 16x/4x
.That's why I've ordered a new motherboard, CPU, RAM and GFX card (MSI 5850 on deal). This way I can add another when the time comes which I hope will be pretty soon after the year.
I've got the same board. From what I've read it's 16x/4x
That's why I've ordered a new motherboard, CPU, RAM and GFX card (MSI 5850 on deal). This way I can add another when the time comes which I hope will be pretty soon after the year.
Doesn't look like evn 4x makes a real noticable difference going by this
http://www.hardocp.com/article/2010/08/25/gtx_480_sli_pcie_bandwidth_perf_x16x16_vs_x4x4
Pretty interesting read and I'm impressed with the performance, but as DrSteve has said, if it's half of the 4x speed of PCI-E 2, then it's even worse.
What are you going to do?. Get a new motherboard on the 775 range or upgrade?.
Dunno what to do.
1. Pick up used P45 and add 2nd 5870 - but would need a new PSU
2. Try a 6970 and see how it goes
3. Wait for 6990 - likely going to be v expensive
4. Sell everything and go X58 - tempted
5. Save my money and do nothing - not likely
1. Pick up used P45 and add 2nd 5870 - but would need a new PSU
2. Try a 6970 and see how it goes
3. Wait for 6990 - likely going to be v expensive
4. Sell everything and go X58 - tempted
5. Save my money and do nothing - not likely
4. Sell everything and go X58 - tempted
5. Save my money and do nothing - not likely
x58 would see an improvement in benchmarks, not really so much actual games.
Im sure gibbo said 6990 was supposed to be around the £450 mark.
Dunno what to do.
1. Pick up used P45 and add 2nd 5870 - but would need a new PSU
2. Try a 6970 and see how it goes
3. Wait for 6990 - likely going to be v expensive
4. Sell everything and go X58 - tempted
5. Save my money and do nothing - not likely
I probably wouldn't spend too much on skt775 so I'd go with either option 2 followed by option 4 later on down the line if you'd like to have Sandy Bridge as a processor choice or you could upgrade to i7/i5 quad now and then pick a GPU later down the line.
Option 2 seems the most sensible as Sandy Bridge is 15 days away. Would you consider a 6950 though with the possibility of crossfiring it in your new system?. That would be a big upgrade and would save you roughly £50 per card over the 6970.
Yeah. Think I'll grab the 6970 today since there's the 5% off and these vouchers are burning a hole in my pocket. Might accidentally add on a nice new PSU fo future xfire purposes.
I'll wait to see how Sandy Bridge pans out before deciding about changing the rest of the system. After all it's still a 3.6GHz quad system which is no slouch.
I'll wait to see how Sandy Bridge pans out before deciding about changing the rest of the system. After all it's still a 3.6GHz quad system which is no slouch.