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Who with a 8800 series is getting R600?
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lowrider007 said:
i've never been one for spending huge sums on cpu's, always looked for that killer low-mid range processor i could clock the hell out of.....even with my phase units, that was half the fun to be honest....like my £65 4000+ that was orthos stable @ 3.5ghz with 1.5v
if only gpu's were the same
Easyrider great chip there, busting out the shame onto all those 6600 and better folk
easyrider said:LMAO,
Why are you so concerned on how much I lose?
It will not be 200 thats a fact
Anyway I might not even go R600 yet if the power requirements are right.
By the looks of things it looks nasty.
ROFL, I don't post much here but you don't brag like I don't breathe. If the R600 is any good you'll no doubt be on here bragging and calling everyone else's hardware "old" and technologically inferior like you did at the 8800 launch. I have nothing against having the best hardware, regardless of the cost, but you gloat like nobody I've ever seen.
lowrider007 said:
Welcome to the world of overclocking
There's not need to buy the best CPU out there, or the best board (ram you probably can't skimp on...) to get some awsome overclocks. You can save yourself a good 5-600 quid and still get within 10% of the total performance. This is what REAL overclocking is, there's more of a "skill" in taking lower end hardware to uber speeds than high end. I'm a "mid-budget" bencher. Both these boards cost under 90 quid, CPU's cost 200 max (6600) etc, and can still run up there with the guys running expensive board's and CPU's with the same GPU.
marscay said:Easyrider great chip there, busting out the shame onto all those 6600 and better folk
No shame in 4ghz tbh
It is indeed a great shame that gpu's dont work the same as cpu's. Would be great to have a fx5200 giving out the same performance as an 8800gtx. Now that WOULD be impressive lol!
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OC_A64 said:Welcome to the world of overclocking
I'm a "mid-budget" bencher. Both these boards cost under 90 quid, CPU's cost 200 max (6600) etc, and can still run up there with the guys running expensive board's and CPU's with the same GPU.
Agreed, I remember a few years back when the principles of overclocking still held true and people were wringing all they could from lower-end hardware and THAT was what people were impressed with... fighting to squeeze every extra mhz out of them... not buying the latest parts that already have amazing performance and then overclocking them by 15%. I still laugh at people who do things like buy Core2 6800's on release day, overclock it a bit, then go "wow look at me" as though it's something to be impressed about. The more money you spend, the less right you have to brag imo!
Overclocking has definately lost something of late, the rising popularity of it has only served (like anything that gains huge "mainstream"popularity), to water it down somewhat.
EDIT - GPU's are an exception imo, buy the best you can afford at the time.
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Richdog said:Agreed, I remember a few years back when the principles of overclocking still held true and people were wringing all they could from lower-end hardware and THAT was what people were impressed with... fighting to squeeze every extra mhz out of them... not buying the latest parts that already have amazing performance and then overclocking them by 15%. I still laugh at people who do things like buy Core2 6800's on release day, overclock it a bit, then go "wow look at me" as though it's something to be impressed about. The more money you spend, the less right you have to brag imo!
Overclocking has definately lost something of late, the rising popularity of it has only served (like anything that gains huge "mainstream"popularity), to water it down somewhat.
Yeah its been more fun and a damn sight more satsifying get this clock with a 6400
3.7ghz on a £120 outlay gives me a warm glow and who knows she might have more left in her....poor thing
I'll do a 06 tonight and see how she fairs against my old 6600
I'm getting R600 if the price is right and if it performs a lot better than my 8800GTS.james_earl said:
I'll also be getting a 24" monitor soon, so it won't be going to waste (my GTS isn't going to waste at 19" though, since I love to pile on AA/AF with transparency etc.)