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Title: I'm here as well.
Post by: sweffymo on May 29, 2011, 01:20:16 AM
Hello!  Most of you current members already know me, but I figured I'd make a hello thread anyway.  I think I'm mainly going to stick around the Hardware section (once it's added) and the IRC, but I will definitely be in the gaming section too to some extent.

See you around,

~sweffymo
Title: Re: I'm here as well.
Post by: Foxdonut on May 29, 2011, 01:34:43 AM
Hello!  Most of you current members already know me, but I figured I'd make a hello thread anyway.  I think I'm mainly going to stick around the Hardware section (once it's added) and the IRC, but I will definitely be in the gaming section too to some extent.

See you around,

~sweffymo
You best be paying attention to the whole forum. Or I'll find you. :P
Title: Re: I'm here as well.
Post by: sweffymo on May 29, 2011, 01:35:55 AM
You best be paying attention to the whole forum. Or I'll find you. :P

I'll be reading it but I am not into many of the games that you guys are into...  I am a huge hardware nerd too.
Title: Re: I'm here as well.
Post by: Foxdonut on May 29, 2011, 01:37:14 AM
I'll be reading it but I am not into many of the games that you guys are into...  I am a huge hardware nerd too.
I've noticed. :P My buddy just got his 3 30 inch dell monitors up and running. its insanity.
Title: Re: I'm here as well.
Post by: mikethor007 on May 29, 2011, 01:38:31 AM
I've noticed. :P My buddy just got his 3 30 inch dell monitors up and running. its insanity.
The price is totally insane indeed.
Title: Re: I'm here as well.
Post by: Foxdonut on May 29, 2011, 01:39:20 AM
The price is totally insane indeed.
$4500 for just the screens. Another 10 for the machine, if memory serves.
Title: Re: I'm here as well.
Post by: sweffymo on May 29, 2011, 01:42:40 AM
$4500 for just the screens. Another 10 for the machine, if memory serves.

Your buddy must have overpaid for the machine...  $10000?  To even spend that amount you would need to get an EVGA SR2 motherboard, a couple of high-end Xeons, watercooling, 4 GTX580 GPUs, 4 SSDs, a Thermaltake Level 10 case, and a bunch of expensive lighting and fans.  And that's only if you don't get good deals on them.
Title: Re: I'm here as well.
Post by: Foxdonut on May 29, 2011, 01:43:45 AM
Your buddy must have overpaid for the machine...  $10000?  To even spend that amount you would need to get an EVGA SR2 motherboard, a couple of high-end Xeons, watercooling, 4 GTX580 GPUs, 4 SSDs, a Thermaltake Level 10 case, and a bunch of expensive lighting and fans.  And that's only if you don't get good deals on them.
...... 590s and not the level 10 case.
Title: Re: I'm here as well.
Post by: sweffymo on May 29, 2011, 01:44:48 AM
...... 590s and not the level 10 case.

590s have a nasty reputation for being worse than 6970s and exploding... :p
Title: Re: I'm here as well.
Post by: Foxdonut on May 29, 2011, 01:45:30 AM
590s have a nasty reputation for being worse than 6970s and exploding... :p
he got the FTW liquid cooling edition. It looks gently-carressing sweet. And I know. I told him to stay ATi but he wouldn't listen.
Title: Re: I'm here as well.
Post by: mikethor007 on May 29, 2011, 01:48:20 AM
he got the FTW liquid cooling edition. It looks gently-carressing sweet. And I know. I told him to stay ATi but he wouldn't listen.
I just wish the driver would be better. It has glitches with certain games.
Title: Re: I'm here as well.
Post by: sweffymo on May 29, 2011, 01:48:30 AM
he got the FTW liquid cooling edition. It looks gently-carressing sweet. And I know. I told him to stay ATi but he wouldn't listen.

If I had that much cash to burn I would have gotten 3 GTX580s instead.  That would actually perform better in gaming.  Actually, never mind that.  I would have build a very good 2600k based computer with a single 580 for around $2000 and then spent the other $8k on Folding@Home rigs with cheap GPUs and 2600ks.  For $8000 I could get around 450,000-500,000 points per day, which would be epic.
Title: Re: I'm here as well.
Post by: Foxdonut on May 29, 2011, 01:49:47 AM
If I had that much cash to burn I would have gotten 3 GTX580s instead.  That would actually perform better in gaming.  Actually, never mind that.  I would have build a very good 2600k based computer with a single 580 for around $2000 and then spent the other $8k on Folding@Home rigs with cheap GPUs and 2600ks.  For $8000 I could get around 450,000-500,000 points per day, which would be epic.
LOL I just want a new mobo, ram and processor, maybe an SSD drive as well. my poor duo core is starting to cry and bluescreen on a regular basis.
Title: Re: I'm here as well.
Post by: sweffymo on May 29, 2011, 01:51:45 AM
I'm relatively happy with my 955 and 4890, but I am starting to get upgrade itch...  I want an IvyBridge or a Bulldozer and either a 6970 or a 580...

But I can't afford that. :(
Title: Re: I'm here as well.
Post by: Foxdonut on May 29, 2011, 01:54:11 AM
I'm relatively happy with my 955 and 4890, but I am starting to get upgrade itch...  I want an IvyBridge or a Bulldozer and either a 6970 or a 580...

But I can't afford that. :(
Ivy Bridge is what I'm waiting on. When that launches I'm gonna be on it like a fat kid on chocolate. :D my dual 5870s work just fine for now.
Title: Re: I'm here as well.
Post by: mikethor007 on May 29, 2011, 01:56:57 AM
Ivy Bridge is what I'm waiting on. When that launches I'm gonna be on it like a fat kid on chocolate. :D my dual 5870s work just fine for now.
I'm going to spring for a 580 before the end of the year. Disposable income to the rescue!
Title: Re: I'm here as well.
Post by: killer rin on May 29, 2011, 01:57:04 AM
* A Wild Tumble Weed is looking for you...

..To give you a cake...

.. Made of Shovels
[/reference]

Welcome :D
Title: Re: I'm here as well.
Post by: Foxdonut on May 29, 2011, 01:57:46 AM
* A Wild Tumble Weed is looking for you...

..To give you a cake...

.. Made of Shovels
[/reference]

Welcome :D
:huh:
Title: Re: I'm here as well.
Post by: sweffymo on May 29, 2011, 01:57:51 AM
Ivy Bridge is what I'm waiting on. When that launches I'm gonna be on it like a fat kid on chocolate. :D my dual 5870s work just fine for now.

Bulldozer's going to be almost as amazing for like 1/3 of the money, as usual. :P  The highest-end Zambezi-FX CPU is going to have 4 "Bulldozer units" (8 integer units and 4 FP units total) and will cost something like $320 at launch. :D


Edit:  Can I have your 590?  It's better than my 4890. :P  (Even though I love this little bugger.  I got the Toxic edition and OC'd it to 1065 core on stock voltage. :D)
Title: Re: I'm here as well.
Post by: Foxdonut on May 29, 2011, 02:00:31 AM
Bulldozer's going to be almost as amazing for like 1/3 of the money, as usual. :P  The highest-end Zambezi-FX CPU is going to have 4 "Bulldozer units" (8 integer units and 4 FP units total) and will cost something like $320 at launch. :D


Edit:  Can I have your 590?  It's better than my 4890. :P  (Even though I love this little bugger.  I got the Toxic edition and OC'd it to 1065 core on stock voltage. :D)
:woot: That is pretty insane. But I'm an intel fan. :P And I have an old 4870x2 laying around somewhere if you want that instead. :P
Title: Re: I'm here as well.
Post by: sweffymo on May 29, 2011, 02:01:59 AM
I only have 1 PCIe slot open right now because I have a GTS450 doing Folding@Home so I can't tri-fire...  If it was free though I'd take it. :P
Title: Re: I'm here as well.
Post by: Foxdonut on May 29, 2011, 02:03:35 AM
I only have 1 PCIe slot open right now because I have a GTS450 doing Folding@Home so I can't tri-fire...  If it was free though I'd take it. :P
Hahaha. she's a little rusty so I wouldn't charge much. had her running 990mhz on the memory clocks can't remember what the core clocks were.
Title: Re: I'm here as well.
Post by: sweffymo on May 29, 2011, 02:09:35 AM
750/900 is the stock clock for a 4870x2, so I'm guessing that you got 800 core fairly easily.
Title: Re: I'm here as well.
Post by: Foxdonut on May 29, 2011, 02:10:23 AM
750/900 is the stock clock for a 4870x2, so I'm guessing that you got 800 core fairly easily.
Yeah that sounds bout right.
Title: Re: I'm here as well.
Post by: sweffymo on May 29, 2011, 02:14:32 AM
Yeah that sounds bout right.

I wonder if a 4890 at 1065/1205 would be better or worse than a 4870x2 at 800/990...
Title: Re: I'm here as well.
Post by: Foxdonut on May 29, 2011, 02:15:42 AM
I wonder if a 4890 at 1065/1205 would be better or worse than a 4870x2 at 800/990...
The 4870x2 does better. my buddy used to have 2 4890s we disabled one and tested that. I didn't win by much though.
Title: Re: I'm here as well.
Post by: sweffymo on May 29, 2011, 02:16:19 AM
The 4870x2 does better. my buddy used to have 2 4890s we disabled one and tested that. I didn't win by much though.

But what was the 4890 clocked at?
Title: Re: I'm here as well.
Post by: Foxdonut on May 29, 2011, 02:16:58 AM
But what was the 4890 clocked at?
Same thing as you suggested. I only won by like 5 or 6 points btw.
Title: Re: I'm here as well.
Post by: sweffymo on May 29, 2011, 02:23:36 AM
Same thing as you suggested. I only won by like 5 or 6 points btw.

So they were at the same clocks?  That bench must not have had good crossfire support...  Well if my plans for a dedicated folding rig ever materialize, I can put the 450 into the folding rig and then do tri-fire on my gaming computer.  That'd be pretty epic.
Title: Re: I'm here as well.
Post by: Foxdonut on May 29, 2011, 02:26:25 AM
So they were at the same clocks?  That bench must not have had good crossfire support...  Well if my plans for a dedicated folding rig ever materialize, I can put the 450 into the folding rig and then do tri-fire on my gaming computer.  That'd be pretty epic.
We used the Unigine Heaven Benchmarker.
Title: Re: I'm here as well.
Post by: sweffymo on May 29, 2011, 02:29:38 AM
We used the Unigine Heaven Benchmarker.

No wonder...  That's meant to be a DX11 benchmark.  Also it's a little too new for AMD to have made a crossfire profile for it because the 4870x2 is sadly a bit behind.

BTW, stock clocks for a 4890 are 850/975, so it's possible that that's why the 4890 was closer to the 4870x2.
Title: Re: I'm here as well.
Post by: Foxdonut on May 29, 2011, 02:37:44 AM
No wonder...  That's meant to be a DX11 benchmark.  Also it's a little too new for AMD to have made a crossfire profile for it because the 4870x2 is sadly a bit behind.

BTW, stock clocks for a 4890 are 850/975, so it's possible that that's why the 4890 was closer to the 4870x2.
I see well here's my new benchmarks from Heaven, it only used have my Vram for some reason. :dry:
FPS:   
51.8
Scores:   
1306
Min FPS:   
8.3
Max FPS:   
136.2
Hardware
Binary:   
Windows 32bit Visual C++ 1600 Release Mar 1 2011
Operating system:   
Windows 7 (build 7600) 64bit
CPU model:   
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E8500 @ 3.16GHz
CPU flags:   
3552MHz MMX SSE SSE2 SSE3 SSSE3 SSE41 HTT
GPU model:   
ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series 8.821.0.0 CrossFireX 2048Mb
Settings
Render:   
direct3d11
Mode:   
1680x1050 4xAA fullscreen
Shaders: high
Textures: high
Filter: trilinear
Anisotropy: 4x
Occlusion:   enabled
Refraction:   enabled
Volumetric: enabled
Tessellation: normal
Title: Re: I'm here as well.
Post by: sweffymo on May 29, 2011, 02:39:51 AM
The VRAM is mirrored in Crossfire and SLI setups.  ;)
Title: Re: I'm here as well.
Post by: Foxdonut on May 29, 2011, 02:40:38 AM
The VRAM is mirrored in Crossfire and SLI setups.  ;)
*facepalm* Derp. Also those are base clocks I haven't oc'ed these cards yet.
Title: Re: I'm here as well.
Post by: sweffymo on May 29, 2011, 03:00:04 AM
One of my friends has a single 6970 and it maxes out basically any game worth playing at 60FPS (VSYNC on).  My 4890 maxes every game out too, but sometimes I get in the mid-20s in games like Crysis or S.T.A.L.K.E.R: Clear Sky.

I tend to like single-GPU setups because drivers always work a lot better for them. :P
Title: Re: I'm here as well.
Post by: Foxdonut on May 29, 2011, 03:01:47 AM
One of my friends has a single 6970 and it maxes out basically any game worth playing at 60FPS (VSYNC on).  My 4890 maxes every game out too, but sometimes I get in the mid-20s in games like Crysis or S.T.A.L.K.E.R: Clear Sky.

I tend to like single-GPU setups because drivers always work a lot better for them. :P
Yeah I had to disable a card when Crysis 2 came out. :D But I can run it max at 60fps with Vsync. It would do a lot better if it wasn't for my CPU. :D