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Clayton · Post by **Clayton** » Tue May 31, 2011 6:45 pm

Phate;265989 wrote:Welp, fml. I want to buy another one of my video cards, so I can run them in Crossfire. No where sells them anymore. Well.. theres like 3 out there, and one of the places wants $12,195.11 for it... wtf?

http://allofficeitems.com/sapphiresap58 ... gvxsr.aspx

just had the same problem with my monitors had to pay full retail for a refurbished one now its fucked up

Phate · Post by **Phate** » Tue May 31, 2011 6:49 pm

06sik20z3;265996 wrote:just had the same problem with my monitors had to pay full retail for a refurbished one now its fucked up

Yeah, kinda sucks. I guess I'll just have to upgrade to their new cards, the 6990's.

http://www.amd.com/us/products/desktop/ ... rview.aspx

Clayton · Post by **Clayton** » Tue May 31, 2011 7:15 pm

Phate;265997 wrote:Yeah, kinda sucks. I guess I'll just have to upgrade to their new cards, the 6990's.

http://www.amd.com/us/products/desktop/ ... rview.aspx

holy mother fook

Phate · Post by **Phate** » Tue May 31, 2011 7:18 pm

06sik20z3;266002 wrote:holy mother fook

Yeah... 700$.. ouch. The way I look at it though, buy one of those, and sell my card, maybe make some of the money back. If I end up (net) with 3-400$ in the card, I'll be happy. Oh, and have twice the card I had before.

Phate · Post by **Phate** » Mon Aug 08, 2011 3:18 am

Phate;266003 wrote:Yeah... 700$.. ouch. The way I look at it though, buy one of those, and sell my card, maybe make some of the money back. If I end up (net) with 3-400$ in the card, I'll be happy. Oh, and have twice the card I had before.

Welp, decided against one 6990 after reading a bunch of articles and shit on them. I'm getting 2 6970's instead, xfire. The 2 cards outperformed one 6990 in the reviews I saw, they're quieter, and stay cooler. Oh, and cheaper.

I went with the Powercolor HD 6970 PCS+ 2 GB. They're a factory overclocked verson of the 6970, and have a better cooler on them. I bought one tonight, and probably will buy another next paycheck or two.

Hopefully I can run it in xfire with the 5870 I have now. I also might have to upgrade power supplies. O well. Anything for Diablo 3.

They sell for around 380 new still, I got one for 300 shipped on ebay.

twkdcd595 · Post by **twkdcd595** » Mon Aug 08, 2011 12:48 pm

B.A. Phate!

Sounds like the better route going to overclocked 6970's.

I just hope to get back my lowly GTX 460 working and fixed under warranty.

Waffles · Post by **Waffles** » Mon Aug 08, 2011 1:12 pm

I bought a new computer this weekend. Its going to sit next to my TV and act as a linux upnp/dlna server. Here are the specs

Original Price: $249.99 You Save: $50.00

Intel® Celeron® Processor E3400
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit)
2GB DDR3 RAM
320GB 7,200RPM Hard Drive
16x DVD±RW SuperMulti Drive
Multi-in-One Digital Media Card Reader
Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator X4500HD
10/100/1000 Network

http://www.microcenter.com/single_produ ... id=0366175

I had bought a cheap PCIe vid card for it so I could also do HDMI out but the passive cooler was to big for the tiny case.

twkdcd595 · Post by **twkdcd595** » Tue Aug 09, 2011 9:54 pm

Built a newer computer for my dad from parts we have been collecting. Deal here, deal there kind of stuff.

-AMD Phenom II x4 955 black processor
-MSI (I know but it is tested/ running well, great deal) NF980-G65 board
-Master Cooler Vortex Plus CPU cooler
-4gig OCZ gold ddr3 1333 (for now)
-500w Antec 80 plus power supply
-Thermaltake v4 black (simple and effective)
-3x 120mm AeroCool Shark fans
-1tb Seagate Barracuda Sata2 3/gbs hard drive (for now)
-Super Multi OEM dvd/cd/burner driver

LOL, and because he wanted to see the screen better. A widescreen 27" Samsung SyncMaster P2770FH monitor. Stupid big for a work computer at a desk but hey whatever, that is what he wanted.

Phate · Post by **Phate** » Thu Aug 11, 2011 4:46 am

Got my 6970 in the mail today and installed it. It's working great, and nice and quiet and cool. Can't wait to get another.

twkdcd595 · Post by **twkdcd595** » Mon Aug 15, 2011 7:04 pm

Not a baller card like Phate, but my GTX 460 warranty replacement is on it's way back to me! YAY!