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safe? you mean save? Well im trying to save for a 3850.
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« Reply #16 on: March 03, 2008, 05:00:46 AM » |
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safe? you mean save? Well im trying to save for a 3850. Yes I mean that, english isn't my native language, but I can all write in German if that helps  3850 is quite cheap anyways... best, Eliot. |
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« Reply #17 on: March 03, 2008, 05:31:21 AM » |
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safe? you mean save? Well im trying to save for a 3850.
Are you really gonna go the ATi route? Shame on you.. (and not in a fanboy sense either) Yes I am going for ATI. 3 reasons. 1. Better driver support (I like catlyst and ati tool) 2. I feel safer (Idk why) 3. Cheaper. Or will be. |
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« Reply #18 on: March 03, 2008, 05:32:04 AM » |
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safe? you mean save? Well im trying to save for a 3850. Yes I mean that, english isn't my native language, but I can all write in German if that helps 3850 is quite cheap anyways... best, Eliot. Well Im waiting for it to go down to like 120ish us dollars. |
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« Reply #19 on: March 03, 2008, 05:38:37 AM » |
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safe? you mean save? Well im trying to save for a 3850. Yes I mean that, english isn't my native language, but I can all write in German if that helps 3850 is quite cheap anyways... best, Eliot. Well Im waiting for it to go down to like 120ish us dollars. You wouldn't rather go for a $35 dollar more GeForce 9600GT with Nvidia's weekly driver updates? I'm not kidding man they have a new driver every 24 hours or so, here is their inside server: http://74.50.4.243/nvidia/170series/ |
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« Reply #20 on: March 03, 2008, 06:49:22 AM » |
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safe? you mean save? Well im trying to save for a 3850. Yes I mean that, english isn't my native language, but I can all write in German if that helps 3850 is quite cheap anyways... best, Eliot. Well Im waiting for it to go down to like 120ish us dollars. You wouldn't rather go for a $35 dollar more GeForce 9600GT with Nvidia's weekly driver updates? I'm not kidding man they have a new driver every 24 hours or so, here is their inside server: http://74.50.4.243/nvidia/170series/maybe he prefers once a month updates lol  hehehe |
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« Reply #21 on: March 03, 2008, 03:18:53 PM » |
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They are also have always some "optimizations" to speed up fps in trade for quality. I also have an ATI card and for not that hardcore gamers and HD3850 or HD3870 is just fine. best, Eliot. |
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« Reply #22 on: March 03, 2008, 07:04:31 PM » |
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I agree with aznstriker92 , I like ATI more and much more than nVIDIA , I know that one of it's reasons is the better video playback capabilities and I love ATI's Windows drivers unlike it's Linux drivers ATI's Linux support is terrible it's really hard to make a card working and when it is it's performance is terrible in against nVIDIA , i think maybe the reason is because of nVIDIA's cheating in a few years ago about Geforce FX series in MadOnion's 3Dmark i've got no clue , but I prefer ATI to equivalent nVIDIA competitor , and also there's another reason about why I love ATI , it's driver naming scheme is just great compared to nVIDIA which i never understood it's terms |
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« Reply #23 on: March 03, 2008, 08:06:32 PM » |
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Here are some power consumption tests for the E8500 http://en.hardspell.com/doc/showcont.asp?news_id=2295&pageid=2296Turn off C1E and EIST and turn on DES. The E8500 is 6.976W, 4 phase power supply  PA 98W when idle, from the picture we can see it is 4 phase.  When load, DES changed to 8 phase power supply, power consumption is 29.39W  When load the PA is 128W, DES 8 phase power supply.  |
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« Reply #24 on: March 03, 2008, 11:24:56 PM » |
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safe? you mean save? Well im trying to save for a 3850. Yes I mean that, english isn't my native language, but I can all write in German if that helps 3850 is quite cheap anyways... best, Eliot. Well Im waiting for it to go down to like 120ish us dollars. You wouldn't rather go for a $35 dollar more GeForce 9600GT with Nvidia's weekly driver updates? I'm not kidding man they have a new driver every 24 hours or so, here is their inside server: http://74.50.4.243/nvidia/170series/maybe he prefers once a month updates lol hehehe Yes I do prefer once a month updates. |
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