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What are the downsides to SLI?

Drawbacks of SLI, beside cost, power and potentially (when on air) noise? 1. Relying on driver releases or profiles to get good scaling in some games. Usually, scaling is very good, sometimes close to 100%. In some games, SLI scaling doesn't come with the game "out of the box", you have...
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- Post #24
- May 6, 2010
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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When to Upgrade from my GTX 280

You shouldn't regret it, IMO. The card isn't really quiet or cool but it's not the heat/noise monster some reviewers claim it is. I consider my GTX 480 SC a clear upgrade over my previous card, GTX 295 rev. 2, not even mentioning the card I'd previously used, namely the GTX 280 FTW. From LotRO...
- darXoul
- Post #28
- Apr 30, 2010
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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gaming at 1920x1080 what do I need

Basically, get the fastest card you can afford. If you don't want a multi GPU solution, it's the GTX 480. If you want something quieter, cooler, cheaper and drawing less power (even though, I find all the heat/noise criticism of the 480 exaggerated), go for a 5870, preferably with 2 gigs of...
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- Post #39
- Apr 27, 2010
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Low end DELL IPS vs high end TN LCD? Gaming monitor, cant decide!!

No more TN panels for me. Even if my current IPS LCD on paper has higher pixel response time and input lag, plus blacks are not really stellar, especially compared to my S-PVA HDTV, I'd never go back to a TN monitor, LED-backlit or not. A perfect LCD would be a 1920*1200 or 2560*1600...
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- Post #21
- Apr 23, 2010
- Forum: Displays
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Your impressions of Charlie Demerjian, post here.

For me, Charlie is a fun novelty, and I often find his posts rather amusing. I don't care about his bias or "hate" simply because I'm an individual well capable of thinking and drawing conclusions so I treat his way of criticizing nVidia ("Dear Leader", "habitual values", etc.) as a flavor that...
- darXoul
- Post #21
- Apr 23, 2010
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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GTX470 and 480 stocking status

I was incredibly lucky last night. I was ordering RAM from the largest Polish PC etailer, and while checking 480 availability (not that I expected any, out of stock/ETA unknown everywhere here in Poland), I was completely surprised to see a miniscule stock of EVGA 480 SCs (no idea how many cards...
- darXoul
- Post #73
- Apr 20, 2010
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Motion Blur

If there was a non-TN panel 1920*1200 true 120 Hz monitor on the market, I'd get one in a heartbeat. So far, AFAIK, there are only 1680*1050 TN LCDs available for 3D. Both resolution and especially panel are not acceptable to me. I guess I'll have to wait for OLED if I want a worthy successor to...
- darXoul
- Post #16
- Apr 20, 2010
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Motion Blur

All LCDs exhibit noticeable motion blur. Only LCD TVs with artificial frame insertion technologies (labeled as 100+ Hz TVs, e.g. Sony Bravia with MotionFlow) considerably reduce the blur, albeit not completely eliminate it. It usually comes at a price though - increased input lag and mild...
- darXoul
- Post #13
- Apr 19, 2010
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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GTX480 Custom PCB Design?

Looks too good to be true, but I'm going to keep an eye on this one. A quieter, cooler Fermi would be great. Well, almost. Performance doesn't really justify such big words. Let's say "good".
- darXoul
- Post #17
- Apr 7, 2010
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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5970 or GTX 480

Hi, Zebo. Long time no see... What kind of problems did you have with your dual GPU card and which card did you have? Since my GTX 280 FTW from EVGA kicked the bucket (BTW, I'll never buy an air cooled FTW card again, they are overclocked too aggressively with reference cooling, and the...
- darXoul
- Post #25
- Apr 1, 2010
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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nVidia teasing us with GTX480 maybe a GTX500 in works!

That's not fair, either. You're trying to compare a dual GPU single card to a dual card setup costing over 40% more and drawing almost twice as much power, depending on circumstances. The 5870 was often compared to GTX 295 despite the latter being SLI slapped on one card (or sandwiched) so...
- darXoul
- Post #30
- Mar 29, 2010
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Fermi is out. Thumbs up or down you decide with poll!

Last option for me, sticking with my GTX 295, single PCB version. Fermi does show some promise (tesselation, performance in some games like Metro 2033), plus it has 1.5 GB VRAM which would be good for GTA IV and it's a single GPU card as well, which is always my preferred setup. However, its...
- darXoul
- Post #61
- Mar 27, 2010
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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5970 Reviews

Now that I'm running a GTX 295 (my first multi-GPU setup ever), I can responsibly claim that microstuttering in its current state, at least for nVidia cards, was blown completely out of proportion, mostly by German PC journalists. Besides, even PCGH reviewers confirm that in order to exhibit...
- darXoul
- Post #150
- Nov 20, 2009
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Which card does everyone have?

GTX 295. My GTX 280 has recently died (still under warranty), and since I don't want to be PC-less for 2-4 weeks before it returns from RMA, plus I wanted to upgrade it anyway, I simply bought the 295, on 5970 launch day. How ironic. When Fermi comes, I may upgrade again, depending on...
- darXoul
- Post #56
- Nov 19, 2009
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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GF100 Fermi card at GTC a fake / mock-up

Wow, Charlie is really amusing with his fierce determination in explaining and investigating all this crap. To be honest, his article was boring and IMHO, pretty much pointless. I don't really care whether the Fermi card shown was the real thing or Riva TNT2 Ultra screwed to an ironing...
- darXoul
- Post #65
- Oct 2, 2009
- Forum: Graphics Cards

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