My 4870 was only 512mb, so it was time.
I saw some other 7850 2gb cards that could be had for $150. Ordinarily I would've done that just to avoid the rebate. But ideally the twin fan setup will be a little quieter and maybe OC a hair better, if I decide to push it someday. Luckily it can't...
Just ordered it. Thanks for the heads up.
Comes with Crysis 3, which'll be fun. Doesn't look like any other bundles apply. Not sure how that usually works.
Think I'll have to give Tridef a try again. :)
Thinking about it to replace my 4870. Which I think is a sizeable step down from a 5850.
I usually shy away from rebate offers though. How is Newegg's rebate vendor nowadays.
Yeah, I don't remember what exactly I responded to, but I just wanted to point out that the price difference isn't necessarily about reliability or component quality. What you say is true, but it doesn't necessarily add up to a more reliable monitor by any stretch.
50% of it is that all the...
Actually the old Barco Coronis pair I worked with had an hour rating they were considered good for. Then you were supposeed to ship them back and have them refurbed. Can't remember if it was the backlight or the panel itself that required that service. That was probably 10 years ago though...
I've worked with Barco and Planar medical grade monitors. 3MP resolution is usually the biggest distinction, along with calibration features. 5MP resolution is where things get really spendy, although I think that's only needed in limited scenarios like digital mammo. Radiologists also...
I'm still rockin' a Rana X3 with an R4870. Still hasn't disappointed me. Thinking about finding a 5870 or maybe 6950 cheap to get ready for RTW2. Not sure how bad the X3's gonna hold me up at that point.
Guess I could try the old core unlock if I get desperate.
More of a general observation about the tone of this debate. Not just here, but elsewhere. As if Sony's some kind of consumer rights advocate or something. As has been pointed out...Sony's going to be utilizing DRM in the near future, if not immediately. If they allow game installs, they...
Madden 09 would've released in Summer of '08 so it was closer to 2 years. But it's still a valid question.
And maybe someone went over this already, but Major Nelson said they wouldn't be bricking consoles when the day for shutting down XB One's Live service comes. I'm positive they...
When you really think about it this may allow the return of the 'spawn' feature that many multiplayer PC games had back in the day. Played a lot of Blizzard multiplayer games over LAN that way back in the old days. With this, you could do it with an approved friends list anywhere.
Well, in any case, I'd imagine it makes porting the software back to native DirectX much simpler. And it could also be an avenue for someone like Valve to use something other than Windows.
I always thought like you said, DX was completely under Microsoft's control, but I'd read things lately that made me think otherwise.
http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2013/03/sony-dives-deep-into-the-ps4s-hardware-power-controller-features-at-gdc/
I'm not saying they're using defacto...
I'm not sure on the Windows part. That may be the way to go. But isn't Sony using some flavor of DirectX in PS4? I'm not sure how they'd implement or the legalities of that.
I think things could honestly tilt the other way. The next consoles are basically locked-down PCs with mostly unimpressive technical specs. I think this generation opens a major window for a company like Steam to exploit both the hardware weaknesses of this next generation, along with the...
Well yeah, to the extent it could've ever been considered "free" then it was a no brainer. But even if they'd gotten down to match Sony's $400, the PS4 fans would just argue that forced you to pay for Kinect with 'inferior' graphics.
And to an extent, they'd be right. Kinect isn't free...
I have a hard time believing it, but they (Microsoft) must. That's the entire hinge of this next gen matchup. If Kinect 2 isn't light years beyond Kinect 1, XB One is toast.
Microsoft must think that it is. Because they're essentially betting everything on it (as Nintendo did with Wii)
I'll...
Yeah, but that's kind of a PITA. PC's been moving this way for years. I can see being pissed about the daily phone home, but DRM is going to be the new reality at some point. It will all just come down to how M$ and the developers handle resale activations. If they're nazis about it the...
Maybe someone went over this already, but is PS4 going to do full game installs like XB1.
If they are, I don't see how it's possible for them to avoid some kind of DRM.
Just a suggestion, but it might be easier to figure out if the forum title (FS/T) wasn't abbreviated. Hard for a noob to look through that and know what it refers to, unless they're already familiar with forum titles and how things are laid out here.
What are the preconditions for getting into the buy/sell forum?
I joined hoping to look around in there, but it looks like I'm locked out of that forum for some reason. Do you have to be here a certain amount of time first?
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