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AMD Socket S1g4 CPU upgrade question

After research I have decided to move up to a 35w processor and hope for the best ;) If it overheats I will resell it and get a 25w part... So my choices are now... a) Phenom N660 (Dual Core - 3.0 Ghz) $30 b) Phenom N870 (Ti Core - 2.3 Ghz) $20 c) Phenom N970 (Quad Core - 2.2 Ghz) $65 Which...
- jamesgalb
- Post #3
- Aug 28, 2015
- Forum: Laptops
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AMD Socket S1g4 CPU upgrade question

So a friend of mine gave me and old note-book with Windows 7 on it, and after installing an SSD into it it is not NEARLY as bad as he made it out to be... http://www.pcworld.com/product/1304567/toshiba-satellite-c655d-s5120-notebook.html I want tup upgrade the CPU and Memory and see if...
- jamesgalb
- Thread
- Aug 27, 2015
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Laptops
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It's 2015: Why does Onboard audio STILL suck?

Considering the new generation of "Onboard Audio" was released yesterday, yeah, the discussion still carries on. That said, the Gigabyte and MSI offerings seem to have some serious effort put into them. They didn't just throw bells and whistles on a $2 Realtek chip... I'm interesting in seeing...
- jamesgalb
- Post #130
- Aug 5, 2015
- Forum: Motherboards
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It's 2015: Why does Onboard audio STILL suck?

I'd like to see audio reviews on the new z170 series of boards... The major players seem to have put a fair amount of focus on audio components. Let me know about the components/features/specs I don't have listed.... Gigabyte - Z170X Gaming G1...
- jamesgalb
- Post #127
- Aug 5, 2015
- Forum: Motherboards
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It's 2015: Why does Onboard audio STILL suck?

The one thing that has stood out with the MSI Gaming series audio is the lack of bad audio reviews by users... When a manufacture goes out of their way to promote the audio, they obviously attract audio-oriented customers. If they fail at producing, it finds its way onto retailer reviews...
- jamesgalb
- Post #124
- Jul 26, 2015
- Forum: Motherboards
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It's 2015: Why does Onboard audio STILL suck?

Would be nice to see some serious AUdio reviews on this board: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130842 The main three things that stand out to me over other boards is the additional EMI shielding (real shielding, not plastic 'armor'), the dedicated Audio Power plug, and...
- jamesgalb
- Post #122
- Jul 26, 2015
- Forum: Motherboards
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Fury XT and Pro prices

Did Lisa say that the Fury was a Fiji Pro and not a Fiji XT? I expect the Fury Nano is the Fiji Pro, and the Fury Maxx uses two Pro GPUs. So... Fury Maxx = Fiji Pro x2 Fury X = Fiji XT (Water) Fury = Fiji XT (Air) Fury Nano = Fiji Pro Any facts showing this to be inaccurate? If...
- jamesgalb
- Post #68
- Jun 17, 2015
- Forum: AMD
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[Rumor (Various)] AMD R7/9 3xx / Fiji / Fury

does GPUZ pull its information from the card or from a database/update? Not sure the information is accurate or if just the most recent information updated into GPUZ...?
- jamesgalb
- Post #1,089
- Jun 13, 2015
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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[Rumor (Various)] AMD R7/9 3xx / Fiji / Fury

Did they? They promoted 4k gaming with the 290x? Show me. (I think you are thiking of the 295x2?) They are promoting "6k, no problem" and posting 8k screen shots... I expect them to be able to smash 4k :) Meanwhile, 980ti and Titan X struggle on real 4k with Ultra and AA on top titles... So...
- jamesgalb
- Post #637
- Jun 12, 2015
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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[Rumor (Various)] AMD R7/9 3xx / Fiji / Fury

because not everyone is expecting a direct rebadge, as you are with zero evidence.
- jamesgalb
- Post #616
- Jun 12, 2015
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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[Rumor (Various)] AMD R7/9 3xx / Fiji / Fury

Has AMD ever gone out of their way to display crossfire benchmarks/results for a product launch? I'm thinking this is a single-FuryX setup running 8K... :O
- jamesgalb
- Post #564
- Jun 11, 2015
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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[Rumor (Various)] AMD R7/9 3xx / Fiji / Fury

They are also posting 8K Bioshock SSs on their Radeon twitter page.... https://twitter.com/amdradeon 8k doable with Fury? :O
- jamesgalb
- Post #551
- Jun 11, 2015
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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[Rumor (Various)] AMD R7/9 3xx / Fiji / Fury

I find it funny that all these videocardz.com leaked benchmarks we see lately always include an OCed 980ti and OCed 980, and no other OCed cards, in order to show more NVidia cards at the top. I take their AMD coverage with a grain of salt. They seem to be trying to de-mystify the AMD launch...
- jamesgalb
- Post #391
- Jun 10, 2015
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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[Rumor (Various)] AMD R7/9 3xx / Fiji / Fury

videocardz continues to include 2 OCed NVidia card in their charts in order to crowd the top with NVidia listings... Hmm, wonder why? I don't trust any of their benchmarks towards AMD products...
- jamesgalb
- Post #357
- Jun 10, 2015
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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[Rumor (Various)] AMD R7/9 3xx / Fiji / Fury

I wonder if HBM will begin to allow for more powerful low-profile/half-height true ITX cards...?
- jamesgalb
- Post #184
- Jun 9, 2015
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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[Rumor (Various)] AMD R7/9 3xx / Fiji / Fury

I put the speculation back at $1000 :P
- jamesgalb
- Post #21
- Jun 8, 2015
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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[Rumor (Various)] AMD R7/9 3xx / Fiji / Fury

From the last thread... Maybe close? ;) New updated guess... - $1000(edited) - Titan X killer :: Fury ?? - 2x Fiji w/ 8gb HBM - water cooled (possible 8gb usable and not 4gb x2?) - $600 - 980ti competitor :: Fury ?? - Fiji w/ 4gb HBM - overclocked & water cooled - $500 - 980 killer #1 ...
- jamesgalb
- Post #16
- Jun 8, 2015
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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WCCF: AMDs Flagship Fiji XT GPU Debuts Radeons Titan Equivalent Branding

This is some BS rumor spreading and needs to end. Quit posting "we know" and then linking rumors and speculation and BS click-bait articles/charts from shameless tech sites. Your 'videocardz' chart lists 2 OCed NVidia models just to list more NVidia products at the top, and then shows a 970 to...
- jamesgalb
- Post #128
- Jun 7, 2015
- Forum: AMD
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WCCF: AMDs Flagship Fiji XT GPU Debuts Radeons Titan Equivalent Branding

We know those rumors are true? How? I still expect the 390x to include an updated GCN and 'full feature' gpu with more processors and compute units... (along with efficiency/leakage improvements) Unless you think the GTX 970 to GTX 980 type performance difference between the XT and PRO in...
- jamesgalb
- Post #123
- Jun 7, 2015
- Forum: AMD
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Question for those who have managed to avoid a 980Ti impulse buy

Its insane that anyone has impulse-purchased a GTX 980ti when in 10 days we are going to hit a new round of cards and likely price drops on existing cards...
- jamesgalb
- Post #12
- Jun 5, 2015
- Forum: Nvidia
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[WCCF] AMD Radeon R9 390X Pictured

No one violated any NDA in that basic conversation... and I HIGHLY doubt his friend would be upset he passed on some 'just wait' hype to potential consumers... At the end of the day, the poster is encouraging that people wait 2 weeks. No harm can come of that and its odd that people are...
- jamesgalb
- Post #2,229
- Jun 3, 2015
- Forum: AMD
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[WCCF] AMD Radeon R9 390X Pictured

I'm most interested in iGPs there. They could take over AA and texture rendering and potentially a lot of the memory needs. This has my saving to upgrade to Skylake with an Iris Pro and DDR4 :)
- jamesgalb
- Post #2,193
- Jun 3, 2015
- Forum: AMD
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[WCCF] AMD Radeon R9 390X Pictured

I would say that anyone more than 'concerned' would seem odd... Some people seem to have gone the way of "Rumors confirm it, NVidia won, go buy your 980Tis now before they sell out!", and that's just weird to me. gddr5 vs ddr3 was not that long ago, so it would take a rather challenged...
- jamesgalb
- Post #2,187
- Jun 3, 2015
- Forum: AMD
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[WCCF] AMD Radeon R9 390X Pictured

Don't worry, they will have a pretty damn powerful 8gb card at a fraction of the prices of nVidias 6gb and 12gb options.
- jamesgalb
- Post #2,174
- Jun 3, 2015
- Forum: AMD
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4gb ddr3 or 2gb gddr5?

NVidia guys, which should I get? GT 740 4GB ddr3 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127853 or GT 740 2GB gddr5 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127795 Which one? And why? While we are on the topic... 6GB gddr5 or 4GB HBM? Which one? And why...
- jamesgalb
- Thread
- Jun 3, 2015
- Replies: 21
- Forum: Nvidia
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[WCCF] AMD Radeon R9 390X Pictured

Last Gen r9 270 r9 270x r9 280 r9 285 r9 280x r9 290 r9 290x r9 295x2 GTX 750 GTX 750 Ti GTX 760 GTX 760 Ti GTX 770 GTX 780 GTX 780 Ti GTX Titan Black GTX Titan Z Current Gen (announced/leaked) Radeon Fiji X Radeon Fiji r9 390x r9 390 r9 380 r9 370 GTX 960 GTX 960ti GTX 970 GTX 980 GTX...
- jamesgalb
- Post #2,162
- Jun 3, 2015
- Forum: AMD
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[WCCF] AMD Radeon R9 390X Pictured

NVidia runs more products/skus... you tried to write it where a partially released Maxwell lineup reflect nVidias normal product/sku count.
- jamesgalb
- Post #2,153
- Jun 3, 2015
- Forum: AMD
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[WCCF] AMD Radeon R9 390X Pictured

If AMD pulled off an instant PCB swap for their partners, then a $400 launch price seems very possible/likely for a 8GB card with a respun Hawaii 'XTX' chip.
- jamesgalb
- Post #2,152
- Jun 3, 2015
- Forum: AMD
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[WCCF] AMD Radeon R9 390X Pictured

Like NVidia? GT 705 GT 710 GT 720 GT 730 GT 740 GTX 750 GTX 750 Ti GTX 760 GTX 760 Ti GTX 770 GTX 780 GTX 780 Ti GTX Titan GTX Titan Black GTX Titan Z
- jamesgalb
- Post #2,150
- Jun 3, 2015
- Forum: AMD
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[WCCF] AMD Radeon R9 390X Pictured

Anything verifying that new water cooled card as a 390x? Very likely that Powercolors was looking to display their new cooler but was doing it on an old card, which is why they thought they could leak it and not violate the NDA...
- jamesgalb
- Post #2,126
- Jun 3, 2015
- Forum: AMD
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[WCCF] AMD Radeon R9 390X Pictured

I saw all the 'logic' you used first time around. At the end of the day, you concluded that there is no market between $330 and $650. I disagree, a lot. And to come to that rather absurd conclusion, you used a lot of speculation to give the 390x a 'worst case scenerio' where it retains...
- jamesgalb
- Post #2,098
- Jun 3, 2015
- Forum: AMD
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[WCCF] AMD Radeon R9 390X Pictured

Exactly... 4GB GTX980 @ $500-$550 is dead... Replace it with a 8GB card that Is marginally faster and $400-$500. Success. Unless you are suggesting that there is no market for anything between $330 and $650 dollars, or that there is no market for the lowest price card with OVER 4GB of usable...
- jamesgalb
- Post #2,089
- Jun 3, 2015
- Forum: AMD
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[WCCF] AMD Radeon R9 390X Pictured

I believe that list on WCCF is based on Swedish pricing, where they pay a lot more for cards. Based on WCCF pricing the 980ti at $799 before launch, $150 more than the real price... One could expect the 390x to come in at $349-$399 ;)
- jamesgalb
- Post #2,085
- Jun 3, 2015
- Forum: AMD
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Intel Iris Pro 6200 is something else

When games start coming out in DX12 and Vulkan (which they will because of the consoles), the iGPs will be able to be used. Its yet to be seen, but I would suspect an iGP would provide more boost than anything beyond a 8 thread CPU... Being able to assign things like all AA to the iGP, so it...
- jamesgalb
- Post #67
- Jun 2, 2015
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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[WCCF] AMD Radeon R9 390X Pictured

Revising a bit based on new info - $999 Titan X killer :: Fury VR - 2x Fiji w/ 8gb HBM water cooled (possible 8gb usable and not 4gb x2?) - $599 980ti competitor :: Fury X - Fiji w/ 4gb HBM overclocked & water cooled - $499 980 killer #1 :: Fury - Fiji w/ 4gb HBM aircooled - $399 980...
- jamesgalb
- Post #1,834
- Jun 2, 2015
- Forum: AMD
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r9 380 4gb confirmed

http://www.hardwareluxx.ru/index.php/news/hardware/grafikkarten/34800-gigabyte-radeon-r9-380x-g1-gaming.html Confirms: 4GB vram & 1x8pin power connector + silent operating fans Speculation: Tonga (285) "Full-Feature" w/ -better power optimizations -4gb Memory vs 2gb -32 Core Units vs 28 -2048...
- jamesgalb
- Thread
- May 31, 2015
- Replies: 40
- Forum: AMD
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Deus Ex: Mankind Divided Confirmed to support DirectX 12 and TressFX 3.0

I'd like to confirm my purchase :) Will be interesting to see how this game differs from DX11 to DX12.
- jamesgalb
- Post #22
- May 30, 2015
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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[WCCF] AMD Radeon R9 390X Pictured

I think you will be surprised with the respun Hawaii (Granada). Pure speculation, but I expect the following over a 290x... 1.1Ghz vs 1Ghz - Core Clock Speed 3062 vs 2816 - Steam Processors 48 vs 40 - Compute Units 192 vs 176 - Texture Mapping Units 8GB vs 4GB - VRam 6Ghz vs 5Ghz - Memory...
- jamesgalb
- Post #1,537
- May 30, 2015
- Forum: AMD
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[WCCF] AMD Radeon R9 390X Pictured

http://www.hardwareluxx.com/index.php/news/hardware/vgacards/33387-rumor-qhawaiiq-full-spec-will-probably-be-released-as-radeon-r9-380x.html That wasn't from so long ago :) further speculation... Computex = 300 series launch E3 = Fiji launch
- jamesgalb
- Post #1,479
- May 29, 2015
- Forum: AMD
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[WCCF] AMD Radeon R9 390X Pictured

I'm expecting 256 more steam processors, 8 more compute units, 16 more texture mapping units, 4gb more ram, and 100mhz more clock speed... at the same 300w, or maybe even lower.
- jamesgalb
- Post #1,462
- May 29, 2015
- Forum: AMD

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