Yeah, but it's risky. Half the time the card is ruined. Then you get people RMAing them back to wherever they scored them from, and some places will just resell the returned cards without actually checking to see if they work.Originally posted by: xerocool
you should pop for a 5900nu and overclock it to 5950 status. the 5900's prices fluctuate like mad though
Originally posted by: yukichigai
Yeah, but it's risky. Half the time the card is ruined. Then you get people RMAing them back to wherever they scored them from, and some places will just resell the returned cards without actually checking to see if they work.Originally posted by: xerocool
you should pop for a 5900nu and overclock it to 5950 status. the 5900's prices fluctuate like mad though
Anyway, seems pretty decent. But add the price, where you can buy it and probably "YMMV" to the thread topic, 'kay?
Originally posted by: rbV5
Originally posted by: yukichigai
Yeah, but it's risky. Half the time the card is ruined. Then you get people RMAing them back to wherever they scored them from, and some places will just resell the returned cards without actually checking to see if they work.Originally posted by: xerocool
you should pop for a 5900nu and overclock it to 5950 status. the 5900's prices fluctuate like mad though
Anyway, seems pretty decent. But add the price, where you can buy it and probably "YMMV" to the thread topic, 'kay?
Overclocking will kill half the cards...nope. Flashing maybe, but overclocking hardly. ATI and NVidia are starting to include overclocking utilities with their drivers even.
Originally posted by: NxC429
Originally posted by: rbV5
Originally posted by: yukichigai
Yeah, but it's risky. Half the time the card is ruined. Then you get people RMAing them back to wherever they scored them from, and some places will just resell the returned cards without actually checking to see if they work.Originally posted by: xerocool
you should pop for a 5900nu and overclock it to 5950 status. the 5900's prices fluctuate like mad though
Anyway, seems pretty decent. But add the price, where you can buy it and probably "YMMV" to the thread topic, 'kay?
Overclocking will kill half the cards...nope. Flashing maybe, but overclocking hardly. ATI and NVidia are starting to include overclocking utilities with their drivers even.
The OverDrive feature that the new ATI cards doesn't overclock that much.
The 5900nu is discontinued. Pricing weirdness like that isn't too uncommon. But I agree that someone is better off buying a 5900nu for $20-$30 more. It's well worth it.Originally posted by: ticktack
Seriously, I really don't quite understands why nVidia product's pricing is rather contradicting, see, if u are buying this Fx5700ultra at $150 or $170
Originally posted by: BTSpope
I have the feeling that stocks of the 5900 are about to evaporate and the 5700 ultras will be the only mid range card nvidia offers in a short period of time. The 5700 ultra is a good card, i would just grab a 5900 before they are so rare that the price shoots up a bit.