Recent content by dlphelan

The situation is this, I've recently purchased a 7970 (upgrade from 5770 crossfire) which has changed me world. I've been seeing all these awesome eyefinity screenshots and I'd like to get in on the goodness. The problem I have is that my main monitor is a TN 1920x1200 monitor. I've tried...

This is just a backup and I will be migrating as storage mediums change, etc. So, I'm hoping not to get into a situation 10 years down the road and not know what's happened :) Also, someone else made a good recommendation about making sure to put a copy of the par2 software on each disc (in...

I picked up the Sapphire 7970 and it's humming along at 1125core/1500ram at stock voltage without any hiccups. And it came stacked with adapters :)

Sapphire 7970 stock voltage 1125 core, 1500 ram, (basically maxed sliders) max temp about 80c with fan at 39% (auto-fan settings in Afterburner). Played SWTOR for hours with 95%+ utilization with no hitches.

Got my Sapphire 7970 and it's installed and wonderful. Can finally crank up the AA, etc. I am noticing, however, that I get an occasional screen flicker on my main monitor (two-monitor setup) in SWTOR when I'm running in windowed mode. When I switch to fullscreen, no flicker. I wonder if...

Just got my Sapphire 7970, waiting for the new drivers to install (looking at a 640x480 screen right now while I wait). Oh man, I'm so excited. I haven't had the top of the line of a video card since the Diamond Monster 3D (Before Canopus came out with the 6MB Pure 3d). Drivers done, time...

It's actually not from buy.com. If you read the text, it's actually TigerDirect selling through buy.com. I'm not sure how that makes sense for either company, but well, there it is...

Ordered a Sapphire last night. Newegg shipped it today and I keep hitting refresh on the tracking number, just so I can see with my own eyes that it's coming :) Super excited to retire my crossfired 5770s.

Sorry, didn't know it was my job to convince you. I'll try and do better next time. Although I'm not sure what more I could have said than YOUR OLD CARDS ARE ONLY GETTING OLDER AND WILL THEREFORE LOSE VALUE, ESPECIALLY WHEN NEWER CARDS WITH BETTER RELATIVE PERFORMANCE FOR THE DOLLAR DEBUT...

Sell them now before they lose even more value with the release of the rest of the 7XXX series cards.

MSI 7970 is still in stock, but I'm not sure it's worth the $30 premium. The Diamond cards are now out of stock.

What adapters, if any, came with the diamond cards? Nothing is listed on the product page, but I need a mini-DP to DVI adapter with my 7970....

Most of the difference between the various brands is based on customer service level and extra bits in the retail package. I was going to pick up the diamond package, but I've read some horrid stuff about their C.S. To be fair, almost all companies have at least one or two horror stories, but...

Wow, completely missed this game, but it looks awesome. It actually sort of reminds me of what Fable SHOULD have been :)

Bah, I bought a Gigabyte 7970 two days ago from Newegg, then got cold feet about spending that much on a video card and canceled the order. Then I changed my mind and decided to order it again, but it was out of stock. Last night at 12:30am it's back in stock at Newegg, but I get some weird...