Recent content by powruser

Hey all. Here's my new build. Very modest Ryzen 3 3200G, 16GB Dominator Plat. 2800, Asus Prime B450M-A/CSM, Asus Strix GTX 970, Corsair CX650M, Adata SU635 240GB, Silverstone PS-14E.

I would own a LEPA power supply. I've read reviews of their units over at JonnyGuru's website and they're top notch power supplies. I'm located in North America. -Steve S.

You COULD try to get an older model IPS monitor that features an A-TW polarizer, which significantly reduces purple/white off angle glow when looking at dark images with dark ambient lighting. I have one 1st gen NEC 2490WUXi and two 1st gen NEC 2090UXi's (all three monitors have A-TW...

My eVGA 9800 GTX lasted me for 5 years before I finally upgraded to my current system. I had it paired with a Core 2 Duo E6400, Asus P5B Deluxe and 4GB of Crucial Ballistix Tracer RAM. Still works just fine. As a matter of fact, it actually runs most games at 1200p medium/low settings. Sometimes...

SuperBiiz has the Sapphire R9 290 Tri-X OC for $575 w/ free shipping in stock and it comes with a free R7 240 2GB GPU! (https://www.superbiiz.com/detail.php?name=AT-290TR4G) They also have the Gigabyte R9 290 OC for $570 plus $5 shipping (https://www.superbiiz.com/detail.php?name=GA-R929OC4) I...

I finally upgraded my PC that has been serving me well for 5 years (EVGA 9800GTX, Core 2 Duo E6400, Asus P5B Deluxe, 4GB of Crucial Ballistic Tracer DDR2-1066). EDIT: Built the system (CPU/motherboard/RAM) in 2006, so the system the 9800GTX was running on was SEVEN years old! I had a 7900GTO...

Nice choice. The cooler Asus uses on their 280X is the same one as on their GTX 780. It's one of the quietest coolers (if not THE quietest) out there.

Nice cards. I'm happy with my Asus 7970 DCII w/ 3 games I picked up for $268 though. Works great at GHz Edition speeds w/ stock voltage. I do like how Asus and MSI updated their 280X's with their latest coolers.

For AMD stick with Asus/MSI/Sapphire.

If the restocking fee doesn't kill you I'd return it for the 280X, or a 7970 if you can find a good deal on clearance. Though I'd go with a 280X simply because many of the AIBs are updating them with their newest coolers (Asus/MSI).

Looking pretty good. Will try these out on my 7970.

I RMA'd my GTX 770 to Gigabyte twice for coil whine (even with vysnc/frame limiter on). The first RMA they updated the BIOS on the card, which obviously didn't fix it. The second time they sent me a refurb card with the same exact issue. Turnaround time was 4 weeks each time. You'll wait days to...

I'd say I get an average fps of high 50's/low 60's. Stock 4770K, 7970 @ GHz Edition clock speeds (1050/6000), 1920x1200, ultra preset, 13.10 v2 beta drivers.

With my stock 4770K and 7970 at GHz Edition clocks on Windows 8 Pro 64 bit it runs a lot better than I was expecting after reading about it. 50-80 fps (1200p on ultra), I'd say it averages around low 60s or high 50s. This is on 13.9 WHQL driver, haven't tried any beta drivers.

Zotac makes some good stuff. Their Amp Edition cards are usually clocked very high and priced extremely competitively. I've also heard good things about their customer/RMA service.