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well, I did it

Postby Mr. Chris » Mon Jun 11, 2012 7:45 pm

a new EVGA GTX670 2Gb is on the way from New Egg. I may try and put together another Folding PC. So I could have 4 PC's running Folding. And my main rig for gaming etc. Price was right, $399 plus tax free shipping. Should have it tomorrow morning. Yeeeeeeee Hawwwwwwww!
1) Gigabyte GA-990XA-UD3, Phenom II 970, 8Gb G Skill Sniper 1866, EVGA GTX670 2Gb, 2x 500Gb SATA II, DVDRW, Win 7 Ultimate 64 bit RTM
2) 970DE3/U3S3, Phenom II 955, 4Gb G Skill 1600, EVGA GTX 560Ti, 280Gb Seagate SATA II, crappy DVD drive (but it works, LOL) Win 7 Ult. 64 bit
3) AX78, Phenom 9600, 2Gb OZC PC6400, EVGA GTX 560Ti, CDRW/DVD, CM CP600PCAR 600W, Win 7 Ult. 64 bit

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Re: well, I did it

Postby Greybear » Tue Jun 12, 2012 1:16 am

NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Re: well, I did it

Postby GamerDude » Tue Jun 12, 2012 1:23 am

'Grats on the purchase, it IS one hella card......this coming from an AMD/ATi guy! ;)
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Re: well, I did it

Postby Mr. Chris » Tue Jun 12, 2012 2:39 am

I don't know that it's gonna make a lot of difference between this GTX560Ti that I'm running right now, but it frees this 560Ti to put into a Folding rig I'm gonna build over the next few weeks. Damn. Gonna need a new copy of Windows, too. Mainboard, RAM, all that stuff. Or I could sell off my old trusty 9800GTX+, and keep it to having three rigs.
1) Gigabyte GA-990XA-UD3, Phenom II 970, 8Gb G Skill Sniper 1866, EVGA GTX670 2Gb, 2x 500Gb SATA II, DVDRW, Win 7 Ultimate 64 bit RTM
2) 970DE3/U3S3, Phenom II 955, 4Gb G Skill 1600, EVGA GTX 560Ti, 280Gb Seagate SATA II, crappy DVD drive (but it works, LOL) Win 7 Ult. 64 bit
3) AX78, Phenom 9600, 2Gb OZC PC6400, EVGA GTX 560Ti, CDRW/DVD, CM CP600PCAR 600W, Win 7 Ult. 64 bit

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EVGA GTX670 22GIG PowerHouse

Postby BlueMonster » Tue Jun 12, 2012 6:29 am

Mr. Chris wrote:a new EVGA GTX670 2Gb is on the way from New Egg. I may try and put together another Folding PC. So I could have 4 PC's running Folding. And my main rig for gaming etc. Price was right, $399 plus tax free shipping. Should have it tomorrow morning. Yeeeeeeee Hawwwwwwww!


Chris~ :mrgreen:

Both those cards are great, but that NEW one is really AWESOME with 2 gigs of Memory, you may not need 2gigs, just as I, but some games will

definitely benefit from it, plus it's nice to know you have PLENTY of RAM DDR5 on your Card. Some of the extra Memory will go to Physic's as well,

that and other stuff, like FOV, DOV, (draw distance or depth of view) and all the Extra bells and whistles you want to use in all your games/ Smooth

as SILK. GTX670 2GIG. WOW!!! Now your in the 600 Club, OMG!! Lucky guy, but Honestly, You deserve it

if anybody gets one, I'm GLAD it's YOU!! Not saying I won't cut off my left arm for it, I would, just saying, the CARD is going to a Great Guy!! :9: You.

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5 Mean Green's :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

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Review:: http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.php?o ... &Itemid=72

It says the Card kicks major ASS!!
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Re: well, I did it

Postby Mr. Chris » Tue Jun 12, 2012 6:35 am

One other thing I looked at was the card only has two 6 pin power plugs, not an 8 pin and a 6 pin like some other power hungry cards. I hate fussing with adapters.
1) Gigabyte GA-990XA-UD3, Phenom II 970, 8Gb G Skill Sniper 1866, EVGA GTX670 2Gb, 2x 500Gb SATA II, DVDRW, Win 7 Ultimate 64 bit RTM
2) 970DE3/U3S3, Phenom II 955, 4Gb G Skill 1600, EVGA GTX 560Ti, 280Gb Seagate SATA II, crappy DVD drive (but it works, LOL) Win 7 Ult. 64 bit
3) AX78, Phenom 9600, 2Gb OZC PC6400, EVGA GTX 560Ti, CDRW/DVD, CM CP600PCAR 600W, Win 7 Ult. 64 bit

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Re: well, I did it

Postby GamerDude » Tue Jun 12, 2012 11:10 am

Mr. Chris wrote:I don't know that it's gonna make a lot of difference between this GTX560Ti that I'm running right now, but it frees this 560Ti to put into a Folding rig I'm gonna build over the next few weeks. Damn. Gonna need a new copy of Windows, too. Mainboard, RAM, all that stuff. Or I could sell off my old trusty 9800GTX+, and keep it to having three rigs.

Oh you can see some difference alright, try BF3 @1080P with Ultra setting + 4xMSAA, or MP3 @1080P, max setting + 8xMSAA, a 1GB GTX560 Ti would choke with those setting. IF it weren't a powerful card, do you think I'd buy it in the first place? Heck, of my 3 gaming rigs, my weakest card is the HD6970 2GB! ;)
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Rig 2 - AMD AM3+ FX8350 + CM Hyper 412 Slim | Asus Crosshair V Formula | 4x 4GB RipJawsX 2133mhz | SLi 2x GTX670 2GB | 120GB Corsair Force GT SSD (OS) | 2TB Hitachi Deskstar + 2x 500GB WDC Blue | SupremeFX X-Fi MB2 + Klipsch PM2.1 | Ducky Shine II Special Ed Blue + Logitech G9 | Corsair HX1050 | Corsair 650D | 64bit Win7 Pro |
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Re: well, I did it

Postby Mr. Chris » Tue Jun 12, 2012 3:22 pm

UPS Tracking says "out for delivery" should have it in an hour or so. MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMmmmmmmmmmm, yummmmmmmmmmm! :mrgreen: :9:
1) Gigabyte GA-990XA-UD3, Phenom II 970, 8Gb G Skill Sniper 1866, EVGA GTX670 2Gb, 2x 500Gb SATA II, DVDRW, Win 7 Ultimate 64 bit RTM
2) 970DE3/U3S3, Phenom II 955, 4Gb G Skill 1600, EVGA GTX 560Ti, 280Gb Seagate SATA II, crappy DVD drive (but it works, LOL) Win 7 Ult. 64 bit
3) AX78, Phenom 9600, 2Gb OZC PC6400, EVGA GTX 560Ti, CDRW/DVD, CM CP600PCAR 600W, Win 7 Ult. 64 bit

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Re: well, I did it

Postby GamerDude » Wed Jun 13, 2012 11:02 am

Mr. Chris wrote:UPS Tracking says "out for delivery" should have it in an hour or so. MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMmmmmmmmmmm, yummmmmmmmmmm! :mrgreen: :9:

Hah! I beat ya to some new acquisitions, pulled the trigger on some purchases, have them now -
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The phone is a newly launched Samsung Galaxy S III Pebble Blue, I'd also gotten a 64GB mSD Class 10 card to go with it. The 120GB Force GT SSD is now installed in my FX rig, and things are so much zippier! :twisted:
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Rig 3 - Intel C2Q X9650 @3.7ghz + TRUE120 Black | Asus Maximus II Formula | 4x 2GB KHX PC2 8500 | Sapphire HD6990 4GB + MSI HD6970 Lightning | 120GB Corsair Force 3 SSD (OS) | 1TB WDC Black + 1.5TB WDC Green | Auzen X-Fi Forte | Filco MJ Ninja Brown + CM Xornet | SS OP1000 | NZXT Phantom 410 (Red) | 64bit Win7 HP |
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Re: well, I did it

Postby Mr. Chris » Wed Jun 13, 2012 1:03 pm

Kinda disappointed, it won't run Folding @ Home like the 560Ti did easily. I knew it wouldn't improve Railworks performance, but it did a little. Banging my head against the wall trying to get Folding to run. :?

I either need to use the last Nvidia driver, or a previous Folding GPU client.
1) Gigabyte GA-990XA-UD3, Phenom II 970, 8Gb G Skill Sniper 1866, EVGA GTX670 2Gb, 2x 500Gb SATA II, DVDRW, Win 7 Ultimate 64 bit RTM
2) 970DE3/U3S3, Phenom II 955, 4Gb G Skill 1600, EVGA GTX 560Ti, 280Gb Seagate SATA II, crappy DVD drive (but it works, LOL) Win 7 Ult. 64 bit
3) AX78, Phenom 9600, 2Gb OZC PC6400, EVGA GTX 560Ti, CDRW/DVD, CM CP600PCAR 600W, Win 7 Ult. 64 bit

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