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About LinkBacksReally not necessary, for graphics cards at least. Even the fastest cards available are barely affected by running on x8 instead of x16 gen 2. http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/pcie-g...iew-31964.html
Really not necessary, for graphics cards at least. Even the fastest cards available are barely affected by running on x8 instead of x16 gen 2. http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/pcie-g...iew-31964.html
EvanJackPenn (05-09-2011)
I am running my HD5850 on a 975X motherboard which uses a first generation PCI-E slot running at 8X.
Kalniel: "Nice review Tarinder - would it be possible to get a picture of the case when the components are installed (with the side off obviously)?"
CAT-THE-FIFTH: "The Antec 300 is a case which has an understated and clean appearance which many people like. Not everyone is into e-peen looking computers which look like a cross between the imagination of a hyperactive 10 year old and a Frog."
TKPeters: "Off to AVForum better Deal - £20+Vat for Free Shipping @ Scan"
for all intents it seems to be the same card minus some gays name on it and a shielded cover ? with OEM added to it - GoNz0.
CAT-THE-FIFTH (05-09-2011),EvanJackPenn (06-09-2011),watercooled (05-09-2011)
The HD7670 looks good!!
sounds interesting, cant wait for the gpu's to finally be released however bulldozer is more important for me right now. if they release southern island before November ill be happy as i can upgrade for battlefield 3 and not be stuck with a budget card (gtx 460..) woo!
Originally Posted by snootyjim
My HD5850 1GB should be fine for the time being especially since I won't be buying BF3!!
I am more interested in my newer SFF system. Hopefully,the HD7670 will be a short card with a single slot cooler like my HD5670. Hopefully it will be around HD6770 or HD6790 level performance.
The information isn't quite consistent with nordics:
http://www.nordichardware.com/news/7...us-memory.html
Suggests Thames is VLIW4 rather than Next. I'd go with nordics as it sounds a bit more realistic - early products based on VLIW4 and the Next ones are some time in the future.
But this isn't much to do with Bulldozer
Kal, u getting a AMD BD when it comes out?
Nope.
Looks like either a 7950 or a 7870 for me. Depending on price. I'm not that willing to pay over £200 for a graphics card.
Nordic aren't the source and thanks to the stupid US dating system I can't tell if that article was released yesterday or a few months back.The information isn't quite consistent with nordics:
http://www.nordichardware.com/news/7...us-memory.html
Suggests Thames is VLIW4 rather than Next. I'd go with nordics as it sounds a bit more realistic - early products based on VLIW4 and the Next ones are some time in the future.
But this isn't much to do with Bulldozer
Edit: But going by http://wccftech.com/amds-generation-...-specs-leaked/ it looks like something is wrong - look at the specs measured in SIMD units for 7800 and GDDR5 instead of XDR2. Guess we'll just have to wait and see...
Last edited by watercooled; 06-09-2011 at 12:00 PM.
Perhaps start a new thread for HD7 series cards stuff?
http://forums.hexus.net/graphics-car...upposedly.html
Biscuit (06-09-2011)
Do you think the Tahiti Pro will just be a locked version of the Tahiti XT, a la 6950/6970?
EDIT: Oops; posted this here before following that link! Sorry :O
Turbo speeds and release quarters:
http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=31644
I told my friend (who is a biig Apple fan. He has a £2.5k, i7 MacBook pro. Oh yeah, he's 15) that I was looking at getting Bulldozer and Radeon 7000, depending on the benchmarks. He instantly rebutts that AMD are rubbish compared to Intel and NVIDIA. I said "But it's a completely new archetecture!" and he said that that's what they always say.
There is no point to that story, it just made me angry and I felt to share it
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