That is a known issue with the Asus cards i think.
That is a known issue with the Asus cards i think.
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.
not bad really, quick to turn around that software powerboost so good stuff there. Can i ask what the stock voltage was for your card? I might have missed it but i didnt see it and it was said that these would be coming in at 1ghz with a much lower voltage (i.e strong high end chips, better yields!). I can easily see 1.2ghz models from partners and thats a good thing, i think you're a bit harsh on the comment on TDP, assuming it was a gpu only test (again missed description but it seems very low now ) as its very small and it clearly is due to overclocking from 1ghz to 1,050! And may i point out that it is only 3.6% over the stated 250W TDP, think you should be looking at that gtx680 and slamming Nvidia as their rated TDP is 195W, yet you see a 221W draw!? thats 13% higher than stated, quite a bit higher if you ask me.
AMD havent had time to refine their powerboost so only being a few % over the TDP is nothing serious and im worried that Nvidia has had awhile to ensure powerboost(or is it tune) works without outing the TDP?.
Other than that, good review and i believe the AMD side is a better buy purely on it being an all rounder in performance including GPGPU, im waiting till the 8000 series though haha.
It would be nice if we got a proper rundown of settings used though, even if its just 'Highest in-game w/ 4xMSAA'.
Edit: I get that the above isn't too different form what you do now, but some games have a named 'High' setting so it would be nice to know which exactly you used.
Last edited by Terbinator; 22-06-2012 at 03:50 PM.
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.
Most reviews show how much better the ATI cards are with regards to computing performance. How important is the compute performance when it comes to games? I thought that if you have no intention of running CUDA/OpenCL simulations, it should matter.
Interesting tidbit from a chap who works for AMD:
http://forum.beyond3d.com/showpost.p...postcount=3701
Originally Posted by AMD CHAP
You're kind of answering your own question - compute isn't that relevant to games (except where they simulate physics etc.). But it's relevant to people who want to use their GPUs to accelerate graphical work (photoshop for eg.) or transcoding (handbrake) or compression (winzip) etc.
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.
That's a great card.Althou a little overpriced.
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