Just treated myself!

.Griff. · Nov 02, 2011, 11:05:10

Out with the old hot and noisy GTX480 and in with a nice quiet and cool GTX570 SOC

http://hexus.net/tech/reviews/graphics/31154-gigabyte-geforce-gtx-570-super-overclock-review/

Now I won't have to play Battlefield 3 with the noise of a jet engine in the background!

Simon · Nov 02, 2011, 11:16:10

It's not Christmas yet!

Glenn · Nov 02, 2011, 11:18:58

I've been looking at a Boardman CX team, I just can't hit the buy button just yet.

Technical Ben · Nov 02, 2011, 15:46:03

I think that thing is bigger than my first motherboard!

.Griff. · Nov 03, 2011, 19:20:59

It arrived this morning!

It's faulty and needs to go back!

Niall · Nov 03, 2011, 20:24:23

I've got the frozr 560ti and I can play BF3 at ultra settings. It's rather pretty. Still got a lot of graphical errors in it that were commented on during the alpha and beta trials though. Only on certain levels in the single player though, so I'm not sure why.

Simon · Nov 03, 2011, 21:04:13

Quote from: .Griff. on Nov 03, 2011, 19:20:59
It arrived this morning!

It's faulty and needs to go back!

esh · Nov 03, 2011, 21:12:15

I went through no less than three ATI x800 pro cards :/ Always seems to be the RAM on the card that is messed up.

Niall · Nov 03, 2011, 22:17:20

Quote from: esh on Nov 03, 2011, 21:12:15
I went through no less than three ATI x800 pro cards :/ Always seems to be the RAM on the card that is messed up.

That's why I switched to Nvidia. I love the IQ of ATi but I had so many memory problems I gave up. I just wanted something that worked in the end

I should add (before fan boys go mental) that out of all my mates, I'm the only one using Nvidia. They're all using ATi cards with no issues at all.

esh · Nov 03, 2011, 22:41:04

After the x800 I bought a 295, that recently perished, and despite having lifetime warranty, the company who makes (repackages?) them went under 6 months ago, so there went £350 of card. Got a 6950 now for £140 and it is the same power! That's what 2 years does for you.

Technical Ben · Nov 03, 2011, 22:42:05

The only issues I've ever had were with drivers. But really, it's the patent/hardware difference that programmers fail to account for, not the hardware/drivers problem.
Oh, that and a capacitor falling off an ATI9800. Best card we ever had, and it fell apart after a year.

Scottyboy · Dec 10, 2011, 20:46:44

Quote from: Niall on Nov 03, 2011, 20:24:23
I've got the frozr 560ti and I can play BF3 at ultra settings. It's rather pretty. Still got a lot of graphical errors in it that were commented on during the alpha and beta trials though. Only on certain levels in the single player though, so I'm not sure why.

I have that card, 2gb one. I was getting a few errors whilst playing on ultra, I think basically the card really doesnt like ultra, I turned down to High settings and turned down AA a notch and it is smooth as hell. I think I was optimistic that the card could really handle Ultra. It can to an extent but seems to encourage instability.

Niall · Dec 10, 2011, 23:47:29

I'm certain it's the coding of the game, not the card. Mine isn't 2gb and it runs it fine. It only had problems in very specific situations where there were enemies on multiple levels, otherwise there were no problems. There have been two patches since that supposedly fix it too, but I haven't played it since I finished the single player campaign.

.Griff. · Dec 11, 2011, 00:20:34

I probably should have updated this thread earlier but the card was RMA'd and confirmed faulty.

Video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmtZzf6T4Bk&hd=1

The replacement arrived a few weeks ago and is fine

Niall · Dec 11, 2011, 12:28:24

I'm lucky enough to have not had a faulty card in a long while. God the nightmare I had returning a golden sample to Scan, about 10 years ago, was hell on earth. FIVE MONTHS it took to sort, because they kept cocking things up. Still, I buy everything from them now, and they're MUCH better. The only time I've had to send something back, they sent out a new motherboard to me the day I sent it back, which was good customer service I thought as they had no proof that the box even had a board in it as it hadn't arrived yet!