Kansas88 Posted April 9, 2013 Member ID: 2904 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 15 Topic Count: 81 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 157 Content Per Day: 0.03 Reputation: 159 Achievement Points: 1944 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/17/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 24, 2024 Birthday: 07/31/1969 Device: Windows Posted April 9, 2013 My old Sapphire 4870X-2 finally gave it up. Installed a new XFX R7870 Black Edition Overclocked GHz Edition 2 gig card. My 4870 was benchmarking around 13,950, the new card is just over 21,000. I had ordered the 7870 GHz edition but Newegg sent me the black edition. I ain't complaining, thanks Newegg! Big difference in the games, a lot smoother. b00jwild and Ruggerxi 2 Awards
BattlewolF Posted April 9, 2013 Member ID: 2028 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 12 Topic Count: 42 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1740 Content Per Day: 0.33 Reputation: 545 Achievement Points: 10637 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/10/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 11, 2024 Birthday: 03/10/1963 Device: Windows Posted April 9, 2013 it will be a great difference now looking at your screen Awards
ROCKAPE Posted April 9, 2013 Member ID: 4 Group: ++++ Senior Admin Followers: 172 Topic Count: 1107 Topics Per Day: 0.19 Content Count: 5185 Content Per Day: 0.91 Reputation: 3128 Achievement Points: 43910 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 15 Joined: 09/01/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: Tuesday at 06:47 PM Birthday: 08/16/1967 Device: Windows Posted April 9, 2013 sounds good hope you are pleased with it. Awards
7Toes Posted April 9, 2013 Member ID: 87 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 58 Topic Count: 98 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 3789 Content Per Day: 0.66 Reputation: 3589 Achievement Points: 27251 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 7 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 18, 2022 Birthday: 04/02/1871 Posted April 9, 2013 why dose every one buy overclocked cards lol its like buying a ford over clocked to a Porsche wont last long over works the thing. i rather buy a Porsche and make it last JohnnyDos and LordOfChaos 2 Awards
FLDMARSHAL Posted April 9, 2013 Member ID: 5490 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 3 Topic Count: 136 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 469 Content Per Day: 0.10 Reputation: 243 Achievement Points: 4101 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 02/06/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: December 2, 2024 Birthday: 10/18/1976 Device: Windows Posted April 9, 2013 I agree with that overclocked is not a good thing i would take it back and ask for one that is not over clocked or u might fight it burning out quicker than one that has no over clock or u can go into the card set up and set it to the stock settings and u might find it will last longer or u can take the card out and add some more thermal paste to the chip witch is under the gfx fans the come with 2 fans unscrew both fans and the heat sink plate and u will see the chip under both and u will notice there is only a thin layer of paste all ready and if its a mucky brown colour than u will no u have to add more and if it is a mucky brown colour then it goes to show its running hot any way there is some option for u hope i helped gl Awards
Hunter1948 Posted April 9, 2013 Member ID: 1850 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 98 Topic Count: 328 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 8620 Content Per Day: 1.62 Reputation: 4222 Achievement Points: 55994 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 5 Joined: 09/29/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 29, 2023 Birthday: 06/19/1948 Posted April 9, 2013 Hope you enjoy it Kansas. Awards
Belted Posted April 9, 2013 Member ID: 1620 Group: ++ COD5 Admin Followers: 90 Topic Count: 161 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 1430 Content Per Day: 0.26 Reputation: 928 Achievement Points: 11072 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 07/28/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 3, 2024 Birthday: 03/24/1962 Device: Windows Posted April 9, 2013 Well done Kansas! Take care... Awards
Astronomer Posted April 9, 2013 Member ID: 2069 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 24 Topic Count: 214 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 2411 Content Per Day: 0.46 Reputation: 2409 Achievement Points: 18298 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 7 Joined: 12/25/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 2, 2023 Birthday: 08/08/1966 Posted April 9, 2013 (edited) Congrats! And don't worry about a factory overclocked card. It's been tested to work just fine at that frequency and you have a warranty. I've been overclocking for years - even cards already superclocked - and I have not lost one single card or CPU. Edited April 9, 2013 by Astronomer Belted 1 Awards
LaRSin Posted April 9, 2013 Member ID: 45 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 69 Topic Count: 981 Topics Per Day: 0.17 Content Count: 9431 Content Per Day: 1.65 Reputation: 3732 Achievement Points: 68130 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 2 Joined: 09/01/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 5 hours ago Birthday: 02/25/1951 Device: Windows Posted April 9, 2013 keep the card and congrats if you think that the over clock is hurting it , you can always clock down to regular speeds, problem solved. Belted 1 Awards
Kansas88 Posted April 10, 2013 Member ID: 2904 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 15 Topic Count: 81 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 157 Content Per Day: 0.03 Reputation: 159 Achievement Points: 1944 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/17/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 24, 2024 Birthday: 07/31/1969 Device: Windows Author Posted April 10, 2013 Well, for what it's worth, it's got a lifetime warranty and they overclocked it. I ain't got nothing to loose or complain about. Besides, the most important thing is that i'm able to get back on the FT server and kill some idiots! Astronomer, Belted and JohnnyQuest 3 Awards
djMot Posted April 10, 2013 Member ID: 3189 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 98 Topic Count: 357 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 5257 Content Per Day: 1.09 Reputation: 11146 Achievement Points: 48948 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 114 Joined: 02/11/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: Wednesday at 01:57 PM Birthday: 12/24/1957 Device: Windows Posted April 10, 2013 why dose every one buy overclocked cards lol its like buying a ford over clocked to a Porsche wont last long over works the thing. i rather buy a Porsche and make it last Nope, that's just wrong. These cards and processors have so much engineering safety overhead that it's totally safe to overclock them. Especially when done at the factory. With the overclock they dial in, there's still a solid 20% safety margin. They typically use a higher performance VRAM, too, so they can clock up without being choked by lower performance memory. Price point is typically quite advantageous and benchmarks often rival the next step up. In my case, the overclocked 660Ti in my system is performing at a level nearly on par with a stock 670. Yes, you can blow a GPU or CPU if you don't know what you're doing. That said, my CPU is running about 27% above rated speed - 4.07GHz overclocked to 4.2GHz. It's been doing that since I built in in 2009. Stable as a psychiatrist and purrs like a kitten. Does the quarter mile in a millisecond or two. It really is all that an a bag of chips. Super-sized. Whatever. Astronomer, JohnnyQuest and Belted 3 Awards
Dirk Diggler Posted April 10, 2013 Member ID: 98 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 68 Topic Count: 23 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 3586 Content Per Day: 0.63 Reputation: 1003 Achievement Points: 20698 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 4 hours ago Birthday: 05/29/1968 Device: Windows Posted April 10, 2013 Cool Card....... Awards
JohnnyQuest Posted April 10, 2013 Member ID: 1965 Group: Fallen Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 43 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1176 Content Per Day: 0.22 Reputation: 1082 Achievement Points: 8599 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/12/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 15, 2016 Birthday: 02/11/1969 Posted April 10, 2013 I agree with that overclocked is not a good thing i would take it back and ask for one that is not over clocked or u might fight it burning out quicker than one that has no over clock or u can go into the card set up and set it to the stock settings and u might find it will last longer or u can take the card out and add some more thermal paste to the chip witch is under the gfx fans the come with 2 fans unscrew both fans and the heat sink plate and u will see the chip under both and u will notice there is only a thin layer of paste all ready and if its a mucky brown colour than u will no u have to add more and if it is a mucky brown colour then it goes to show its running hot any way there is some option for u hope i helped gl overclocked in factory means they're responsible for it...if you overclock yourself warranty void....twenty bucks more for the warranty on overclocking by factory...or save twenty bucks overclock yourself burn up no warranty...simple choices in life make it so easy to live....he he
JohnnyQuest Posted April 10, 2013 Member ID: 1965 Group: Fallen Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 43 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1176 Content Per Day: 0.22 Reputation: 1082 Achievement Points: 8599 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/12/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 15, 2016 Birthday: 02/11/1969 Posted April 10, 2013 Well, for what it's worth, it's got a lifetime warranty and they overclocked it. I ain't got nothing to loose or complain about. Besides, the most important thing is that i'm able to get back on the FT server and kill some idiots! plus the fact that they are responsible if it burns up...so overclocked from the manufacturer is A1,,,,despite what they tell you,its better to buy overclocked as the chips are usually better than stock models....and the manufacturer puts it through a rigorous process that will ensure your guarantee that they have done it themselves for you ....so you don't burn up your new card turning it into a paper weight,plus the fact its only about twenty or so more dollars for piece of mind overclocked cards,,,you can't go wrong...nice card my man just keep the dust bunnies out of it...lol djMot 1
b00jwild Posted April 10, 2013 Member ID: 6853 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 2 Topic Count: 4 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 50 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 40 Achievement Points: 375 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 04/08/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 29, 2013 Birthday: 01/16/1989 Posted April 10, 2013 Glad you're happy, most of my rig is still from 2006/07.. however, I just had to replace my XFX 8800GTX 768mb as it burnt out on me. I grabbed the MSI Twin Frozr version of the HD 7850 and I love it, playing very nicely with everything even on an old mobo(evga 780i ultra) and cpu(q6600 OC'd to 3.0). ENJOY!
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