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post #421 of 542
11/26/09 at 6:44pm
The 4870`s show an impressing performance in Benchmarking. Has anybody compared the gaming performance between ATI CF and Nvidia 280m SLI?

I am going to order a M17x w/ QX9300 but still am unsure if to take ATI or Nvidia. Haven`t found a reasonable gaming-comparison.

Thanks for your advice.

Dr. Doom
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post #422 of 542
11/26/09 at 7:06pm
we are doing test o. them. we have crysis, vantage, and 06. we are going to do other benchmarks as well just give is time.
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post #423 of 542
11/26/09 at 8:40pm
My last bench whith driver catalyst 9.11 with mod not the best whith 3DMark but better performance whitn crysis.I need a tool for overclock my GPU(not flash), please HELP...

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post #424 of 542
11/26/09 at 9:03pm
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Thought you would have upgraded by now.



That's what Dell's warranty service is for.

Well been hanging back as I want to buy 2 4 GB sticks of 1333 Mhz ram
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post #425 of 542
11/26/09 at 9:47pm
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Originally Posted by Dr. Doom View Post
The 4870`s show an impressing performance in Benchmarking. Has anybody compared the gaming performance between ATI CF and Nvidia 280m SLI?

I am going to order a M17x w/ QX9300 but still am unsure if to take ATI or Nvidia. Haven`t found a reasonable gaming-comparison.

Thanks for your advice.

Dr. Doom
In-game performance will be similar. The 4870 seem to have better driver support so far. No switching drivers because one driver works better than another for different games.
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post #426 of 542
11/26/09 at 9:48pm
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I'm outside doing benchmarks again tonight. I'm pushing 3.4Ghz on my proc and trying to keep it stable.
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post #427 of 542
11/27/09 at 4:34am
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In-game performance will be similar. The 4870 seem to have better driver support so far. No switching drivers because one driver works better than another for different games.
Sounds good. Thing is, the only test about the gaming-performance of the M17X with ATI 4870 X2 I found is this one (equipped with a Q9000): http://www.notebookcheck.com/AMD-ATI...e.14404.0.html

You have to consider that the tested system with the ATI`s only have a Q9000, yet the results are much worse than they got wit a M17X with QX9300 and 280M GTX SLI: http://www.notebookcheck.com/NVIDIA-...I.17190.0.html

As for an example they ran the Crysis-Benchmark-Tool and got those results (Settings min/medium/max):

ATI 4870 X2: 57,5/53/27,5
Nvidia 280 SLI: 103/64/53

This is a damn huge difference.
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post #428 of 542
11/27/09 at 10:49am
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I wouldn't put too much into notebookcheck. Don and I both ran the crysis test and the results were similar.
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post #429 of 542
11/27/09 at 4:58pm
Is it true that you can oc the nvidias easily with ntune or nvidia system tools and that the ATIs have to be BIOS-flashed each time?
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post #430 of 542
11/27/09 at 5:57pm
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For the GPUs yes but the ATI cards are more stable when OC'ing.
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post #431 of 542
11/27/09 at 7:31pm
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13s across the board as predicted...
LL
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post #432 of 542
11/28/09 at 12:46am
impressive OCing there
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post #433 of 542
11/28/09 at 12:53am
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Thanks! I can still push it more but waiting for some competition.

Someone asked me for a copy of my wallpaper so I'm attaching it here.
LL
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post #434 of 542
11/28/09 at 1:18pm
Nice WP ... downloaded! Interesting combination of characters though.

cheers ...
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post #435 of 542
11/28/09 at 3:10pm
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I just bought the game for the PC. I'm hoping there's more to it than the console version.
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post #436 of 542
11/28/09 at 7:32pm
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I just bought the game for the PC. I'm hoping there's more to it than the console version.
Dragon Age Origins is awesome
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post #437 of 542
11/28/09 at 9:35pm
Get borderlands running and I may go buy a copy to play with u nwguru
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post #438 of 542
11/28/09 at 10:33pm
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Get borderlands running and I may go buy a copy to play with u nwguru
You'll find out I'm a much better benchmarker than gamer
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post #439 of 542
11/28/09 at 10:34pm
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Dragon Age Origins is awesome
I saw it on sale but no too big of a discount. I'll see what cyber-Monday brings.
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post #440 of 542
11/30/09 at 10:40am
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Current 06 high
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