Recent content by spikey_monkey

Oh my goodness, my 6970 gets very similar artifacts but only in BF3, Civ5 and a couple other games. Skyrim actually displays perfectly for me. I have had my fan set to 40% and card never gets above 76c. I will try getting the card cooler, but I am also going to try upping the voltage a bit after...

Yeah, there are definitely a few things I still need to do to the card. I need to track down a good BIOS and see if flashing that will help. The card has had the issue with the same games the whole time, since Catalyst 11.3. I've wondered if it's a result of old NVidia drivers that I have tried...

Hey all, So quite a while ago (more than a year) I purchased an open-box Sapphire HD 6970 from Newegg, 1st gen. Overall it works rather well. Good temps, the fan made some funny sounds but once I enabled manual fan control in CCC it cleared up. I assumed this fan noise was why it was returned...

So the card is Sapphire 100311SR http://www.sapphiretech.com/presentation/product/?cid=1&gid=3&sgid=1041&pid=1020&psn=&lid=1&leg=0# It's at stock settings (880MHz Core/5500MHz Memory). I have yet to OC it, though who knows what the previous owner did to it. I haven't run any stress tests on...

So I bought an open-box HD 6970 and I see these weird, fluctuating pixels that make things look dirty in some games such as BF3 & CIV5, but not in all games. The bad pixels are most obvious against white backgrounds but seem to occasionally be on all textures. At other times it seems to only be...

I'm using an Antec 1200 which has a bottom-mounted PSU. It seems to me there is a pocket of relatively dead air between my PSU and video card intake. I have yet to get around to installing a side-fan to blow on that exact area, but when I do I will not have to worry about that pocket anymore...

"Another example of creeping socialism." What? I'm not a socialist, I just know political ideologies. You are mistaking socialism with the failed communist systems that, while claiming communism, were just despotic systems of government. It would be wise to rephrase your concerns into "Another...

I'd go with the 570 and SLI another when they're cheaper. I'm a bit out of the loop on nvidia cards at the moment, however. I only suggest this because a year ago I went with 1x 6970 instead of 2x 6850s and it will not stutter! It's so great :D I got an open-box model for $300 and it works...

So from what I've been able to research, Bulldozer will make use of 5200MT/s bus speeds and stick to dual-channel DDR3 capability. Are these likely to change at all post release? I'm sure I will get more USB 3.0 for less and same with SATA III, etc. but I am more curious about key features that...

Just port more 360 games to PC. That goes for you too, Rockstar. *Cough* Red Dead Redemption *Cough*

Steam OS - The Gamer's Operating System

The splattering sound effects after summoning the arms made me laugh.

knightmikeDoD sucks. The recoil is absurd. Have fun picking up your mouse and pulling it down over and over and over... Spray'n'Pray :D

If it is Source 2 I pray it follows in the footsteps of the first Source engine. In my opinion Source rivals the scalability of Blizzard's creations. It's simply amazing how well my ancient computer could run HL2, CS:S, DoD:S and TF2.