All my cards had full cover waterblocks, heat wasnt the issue. ;) :cool:

Dont know exactly what drivers I'm using. Last time I'm checked I use the newer 10.x drivers. I'll have to check later today.

Those cards look really NICE!!!:D

you guys are forgetting that you're comparing DX10 metro and DX11 metro, performance will be different.

well, dx11 is heavier than dx 10 right=

my 5770 should be equivelant to a 4870 ~, they "should" have the same performance it +- a little?

but idk, im not that much into it

no, DX11 doesnt have to be heavier. just like DX10 is actually faster than DX9, just they always add more graphics cause they feel like it

oh:D you see how much i knew hahaXD

:)

Does Hybrid crossfire work? ;)

Lap it up

http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n...ageFinal-1.jpg

Hahaha, even more HD4870's :D 125GB/ps, I smell overclock :P My stock ones only pump 115GB/ps trough the PCI-E slots.

EDIT: Reinstalled Crysis, havent tried it since I put in my second card. My question to you people, is this normal? I've turned on 8x AA and turned everything on Very High. Is the game broken? Or a damn vRAM hog....

http://i409.photobucket.com/albums/p...0-01-38-13.png

yeah, Im probably gonna try n squeeze a little more out of my 4870's

but the first versions of the vapor-x toxic coolers with the heatpipes totally suck balls. - well not totally totally, they do a good job but their not as good as the cut down 'intel' HSF type ones like the ones that come on the 2Gb cards.

Nice Crysis screen, I will post some too...is that a mod running?

Nope the unpatched Vanilla Crysis, straight of the CD.

need a display addapter
 

could you please help me? I need to know if i need a active display addapter to run 3 monitors off of my HD 5770? i do not have cross fire as my mother board does not have compatibility for it however I was told that i could only use an active display port addapter as the regular addapters do not allow you to play on line games on three screens becuase the active addapter has the ability to send messeges to the monitor inorder to run it. Is this correct and or can i use a cheaper addapter?
Neil

no that is correct. it can theoretically work with a DP->VGA adapter, but it pushes so much through that they overload and fail. the $100 adapter is the only solution i have found :(

http://forums.techpowerup.com/showpo...9&postcount=55 - ATI 10.5 Beta benchmark review I did

I would have been a soon to be member, most likely, but..

# *1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16 (PCIEX16) (The PCIEX16 slot conforms to PCI Express 2.0 standard.)
# *1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x4 (PCIEX4)

That wasn't fun to find out. It's PCI-E 1.1 x4, so no point in crossfiring.

USB3&SATA6 stealing my lines :( Have one HD 5770 coming and had my mind set for another.

are you sure it isnt 2.0?

IIRC only UD4 and up on the GB lineup have a second PCIe slot with meaningful bandwidth.

That. UD4 and upwards add SLI suppors, so the NF200 brings the missing lanes.
# 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16 (PCIEX16)
# 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x8 (PCIEX8) (The PCIEX16 and PCIEX8 slots conforms to PCI Express 2.0 standard.)

The 4 lines comes from chipset. P55-UD3 would be fine, like DonInKansas has.
edit: or not, he should have performance issues: http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/...me=GA-P55-UD3R

I am pretty sure the UD4 (Well, the UD4P) doesn't have a NF200 chip and has its 16 PCIe lanes from the CPU itself. It runs X16/Dis or X8/X8.

i think its only the UD7's that have the NF200 chip?

Ah, yes true. So UD3s are just wired like this to make me sad :(

This from UD4 page:
* When dual graphics cards are used in 1st and 2nd PCIex16 slots, SATA3 / USB 3.0 (Marvell 9128 /NEC USB 3.0 Controllers) will work at normal mode.

And mine does this:
* When SATA3 / USB 3.0 (Marvell 9128 /NEC USB 3.0 Controllers) work at turbo mode, 1st PCIE x16 will work at x8 speed.

Oh well. It's 5850 or GTS 450 next. Have to rock 1x5770 untill then. You enjoy your dual cards :ohwell: :p :toast: