The TPU UK Clubhouse

[UbErN00b]

Originally Posted by Techtu

I probably don't play or own enough games to truely have the need for a HD7950 but it was the free games in the end that persuaded me to go with one, a friend of mine has offered me £40 for 2 of them anyways which mean's I've only paid £200 for a HD7950 which isn't bad going by any means. possibly £180 if I choose to sell the other game aswel + I'm selling my GTX460 for £80 to another friend which makes £100 for an upgrade.

Meh, I sold my 570 for £130 and got sleeping dogs worth at least £20 so got my Vapor-X 7950 for £110, that's the way I look at upgrades too

[Techtu]

£260 for the Vapor-X? Wish I'd of been looking for a new card when you was, I could only find it for £280 which was just out of my price range at the time, damn animals and vet bills... They alone this month would of brought me another 7950 at least.

[UbErN00b]

Originally Posted by Techtu

£260 for the Vapor-X? Wish I'd of been looking for a new card when you was, I could only find it for £280 which was just out of my price range at the time, damn animals and vet bills... They alone this month would of brought me another 7950 at least.

Damn, £230 at Pixmania now

http://www.pixmania.co.uk/uk/uk/1278...vapor-x-3.html

[Techtu]

That's a good price!

You know when using Trixx, it say's I'm running my card on PCI-E 1.1... Just want to be safe, is there any PCI/PCI-E drivers that should usually be installed or is this just another false reading?

[FreedomEclipse]

Id be cautious about buying from Pixmania if i were you...

they have a pretty bad rating.

[Techtu]

... Nevermind about the PCI-E running at 1.1, that's obviously the power saving feature!

[TheMailMan78]

Does anyone have a good recipe for spotted dick?

[Fourstaff]

Originally Posted by TheMailMan78

Does anyone have a good recipe for spotted dick?

BBC Goodfood always a good starting point, adjust recipe or go to a better one if you are comfortable with cooking: http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/sp...ndcustar_87835

Else just cut yours off and serve.

[Techtu]

Does this look a little odd to you guy's for stock clocks on a 3Dmark Vantage run?

... Was going to upload a photo but it'll be easier for me to just type.

3Dmark score - 16743

GPU score - 17825
CPU score 14163

See my system specs for what I'm running without the GTX460 though.

[UbErN00b]

Originally Posted by FreedomEclipse

Id be cautious about buying from Pixmania if i were you...

they have a pretty bad rating.

Yea, I don't shop there often, when I do it's usually cause I've found something at a good price like the 7950 I linked too, that's a damn good price for that card. I bought an 4850 from there years ago knowing about their reputation but it came with no issues, they even RMA'd it for me about a month after the standard 1 year warranty, not sure if they just didn't pick up on it or not.

[Fourstaff]

ubernoob you need to update your FS page

[UbErN00b]

Originally Posted by Fourstaff

ubernoob you need to update your FS page

Meh, I did ask for it to be closed.

Originally Posted by Techtu

Does this look a little odd to you guy's for stock clocks on a 3Dmark Vantage run?

... Was going to upload a photo but it'll be easier for me to just type.

3Dmark score - 16743

GPU score - 17825
CPU score 14163

See my system specs for what I'm running without the GTX460 though.

I score 24.7K stock settings, if anything seems low?

[Techtu]

Exactly... my old GTX460 scored 16k with stock clocks... I'm wondering what the problem is, the 7950 seems to play Sleeping dogs alright and got an average of 40fp/s on furmark 1080 benchmark.

[UbErN00b]

Originally Posted by Techtu

Exactly... my old GTX460 scored 16k with stock clocks... I'm wondering what the problem is, the 7950 seems to play Sleeping dogs alright and got an average of 40fp/s on furmark 1080 benchmark.

I really wouldn't worry about it tbh, Vantage is old anyway, I sometimes get funky results on the likes of 03/06 etc on modern hardware, at least you know your 3DMark11 score is fine.

On another note, I happen to find Vantage the ugliest benchmark I have ever seen, it really is a POS looks wise, heck even 3DMark01 looked better for it's time.

[Techtu]

I've just ran 3Dmark 11 and got 6267 at stock speeds, that looking more normal?

[UbErN00b]

Dunno bout the rest of you but I fucking hate Christmas time!!!

Yea yea whatever it's the season of goodwill and all that, It's ok for most of you though I haven't got a chimney so Santa has to bust in my backdoors and empty his sack :'( bastard

[FreedomEclipse]

somehow 'Empty his sack' sounds a little creepy when children are involved....

Id empty my own sack. So long as i was with a beautiful woman (or just some good porn lol)

[Millennium]

This stuff is amazing

http://rumandreviews.com/2011/08/01/...-panel-review/

2nd shot already having a good evening!

[UbErN00b]

Originally Posted by FreedomEclipse

somehow 'Empty his sack' sounds a little creepy when children are involved....

Id empty my own sack. So long as i was with a beautiful woman (or just some good porn lol)

It was a joke about santa "busting in my back door" and emptying his sack, you know innuendo? Not that that's my kind of bag

[Arciks]

Anyone going to GYM? Started to visit this one http://www.puregym.com/ its pretty good in compare to Trilogy and cheap.Need to loose some weight, so I can fit into my cristmas party suit

[RCoon]

Best part about christmas - Steam Sales - and the fact there are always millions of gamers online regardless of the day, they get their presents and eat food over the keyboard. Just a regular holiday!

[Arciks]

I was planning to get prototype 2 on halloween sale, but still thinking about it.And just finished DEADLIGHT, nice sidescroll game,only too short.

[RCoon]

Originally Posted by Bo$$

How old are you? seems to me your over 21 which means good prices
I did check compare the market with some fake stuff came out to £5000~ (WHICH is not bad compared with prices of buying a car) through some random ones. Might check with LV our current insurers could be a bit less considering my parents have about 11 years no claims each

I have to roll with a car with a maximum 1 litre engine for insurance below £2000 at the moment. Getting insured for anything bigger under 21 (by a mere few months) costs you half your damn soul in this country. They were supposed to bring insurance for women up and men down to a halfway point, instead they decided to bring women up to men's prices...
My boss pays a little under £300 a year for his VW estate brand new, and Admiral come out cheapest for a Honda civic at £5000?! Sadly i have to roll with a second hand micro or a new Pixo on finance...

Originally Posted by Techtu

GTX 670 or HD7950 and why?

Asus GTX 670 Direct CU II Top - W1zz gave it a 10/10, awesome clocks on core and memory, and silent as a sparrow's fart.

[Arciks]

I pay like 76 monthly for my Ford fiesta 1.6 Titanium,and its already with 2y no claim discount.Pretty expensive insurance in nowdays

[Urnighta]

Originally Posted by mullered07

No explanation needed here, this is a club house for all of the TPU UK crew to talk about all things british or just to get together and do the usual British thing of moaning about everything non-british, we like to moan cause were British. Feel free to bitch, moan, whine, rejoice and just general chit chat for all us Brits about the things that make us tick or make our blood boil clicking here .

http://www.caregiving.org/intcaregiving/flags/UK.gif

MEMBERS:

1 : mullered07
2 : KieranD
3 : tigger69
4 : WhiteLotus
5 : Ben Clarke
6 : Alexp999
7 : oli_ramsay
8 : Tatty_One
9 : infared
10 : zubidoo
11 : FreedomEclipse
12 : Chryonn
13 : Kyle2020
14 : mithrandir
15 : DrPepper
16 : Gam'ster
17 : red268
18 : Wasley
19 : MoonPig
20 : Gzero
21 : Fourstaff
22 : kurosagi01
23 : marsey99
24 : pantherx12
25 : crazy pyro
26 : human error
27 : ste2425
28 : computertechy
29 : HookeyStreet
30 : InTeL-iNsIdE
31 : KieX
32 : NdMk2o1o
33 : Dazzeerr
34 : Akumos
35 : Bo$$
36 : Broom2455
37 : scaminatrix
38 : InnocentCriminal
39 : Millennium
40 : gumpty
41 : LifeOnMars
42 : gunsmoke
43 : Reefer86
44 : fusionblu
45 : Huskie
46 : Arciks
47 : Krony
48 : stock
49 : qubit
50 : dhdude
51 : thesilentone
52 : IndigoGoose
53 : oily_17
54 : Gas2100
55 : MightyMission

999 : cheesy999

If you would like to be added to the members list, either post and ask or send me a PM.

I will suggest you some names soon