The TPU UK Clubhouse

[LifeOnMars]

Originally Posted by FreedomEclipse

that XFX card looks like one of those '2" shorter' cut down versions of graphic cards similar to what Sapphire did with the 5850 when they turned into a 5850 Xtreme.

Dont expect it to overclock well as they probably chopped off a huge chunk of the vrms which makes the card overclock like 3 week old runny poop in a bucket.

I am not a fan of those cards. yes they are cheaper. but not being able to overclock is too much of a burden to carry. you'll wake up in the morning, look at your PC and start crying because you cant push it beyond its capabilities. You'll get depressed, you'll start drinking and become an alcoholic. You will lose your job and your wife will leave you because you couldnt even squeeze even 5mhz out of that GPU core....

Ultimately resulting in what I call a 'Blue Screen Of Life'....

you'll grow a beard. your bank will come a'knocking around your door with the repoman because you couldnt keep up your payments, and the repomans gonna take EVERYTHING but leave you with this shitty graphic card because he doesnt want the same curse.
you will live in squalour with no running water or electricity hugging your knees in the corner of the room and staring at the graphics card in the center of the room like its gonna suddenly grow legs and stride across the room to eat your face. youre gonna watch it and youre gonna keep watching it, and youre gonna watch it so hard youre brain is going to have an an aneurysm and your body will slowly paralize and you will die slowly not being able to move or call for help while all the while staring at this graphics card lying on the floor in the middle of the room...

When the local authorities finally kick your door down and go in like the U.S marshalls for your candy ass they will find your corpse in the corner still hugging its knees with its mummyfied eyes still wide open staring at the cursed graphics card in the middle of the room and they will laugh at you....because you my friend...failed at life.

So remember kids - drop it like its hot!!

LOL You kept typing and liked it didn't you.....a nice release, streaming subconcious.

[FreedomEclipse]

Originally Posted by LifeOnMars

LOL You kept typing and liked it didn't you.....a nice release, streaming subconcious.

I aced the creative writing contests back in school

[LifeOnMars]

Ha ha, same here. It was easy to imagine somewhere that was more interesting than school.

[FreedomEclipse]

sure it was boring as hell, but theres not a part of me that doesnt wish that I could go back and relive part of it lol. some of the things I got upto would still make me laugh pretty hard. Some of the guys I hung out with were just total jokers.

I suppose you start thinking about and/or regretting your younger days the closer you come to being 30

No regrets eh?? I probably have a list of them longer then Santa's list of what each kid in the world wants.

[KieX]

Hope you've all had a good Xmas. Anyone taking to the streets for new year's? Few minutes in the cold to see some fireworks


Got 10x Pentium 4/Celeron D computers (256MB RAM and 40GB HDD ) that are no longer of use at work. Are they worth anything? Or should I sell them for parts? Seems a bit silly to pay to have them disposed of.

[Millennium]

Top Gear Special (India road trip) tonight on BBC HD at 8pm. Not sure if its on normal channels or been shown before but should be good for a laugh!

little over an hour to go hope this helps someone. Merry Christmas!!

[Bo$$]

GUYS I need help again!!!!!!
for the 4th time this year ive got a motherboard trouble AGAIN!

Please someone hit me up with an EXTREMELY cheap P35, 780i, 790i, 750i ,P45 or X38 board please!!!!!
1 pci-e slot is good, anything to get it running again!
either that or ill wait for 2 months my scholarship to come to buy a new CPU/mobo/ram

[scaminatrix]

4th time this year? On the same rig? If so, I'd start looking at the PSU.

[MoonPig]

Originally Posted by Millennium

Top Gear Special (India road trip) tonight on BBC HD at 8pm. Not sure if its on normal channels or been shown before but should be good for a laugh!

little over an hour to go hope this helps someone. Merry Christmas!!

I missed it, so i'm having to 'acquire' it by other means.

[Bo$$]

Originally Posted by scaminatrix

4th time this year? On the same rig? If so, I'd start looking at the PSU.

Ive got 2 850watt units. 1 have died on each (thermaltake toughpower 850 and chieftec a135 850) and another 2 on my ocz stealthxtreme 2 600w.

First I thought it was the CPU but both my Q9450 and my both Q6600 are unstable at stock...
one of the Q6600 is running fine in my other PC...
2 ram kits both 10passes stable.
HDDs are good. tested all of them even an SSD which was bought from freedom (thanks pal )
GPU is my 3rd one, seems fine, tested with a 3850,3870,gtx280 and another gtx570 same issues
Really clueless..
need a new board sharpish.

[LifeOnMars]

Getting some goodies tomorrow - a GTX 560 ti , M8000X mouse and an HX 750W PSU

I should see some improvement over my HD 5770 right?

[tigger]

I'm testing out the Dell 750watt psu on my pc, it seems fine. Has 4x18amp rails, max 700watts on 12v, its quiet too, and I checked it with my mm and it seems fine. It fits the dell xps case better than mine though, but I suppose it has the leads cut to the size required.

I opened it to clean it, and it is very well made and has a lot of big transistors in it. The design is unlike any i've seen in a psu though, it has two pcb's facing each other both with transformers etc on them.

[Tatty_One]

Originally Posted by LifeOnMars

Getting some goodies tomorrow - a GTX 560 ti , M8000X mouse and an HX 750W PSU

I should see some improvement over my HD 5770 right?

Just a bit! Mine does 980mhz on stock volts and at that speed it matches a stock 570, once you get into the realms of a small voltage hike and 1050mhz then you are talking rocket propulsion...... mine at 1050mhz is pretty much as fast as my 6950 fully flashed to 6970 running at 940mhz.

For the 560, I find the EVGA Precision tool to be the best and most stable to use for overclocking and voltage tuning.

[Techtu]

Hey guy's hope you've all had a good Christmas

Now I'm curious... would a GT220 be a useful physX card and if so how much should I be paying for one?

[LifeOnMars]

Originally Posted by Tatty_One

Just a bit! Mine does 980mhz on stock volts and at that speed it matches a stock 570, once you get into the realms of a small voltage hike and 1050mhz then you are talking rocket propulsion...... mine at 1050mhz is pretty much as fast as my 6950 fully flashed to 6970 running at 940mhz.

For the 560, I find the EVGA Precision tool to be the best and most stable to use for overclocking and voltage tuning.

Recieved it at 9.45 this morning and have been open mouthed ever since trying all my games one after the other . I'm only at 1680x1050 and it's blitzing everything with ease at stock with major image quality.....I'm in heaven. I'll probably leave it at stock 24/7 but will definitely be trying to see what potential it has at some point this evening, after all, I am a TPUer I have the feeling though that my CPU will limit the increase I will see with any overclocks. (BTW I bought the ASUS Direct CU II version...runs cool as a cucumber and pretty much silent)

Compared to my HD 5770 this card is a frigging beast I'm also loving my new mouse after my trusty G5 went kapputt yesterday. Very smooth and comfortable in the hand

[MightyMission]

Hi Techtu,i picked up a gt220 from bestbuys (lakeside) shutting down sale(final closing date=15th jan)-there's still a fair few goodies to be had from there tho the websitre if fubar now..
got a 50" 3d smart tv for £550 mwahahah
the gt220(1gb version) was £24 but i cant verify the physx qualities as yet as i only have a single pci-e mobo atm.
gpu seems alright tho...

[Millennium]

lifeonmars:

How much was the 560 ti? and is it the new 448 version?

just curious

Mightymission:

I just recently got a 50" 1080p plasma for £450, but it is quite a basic model with no smart ness (not even iplayer ) and no 3d of course. The picture is pretty good but I was reading that since it is an LG the input lag would be bad and it wouldn't be suitable for games ! Damnit. Still it rocks for TV and MKVs

What make and model is yours may I ask? There is a bestbuy nearish me.

[MightyMission]

dunno mate im about to move home so i didnt bother unboxing it.i think it may be a sharp one though..i just see the price and thought it was worth snapping up even if it was just to jog on again after...

[LifeOnMars]

Originally Posted by Millennium

lifeonmars:

How much was the 560 ti? and is it the new 448 version?

just curious

Mightymission:

I just recently got a 50" 1080p plasma for £450, but it is quite a basic model with no smart ness (not even iplayer ) and no 3d of course. The picture is pretty good but I was reading that since it is an LG the input lag would be bad and it wouldn't be suitable for games ! Damnit. Still it rocks for TV and MKVs

What make and model is yours may I ask? There is a bestbuy nearish me.

Not the 448 version and it was £172. Probably could have got cheaper but I wanted it next day thanks to ebuyer Ordered at 10.45 last night, delivered before 10 this morning

[scaminatrix]

After a massive metric sh*t ton of personal problems me and the family have had to move house and massively downsize. Looks like I'm going to have to sell one of my most prized possessions - my MM U2UFO
I'm just waiting for the mrs. to mention the Raven 2 being too big...

[MoonPig]

Anyone got any old PCI-E Graphics Card that i can pop in a work computer.

Literally need it for JUST video out put, lol.

[Bo$$]

Originally Posted by MoonPig

Anyone got any old PCI-E Graphics Card that i can pop in a work computer.

Literally need it for JUST video out put, lol.

saphire 3850 256mb, still good for gaming. I reckon it is overkill for you....

[FreedomEclipse]

Originally Posted by MoonPig

Anyone got any old PCI-E Graphics Card that i can pop in a work computer.

Literally need it for JUST video out put, lol.

Nvidia GT210 if youre interested

[MightyMission]

bloody hell scam it aint been your year brother!
here's hoping the next one is better for you and your family :cheers:
i'l pass on the u2ufo but if you got 4gb ddr2 and a gpu better than gt220 i'l take them off your hands
that e2160 was a great little clocker,i got it to a lofty 2.8ghz!! i know right,smaddy stap me!
i just swapped it for a q6600 that only does 3.5ghz :/
need moar memz now tho...

[Bo$$]

Originally Posted by MightyMission

need moar memz now tho...

i have some 4x1GB 667 chips. had them at 800mhz no sweat