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Is this caused by a bad display port cable? The monitor works fine on DVI-D. Ordered a DP cable from ebay and I get this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZcGMs9gd5o Sometimes I do get the monitor to display correctly (keep tinkering between DVI-D and DP), but then at the next restart it starts...

I have bought the ASUS 7970 directcu II. However, from what I can tell the voltage is locked I am basically having the exact same limit as hardcop review here http://www.hardocp.com/article/2013/03/11/asus_hd_7970_directcu_ii_video_card_review/3#.UjMwBz9N1I0 My maximum is 1180mV, with the...

How come last night you discovered another pitch whine but today it dissapeared? Did you do anything particular to it?

So looks like I am unlucky and my brand new MSI 7950 came with coil whine :/ Not only it whines, but it's very loud. Distractingly loud. It only whines in games basically. And it is not dependent on FPS. Some games like World of Tank will whine at 60-70 FPS. Tried some tests on Kombustor and...

I am set on buying a MSI Z87 board. While I was contemplating on getting the GD65 (I don't want to skimp on motherboards or PSU's), I noticed how the GD45 is 40$ cheaper. AFAIK, in terms of performance, the GD65 has 12 phases while the GD45 8 phases. I don't really know what exactly they mean...

I'm trying to decide between MSI Radeon HD 7950 Twin Frozr III 880MHZ 3GB 1250MHZ GDDR5 DVI HDMI 2xMini DP DX11 PCI-E Video Card and Gigabyte Radeon HD 7950 Windforce 900MHZ 3GB 5GHZ GDDR5 DVI HDMI 2XDP PCI-E Video Card Here are my points (please take into consideration I live...

I would've liked to be able to get that MSI for that price. Unfortunately being in Canada, the only available deal currently is on the Gigabyte Radeon HD 7950 Windforce for 245$ after 25$ mail in rebate. Under reviews it does perform slightly better, is quieter and OC's equivalently to the...

For gaming, I have the option of going 2x4GB G.Skill Ripjaws X F3 DDR-2133 CL11 for 73 CAD or 2x4GB G.Skill Ripjaws X F3 DDR-1600 CL9 for 67 CAD First, not sure if the extra clock over latency is actually improving performance. Also not sure if ram speeds in itself improve gaming...

7970 is still 100 $ or so more expensive. If I'd consider that, of consider waiting for the 9000 series. But I really don't want to spend more than 300$ and the 7950 will pretty much play anything I'll throw at it. I do come from a 4870 and honestly I can still play the new titles at medium or...

Thanks for the suggestions. That MSI does look very good. Unfortunately being in Canada means I wouldn't be able to take advantage of the rebate from newegg. Checking pcpartpicker looks like us prices are roughly 40 cheaper. Ncix does seem to be having the gigabyte 7950 on sale for 245 at the...

Trying to decide which to get. I was debating waiting for the AMD 9000 series but I am realising that even the 9950 (equivalent of 7950) will prolly cost ~400$. I believe the best performance/price is with 7950 (or the newer 760 series) for the years to come. Now, at the moment I am a bit of...

I currently have a WRT54GL router, which of course only has speeds of up to 100mbps. I am looking to buy a switch to attain 1000mbps speeds on my network, and be able to use 1000mbps speed when transferring and streaming from my NAS (buying a new router is way to expensive and I don't have...

Amazon charging sale taxes in WA makes it quite cold now. A few other places with no sales tax makes it cheaper

The cheapest prices I could find were on Amazon.com for DS1812 @ 929$ USD. For DS413J at NCIX for 439$ CAD but includes a 2TB WD Red. I want to pull the trigger now. I'm inclining to get the DS1812 from amazon.com unless I can find a better deal for the DS1812 or DS413J in contrast with the...

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