Yantelope Posted February 15, 2011 Report Share Posted February 15, 2011 Ordered this on Sunday: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102914&cm_re=6950-_-14-102-914-_-Product Will post benchmarks when it gets in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yantelope Posted February 17, 2011 Report Share Posted February 17, 2011 Okay, so the 6950 basically runs everything at 2X the framerate as before. This makes me happy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted April 29, 2012 Report Share Posted April 29, 2012 http://hothardware.com/News/NVIDIA-Unveils-DualGPU-Powered-GeForce-GTX-690/ So the 690 is looking pretty sweet. Though I'm now starting at a price drop on other cards hopefully. Debating picking up a ~£100 card as a stop gap before getting a new PC. Pretty much anything these days must be better than my current 9600GT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted April 30, 2012 Report Share Posted April 30, 2012 I've started jonesing for an upgrade, even though I really don't need it. I predict that I will be able to hold out until I come across a game that I want to play but can't at anything higher than medium graphics, at which point I'll break down and build a whole new PC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixrocket Posted April 30, 2012 Report Share Posted April 30, 2012 I was thinking about buying a 7950/580/680 with the extra prize money i've been sitting on for a couple of months, this 550ti can't really hack it in QUITE a few games now surprisingly. I've got no strong opinions either way, what do you guys think? I'm only running a single 1920x1200 monitor.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luftwaffles Posted April 30, 2012 Report Share Posted April 30, 2012 I was thinking about buying a 7950/580/680 with the extra prize money i've been sitting on for a couple of months, this 550ti can't really hack it in QUITE a few games now surprisingly. I've got no strong opinions either way, what do you guys think? I'm only running a single 1920x1200 monitor.... I'm an Nvidia guy so I'd pick up a 580 on the (relatively) cheap nowadays if I had the money for it. With the 680 and 690 series just coming out, the 580 should be at a pretty low price point and can still handle more than anything you can throw at it. The 680 is slightly better than the 580, I know, but coming from a 550Ti, it's like moving from a go-kart to a sports car anyway. No need to spend any extra for a (maybe) nicer sports car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted May 2, 2012 Report Share Posted May 2, 2012 So I took out my wonky (Which I wonked accidentally) GPU and everything is fine when I am playing games however... now I have a somewhat working GPU sitting here. I am quite sure its just the fan that is screwy. Its not smooth so it causing the card to overheat thus problems since all the problems was coming from playing games. Anyone has experience with installing GPU fans since I just found out that they exist... Any recommendations? Would hate to have this replacement GPU from my RMA going to waste. http://www.newegg.com/Store/SubCategory.aspx?SubCategory=576&name=VGA-Cooling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted May 4, 2012 Report Share Posted May 4, 2012 http://www.tomshardw...hmark,3193.html As expected it's roughly the power of two 680's in SLI. Sometimes better, sometimes a smidgen under. edit: Some more: http://www.anandtech.com/show/5805/nvidia-geforce-gtx-690-review-ultra-expensive-ultra-rare-ultra-fast http://hothardware.com/Reviews/NVIDIA-GeForce-GTX-690-DualGK104-GPU-Review/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Mal Posted May 10, 2012 Report Share Posted May 10, 2012 So after mulling around for a bit, I decided on a $25 solution to see if it can save my card. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835186053 It should restore my boinked card but if its not just the fans, I won't be out of too much money. I just want the card working again, if possible, for another year or two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted May 10, 2012 Report Share Posted May 10, 2012 I have never heard anyone use the word "boinked" in that context. I guess it works just as well as any other word for sex... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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