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I also gota make sure I have a x fire compatible mobo

Exactly! Hence I affiliate myself with vampires.

Really?? I didn't even think of X fire. Thanks for the suggestion

TIGHT budget. I'm jumping from 2500 to 3100. I cnt go any further!
Still gota get a PSU and LED monitor. And then finally my i5 setup!

Wow you make it sound so powerful! Come on vampires? Can anyone come up with a better translation???

I love this forum! Its so entertaining!

Hahahahaha

I'm looking at getting a sapphire 5850 second hand. Stil under warranty for a good price. Think its best if I run gpu Z on it and test its temperature? Anything else I should worry about on a second hand card? I was looking at the 460 gtx but then I thought why not spend the extra cash and get a rea...

Well sapphire is the best of the manufacturers hey? Judging by the price. A lot of manufacturers make the same card
Without adding aftermarket parts or anything. I just thought its maybe a question of quality? Didn't know manufacturers change specs

Well iv asked the guy who's selling that card privately to email me! Now I just gota wait
For him... Its a good card,I've played on my friends pc and the only game he can't run on full graphics is metro 2033.
And crysis warhead... He has the xfx 5850. Any difference between manufacturers??

I spoke to a friend last night,he convinced me to just spend a lil extra cash and get a 5850.
I've seen a sapphire 5850 game edition for R3200. Has anyone seen it cheaper? I normally look on prophecy.co.za
Any other good sites?

Thanx hahaha! Let me think about it!

Sorry I don't know where to post this topic so I will do it here...
Can someone please explain the affiliation part in my profile. Does it make a difference if I'm affiliated with zombies,vampires,pirates??
Sorry I don't get it. I'm sure you have guessed I'm new to the forum.

I removed the var32.exe virus off the hdd,did another scan and its clean. Thanks anakha56 I checked that link. I've removed that virus off the hdd,but I'm left with the win32 one. It doesn't seem to have spread,nothing dodgy happening on my system at all,no indication of a virus so it doesn't look b...

I scanned my system last night using the AVG 9 trial version in the pc format dvd (Thanx pcf!!!) And I found 2 infections. One was win32/NT or something in a dll file in my splinter cell conviction folder But it doesn't seem to spread or do dodgy thing so I'm keeping it there til I can finish the ga...

Ok I just had a look at a gtx 460 1gb. For 2700 and some change. They say its cooler,quieter,has more oc headroom and is generally 15 - 30 % faster than the 5830. So it looks like I'll be going with that card. Anyone heard something bad about it?

The reviews I read say its a LED backlit LCD? What is that? But advertised as a LED. Something like 5million to 1 contrast ratio. 2ms response time

I'm getting a samsung bx2335 soon. Its a 23 inch LED. Is it any good for gaming? Will a HD5830 be able to cope wit 1920 x 1080 res?
I'm just wondering if its a good buy or should I look at something else

Never seen a 5850 for R2800! Anyway I think I should mention that I'm buying a samsung 23 inch LED so I'll be running games on 1920 x 1080 res.
Apparently the 5770 struggles on high res? And has anyone heard anything about that monitor? Good or bad?

See now I got 2 different opinions! Haha one says 5770 and another says 5830

My specs are terrible! Crt montor should say it all haha. Got a nvidia 8600gt card at the moment,pentium D 2.8ghz dual core cpu. But its all changing soon...

Thanks a lot! Do you know of any other good cards for the same price? Any nvidia cards?

Howzit guys I'm looking at getting a new GPU for around R2500 but I can't pick between the 5770 and the 5830. I've read a few forums and they say different things! I understand the 5770 has a 128 bit memory bus and the 5830 has 256. but I want a HD5770 sapphire vaporX. So surely I can overclock it q...