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W1K - that's awesome :) You are clearly a rider of style and taste ;) Vale Dreamtime! It is slightly different to my dreamtime replica though... Will be interesting to see if you get any colour fade on yours. My lumo orange colours have faded badly :( but the rest of the colours have remained solid ...

UG! 1 gig patch to download. The humanity of it all!!
I had planned to defend Stormwind this evening.

Benchies show a really big difference in fps. I think your rig is very futureproof now :) I've bitten the bullet. I just can't handle putting my 5870 in my current weakling of a pc so I've just ordered: Intel lga1156 i5-760 Asus P7P55D-E LX Corsair HX-750W Mushkin 1333MHz DDR3 4GB Silverline Low-Vol...

Hope the bottom PCI slot is not faulty, otherwise that could be a bit of a nusance.
Let us know how it goes SB - I am expecting good things from your new Crossfire setup

Guys a quick question.. I've got a 500w Antec power supply - which is AMD/ATI's lowest recommended spec for the 5870. Am I taking any risks running it that close to the minimum? My pc is not filled with anything too power hungry - Core2Duo, 2x 1GB DDR2, 2x 160gig drives, 2x DVD writers and a Creativ...

Yup, emailed them my EFT receipt and this is what they replied..

RebelTech wrote: Thanks,

You got the last card.

I will advise when it has been dispatched.

I was lucky

I'm not a heavy gamer anymore because Wow eats my whole life when I'm not at work ; ) Wow is not especially heavy on the the pc. But when I edit RAW files from my camera then the pain begins - 2GB RAM and an elderly Core2Duo is not a good combo when Photoshop is processing files.. :( Yup, i need to ...

Core2Duo E6600 2GB DDR2 2x 160 gig Seagate Windows 7 64bit and 1x dying Radeon 4770 The whole thing is crying out to be binned, but it is at the point where I can't upgrade components indivdually - board/RAM/CPU all need to be bought together. Am looking at something along the lines of.. Intel i5 76...

Good grief SB, that is a quest of insane proportions. Had not even heard of it until now.
Crazy amounts of time required.

Thanks for info guys. Smilodon111 - I can't wait for Dec as my 4770 is coughing and spluttering and does not have much longer to live on this planet. Getting artefacts all over the place in Wow, to the point where it is getting annoying... I have a feeling the 6970 will be upwards of R3k and my budg...

I'm still trying to decide between the 5870 and the newer 6870. All the benches show the 5870 winning slightly in everything.
Seems the the 6870 is the replacement for the 5850..
I'm so confused now. How much more futureproof is the 6870 over it's older (but more powerful) sibling?

That 5870 at RebelTech is making my eye twitch. So very very tempting...

StarBound wrote:I dont get it.

Google Dingleberry and all will be revealed..

Lol Starbound that clip is excellent

Btw where is everyone getting their Cataclysm copies from?

Hi everyone, Some advice is needed please. Installed a new webcam on my ma's pc on Wednesday. Everything installed well with no issues. Skype picked up the cam and it worked fine. Then this morning my ma started up Skype and the image from the webcam was inverted and green. I cannot work out why thi...

Stuart wrote:Yuou heard about the Buddhist who refused Novocain during a root canal? His goal was to transcend dental medication.

Hmm I'm not sure if I am happy with the looks of the ZX10. Although I haven't been at ease with Kawa's designs for the last few versions of the ZX10 (and ZX6 to be honest). What mainly irks me is the exhaust design. I'm sure they're excellent for lowering the centre of gravity etc. but the look of t...

Yup, same as me SB. Been downloading since Friday night. 64% done. Reeeeeaaaally slow.

For people wanting to know.. my patch detail says "Downloading WoW-3.3.x-to-4.0.0-EU-Stage-2"
Stage-1 completed early on Saturday.

Anyone downloading the new patch?
Blizzard Donwloader kindly informs me that I have currently downloaded 1.75GB of 4.45GB. That is a big patch!

Nice Monty!
Please let us know how you find it. I'm really looking into getting one. I think they are the ideal travelling companion

Yes, I tend to agree with you on the D90 vs. D5000. I think the D90 feels better in the hand. The D5000 is way quieter though, which is very nice to have when at wildlife parks etc. when you're sitting in a hide taking photos. Nothing more embarrassing than taking a pic and the shutter noise startle...

Didn't really want to start a new thread so I'm just going to ask in here. If anyone disapproves then I'll ask one of the admins to shift it to a new thread.. My old Panasonic Lumix has started to cough up blood. Panasonic say it will cost about R2000 to repair. The camera is about 5 years old now s...

Agreed!
It has become a piece of art but not very functional any more.
That rear wheel must make the handling very sluggish indeed.
Looks cool though

Weee it's working again.. Endev - that link was the secret. Removed it from Windows store and then uninstalled the driver. Then installed Catalyst 10.6 and there was light :) No stuttering in the game any more, there is life yet in this 4770 ;) Thanks for help and suggestions everyone, twas much app...

Gonna try that as soon as I'm home..