Posts by sebmeikle

Don't be fooled by fancy words. Some companies make out gpu's to be something they are not. Listen to what people here are saying, its usually from experience. If you're on a tight budget, buy second hand, thats what I did.

People will slate me for this but Sonic the Hedgehog. I could never get used to the speed v. controls. It used to piss me off so much!

On a budget gaming rig myself. I couldn't recommend more for a gpu than the nvidia gtx 460. Although its an old card it still outperforms card higher up the chain. You get huge bang for buck. You can pick one up for under £100. I have...

Quote:Originally Posted by ivanlabrie Nope, I meant you can lower temps and overclock even more if you remove the heatspreader that covers the gpu core and apply a special liquid metal paste on it. You can then remount the...

Quote:Originally Posted by ivanlabrie Yeah, it's a nice card and overclocks decently. You can delid those and lower temps a lot, coupled with the "mod" you can get 30-40c lower temps and higher overclocks. Sorry, you've lost me....

I was tempted to buy two of them, but I'm on a tight budget. Still, it performs really well on it's own. I get an average of 48fps in Crysis 2 in Ultra with High Res Textures and DX11 Tesselation enabled.

You're welcome to buy it, I live in UK. PM me if you're interested.

Quote:Originally Posted by wthenshaw @sebmeikle what has become of the 9600? It's pack away for now. How come?

New card arrived today, EVGA GTX 460 2GB. Ok, it's not the latest and greatest hardware. But, the performance increase is phenomenal compared to my old GT 9600. Well happy!

Good god. You think you've seen awesome work, then something comes along that just blows everyone out the water. This is truly amazing work! Me... Definite sub from me! Will definitely being keeping a close eye on this!