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Re: Went for the 5770 anyway.

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Originally Posted by Zach (Post 5237399)

You know, that's great and all, but what's your point? For the price/performance range the 5770 with it's "single slot" (You see that bracket? Not single slot, nor do I think it's touting to be single slot.) is a great deal, considering you can crossfire them and still do eyefinity if you so desire.

My point is, it's not blowing air out of the case like that.

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Originally Posted by Mr. Pedantic (Post 5237448)

No, it's not single slot. But by single slot he means 'not dual-slot', or more specifically, not dual-slot all along the card's length, with the second slot perforated to allow hot air to escape from the heatsink. To be honest, it would have been much more preferable for the case's thermals to have gotten a card like this:

http://www.techmagnews.com/wp-conten...hics_Cards.jpg

These keep the hot air inside the shroud all the way until it gets exhausted out of the back of the case. Of course, the back of the GPU heats up the air on top of it which then drifts up to the chipset and CPU, but that's what you have case airflow for.

Yeah :nodding:

Re: Went for the 5770 anyway.

But the XT version has the 5750 cooler desing, so the hot air just flows through the entire case.

Anyway, I got it today! Despite I came home from school early today with a huge headache, I could play Unreal Tournament 3 for 15 minutes, and wtf. I thought it looked great on medium setting with the 4650, but now things are getting seriously beautiful.

Oh, and Assassins Creed (1) came with it instead of BattleForge. Shit.

Re: Went for the 5770 anyway.

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Originally Posted by The Ferox (Post 5237887)

Anyway, I got it today! Despite I came home from school early today with a huge headache, I could play Unreal Tournament 3 for 15 minutes, and wtf. I thought it looked great on medium setting with the 4650, but now things are getting seriously beautiful.

...Err.. welcome to 2007! :p

I hope you have lots of fun with it! :)

Re: Went for the 5770 anyway.

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Originally Posted by The Ferox (Post 5237887)

Oh, and Assassins Creed (1) came with it instead of BattleForge.

That's great! You can still download Battleforge, right? :D

Re: Went for the 5770 anyway.

'Instead of', so no, BattleForge is gone, and AC came with it instead.

And noobst3R, I had to skip all those wonderful games for 6 (!) years, so don't be too surprised I haven't played them yet. ;)

Re: Went for the 5770 anyway.

battleforge is free >.>

Re: Went for the 5770 anyway.

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And noobst3R, I had to skip all those wonderful games for 6 (!) years, so don't be too surprised I haven't played them yet.

Ah, yes. You're like me. We both have a lot of catching up to do. :p

Re: Went for the 5770 anyway.

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Originally Posted by The Ferox (Post 5238633)

'Instead of', so no, BattleForge is gone, and AC came with it instead.

And noobst3R, I had to skip all those wonderful games for 6 (!) years, so don't be too surprised I haven't played them yet. ;)

Just as i did half a year ago. I had my 360 already though.

Re: Went for the 5770 anyway.

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Originally Posted by kow_ciller (Post 5238651)

battleforge is free >.>

But I still have to buy extra cards on it to use. The copy that should've came with the 5770 had three full decks and 3000 BattleForge points.

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Re: Went for the 5770 anyway.

Switch the top fan to bring air in. Have only one air escape in your case at the rear. All other fans bring air in or else you weaken the airflow. :)

For example, I'm using the Altec 300 (Newegg.com - Antec Three Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Computer Cases) and I have 5 120mm fans in total. Two bringing in air from the front, one bringing in air from the top, one bringing in air from the side and one pulling the air through the back. My video card (4890) has rear exhaust outside of the case. Nice clean airflow.