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[Ghosty]

Gtx550 Ti Fermi down to $110 range, gtx560's are in the low $200 range, interesting. Best bangs-for-buck right now?

[dm_gsxr]

Gtx550 Ti Fermi down to $110 range, gtx560's are in the low $200 range, interesting. Best bangs-for-buck right now?

I know the ATI drivers at least for the 4870's are crap. Unfortunately, I'm going to be a little light in discretionary funds for the next year or so so no new hardware for the computer.

Carl

[Ghosty]

So what's everyone running nowadays for (nicer) videocard? Looking at...

MSI gtx560ti fermi, 448 cores, twin frozr III, 1.2gb new, for $210

<or>

MSI gtx570 fermi, twin frozr II, 1.2gb new, for $250

<or> ??? in same pricerange (< $250)

[TransNone13]

I have a 580GTX 3GB on water 950/2300 1125mV. and a 440GT for Physics.

The 570 is a solid card without breaking the bank.

Strongly recommend eVGA.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/...view,3107.html

READ! "Top Graphics Cards for the Money July"

[Ghosty]

What would you recommend between the two I listed above? GTX560ti w/ 448cores, or is the gtx570 worth the extra $50? Doesn't seem like most people would notice the diff., even at all maxed settings at 1900rez. Or if you had < $250, what would you get today?

[TransNone13]

What would you recommend between the two I listed above? GTX560ti w/ 448cores, or is the gtx570 worth the extra $50? Doesn't seem like most people would notice the diff., even at all maxed settings at 1900rez. Or if you had < $250, what would you get today?

Let me look.

[TransNone13]

Here you go chief:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130593



You're looking for the highest cores and memory bandwidth > then speed > then capacity in that order.

[Sarge]

speaking of nerd stuff..... i downloaded starcraft two in a ISO format. how can i get it to boot off of a virtual drive. i have it mounted in the virtual drive and when i try to run it, nothing happens. help please?

You may have to use a modified .exe and make sure you have the right DRM settings on your virtual drive. I use Daemon Tools and it seems to work the best.

Not that complicated anymore... There's a single online installed available now, I can link it if you want. You need a Battle.net account to access the page with the link, but once you have it it works for anybody. Once installed, no CD required. If you don't have a legit key, just use a keygen.

Also, if you still have the CD installer and want to go that route, just copy the files into a folder on your desktop and install from them, then patch the game to at least 1.12 iirc. Then, copy the big MPQ file from the install folder to the game folder and run the game from the shortcut created during the install. This is actually a Blizzard supported feature (no key) and no cracked .exe's or anything.

[maktastik_jr.]

Not that complicated anymore... There's a single online installed available now, I can link it if you want. You need a Battle.net account to access the page with the link, but once you have it it works for anybody. Once installed, no CD required. If you don't have a legit key, just use a keygen.

Also, if you still have the CD installer and want to go that route, just copy the files into a folder on your desktop and install from them, then patch the game to at least 1.12 iirc. Then, copy the big MPQ file from the install folder to the game folder and run the game from the shortcut created during the install. This is actually a Blizzard supported feature (no key) and no cracked .exe's or anything.

sweet what the link sarge?

[Sarge]

https://us.battle.net/account/manage...win&lang=en-US

Let me know if that works. If not I can probably email you the installer or something, it's small, just a download manager really. I thought this was a more direct link, but I really don't feel like digging in to it right now.

[MystikalAznEpic]

what no CS?

[Sarge]

https://us.battle.net/account/manage...win&lang=en-US

Let me know if that works. If not I can probably email you the installer or something, it's small, just a download manager really. I thought this was a more direct link, but I really don't feel like digging in to it right now.

I'm an idiot, the whole time I was talking about the original StarCraft. If you have a StarCraft 2 account, (which you need to play anyway) just go to Battle.net, log in to your account and download it. If not, same thing, let me know and I'll send you the downloader.