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Quote: Originally Posted by QuadDamage Yeah it was fixed. ATi implemented software throttling in their drivers. I've tried it once (renamed .exe) and got a nice black screen within ten maybe fifteen seconds. The power circuitry design on the 48xx is flawed. The OCCT maker exposed it and posted his findings on XS. I remember those, but somehow recall that the cards used as examples had different brand power regulators or something...

Quote: Originally Posted by 1_Ghz_Guy Ok, It's a Sapphire card if that makes any difference. I don't think it does. My MSI 8800 picks it up and I believe I saw some 58xx users who used it as well.

Lord_Micron you can bable on about Linux and solaris all you like but 99.99% of pc gamers don't give a crap

it doesn't bother me at all.. my main viewing monitor is still the middle one. the side monitors just for helping me to see more. by the way.. this is why i pick the 225bw monitor it's edge is pretty narrow for a 22" just finished playing some L4D2 today it really does take some time to get used to.. as in the beginning. other then WOW..i also felt abit dizy but now. after 2 hours of gaming, i start getting used to. as i...

What's the best drivers for an ATI X850XT AGP card? I'm building an old system for a friend.

...ot just like annoying bezels in you FOV while playing FPS games.

Quote: Originally Posted by FoodStampz Not many people game at that resolution though so really it's kind of useless to point that out. 1080p I can see just not 2560x1600. Don't be silly, everyone has a 30" 2560x1600 monitor these days, and more to the point, they all use 8xMSAA regardless of the performance hit! It's a perfectly valid example.

I spent several hours today playing Arkham Asylum in 2-screen Eyefinity (with 2x SS AA -- eat that NV! ). I know dualscreen is far from ideal, but it actually works out okay in Arkham Asylum, since the perspective is usually off-center. The screen space of 2 24" monitors is actually a little bit wider than my 46" TV, but the bump in resolution is what really makes it awesome. When I get my 3rd monitor, I'll be running...

Quote: Originally Posted by Kaotika Actually IIRC only those which used weaker components than reference actually died to that, though, but at least it was fixed so that unless you intentionally wanted to kill your hardware, just running furmark wouldn't do it anymore You don't recall correctly, it was reference hardware that failed and cards like the HIS models with better default cooling and better quality mosfets that...

Quote: Originally Posted by Kaotika if you mean WoW as in the picture earlier in the thread - why not? it's a lot more convenient for fast access to other apps while playing, not interrupting the gameplay at all Was just curious, the one time I ran it in windowed mode (I think over a year ago) it ran like balls!