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 Post subject: I think I'm gonna get a 27" Catleap monitor and another 7850
PostPosted: Thu May 17, 2012 5:30 pm 
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I've been reading about these awesome $300 27" 1440p monitors that you can have shipped from Korea and I've decided I want one. I'm gonna upgrade to a bigger computer armoire and get another 7850 so I can drive it properly.

I might have to wait a bit but definitely I'm going to do this within the next 6-8 months.

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How do you guys think my 7850 will do at 1440p resolution?


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 Post subject: Re: I think I'm gonna get a 27" Catleap monitor and another 7850
PostPosted: Thu May 17, 2012 5:35 pm 

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How do you go about getting one of these monitors?


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 Post subject: Re: I think I'm gonna get a 27" Catleap monitor and another 7850
PostPosted: Thu May 17, 2012 5:38 pm 
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tviceman wrote:
How do you go about getting one of these monitors?

Ebay. They're apparently panels that don't quite make the grade for Apple to sell as $1000+ displays. They are rated "A-". Most people seem to get them with no dead pixels and excellent image quality.

I want one. :)

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I'm in for one just waiting for a viable upgrade for my GTX 570



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PostPosted: Thu May 17, 2012 8:33 pm 
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Nsavop wrote:
I'm in for one just waiting for a viable upgrade for my GTX 570

Why not get another GTX 570 for SLI? I've seen them for $230 lately.


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SickBeast wrote:
Why not get another GTX 570 for SLI? I've seen them for $230 lately.

I've thought about it but I'm hesitant about the limited vram at that resolution.



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I wish you luck SickBeast! I would not do it myself.

Sell that 7850 and put it towards a 670. Hold off on the monitor.



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Nsavop wrote:
SickBeast wrote:
Why not get another GTX 570 for SLI? I've seen them for $230 lately.

I've thought about it but I'm hesitant about the limited vram at that resolution.

Yeah you're right. Hmm. Driving 1440p would take a pretty serious card I would think, otherwise you're going to be sacrificing framerate for resolution.


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CorCentral wrote:
I wish you luck SickBeast! I would not do it myself.

Sell that 7850 and put it towards a 670. Hold off on the monitor.

Nah, I'm a pretty casual gamer. I think I could live with a single 7850 at 1440p for the time being. I would just turn the settings down some until I could go crossfire if they can ever get the drivers right.


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Nsavop wrote:
SickBeast wrote:
Why not get another GTX 570 for SLI? I've seen them for $230 lately.

I've thought about it but I'm hesitant about the limited vram at that resolution.

i have used a single GTX 570 to play on 2560x1600 and it is not that serious of an issue (to me). Perhaps if you like tons of AA or mod Skyrim to the max.
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I think I could live with a single 7850 at 1440p for the time being. I would just turn the settings down some until I could go crossfire if they can ever get the drivers right.

Probably. Especially overclocked like yours is. Hopefully AMD will fix their drivers (soon). i hope Adam's experience at the other forum is not typical.

Are there lots of complaints about 78x0 CF?
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