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Title: New Set-up
Post by: ebfd11 on April 29, 2013, 07:10:48 PM
Well after a couple of weeks i finally got my new rig up and running.. ( I hate real world priorities)

My Current setup now is ALL AMD, yes Nvidea boys I changed products..

CPU AMD FX 8350 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113284&Tpk=AMD%20FX%208350&IsVirtualParent=1

ASUS Sabertooth MB http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131877

Dual HIS 7850 ICEQ Vid cards http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161406

(http://www.mediafire.com/convkey/d331/w4pidbg3bhi9ncb6g.jpg) (http://www.mediafire.com/view/?w4pidbg3bhi9ncb)

Hoping it runs as good as it looks..

Will post more as I learn this beast..

LawnDart
Title: Re: New Set-up
Post by: ebfd11 on April 29, 2013, 10:26:25 PM
OK quick question for the AMD people..

I cant get the picture to show up fully in my monitor, it says 1920 X 1080 but the picture does not stretch to the full amount of the screen. I have a black border.

LawnDart
Title: Re: New Set-up
Post by: ebfd11 on April 29, 2013, 10:38:55 PM
Disregard I figured it out...

LawnDart
Title: Re: New Set-up
Post by: Debrody on April 30, 2013, 03:35:23 AM
Looks nice  :aok

But if i might ask some questions, why you have changed the dual 570s? Is this config noteably better than the old one (except the lower consumption)?
Title: Re: New Set-up
Post by: The Fugitive on April 30, 2013, 04:50:36 PM
Quote from: ebfd11 on April 29, 2013, 10:26:25 PM
OK quick question for the AMD people..

I cant get the picture to show up fully in my monitor, it says 1920 X 1080 but the picture does not stretch to the full amount of the screen. I have a black border.

LawnDart

Could you post how you fixed it? I seem to remember someone else having this issue and I never saw a solution.
Title: Re: New Set-up
Post by: guncrasher on April 30, 2013, 05:15:08 PM
some monitors nneed to be in "pc mode".  set it up manually in the monitor itself.


semp
Title: Re: New Set-up
Post by: Ack-Ack on April 30, 2013, 07:24:13 PM
Quote from: ebfd11 on April 29, 2013, 10:38:55 PM
Disregard I figured it out...

LawnDart


Did you fix it by setting the aspect ratio to 16:9?

ack-ack
Title: Re: New Set-up
Post by: expat on May 02, 2013, 04:51:23 AM
Just built a pc with same mobo/cpu combo , i only have 2 x 7850 1mb cards .Game runs a treat , i got the H100i cooler system thats very impressive as well, very quiet and temps are low .
Very happy with AMD .
Title: Re: New Set-up
Post by: ebfd11 on May 02, 2013, 07:14:40 PM
Quote from: The Fugitive on April 30, 2013, 04:50:36 PM
Could you post how you fixed it? I seem to remember someone else having this issue and I never saw a solution.

Under the AMD CCC you go into Start then Desktop and Displays then Properties and look for a Scaling option .. you click on this and expand your monitor to the bezels..

If you are running triple monitors like myself you need to do that with each monitor seperatly before you set up eye finity (or thats what I had to do)

Pro's so far as to what I have seen with this..

1. The overall quality of the game seems faster to me and I am able to hold a steady 60 fps even with the shadows and updating on, my slider is at mid range.

2. With my expreience using NVidea I find it strange to have anti aliasing on full and have a smooth edge on the planes..

3. lower Power consumption on my vid cards and CPU.

Cons (just on the video card side)

1 setting up the eyefinity is a serious PITA you have to have a dedicated monitor running off the DP and the other 2 can run off the HDMI and DVI connectors.

2. As stated above the setup of the monitors to fill the screen is a serious PITA. (of course they may be an easier way to do it, but i have yet to find an answer.)


What I might experiment with is to try the setup with my dual 570's and see if I can produce the same video settings.

Till then ..

LD  :bolt:

PS now I have to buy a new headset.. I am looking at one of these..

http://www.astrogaming.com/a40-headset-astro-edition