eva2000

It's a quieter hummming noise compared to 4870x2. I had 100% fan speed set for those temps for 2 cards so far, as testing in xp first.

cowie

sry for ot
i tried all the skins the guys were making/shareing for the contest some are pretty cool. the"kompact" skin i used about a month ago but it was buggy for me then..... i will try it again thuo.

eva2000

cowie what bugs were you having ???

cowie

at the time some settings were screwy,like did not reset when asked, things miss alined just little things.
clocking and fan control were fine thuo
i have what i call the stone skin right now from crowTrobot


theres some cool ones they got brewing

http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=308800

eva2000

Sweet skin there too but too big for my liking

Oh cowie one thread for you http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1470952

cowie

oh thanks
zalbar from xs just said the 5850's will only work with other 5850's
so i hope i can cancel my order and get a 5870

eva2000

Interesting but still there won't be any shorter of buyers of your HD5850 at that newegg price hehe

cowie

i odered last night at 11pm(edst)and just got the cancel confirmation email
they do have a xfx 5870 in stock so.....


edit
ok i got this one coming then

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814150443
i hope i can still add volts to the 59 with software