Finallygot me new GPU :)

Went with Asus Strix GTX 970, for around 360€. Not exactly cheap, but still somewhat reasonable.

http://www.3dmark.com/compare/fs/2201119/fs/5219358 - Fire strike benchmark for old vs new.

Now let's pay small respects for old GPU which served for 4.5 years.

Bonus added!

9 years ago*

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what are physics test/ score?

9 years ago
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CPU test. Not sure why it's worse, but nothing major.

9 years ago
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Nice, I really need a new one aswell. Or rather, a whole new rig. I'm saving money for it at the moment and I hope I can afford a new one soon. Also, some of your letters seem to be broken.

9 years ago
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Weird, seems to work as excepted on my computer :/

9 years ago
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Dis gun b gud :>

9 years ago
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Someone's stalking me. Help.

9 years ago
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Gz, the 970 is a pretty nice card. i have the MSI 970 G1 Gaming.

9 years ago
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MSI 970 G1 was one of my choices too, but it cost 35€ more, so choice was easy.

9 years ago
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Awesome choice, and a very nice upgrade! Got an EVGA GTX 970 SC ACX 2.0 myself. :)

Previous card was an ASUS GTX 750 Ti, and the one before that was an ASUS HD 6870.

9 years ago
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Is the GTX 750 Ti as good as they say? I'm looking into getting one soon.

9 years ago
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and im here playin cs go on ati hd 3850:D

9 years ago
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Something's not right here with the puzzle... links are... well... |33t $p34k

9 years ago
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9 years ago
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That's not what they are.
Still can't get to the end of it though, but I feel so close

9 years ago
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I know.. I feel like I have all the ingredients but how to make it work :-)

9 years ago
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gratz man :D Well I guess my 280x is not bad yet.. 10k graphic score with the factory OC..

9 years ago
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Congrats man!
:D

9 years ago
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Nice, i'm saving for a new rig when skylake gets released.

9 years ago
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i give up on puzzle. Please post solution after g/a is over.
I suspect it somehow leads to comment on g/a page with /go/XXXXXXX

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I will.
That's not it

9 years ago
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oh, that was what I was trying to find too. I hope I am at least right about what these GAs code in the main post are

9 years ago
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http://i.imgur.com/6xy5aj2.png ;)

Edit: Well hidden, oh well.

9 years ago
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Formatting as `code` can hide it http://i.imgur.com/6xy5aj2.png

9 years ago*
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I can't get the link to work either. :V

9 years ago
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same :c

9 years ago
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ARRRRGHHHHHHHHHHHH
can I know answer of the puzzle If I don't enter g/a ?

9 years ago
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I will post answer once giveaway closes :)

9 years ago
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maan, I gotta go soon, how many hours do we have to crack it?

9 years ago
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25h-ish.

9 years ago
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good :)

9 years ago
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Also [in theory] there's no need to crack anything. It should be doable with few tries.

9 years ago
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then, maybe, I'm making it more difficult than it really is.. I'll think about it later.. ^_^

9 years ago
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I have a HD6870 like you used to, and I'd like to upgrade before the end of this year. It's getting to the point where it can't even run new games at all.
So, with a GTX 970, can you get 60FPS on any game (except poorly optimised ones) with maxed settings @ 1080p ?

9 years ago
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Haven't had time to test many games but, not really, many games have some very demanding stuff, that destroys performance.

If you want max everything always, you'd be looking at those top end stuff (980 Ti etc.), but I don't think max settings are worth chasing.
I'll rather upgrade again sooner. (I said same when getting HD6870 tho)

9 years ago
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Easily. My 7950 was still doing it and 970 is significantly more powerful.

9 years ago
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OK I tried everything I could think off with the puzzle.. gonna take a break.. have fun with your new GPU! :-D

9 years ago
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I don't have a gpu. Yet. I should buy one. I'm not going to spend any reasonable price. Reasonable prices are too high for me :( Congrats and enjoy ^^

9 years ago
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Yeah...something here isnt working...i give up trying.
Post solution at end pls.

9 years ago
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Congrats on your new gpu! :D

I've received my new gpu as well today :3 it's pretty °3°

9 years ago
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I've already posted a picture :p

9 years ago
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Nice! :D

9 years ago
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Haven't been able to solve this one yet, but I did manage to find a 2 year old giveaway with one of my methods... ^^

9 years ago
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haha yes I found that one as well! :-D

9 years ago
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What about the Ended 6 months ago giveaway?

9 years ago
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That one I didn't find. I'm guessing I'd have to bend over backwards to get to it?

9 years ago
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Congrats. I went from an AMD 5870 to a GTX 980 with a gsync monitor last year.
I really did need the upgrade. Hope you enjoy it.

9 years ago
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Is a gsync monitor worth it?

9 years ago
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Yep. Gsync is awesome. I can now finally play my games in border less fullscreen mode at same speed as full screen mode. Previously there were noticable stutters. And of course I get to leave gsync off which makes things a lot smoother in any mode.

9 years ago
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Mine is still a Radeon 4670... Mobility! But soon I'll be modern! I guess...

9 years ago
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Rewarding puzzle. I thought I was missing one thing, but after trying 1116 combinations, now I know better.

9 years ago
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Did you solve it?

9 years ago
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No. Know better = I am missing more than one thing, and probably this is how it is going to stay.

9 years ago
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Don't lie yourself

9 years ago
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I had the y,Q,I,S and no idea about the 5th letter (still would not, I do not have the game). So I brute forced every possible yQIS?, yQ?IS, ?yQIS variants, then tried with QySI?, Qy?SI, ?QySI, then swapped S and Q for all, because what if I was wrong about their order. Trying to mix the order inside the two pairs did not really come as a natural idea. Also while I automated the generation and tab opening process pretty well, I still glanced at every one of them.

9 years ago
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Nice! I'll probably go with R9 390(X) myself :)

9 years ago
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390 seems nice for 4K, but I'm not planning on that any time soon.

9 years ago
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390 is not really good for 4k actually. There is no card out there that would convince me it's enough for 4k. It's probably good for 1400p I think. at 4k you might be hard pressed to maintain 60fps in a lot of modern games, let alone higher FPS.

9 years ago
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Damn nice card. Really am glad I got my 980 for cheap since a 970 comes pretty close to it I'd have felt ripped off otherwise. Your CPU being better helps a lot too. Wish I wouldn't have to change mobos to upgrade, but I'm fine with what I have for now.

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I wonder if I made this too challenging.

And I was planning on additional steps, because I thought it would be too easy :|

9 years ago
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I need the explanation :/

9 years ago
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you bruteforce solved it? :-P

9 years ago
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What? Someone solved it? Tempete?

9 years ago
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I don't know.. I saw a second comment on the giveaway so I figured it was you ;-)

9 years ago
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I bet he's just making comments by himself to make it look like someone's cracked it to make it even more infuriating!

9 years ago
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Do you think I would be that evil?

9 years ago
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Sorry for lying... I was in a joking mood yesterday.

9 years ago
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I haven't been trying for hours. I didn't find any old giveaways like you guys, so I guess I was going down the wrong path anyway. I'll just come back tomorrow to see the solution and get angry at myself.

9 years ago
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Don't lie yourself

9 years ago
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I'd say old giveaways are more likely "wrong path".

9 years ago
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Do you mean they were wrong to look for a giveaway code ?

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No, but if you're doing it right way, there shouldn't be need for large amounts of bruteforcing.

9 years ago
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Congrats! I went from an Asus G73 to Asus G751JY this year :)

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