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#1 underdark944
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So then, the best would be the Gigabyte one, it has a core clock of 900 mhz compared to the MSI's 870 mhz. Keep in mind I'm not an overclocker, I've never done it before and I very much doubt I would do it on this card. It also has better reviews.

Which one would you choose?

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The core clock on that Gigabyte is 830 mhz compared to the MSI's (not the TI) 870 mhz. Does that change much?

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#3 underdark944
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Humm the amount of people that had to RMA this card is kinda scary...

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#4 underdark944
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Hello good folks, please tell me which one to pick, take note they are both the exact same prize:

GIGABYTE Super Overclock Series GV-N56GSO-1GI GeForce GTX 560 (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125390

MSI N560GTX Twin Frozr II/OC GeForce GTX 560 (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127593

I just found out today my GTX 260 doesn't cut it anymore. Even my i7-2600k and 8GB of DDR3 Ram, the BF3 Beta is really choppy. It says I have around 25 to 35 fps on medium but it's laggy. This card seems pretty cheap, especially since I was planning on getting Arkham City...

Thanks!

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#5 underdark944
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Well since yesterday it started to crash alot more regularly. When I'm away, when I'm playing, when I'm surfing, it's much more frequent than before. I have bought this: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139021&cm_sp=Cat_Power_Supplies-_-Best_Sellers-_-17-139-021

I hope it will fix my problems.

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#6 underdark944
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Well, after 5 days, my computer froze while I was away on the Xbox. So I guess I should get a new power supply?

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#7 underdark944
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Ok I have now updated my BIOS via the Asus EZ Flash utility. It was done successfully, now it remains to be seen if the problem is fixed. If it crashes again in a few days, I guess the only option left will be to get a new PSU.

Thank you all!

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#8 underdark944
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Ok Memtest86 was passed without any errors. I will now try to flash the BIOS.

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#9 underdark944
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I'm still looking for the USB key of mine so I can check Memtest and the BIOS. As for the PSU, I had thought this might be the problem before but what perplexes me is that those crashes don't happen in power extensive moments. Most of the time, it happens while I'm away from the PC or simply browsing the web. It has crashed only once or twice while playing games in about 3 months.

Is there any way to be sure of a faulty PSU?

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#10 underdark944
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Ok, I have ran HD Tune, if it works like I think it does (no test to start right? it check automatically by itself?), in the Health tab, everything is ok, it says "health status: ok".