morpheas768

In response to post #29807115. #29813455, #29854220, #29860320, #29873390, #29897050, #29899795 are all replies on the same post. @Dark0ne: Yes, because advancing through entire civilizations and technologies = the same as a web-redesign of a site. /sarcasm This little phrase of the Ages can be used to justify any sort of change, be it small or massive. But in any case, this analogy of yours is very very poor. Mostly because the "innovations" that you are implying are not true innovations, its things that have already been done by other websites, and the technology that you mentioned is already tried and tested. Also, the Dark Ages were horrible times that humanity wishes it never happened since it brought us back in the past, for a while, it did not move us forward. P.S. Not trying to bash on you guys, its just that this analogy is very poor indeed.

Here's the thing: Most people dont like change, especially when it comes to big changes happening fast, and on things that they are well used to/accustomed to. This is why Google/YouTube introduce their little changes one at a time. Of course YT has gone through some major changes in the past, they generally follow this little rule. Now, having said that, I am obliged to say that I hate all sorts of change, and in this case even more, since Nexus has one of the best, coziest, user-friendly UI's I've ever seen. Seriously, visiting your website is a delight, and the ads arent very bad, compared to other sites. The color scheme is great and fits each game nicely, and the buttons for all important functions are clearly visible and good looking. What I'm trying to say is, you dont need a redesign from an UI perspective, but since you are aiming for one, please at least try to keep things looking (visually) similar to what you have right now. And if you are going to introduce major changes to how the sites look, then do them one step at a time, making sure us change-haters sort of ease into it. Thank you.

I've never heard that rumor, but I can tell you for sure that my GTX 560 ti doesnt have such an issue, and works flawlessly so far, after nearly six months of intense usage. I find this highly unlikely to happen, especially for such a premium model from Asus (DirectCU products are always top of the line, comparing to other products from Asus). The smaller card is my GTX 560, and the bigger one is a GTX 570, both "wearing" the DCU II cooler from Asus: DCUII -------------------------------- These 2 are the 6950 and 6970 "sisters" with the same cooler from Asus: http://www.pureoverclock.com/images/review/video_cards/asus_69506970d2/asus_69506970d2_5.jpg See the metal plate covering part of the left side of the black metal part of the cooler? Its for preventing the issue you mentioned from happening, aka the cooler will never fall off, because its held in place by that metal part. Here's one more pic: 6970 Lastly, the cooler itself (not the black part, but the aluminum which does the actual cooling, sitting on top of the GPU), is held in place by 4 big screws that go all the way to the back of the card, which basically makes it impossible for the cooler to even move from its place: http://img651.imageshack.us/img651/122/asushd6950dcuiigraphics.jpg The black part of the cooler is screwed to the aluminum part, as far as I know, but that cant fall of due to the "nickel" metal holding the whole thing in its place. Anyways, if I were you, I would get the Asus product, but then again I'm saying this because I already have my good ol' 560, and its one of the best cards I ever owned yet. So yeah, its up to you :P P.S. Review, if you're interested: 6970 2

1st of all, your CPU is definitely a bottleneck. I recommend upgrading to a Sandy Bridge system (i5 2xxx, i7 2xxx), considering that Skyrim is quite CPU heavy, but not so heavy on the GPU part. Tools like SkyBoost and TESV Acceleration Layer really help a lot, depending on how strong your CPU is. Skyrim unfortunately is both CPU-limited, AND doesnt fully utilize all of the CPU cores if you've got a quad core. Your 5850 is just fine, the only thing holding it back is the VRam maybe. I recommend using tools like GPU-Z or AMD system monitor to check VRam and GPU usage. If you notice your Vram going all the way up to 1024 (I've seen that happen many times on my GF GTX 560 ti card), then 2 GB would help a little. As for the 6970, if you can find it at a good price, then get it, otherwise you could try getting a 6950 2 GB and hack-update it to a 6970 through BIOS update, although this is really advanced stuff, and you'd do that at your own risk. Asus or Gigabyte, it doesnt really matter, since 10 or 20 MHZ in OC doesnt make any difference in game. Just look for the best price, a trusty shop to buy from, and best cooling available. Btw my Asus GTX 560 ti, which has a smaller cooling system than the 6970 you're talking about, but its still the same type of cooler from asus, branded DirectCU II, is a pretty cool card literally, I've never seen it go above 50 degrees Celcius in game, using the stock OC settings. Just saying. As for the stuttering, I've read in many forums that quite a lot of AMD gfx card users experience this, and is unrelated to performance, but is known as a driver issue. AMD has been really slow at fixing these various issues in specific games the past few months comparing to Nvidia, so a driver update may or may not fix this issue. Basically, if you can afford it, I would suggest going for a Sandy Bridge system, otherwise you could get the 6970, its up to you (or your wallet, lol). Good luck, and happy SHOUTING! :biggrin: