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Bothersome · 03-14-12, 01:42 AM

Well, it all got a good chuckle out of me.

Glad you're happy with it. I run my 2 GTX 470 cards in SLI for everything 3D.

I've got my setting turned up to max also, Now, all you need is some mods to make use of all the capabilities that card can crunch.

Real Environment is the prettiest. But Dynamic Environment will make just about any card heat up. NVidia uses variable speed fans on their good cards. So if you want to hear that hair dryer blowing... Put on DE.

DE makes the view distance further out. And other things too I suppose. Drawing a million waves to glitter off the sunlight is gonna create some heat.

My two cards ran so hot, I had to add active cooling to my system.

03-14-12, 01:42 AM	#3
Bothersome Planesman Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 194 Downloads: 64 Uploads: 0	Well, it all got a good chuckle out of me. Glad you're happy with it. I run my 2 GTX 470 cards in SLI for everything 3D. I've got my setting turned up to max also, Now, all you need is some mods to make use of all the capabilities that card can crunch. Real Environment is the prettiest. But Dynamic Environment will make just about any card heat up. NVidia uses variable speed fans on their good cards. So if you want to hear that hair dryer blowing... Put on DE. DE makes the view distance further out. And other things too I suppose. Drawing a million waves to glitter off the sunlight is gonna create some heat. My two cards ran so hot, I had to add active cooling to my system.