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Not sure. Haven't ordered it yet. Funds are low at the moment.

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I had low funds and then the old PC blew up so we couldn't use the laptop and needed a new one. Parents chipped in $500 and voila, the beast is born. I would do anything to build it again, they are so much fun.

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I'm not so lucky. My laptop had a 3 year warranty.

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don't like warranty's when they stop you getting a new piece of hardware.

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Are you guys telling me you run FSX on a laptop? I had never considered that. The distance between the back plate and the housing is a little over 28 CMs or if you are old like me 11 inches.


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I just read the article re flashing the Bios on a 6950 to a 6970, is this a straight forward thing to do, will overheating become an issue, it sounds straight forward when you read the article, but it worries me that you are messing with what I consider some serious money £200 to get it wrong would leave me in the dog house with the rest of the family having screwed up their PC


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Remember it's the exact same card, just on is "locked". If you're worried, get a 6950 similar to the 6970 I posted with a massive cooler and multiple fans. And I'll go check the dimensions it the card now

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DirectCU ii FTW. I did a stress test with the fluffy doughnut with my GPU at 850MHz, without the fan even trying (18%), it never went over 50 degrees.

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Di, Do you never sleep! I have done that it is 27.9 cms so it looks like it will fit. I think I am going for the 6950, run it and see what frames I get and then when I want more flash the BIOS, sounds easy when you say it quickly!


Dave Boreham

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Haha yes! I just woke up haha. Okay. I'd look for the Asus DirectCU II version for the 6950 too.

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That's the one.

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@flabberjabber Hello Dad! You can have the old Scan PC back if that helps - we're not using it any more! I don't know weather you could 'nick' stuff from the Packard Bell box and put it into the other PC - might put fewer limits on what components you can upgrade to get your system running FSX working more smoothly? I can bring it over this weekend if you like? :) Jamie

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