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Work Tax, SHIELD CO, and more!
Jefferson Locke
Sometimes, there are moments that can define who a party is and where they are going. But more on that in a minute, I promise.
Last month, our goal was to set our party up for the future, making it easier for us to help new players and for future Party Presidents. One of the main ways in which we sought to do that was the Fed Treasury, which has been a huge success.
The treasury is doing extremely well, and shows no signs of slowing down under the Leadership of Mazzy Cat and the generosity of Feds and non Feds alike. I want to personally thank everyone that has donated their money to us, which allows us to set up programs that help new players, many of the programs helping non feds as well.
We have even more programs in the works, but for now I can only say that they will be awesome, and we will have updates on them very soon.
We saw some great former members come back to the party because of our thriving community. Our forums are more active now than they have been in a year, and our leadership team is very excited about that. One of the great ways to judge the work of not only a PP but those that serve in the cabinet is the activity for the month.
Our cabinet has seen some changes this month, with BamaBettie moving into leadership as the head of FedEx, our way to keep party members informed. Bama is the epitome of what we are about, which is promoting members from within based off of their work and enthuiasm rather than their name recognition.
She is a newer member of the party that came in and showed her awesomeness by being active on the forum and great with other players. In just a month, she became a key member of the fun zone team, and now has her own dept. It is this type of opportunity that truly sets us apart.
We also have some other newer players making waves, and we will touch on that right about now:
As for those moments that define a party and shape its future, we've had TWO of them in the past week. I'm very proud of the way that we have responded. The first is SHIELD.
BigC is having some computer problems, and thus cannot be as active as he would like for a little while. He messaged me telling me that and that he believes that this is too important of a time for SHIELD to have a CO that cannot be as active as he would like to be.
So first things first: This is why I love BigC. He is a man that not only knows his limits, but that will put his MU, Party, and Country above himself. He did a lot in his short time as CO of SHIELD, and we should all be forever grateful for EVERYTHING that he has done for our MU and party. He truly is someone that we should all aspire to be.
We set off to find a replacement for BigC, and there was some criteria that I had. The first was stability. We have gone through our fair share of CO's in SHIELD, and I think that it's time to find a long term solution. I also wanted someone that knows the MU, is highly active, and that can increase the visibility of the MU.
We put together a list of people that we could talk to, but one person to me stood out on that list: WookyJack, the current XO. WookyJack is someone that recently returned to the game and joined the Federalist Party, and has been one of our most active members since day one. He is a media superstar, making our media the best in the game. He has worked under BigC as XO for a short while, and has done an outstanding job.
WookyJack is the new CO of the Federalist MU, SHIELD. The only issue was that he is still a little bit of a newer person. That however is not a big concern, because he excels at literally EVERYTHING that he does. And luckily for us, we have the perfect person to help him through the early stages of his new venture: CrashThompson, who also serves as our retention director and is someone that has always been an instrumental part of the MU and party. Crash is one of the finest members that the Feds and SHIELD have, and he has always been one of the hardest working people in the party. Simply put, the Feds wouldn't be the Feds without Crash.
The SHIELD MU is in great hands with Wooky as CO and Crash helping him for a little while. I'll let Wooky tell what his plans are, but I look forward to working with him. The future is bright in our MU with Wooky at the helm.
The other, of course, is the work tax debate in Congress.
In case you missed it, you can see the whole thing unfold in the eusaforums here:http://eusaforums.com/forum/index.php/topic,31532.0.html. David Wilson also posted an excellent article here: http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/-congress-working-on-the-work-tax--2400874/1/20
Our party is clearly for the reduction of the work tax to 8%. Us along with BSP stood united in our call for a lower work tax, as we believe that it will help out citizens in this nation and this nations Private Mu's. The 8% number is a percentage that will allow us to maintain our current budget and put money back for SCI spending, thus ensuring that we do not deficit spend.
I believe that this coming Congressional election will be a test of the support for lower taxes from you, the citizens of the United States. If you want your work tax lowered, there is a great way to accomplish this: Vote for the parties that supported your vision. Vote for the parties that want the same thing you do, a lower, fair, responsible work tax. We as a party will continue the fight on this issue, but we need your help, no matter which party you are from.
If you believe that the work tax is an issue that should discussed, simply put, you know which parties are on your side.
Feds, make sure that you sign up for Congress in game and on our application here:
Together we're invincible,
Jefferson Locke
\o/ For Wooky....! 😃 The money Keeper 😃 hahahah !! Congratz mate! 😃
i will be next xD
Big C is a class act. He was great in EZC.
Big Shoes for Wooky to fill.
You should be raising taxes to keep those pesky Canadian from disrupting your bonuses. If you lower taxes I doubt you will even be able to keep your original regions.
Good luck, WJ. Feds + SHIELD are becoming forces to be reckoned with, I reckon. IT'S THE RECKONING.
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I reckon its the reckoning of reckonings!
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Lower taxes would be appreciated, by this guy. I like to do the fighting, myself.
Good article.
The Feds should be proud for having taken a stand, along with Black Sheep.
I said something similar in my article; http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/2401522/1/20
"Remember, America... elections can change things. Congress elections are coming up soon, and it's important to see how people stand on the issues. Two of the top five parties stood up for you and I and our private military units in the recent attempt to lower the work tax, but three still are holding the majority and the status quo. If you can't change a Congressman's mind in your party... maybe it's time to vote for another party."
Also, congratulations to Wookyjack!
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Normandale Community College received equipment for its Engineering program that will support education and workplace training for high-demand occupations through state appropriation, and private funding from Donaldson Company and the Normandale Foundation. Through state appropriation and private funding, the Engineering Department received computerized numeric control (CNC) equipment, a 3D scanner and printer, laser engraver and cutter, and an exhaust system for its Fabrication Laboratory. Overall, the cost of the equipment was $62,563. The Legislative Leveraged Equipment Fund, which the state appropriated for 15 different schools in the MnSCU system, provided $29,291 toward the purchase of the equipment. The contributions of $33,272 from the Donaldson Foundation and the Normandale Foundation combined with the state appropriation allowed the college to receive this state of the art equipment. "Normandale consistently strives to provide resources for our students that will directly translate into valuable workforce experiences," said Normandale Community College President Joe Opatz. "I would like to thank Governor Mark Dayton, the legislature, Donaldson Foundation and Normandale's Foundation for providing the resources to enhance the education of our engineering students, the Twin Cities Engineering program and the middle school students who attend our summer STEM camps. Through their generosity, we will have the quality equipment to educate successful engineers of the future at a high level in the Twin Cities." The equipment allows for greater educational opportunities and access for a variety of engineering students that attend Normandale during the year. This includes Normandale's engineering students, the Twin Cities Engineering program and middle school girls who annually attend the college's summer STEM camp to increase their knowledge. "Normandale Community College and their programs align well with our Foundation's mission of supporting education," said Jessica Exley, President of the Donaldson Foundation. "We applaud Normandale's commitment to expanding their quality STEM-based curriculum. Having advanced equipment and superior learning experiences are necessary to effectively prepare the next generation of innovators to work at technical companies such as Donaldson."
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AHRQ toolkit helps to prevent hospital-acquired pressure ulcers
Research Activities, July 2011, No. 371
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's new Web-based resource can assist hospital staff in implementing effective pressure-ulcer prevention practices through an interdisciplinary approach to care.
Preventing Pressure Ulcers in Hospitals: A Toolkit for Improving Quality of Care, provides links to tools that outline a step-by-step hospital-based initiative to target interventions in those areas where patient care processes have shown the most risks to patient skin integrity. Pressure ulcers acquired during acute care hospital stays present significant treatment and recovery delays for patients. Hospitals can tailor the toolkit to meet their needs to implement new strategies and to track, record, and assess progress in pressure-ulcer management.
According to AHRQ's Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project, the costs for adults in U.S. hospitals treated for pressure ulcers developed prior to admission or hospital-acquired is more than $11 billion dollars a year. The Pressure Ulcer Toolkit is included as a resource in the new Partnership for Patients, a public-private program to improve patient safety.


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A pair of former Vacaville High School wrestlers will compete in the NAIA National championships in two weeks after solid showings in the NAIA North Regional tournament last weekend.
Both Tyler Johnson and Kevin Keisler qualified as part of the Dickinson State (N.D.) team that won the North Region at Midland University in Fremont, Neb.
Johnson, a sophomore, captured the regional title at 157 pounds. Keisler, a senior, finished third at 197.
Both advanced to the national meet, which begins March 1 at Jacobson Exhibition Center in Des Moines, Iowa.
Johnson has an overall season record of 17-6. Keisler is 23-10.
Also on the Dickinson State squad is Jesse Hellinger of Winters. Hellinger advanced by placing second at 194 pounds in the regional event.


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A self-taught fine-art photographer and photojournalist, Chesler founded the Cameras For Kids Foundation (CFKF) in 2009—a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the plight of underprivileged teens. Her program is now available in New York, Atlanta, Los Angeles and in many Florida locations where CFKF is based. The Foundation uses cameras to awaken and develop the artistic expression of participants, while at the same time heightening their social awareness, self-esteem and confidence.
Chesler, who in the past has volunteered at a number of orphanages in South Africa, explains the program involves weekly workshops and assignments. The curriculum not only teaches basic concepts of art and photography, but also helps students develop a strong artistic eye and a new way of perceiving the world around them. In addition to f/stops and shutter speeds, "the sessions address visualization, selective focus, creative composition, and solid basic concepts of art and photography," Chesler says.
I encourage everyone to visit the CFKF website at www.camerasforkidsfoundation.org where you'll discover an inspiring gallery of the kids' work as well as a better appreciation for the power of photography. You may even decide to get involved!
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I really love your site and thank you for always giving us an updates.
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Facebook vs LinkedIn ~ Who is your Sugar Daddy?
It is not often I share infographs that have been published by the original source but this one captured my attention for a second glance while doing some new research. I have always professed that LinkedIn offers significantly more value to your career than Facebook. Well here is a great reminder of how much of significance LinkedIn is above Facebook – by the numbers.
As you review notice the top half of the graph demonstrates more users, connections, and time spent on Facebook over LinkedIn. But that is as far Facebook can brag. When you dig deeper into those numbers notice the bottom half of the graph breaks down by the age groups, education, and household income.
- On Facebook there are more people under the age of 25 than on LinkedIn. However, those younger users on Facebook are not influencers, job-creators, or decision makers that can hire or buy from you like LinkedIn members can!
- On LinkedIn the ratio of highly educated people is higher than the members on Facebook. I suspect that's because the ratio of Facebook users do not attend college or fail to graduate because they waist an average of 15:30 (min:sec) a day more than LinkedIn users.
- And to top it off, LinkedIn members earn more money than Facebook members. That's because LinkedIn has highly educated members over the age of 25 who earn more income than…well you know who.
See below, the numbers speak for themselves.
Now who's your Sugar Daddy?
Source: OnlineCollege.org
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The United National Party has requested for the 17th amendment and the right to information act to be added to the road map for implementing the recommendations of the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission.
UNP MP Lakshman Kiriella stated that this proposal will be submitted to parliament today.
Meanwhile, UNP MP Dayasiri Jayasekara raised a question regarding the Embilipitiya Paper Mill.
In response chief government whip Minister Dinesh Gunawardana replied to the question.
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Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara instructed his staff Monday to monitor radiation levels in the capital in the wake of the accidents at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant.
"We will do this immediately," Ishihara said. While experts have told the metro government the Tokyo area is not in danger of radioactive substances coming over from Fukushima, he decided to take this step to alleviate public concerns.
"Everyone, please feel relieved," he said, asking residents not to be influenced by groundless rumors and to stay calm. "Together with (other parts of the) metropolitan area, Tokyo would like to overcome this national crisis."
To assist the devastated Tohoku region, Ishihara also said the metro government will prepare at least ¥10 billion by tapping its ¥1 trillion in savings. "Since we are somehow economically well-off, we would like to repay (the) favor" of the region that has been providing electricity to Tokyo.
Meanwhile, the metro government said people are concerned that the unprecedented rationing of power by Tokyo Electric Power Co. will cause a massive upheaval in the capital in the coming days.
Among these is the Toei subway and bus operations, which may be cut back.
Water is available, although the metro government expects supplies to be cut off, reduced or become muddy in some areas. Sewerage systems will be operating on an emergency power supply, but the metro government said it might be difficult for the system to cope with the event of torrential rain.
Metro hospitals will be run by emergency generators and public welfare facilities will be maintained, where available, by changing their operating hours and using emergency power, the metro government said.
It also said the central wholesale markets will open, but that some operations may be suspended and road tunnel drainage systems will have to run on emergency power. Most street lights will be turned off.
Metro schools may be open when power is available. However, the metro government said that as of noon Monday, the freeze on public transportation prompted the closure of 160 metropolitan and 158 municipal schools.
Metropolitan sports facilities would be closed at night or for the whole day, the metro government said. It also said it was informing residents of public housing that their elevators may be grounded and water supplies cut off.
It also said it was having trouble gathering its officials because train services have been either reduced or suspended. Emergency power systems will meanwhile have trouble securing stable supply of fuel, it added.


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Practical Theology: Spiritual Direction from Saint Thomas Aquinas
Saint Thomas Aquinas has been admired throughout the ages for his philosophical brilliance and his theological sanity, but author and professor Peter Kreeft thinks the practical spiritual wisdom of Aquinas is just as amazing.
In Practical Theology, Kreeft brings together 358 useful, everyday insights from Aquinas' masterpiece the Summa Theologiae. He pairs these easily digestible quotes from the Summa with his own delightfully written commentary in order to answer the kinds of questions real people ask their spiritual directors. These 358 passages from the Summa have helped Kreeft in his own struggles to grow closer to the Lord. His practical, personal, and livable advice is the fruit of his labors to apply the insights of Aquinas to his own quest for sanctity, happiness, and union with God.
"Peter Kreeft's writings fall into the category of true genius, and this work, Practical Theology , may be his opus. Not only does Dr. Kreeft make Aquinas' thought more accessible, but he does so in what I believe to be Aquinas' most important gift to the Church, the revelation of truth illumining the path to union with God. If this path isn't quite clear to you, this is the book for you."
- Dan Burke, Executive Director, National Catholic Register
"A scintillating commentary on the deepest book by the greatest mind. Expert guide Peter Kreeft points out every foothold and crevice you need to scale Mount Summa, and feeds you plenty of oxygen along the way. Brimming with Kreeftian profundity and levity, this book scores a hat trick: it's informative, formative, and transformative."
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Communist rebels killed a security guard for an American-owned gold mining company in the southern Philippines on Thursday and took the weapons of three others, police said.
About 60 New People's Army guerrillas flagged down four motorcycle-riding guards on a remote mining road and seized three assault rifles and three radios from the group, police Chief Aaron Aquino of Compostela Valley province said.
Aquino said one of the guards working for Russell Mining & Minerals Inc. apparently resisted and was fatally shot.
The rebels fled after releasing the three others and were being pursued by soldiers, he said.
Private security guards are not authorized to carry assault rifles and police have repeatedly warned that such weapons attract rebels, Aquino said.
The rebels have warned that they will launch actions against mining and logging companies, accusing them of taking land from peasants and indigenous people, destroying the environment and not economically helping local people.
The insurgents have fought for a Marxist state for decades.
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Joan Osborne
Osborne's first major label release, Relish, stands as one of the top soul/rock albums of the '90s, on the strength of the single "One Of Us." This controversial track is her most memorable, but with her next two albums, Righteous Love and How Sweet It Is, she has also gained notoriety as one of the most raw and talented female singers in recent memory.
AppealFull lips, golden-brown hair and a rebellious nose ring catch our eye as we watch Osborne gyrate her hips on stage. It is hard to concentrate on her face when she continues to sway so seductively -- a movement uncommon among her reserved and low-key peers. For this, and a bright smile, Osborne gets our full attention.
SuccessThe release of Osborne's big market debut, 1995's Relish, took fans, the media and music charts by storm. Its biggest single, "One Of Us," was an instant radio hit, and stirred up controversy by addressing issues of religion and God in ways that were formally taboo.
When all was said and done, Relish had gone triple platinum and Osborne was a welcome new feminist face in the world of blues and soul. She was nominated for an incredible five Grammys, including Album of the Year, but, unfortunately, did not take home a single one.
Still, she rode the wave of popularity on consecutive Lilith Fair tours, which celebrated women in music, in 1997 and 1998. Osborne then took to more "backstage" work, involving herself with production, soundtracks and collaborations with such artists as Wyclef Jean and Stevie Wonder.
Since then, her career has not relived the fame initially predicted, but among critics and die-hard fans, the rerelease of old albums Soul Show and Blue Million Miles emphasized her incredible talents. Osborne is on the rise again after self-financing and getting Interscope Records to release Righteous Love in 2000, and Compendia Music Group to back her most recent effort, How Sweet It Is in 2002. This latest album showcases Osborne covering soul songs, yet another weapon in her musical arsenal.
Joan Osborne BiographyBorn to a modest, working class family in Anchorage, near Louisville, Kentucky on July 8th, 1963, Joan Elizabeth Osborne was not set on a career in music from the start. Excelling in school, her parents figured she would become a professional of some sort, despite displaying a taste for punk rock and musical theater as a teen.
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Thinking any sort of life as a musician was unrealistic and only a pipe dream, Osborne gravitated toward film instead. She spent a year and a half at the University of Louisville studying theater arts, after which she got involved in the Burt Reynolds Dinner Theater acting school in Florida. She finally settled in New York, studying at NYU's film school thanks to a small scholarship.
Fortunately for lovers of Osborne's music, a career in documentary film didn't pan out. She ran out of money while studying and felt lost; it took a while for her to find a comfort zone and in the end, music was the greatest arena in which to vent. On a dare by a friend one night, Osborne went up on the stage of an open mic club and performed Billie Holiday's "God Bless The Child." It awakened a deep passion for music and started the ball rolling on a wonderful career.
Osborne recruited a band and starting playing anywhere that would accept her blues and soul tunes. In 1992, she had earned enough money to start her own label, calling it Womanly Hips. That year, she also recorded and released 5,000 copies of Soul Show, a live album. Critics who got a hold of it enjoyed her raw voice, and encouraged her to do a three-track EP called Blue Million Miles and shop it around.
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Mercury Records were the ones to see something great in Osborne, and they signed her up. In 1995, she made her major-label debut with Relish. Album sales were slow-going until "One Of Us" was released, a New Age religious song dealing with open-ended questions about God.
Despite a societal split about the morals this song embraced, the single was absolutely huge and skyrocketed Osborne to fame. Rolling Stone put her on the cover of their magazine as Relish was on its way to selling three million units. The Grammys recognized her talent as well and nominated her for five awards, though she did not take home a single one.
On the heels of Relish, Osborne joined the Lilith Fair tour in 1997 and '98. She then reverted to producing an album for the Holmes Brothers and working with big names like Stevie Wonder, Sheryl Crow, Isaac Hayes, and Wyclef Jean. Despite this impressive work, Mercury dropped Osborne from their roster in 1999, without allowing her to finish a second album she had been working on.
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Determined not to be shot down, Osborne self-financed Righteous Love, which was then picked up by Interscope and released in 2000. Two years later, she covered soul songs and released them as well, calling the album How Sweet It Is. With Compendia Music Group, she has gotten help revitalizing Womanly Hips, and has plans to start her own annual music festival of the same name. Her involvement in several women's charities keeps her busy as well.
In 2003, Osborne has been involved in an AIDS benefit CD and is among a long list of top-tier performers doing a tribute album for gospel star Sister Rosetta Tharpe called Shout, Sister, Shout. With these projects, it is evident Osborne is ready for another try at the big time -- she surely deserves it.
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I saw something along these lines recently when I was running stuff from postgres 7.4.7 (we recently upgraded to 8.2.3). Basically, a unique index somehow fails and allows duplicate rows...but I don't know why. Deleting doesn't work because postgres only looks for the record shown by the index (though this may have been fixed in more recent releases). At least this is the behaviour I observed. The way I fixed it was to drop the unique index, remove the offending rows, reinsert only one of the offending rows (so things would once again be unique), and remake the index. It worked. There are two things that concern me: 1. Trying to do this on a system table is likely ill-advised at best, and dangerous at worst. 2. If the table only has 3 rows in it and it got corrupted, there's something really wrong. My table in question was a user table that had almost a million rows. On 3/25/07, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote: > > "Daniel Ricardo Medina" <dmedina(at)computec(dot)com(dot)co> writes: > > I have try to run this command in single user mod > > > > select * from pg_shadow; > > delete from pg_shadow; > > CREATE USER postgres WITH CREATEDB CREATEUSER PASSWORD '***' SYSID 1; > > CREATE USER userradar PASSWORD '***' > > > but the result is the same..... > > What do you see if you look in pg_shadow right after doing the DELETE? > What PG version is this? > > regards, tom lane > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 7: You can help support the PostgreSQL project by donating at > > http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate >
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- NVIDIA Adaptive Vertical Sync
- NVIDIA Surround
- Support for four concurrent displays including: Two dual-link DVI, HDMI and DisplayPort 1.2
- Microsoft DirectX 12
- NVIDIA® 3D Vision® Ready
- NVIDIA SLI® Ready Technology
- NVIDIA CUDA® technology
- PCI Express 3.0 support
- OpenGL 4.4 support
- OpenCL support
- NVIDIA SHIELD Ready
- NVIDIA G-Sync Ready
- VR Ready
- GeForce GTX 970
- GPU: GeForce GTX 970 (GM204)
- Core Base Clock: 1178MHz
- Core Boost Clock: 1329MHz
- Memory Clock: 7010MHz
- Memory Size: 4096MB GDDR5
- Bus Type: PCI Express 3.0
- Memory Bus: 256-bit
- CUDA Cores: 1664
- DirectX 12: Yes
- DVI Port: 2x Dual-Link DVI, 1x DisplayPort & 1x HDMI
- DisplayPort: Yes
- HDCP: Yes
- HDMI: Yes
- Power: 1x 8-Pin & 1x 6-Pin
- 500W PSU Required
- Dimensions: 260mm (L) x 120mm (H) x 40mm (W)
- Zero coil whine guarantee
- KitGuru Review: http://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/zardon/galax-geforce-gtx-970-oc-silent-infinity-black-edition/
- Warranty: 2yr
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Replaced my 390x - Best Decision Ever.
So i loved everything about the design of this card when I saw it but had my concerns. I was moving from an XFX 390x with 8GB VRAM and with the GTX 970 VRAM concerns being thrown about I was wary.
I put them aside and went for the purchase.
There is something about AMD cards that just does not feel right. They have so much performance on paper and looking at GPU Z you think to yourself why am I not seeing better results than the 970.
This card arrived and confirmed exactly what I thought because it blew my 390x out of the water even though on paper it appears to offer less performance. It is faster, simply faster and the frames are bumped by at least 15-20 in most games not to mention the added features in Witcher 3.
The temps in comparison are extreme my 390x would sit around 80oC with no overclock and could not overclock without artifacting. This card sits at 56oC and when overclocked it beats the 390x in all 3DMark tests (1300mhz core, 2000mhz mem) it did not pass 64oC with these figures and there is still headroom to overclock higher. Consuming 200watts at stock and 222watts when pushed at full load.
I have a very slight whine but only when listening to the card close up, inside my case it cannot be heard so I certainly won't go through the RMA process for such a small noise.
The cost, design, performance, temperature, power draw, overclocking and comparison to my old card just show why no matter how much you want the AMD to perform as expected it cannot compete with Nvidia.
Thank you Overclockers.co.uk.
26 cm of goodness
This is a large, black card. It was a squeeze to get it around my PC wiring but once in all was well. In my case the match-up of the hdmi socket and the hole back could have been more precise but I can just about plug in and it works well.
The card came on fine straight away and ran quietly. I wasn't aware of any noise other than the CPU and case fans.
Fallout 4 didn't work at all on my ancient Nvidia GT240. This GTX 970 runs it on ultra at 1920x1080. I'm not a measurer of FPS but I can say that the gameplay feels smooth and consistent.
I ramped up the settings on a couple of old games and with everything maxed out they too were as smooth as butter.
It's a big, solid card. It has a backplate and it's so quiet I wouldn't know it was there. There are two large fans. I prefer this to solutions where you can't access the fan much because I can see what to clean like this.
At the time of buying there was an offer for one of two games: Assassin's Creed: Syndicate and Rainbow SIx: Siege. The redemption of your chosen game is slightly fussy as you have to make an account with a game platform called Uplay. I chose Rainbow Six: Siege and I found it a bit confusing because the game isn't out at the time of writing so comes up as preordered. The activation code was rejected. Nvidia support said this was normal and would work closer to the actual release date. A Steam activation or a disc in the post would have been nicer. I didn't want Uplay at all but to get the game you have to have it.
This card runs off two VGA power leads, one six pin and one eight. I had these available from a new PSU although it comes supplied with leads to feed both of these power inputs from a single generic internal power connector if you have one spare.
Going to Nvidia's site for 900 series drivers was a doddle and my projector sprang into life the moment these were installed.
My actual order didn't work online but Overclocker staff were very helpful advising me about the product on the 'phone and were able to take the order by 'phone too.
A lot of people have had coil whine which I found worrying. This is at the bottom of their info and details on this product:
"If your card emits any coilwhine when used on a decent power supply that is 80+ Gold rated or higher then OcUK will refund or exchange the card. These cards incorporate our exclusive Coil Whine Reduction technology to help reduce and eliminate any whine."
I thought it was good to see someone addressing that issue and it certainly saved me a few headaches not having to worry about it.
It's funny to see this card next to my old one. It's like a Jag next to a Smart Car. I'd recommend it. My whole PC feels a bit quicker. The GTX 980 would be even better but the 970s are a much better price and do well in technical reviews generally. They are currently at 'the sweet spot' between price and performance.
I had hoped to get some of the legendary Haribo but it didn't happen. Obviously I'm bitter and twisted about that but the card is lovely.
Happy but not impressed.
So I received this card early March, very impressed with OCuk delivery time (about 23hrs from purchase). I brought this over a 290x 8gb due to the power savings and coil whine guarantee, however the one I received had coil whine so purchased a gold rated PSU last month (July) so I could RMA it (was lacking the money to buy one straight away). The second one I received last week and also has coil whine, however I have decided to live with it rather than go through the RMA process again.
So why 4 stars?
The card itself is exceptional and the only game that will max out on is Star Citizen Alpha which isn't optimized yet, my 4690k struggles with it more anyway.
What I would like to see is OCuk/KFA2 show any extra steps that are taken (if any) to try and guarantee you do not get a card with coil whine.
Great card but...
Handles everything really well, I'm using a surround setup with 3 1080p monitors and I've only come across a couple of games I can't run at maximum settings at this resolution (GTA5 and Lords of the fallen) out of 500 or so in my library.
In my Phanteks Evolv I can not hear the fans at all in light gaming and only slightly under full load.
Temps are excellent (max of about 60 under full load after 30mins) which would certainly have plenty of room for overclocking... which brings me to my only negative, but it's a big one.
Voltage is locked. in a card that's designed and touted for its overclocking it cant actually overclock well at all. for the same price or less you could get an Asus or Gigabyte that will, after overclocking, out perform this card.
I can't not recommend this card enough, all the extra bells and whistles you are paying for are completely irrelevant if you take into account the fact you can't overclock this card as high as cheaper models will go due to the voltage lock.
Fast Silent Cool Sexy!
Awesome card! Wouldn't have thought of it to be this great.. Just had this card for over 2 weeks now and I'm enjoying my gaming better than before! It's a bit more pricey than the other 970s out there but this card beats all of them! Very nice design as well though not the best looking card there is. It is still sexy! And like the others mentioned it is very quiet indeed!
Runs hot
Struggles to keep temps down under full load because only has two fans. Audible when fans hit 55%, quieter than case fans (almost silent) below that. Silent when in normal desktop, non-gaming operation.
For example, running Witcher 3 at 1080p is very noisy even with a Fractal Design Define R5 noise insulated case. Had to adjust fan profiles with Afterburner to make it quiet enough, and then the temps start to nudge towards 90 degress C (too hot). I think I will trade in for one with 3 fans, eg Gigabyte G1 Gaming. This has a larger heatsink, 3 fans and my friend's one is stable at 1550MHZ.
Good OC out of the box, but can be pushed higher with Afterburner, though obviously this drives temps up again.
Good solid design and build quality. No coil whine.
So good I bought 2 of them
I bought one of these cards as a bit of a risk as I usually go for MSI or Asus, but the price was great and the 'no coil whine guarantee' drew me in. The card looks great and overclocked to about 1490Mhz. Not particularly quiet but about average - one fan does stop spinning at low temps so that does help and generally at full load and overclocked the card runs at about 55-60 degrees (28 when idle). I did get a bit of coil whine during loading screens when the fps goes through the roof, however that was with a 650 Bronze PSU. I recently bought a second, identical card for SLI setup, upgraded to an EVGA 850 gold PSU and the coil whine is gone (I then noticed in the spec it does say, no coil whine when used with Gold rated PSU or above) So comes good on the promise. When i set up my second card which overclocked to 1560Mhz. I noticed I was able to overclock the first card to the same, which proved impossible when it was in a single card setup. Not sure if this is an SLI benefit!
but now both cards running beautifully at well over 1500Mhz and staying around 55 degrees. I would definitely recommend this card and as always great service from OCUK.
Very nice card
Purchased this card due to my previous card being far to noisy & I have to say I am very impressed much better then my Power Color R9 290
good temperatures under load & at load
Fans are quiet
Ignore any 3.5/4gb crap, bought this card as an upgrade to play witcher 3 / gtav and it performs flawlessly. Plays witcher 3 at 1440p, all settings ultra* (*-grass density and foliage draw distance both on high) with hairworks on, and various other forced upgrades from nivdia control panel (anistropic filter x16 etc) at 50+ fps with 0 drops (50 hz HDTV @ 1440p).
(Running alongside: 4,2ghz i5 4690k and 16gb 1600 mhz ddr3)
Would highly recommend this card over similar priced alternatives. Quality is excellent, all metal construction is wonderful. Temps are low (never seen it go over 68 celcius even under huge load), and uses more than 100w less power than an ati alternative.
My only concern would be running this card at 4k resolution; I would recmommend the extra spending on a 980 if you want 4k.
Great card, best 970 around if you arent interested in the EVGA step-up program.
Quiet & Powerful
I am very impressed with the Infin8 Black Edition 970. I have not seen the temperature get much higher than 52 degrees under high load, while remaining very quiet and with zero coil whine. Boost at 1475mhz is perfectly stable and I am sure it can be pushed higher still.
Highly recommended, get one before Overclockers raise the price again!
another review
Well its a graphics card.
I've strangely decided to upgrade from a 680 directcu ii. My main decision was that i wanted a quieter card, and I guess the card is a little quieter than the ^^ however probably not worth the cost of replacing it.
Dont play bf4 so cant say wow and all that. Do play planetside 2 however that is a cpu heavy game and didn't moan about the 680.
Been playing Blackguards2 lately and it seems to handle that pretty well.
Purchased with the bundled witcher and bman games.. presume they're steam downloads.
Card does not disappoint
Replaced my old video card yesterday, and it looks amazing. As soon as I plugged it in though, my wife went all crazy. I think it's she is jealous of the PC now, as it's just super sexy with this new card. Had sex, card does not disappoint.
KFA2 GeForce GTX 970 OC Silent "Infin8 B
Zero coil whine as advertised. The card is silent when idle, at 40% fan speed. My case(HAF932) 230mm fans produce more noise than the card's cooler, unless if the gpu fan speed goes above ~60%. Under load it is audible but in no way annoying(to me at least). My previous card was a 5870 with reference cooler and at 50% fan speed or more it was driving me crazy.
I played around in MSI afterburner and have a stable overclock(Tested with Benchmarking software and gaming for 1-2 hours) with the following:
125% Power Limit/91C Temp Limit
+120 Core Clock
+300 Memory Clock
Using the default custom fan speed curve on MSI afterburner, I got the following results after testing:
Max Power: 117%
Max Temp: 76C
Max Fan Speed: 75%
Max Core Clock: 1552MHz (Not sure of the average, but I monitored it from my logitech G19 LCD and most of the time it was over 1500 when gaming)
Max Memory Clock: 3787MHz
Max Memory Usage: 3532MB
Overall I am very happy with the results. For the price(was 269 pounds when I bought it), I think this must be one of the best GTX 970s currently available.
Bought one of these in April 2015 as an upgrade from a 7950. It eats through everything I have tried at 1920x1080 and I am very pleased with noise/temps and overall performance.
Top quality!
Incredible card
Amazing card. Was worried after reading some reviews here that the users had experienced coil whine, but my card has none whatsoever.
Runs GTA V on very high settings, smooth as silk at 60+ FPS (1080p).
Can't speak highly enough about this card. My only moan being that I spent
beast of a gpu
this card is well worth the money
i can play all my games at 1080p with about 70fps avg
it will oc even further
the only bad point i can think of is my card has a slight coil whine while loading big games but its not very noticable and it only lasts for 10 - 20 secs
value for money, and more!
This card replaced my old gtx 560ti as it was struggling with newer games and the fans had started to make a lot of noise under load.
Installation took all of 5 mins, whip old card out plonk new card in done.
As soon as a fired it up i popped open COD:AW that my 560 was having a hard time hitting 40fps in, and this thing keeps it at a constant 90fps on ultra.
Next came ARMA 3, boom up from 20 fps to a good 40-60 fps on ultra.
And this is the same story for all my games.
under load its silent and my 550w bronze rated PSU has no problems powering it at all.
Awsome card
I upgraded my card from the GTX670, I knew I want the GTX970 but wasn't sure on which brand, having read the reviews on the site I decided on this one, and without testing the other brands I am one happy customer, all my games are set to ultra (wow brings a whole new level to gaming) and it runs absolutely silent.. great purchase next upgrade will be another one of these to run SLI.
A no brainer
Runs silent, packs a hell of a punch and uses half the power of the next model up the 980. Brilliant...
Insane card..!
I've had this card now for a couple of weeks (missed the free Witcher, dammit!) and I absolutely love it. No coil whine during gaming and only sometimes when I'm stress testing, and I have OCd it to some high figures. This is without changing voltages/bios - GPU Clock 1349MHz, Memory 2003MHz, Boost 1500MHz. I'm sure it would go even further w some fine tuning.
The card runs Dragon Age Inquisition at 60fps at 1440p on mostly Ultra settings (MSAA off, is not needed w 25' monitor) and only hovers briefly round 50 when there's an absolute riot on the screen. It is virtually silent, I can't hear it over my CPU cooling.
I research everything to death before I make my decisions and I always want the absolute best of what I can afford at the time. I am convinced that this card is it. The price is unbelievable for what you get performance wise, it looks great and the build quality is solid. If you are looking for a GTX 970 you can't go wrong with this card. Oh, and the delivery and service from Overclockers was spot on.
Excellent card
I'll keep this brief.
What should you expect?
With a 4790k and 16gb of ram, this runs Far Cry 4 at 1920 x 1080, full everything 4 x AA 16 x AF at a constant 75 - 125fps (125 if you look at the sky! never below 75 anywhere else)
Titanfall, full everything, 4 x AA never ever drops below 50 - 90
Crysis 2 full everything, 90 - 110 fps
World of Tanks, full everything, never below 70 fps
Brilliant single GPU.
I have read about, but not experienced the stuttering issues that have been mentioned, perhaps alot of this has been patched out now? I can't say as i've only owned this card for two weeks.
Fast, quiet and well priced
I bought this as a cheap replacement to two bad encounters with the GTX 780 and a GTX 780Ti. ive not had one problem with this card runs games better than the 780 did and almost as good as the 780Ti (but at almost half the price)
This card scored 10600 in 3d mark fire strike with an i7 3820 stock clocked. my 780 got 9000 points and my 780Ti got 11500 points.
so all in all a very happy customer, great service from overclockers
Very powerful, very quiet. Done.
Bought on a whim - great purchase. Very high overclock, everything maxed out at 1080p, BF4, Tomb Raider, FSX, GTAIV, Crysis 3 no worries. Outperforms GTX Titan regularly in benchmarks.
Bit of coil whine at first, however mine has died down after a couple of months to in-audible now. Coil whine is simply not a problem, don't believe everything you read.
Fully recommended.
Just put together a new gaming machine and thought i'd take a punt with this card as it's not one of the "big brand" names.
I have to say, it's fantastic.
It operates (practically) silently when idle, only one fan slowly spinning, yet maintaining a very cool temp. When under load things naturally get louder but for a card of this caliber it is as quiet as you can probably get, no coil whine! and i've only ever had the fans spin up fully under serious stress testing in a highly overclocked state. Speaking of which, this thing clocks amazingly, considering it is already coming with some of the highest clocks for the 970, i've managed to squeeze out an extra 700mhz on the memory and 147mhz on the gpu with ease!
r9 290 beater..
a friend bought this card for me as my r9 290 developed alot of faults with the latest driver update, anyway im very impressed with this card 0 noise runs my games and my pc better and cooler also no longer have any issues at 4k res im so happy with this card im gonna purchase another!
benchmark wise this card our performed my 290 by around 10% on most and really beat it in unigine at 4k !
Coil whine
The good things about this card is that runs good and quiet + It stays low on temps.
But was so unlucky to get a version where there was coil whine right out of the box, Ive RMA the card.
And hope to get a replace without coil whine, A Bit Disappointed :(
Superior card
So got one of these and love it, almost on par performance wise with my sli 770 I had, plus better benchmark in 4k cos of higher ram.
IT DOES HAVE COIL whine, every card can experience this, I know it could be my aftermarket cables from psu that cause it, but it's minimal and I am about 9 foot from rig, seriously not a problem.
Love it enough I'm going for a second soon. Do watch out though fairly thick with backplate so don't buy too many at once for sli without measuring up!!
As usual overclockers gave outstanding service.
Awsome card
Upgraded from a 5780 and my fps has gone through the roof..
playing DayZ and arma3 now with nice frames bf4 runs like a dream on ultra.. card is very silent can not hear it at all..
fits in a antec 300 gaming case witch is not the biggest.
recomend this card its a great bit of kit.
Well worth the money!
It's been a couple of years since I was last able to make a purchase like this, and decided I needed to breathe new life into my ageing Sandybridge system and I am not disappointed by this!
It is a massive upgrade to the GTX 570 I've replaced....
What I will say is before installing this beast, make sure your bios is up to date as I had hours of troubleshooting and head scratching as to why it wasn't working, seems it doesn't like an old bios!
hmmm well yea.. not silent.. but not bad
i have had two of these, purchased as part of a new build. the first one whined under any load... witch i sent back and the second one only whines on cut scenes / games that are rendered with over 100+ fps if i lock the games to 60fps there is no whine.
so the cards are not "Whine free" there are reduced but that's as far as i would go with the description.
i have a 570 that is "whine free" and under any load new or old games there is no noise, and i have tried it on 3 different psu's (Evga G2, Seasonic x, Be quite E9) and 2 different system builds so its not the rigs that are causing the issue.
i would strongly look into when purchasing these if you are wanting Cooling performance or a "Reduction" in whine.
as other companies sutch as Zotac or even MSI. even though 63 is not that bad at load but the fans to ramp up..
i could be wrong but i have had two and both the same whine sound but just not as loud on the second one. i hope i just got unlucky to a certain degree as i don't want others to be put off by this but at the same time i want buyers to be aware!.
i hope you allow this post as it would help the consumer market. and also show your commitment to the consumer in providing true descriptions on the items and allowing all feedback to be presented :)
A lot smaller than l imagined, excellent premium look and feel, works well in my case with MSI Z97M black and red theme with red LEDs on the 120mm fans fitted to case.
The black and nickle finish on the card imo is emaculate.
Temps are great, zero, zilch, nada coil whine.
Love the fact one fan runs when card is at idle.
Quick blast of Fire Strike with a i5 4670k @ stock and the card @ stock yielded a nice 9703 combined score.
Idle temps are @ 26'c in a Corsair 350D and load temps with FS @ 55'c.
Going SLi with these would let you build biceps like 8Pack!
Amazing GPU!
I purchased one of these recently and I must say I'm really impressed with this card. There is no game out there that this thing can't handle. It's silent, no coil whine whatsoever. Idling at 28 degrees Celsius, top temp 70-75 degrees C. I love it!
Thanks OC.uk, nice extra surprise with the card :), it was a really quick delivery. This graphic card as an amazing performance on every new game at ultra settings, I can recommend it 100%. Get this one if you want a good performance and you do not want the gigabyte G1 noise! No coil whine at all until now and never gets hot! Thank you for everything guys, really professional.
Oh my...
I was stuck deciding on which GPU to get for many moons. I narrowed it down to 2 cards. This Galax and the OCUK/Manli reference design. My tiny indecisive mind couldn't choose between the two cards. I split the screen down the middle, with the Galax on the left and OCUK reference on the right, then sat back in my chair. I closed my eyes and started to spin, cautiously pointing a finger at the screen, trying not to destroy the entire contents of my desk. Once I had stopped spinning, I opened my eyes, finger still firmly pointing. My vision started to blur less and less and then, I realised... I had picked the Galax.
This was a choice which, with a Corsair 250D, I felt may come back to haunt me. I threw caution to the wind and paid via the Amazon service. A very efficient service which made my first time shopping with OCUK as quick and breezy as one could ever imagine. Free DPD next day delivery service was included as standard, another perk which came from wielding my mighty finger of choice. Sure enough, the card was received the next day and installed that very night.
Soft foam padding to protect the card and a thick matte black cardboard box. The quality of the card was evident from the moment I opened the box. But wait! What's this? The sharp edges of the fan shroud have pierced the anti-static bag! My stomach sank into the depths of my body and I feared the worst. Could this card be... DOA? I shakily removed the card from the bag, and firmly inserted it into my PCI-E slot. I connected my 6 & 6+2 pin connectors. I did not know what to expect. Foolishly, I reassembled my case, the tiny metal panels screaming 'what are you doing!?' as I twisted the thumb-screws tight. I powered the system on and lo! It was alive! And the noise, oh the noise! There was so little! At idle, this card is near silent.
Grinning maniacally, I opened Tomb Raider. I understand that this game isn't the most taxing but it was all I could think of at the time. I enjoyed a thorough hour with Lara, prancing through the jungle with animals and friends, but then I decided it was time to see what the temperatures were like. The fans had been relatively silent all the way through my hour long romp with Miss Croft so I assumed it was either ready to combust or I had picked the card with the greatest cooler on the planet. Naturally, the latter applies here! At idle, CPUID HWMONITOR reported a gloriously low 31C. The peak temperature, inside a Corsair 250D without fans blowing fresh air towards the card, after an hour on Tomb Raider... 54C! I know not of this magic but it surely must be an illusion. Quiet and cool. Every boys dream!
Obviously I'll have to throw many many hours of many many games at this card to find the true maximum temperature, but this is a promising starting point. Wish me luck on my quest!
The card itself so far is great with no problems so far (Had to swap it out for the terrible R9 290 from amazon which i experienced issue after issue with).
Also Overclockers UK really try to impress because they put in a packet of Haribo's with the package which i thought was pretty nice of them! haha
Oh my...
I cannot tell you how impressed I am with this card. It's not a brand like MSI or EVGA but maybe that's a good thing? Firstly, I don't think any other brand would have the guts to work with OCUK and secondly, because they allowed OCUK to be so specific, the card is a true winner. Coil whine? What's that? I haven't heard anything!
I have a Corsair 250D and wanted this card because of the height of the cooler compared to the PCI-E bracket. There are absolutely no problems whatsoever with this card in my case. I was worried about the temps being a little higher than what has been claimed in the past reviews and forum posts, but I am quite happy with them. This card idles at 31C and after an hour of Tomb Raider (everything set to Ultimate) the max temp recorded by CPUID HWMonitor was 54C. I find that impressive. Especially when I can barely hear the fans. I can hear my pair of AF120s over this thing! I've only had this installed for a few hours but, unless something goes horribly wrong, I doubt my opinion of this card will change.
Using the built in Tomb Raider benchmark, the minimum at Ultra 1080p was 58fps and the max was 62fps, an average of 60fps so, absolutely no problems there. There was no stutter whilst playing, no artifacts, absolutely nothing to worry about. I'm going to throw some more intense stuff at it and, if it falls apart or blows up then I'll come back and add another review. So far though, I'm over the moon!
Brilliant upgrade
Wow I'm impressed.
At first I wasn't so sure about GALAX as they don't seem to be as popular as the likes of MSI, Gigabyte, EVGA etc but I'm more than happy with my purchase. First off the 970 is a beast of a card. I no longer worry about cranking up those settings in the latest games and the vram requirement a lot of games seem to be wanting lately. This version of the 970 is so quiet and runs extremely cool. Current it's at 30C idle (30% fan speed) and after a while of BF4 the top temp I reached was 55C.
I was hesitant about the 970 because of the coil whine problem but didn't need to worry with this GPU as advertised I have zero coil whine.
If you're not sure about GALAX or the 970 I say go for it. You won't be disappointed.
Such a silent, cool GPU.
I'm so happy with this GPU. It looks so nice in a system, is very silent even at 50% fan speed and is very cool. Currently it's sitting at 24C on idle and when I was playing Thief it reached a max of 56C. That's insane. I'm very impressed by this gpu and it easily competes with the other brands. Unfortunately I did hear SLIGHT coil whine. When on the main menu of Thief it whined a tiny bit. It's nothing major like a lot of 970's but as advertised as coil whine free is slightly misleading. I haven't had the chance of overclock this bad boy because I really don't need to, it runs everything I throw at with very high settings.
Great card - though not necessarily for
My only problem with the card is that I chose it for overclocking, given its description and the line which reads:
"- 5 + 2 Phase enhanced power system with 8 + 6-pin inputs delivers up to 50% more power for overclocking"
However, I was disappointed to find out that this version of the card is locked at ~1.2v, and you cannot adjust this, either by afterburner, or modifying it's bios, it just remains the same. I can't even reduce it!
Some people have said that increasing the voltage wouldn't help these cards a lot anyway, but I'm stuck at just an 80mv core increase bringing the core to 4001mhz, anything more and i get crashes every now and again.
In positives:
- the memory clocked great, hit +570mhz before artifacting which was impressive.
- the card is very quiet
- performance at stock clocks is great
- looks great
summary - great but should be made clear that the voltage is locked on these cards especially when being sold as a great overclocker!
A truly excellent addition!
Upgraded from a XFX HD 5850 and... well... wow. It churns through anything and everything I throw at it on my 1920x1200px monitor; Shadow of Mordor and FarCry 4 looks absolutely stunning, and the card itself has a practical aesthetic that looks the business. So far I haven't seen the card exceed 55C mid-game at stock in a Silverstone FT02R with case fans on low and the card fans on default settings.
More than happy with this purchase; it's given a new lease of life for my aging system!
The Power!
This card is unbelievably fast. Handle ANY game 1080p, 1440p and even some games at 4k!
This card overclocks so well and remains at 62 Celsius at full load. Nearly 1.6ghz speed overclocked with this beast.
However once the card is under full load the noise can get noticeable but it is much less than my previous msi amd card.
Incredible! Handles everything without a
Took a gamble and bought this instead of the well known Windforce or MSI and not disappointed! The thing is virtually silent, handles everything at the highest settings without breaking a sweat, I even took the side panel of my PC to check that the fans were working on it because it was just so quiet and the temp is always so low
not even overclocked it yet!
Great cards
Had these cards installed for just over a week now and i love them, upgraded from gtx 780 to 970 sli. @ 1440p tbh 1 is enough to play any game @ ultra settings at high fps. but with two i can fully exploit G-sync @ 144mhz and the experience is amazing.
In benchmarking top cards highest temp seen was 80 bottom card normally 5-10 degs less, but when purely gaming, even after hours of play top temps 70 degs and yes i would say these are quite cards and overclock very nicely. I am not experienced oc'er, i dont play around with voltages, but today i played with msi afterburner and simply entered +6% (of a possible 125%!! my gtx 780 would only allow 106%)to power, +120 core and +100 memory and i have been playing for the last 4 hours boosting over 1500mhz, there normally boost to 1380mhz out of the box, so wow!!
Also no coil whine allthrough i have never suffered this, would i recommend this cards, absolutely yes even @
It punches quite some Packs!
This card is strong, sexy, silent and performs. Very happy with the purchase.
Great fast service from overclockers, as always.
Good card
- No coil whine whatsoever regardless of load
- Solid performance and good thermals
- Reasonably quiet under load
- Understated all black design
- There are still better looking 970s out there
- Slightly more expensive than e.g. Gigabyte or MSI
Other thoughts:
- Was quite apprehensive of the coil whine issues (going through multiple RMAs can be a hassle) and thus have been waiting for someone to release
Nice Card, no whine either
As Gibbo has mentioned, this Card should not whine and I cam confirm that I've met heard any. Not Overclocked it yet but out of the box its boosting to over 1400mhz and temps are 46 - 50 while playing BF4.
Great service, as always.
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Besides serving up the latest in automotive design and technology, the 2013 North American International Auto Show also is something of a testimonial to the revitalization of southeast Michigan's automobile industry.
For years, the financial shock that followed the collapse of Lehman Brothers left Detroit's automakers reeling as the country fell into a recession.
Mark Binelli, author of "Detroit City is The Place To Be," recounts only a few weeks before executives from General Motors Co., Chrysler, LLC and Ford Motor Co. had been pilloried and held up to ridicule after turning up in Washington, D.C. looking for help.
"The villains of Wall Street had yet to become household names and their crimes would remain fantastically opaque. But you didn't have to be (New York Times columnist) Paul Krugman, on the other hand, to viscerally comprehend the shortcomings of General Motors and Chrysler," Binelli said.
In 2009, the auto show matched the condition of the industry as well as the economy.
In contrast to the dazzling exhibits at this year's show, the displays in 2009 were drab and disorganized.
"There was no investment," one Chrysler communications expert recounted last week. "You had cars sitting on a gray carpet and there was no theme or color coordination."
Show attendance also dropped.
However, with economic forecasts pointing to continuing growth in sales, organizers of the show are expecting strong attendance.
"This show is a reflection of the positive changes that are occurring in our industry," said Jim Seavitt, chairman of the 2013 NAIAS. "Automakers from around the world continue to place NAIAS at the top of their global auto show strategies."
Life at General Motors and Chrysler also has steadily improved.
GM announced before Christmas it is in the process of cutting its ties to the U.S. Treasury Department, and Chrysler sales -- and profits -- have climbed steadily upward after the company almost went out of business in early 2009.
"It's never been better," said Ed Del Otero, who joined Chrysler 16 years ago and is now large car marketing manager for the Chrysler brand. "It's amazing what good product can do for you."
At the same time, the cars Detroit's automakers sell also have undergone major changes in the past four years.
For one thing, they are much more efficient.
American motorists are getting more out of their new vehicles than ever before as the average fuel economy of new cars and trucks sold in 2012 increased 6 percent and set a new record amid high gas prices, according to a study by the University of Michigan.
U-M Eco-Driving Index indicated for 2012, the average fuel economy of new vehicles purchased was 23.8 mpg, up 1.3 mpg from 2011 and up 2.9 mpg from 2008.
But the fuel economy of vehicles purchased in December was 23.9 mpg, down 0.2 mpg from November, likely reflecting the recent reduction in the price of gasoline, U-M said.
General Motors is the first U.S. automaker to sell more than 1 million vehicles in its home market in a single year that get an EPA-estimated 30 mpg or better on the highway test cycle.
"Our investments in advanced power trains are clearly paying off, and our smaller vehicles are resonating with customers," said Mark Reuss, president of GM North America. "In 2013, we'll introduce new diesel, eAssist and plug-in vehicles in the United States and expand the availability of turbocharged four-cylinder engines.
"This will give us the most technologically diverse range of fuel-efficient cars and crossovers in the industry."
Thirteen GM vehicles have at least one high-volume model that achieves 30 mpg highway or more.
Sales of Ford's small cars were up 29 percent in 2012, with 316,006 vehicles sold, and overall car sales were up 5 percent in 2012, with 760,646 sold.
Focus sales gained 40 percent during the year, and the all-new C-MAX continues its strong selling rate.
In the first four months of sales, 13,309 C-MAX vehicles were sold, making it the fastest sales start of any hybrid vehicle in the industry.
Also, Ford announced in the past week that it is doubling its quarterly dividends as well as hiring 2,200 white-collar employees.
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Floyd Mayweather Interview
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Quick BioBorn and raised in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Mayweather was born into a boxing family. His father, Floyd Sr. was a former welterweight contender who fought Hall of Famer Sugar Ray Leonard, and his uncles, Roger and Jeff, were also pro fighters, with Roger -- Floyd's current trainer -- winning two world championships in his prime.
Fitted with boxing gloves while he was still a toddler, Floyd started boxing at the age of seven, and his acumen for the hardest game was obvious from the start. He would go on to compile an 84-6 amateur record while earning three Michigan Golden Gloves titles, three National Golden Gloves titles, PAL and National Championships, and an Olympic Bronze medal in the 1996 Games. He has not lost since.
On May 5, 2007, Mayweather, then recognised as the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world, triumphed with a split decision victory over Oscar De La Hoya in an incredible light middleweight bout, a battle which broke all-time pay-per-view and gate records. Then later in the year, in front of a roaring MGM Grand crowd, Mayweather returned to the welterweight division and knocked out the previously undefeated Ricky Hatton in the 10th round.
In May 2009, AskMen.com caught up with Mayweather at the London press conference for his return fight with Mexico's number one, Juan Manuel Marquez.
Mayweather vs. Marquez "Number One/Numero Uno" takes place on July 18 2009 at MGM Grand in Las Vegas and will be shown live on Sky on pay-per-view.
During the press conference today, you seemed pretty upset about the flak your dad is taking over Ricky Hatton's recent defeat?
Floyd Mayweather : My father came to see me after the Hatton fight and I told him this: "You musn't put yourself out on a limb: A trainer can't fight for a fighter." You can tell him whatever you want, but a fighter must go out there and execute the game plan. If he goes out and does something different, the trainer is looked upon as a poor trainer. That wasn't my dad's fault. Hatton actually hurt Manny Pacquiao in the fight. He hit him with a good shot....
This was Hatton's second knockout following the one against you. People are saying he should retire now – do you agree?
FM: I don't know, but I've talked to guys that have been knocked out before. Going into a fight it's in the back of your mind. Going into the fights with (Juan) Lascano and (Paulie) Malignaggi it wasn't the same Hatton. Pacquiao hit him with a 'Hail Mary shot' – his head was down. That could happen to anyone...
Even you?
FM: I'm just so keen and so sharp, I see everything: I box, box, box. They try and get close and I tie 'em up, lean on them. I take 'em to deep waters and I drown 'em. It's just my experience I'm not bragging or boasting, it's just my experience....
So how do you rate Manny Pacquiao?
FM: The thing is this: Pacquiao's been out-boxed by Erik Morales -- he out-boxed him twice. And Marquez knocked the man down three times in a fight and got a draw. You tell me how that works?
So you don't see Pacquiao as much of a threat?
FM: Go to Youtube: he's been out-boxed twice and he's been knocked out by Erik Morales. But then they say I'm too big for him, but that I'm not too big for Pacquiao -- and they've fought each other twice.
Quick FactFloyd Mayweather's 2007 bout with Oscar De La Hoya set a pay-per-view record, racking up 2.15 million buys.
So what do you make of your next opponent, Juan Manuel Marquez?
FM: I think he's a hell of a boxer. He's a true Mexican hero and a warrior as is his brother. For years he hasn't gotten the credit that he's truly deserved. When they were talking about Bernard Hopkins and a lot of other fighters they weren't mentioning the Marquez brothers, when I was mentioning them. You gotta dedicate yourself to the sport and he did that to last this long. We look forward to putting on a great show on July 18th.
Where do you sit in the pantheon of great boxers – are you better than Ali?
FM: There are many fighters who have opened up doors and paved the way. They say Muhammad Ali was the greatest but to be the greatest you have to be a complete fighter. Ali was a fighter who never threw one body shot and he lost to Leon Spinks, a fighter with seven fights under his belt -- but people seem to forget about that. I'm not saying he wasn't a hell of a fighter but don't forget those things. Ali used to sit back and take punishment and it's sad to him like he is today. You won't see me on the ropes taking punishment.
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Cumberland County residents can apply for gun permits online
Posted May 13, 2014
Cumberland County, N.C. — Starting Thursday, Cumberland County residents can complete the process of applying for a gun permit entirely online. The change comes as an upgrade to a system where residents could print forms from the county website but still had to apply on paper.
The new online permitting system will allow applicants to file their paperwork and pay their fee, along with a $3 convenience charge.
"The applicant can complete the application process at a time convenient to them, anywhere that they have access to the Internet," said Sheriff Moose Butler. "The website is very user friendly and secure, with the capability to pay online with a major credit or debit card."
Applicants will be kept up to date about the process of their application via email, text message or phone.
Butler said those who choose to apply for a gun permit the old-fashioned way can still come to the sheriff's office where staffers will assist them.


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Those with long memories and musical taste will remember a song from the '90s, Detachable Penis, by a band called King Missile. I've always thought of it as a parody of our use of mobile phones, a gentle dig at our reliance on the ubiquitous device.
So I've come up with an idea for a story, 'My week without my iPhone', to find out just how reliant I have become on my mobile.
I start preparations a few days beforehand, telling nearest and dearest to call me on the home phone (yes I have one) or email me. I re-learn how to use my alarm clock and leave a message on the mobile, ''If you need to reach me call my landline or email me'', giving the details. I realise I will have to wear a watch.
On the evening before the challenge starts, my mate Sam texts: "You have three hours to consume as much as you can on your phone. May the force be with you." Then I have to text her my landline. She's never needed it before.
Other friends say I'm brave for committing to this and they don't think they could last a full week without their phone. Are we really that dependent on them?
These are the agreed rules, after consultation with those closest. Hand over my iPhone and iPad to my mum for the week. No phone also means no iPad. (A bummer as I now read heaps of books on my iPad. This week my only books will be hard copy. You can't touch a word for a definition. Major downfall.) Turn Messenger off on the computer. No social media. The only form of communication will be email and landline.
On the first day my usual routine of get up, have coffee, check social media is replaced by get up, have coffee, go outside and listen to the birds. Nice. I usually check the surf conditions on my phone but this week it will have to be my laptop.
It becomes an extremely quiet week. My phone generally rings off the hook. I wonder what everyone's up to on Facebook. But I don't peek. (In fact, nothing of note has happened when I check Facebook at the end of the week.) I miss the text banter that goes on between me and my family and friends during the day. I wonder what they're doing.
I start to feel decidedly disconnected and consider actually picking up the landline and ringing someone for a chat. But who wants to talk on the phone any more when you've got text and social media? I can't think of anyone; the phone's seen as an intrusion.
The upside of the challenge is that my life feels less frenetic. I don't check my phone every five seconds. I just do jobs and tasks one at a time, rather than darting between chores. I don't check my work email on my iPhone or iPad obsessively outside work hours just because they are next to me. I start to think I could actually do without my phone. We have so many other communication options, is it really that essential?
But I hit a snag when I realise I can't use my phone as an external modem when I'm away from the office. I'll have to be completely off the grid. Scary. Then I have to look up the location of a meeting on my laptop before I leave the office, rather than just use my phone to find it when I'm close by.
As the challenge progresses, frankly it becomes problematic and painful. As I can't use my iPhone as an external modem, I have to go back to the office to check mail before going out again. Completely inefficient and I'm tempted to end the challenge. But I don't. Then I can't find the location of my next meeting because I don't have my phone.
As the end of the challenge nears I count down the minutes until I can use my phone again. I recharge it to get ready.
I realise what a brilliant device it is - not just for making calls, but for finding places, taking and looking at photos, looking up the weather forecast, and so much more. It's where I access emails; it's how I stay in contact with friends and relatives. It connects me to the net wherever I am. It allows me to identify songs on the radio. I depend on it to do so many everyday tasks.
The song I referred to at the start of this post made fun of mobiles. I suddenly recall that when they were first released, we thought people who used mobiles were tossers. It was the era of yuppies and `80s wealth. So much has changed since then. Now even little kids and people in extremely poor nations have mobile phones.
I certainly won't be repeating this challenge in a hurry and I don't think I could have completed it during a busier time in the working year. If Steve Jobs were alive, I'd send him a thank you card.
Could you go a week without an iPhone? Have you ever had a break from your smartphone? Post a comment and share your story at the bottom of this post.


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Wrangling her wild flock is far easier than keeping her tote tidy. "There are a few chicken nuggets and M&M's in there," jokes Jessica Robertson of A&E's Duck Dynasty (Wednesdays, 10 p.m.). "I'll reach in and feel mush!", the 33-year-old tells Us Weekly. What else does the mom of Lily, 11, Merritt, 9, Priscilla, 7, and River, 5 (with Jep Robertson, 35), pack in her Dooney & Bourke bag?
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"I carry tweezers and do my eyebrows in the car because the sun is the best lighting. At home, I don't see any stray hairs and then I go out and I'm like, 'Oh, gosh!'"
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"Reading helps the imagination, so I tend to always have books with me. I'm in the middle of Insurgent. The girls love to go to the library with Mamaw Kay and then read Junie B. Jones in the car."
Tooth Fairy
"Dental floss is a must! When friends complain about food in their teeth, I'll say,'Do you want some?' They're always surprised I have it."
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Safe Sun
"My parents used to put on baby oil and lie out, but I'm the opposite! I carry Neutrogena SPF 45 sunblock to protect my face every day. I'm OCD about it!"
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"Jep has me bring a duck call everywhere we go because people usually ask,'Do you have one? Can I blow it?'"