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text: NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- U.S. stocks jumped Friday on signs Congressional leaders may reach a debt-ceiling deal to avoid a public default even as the government shutdown continued for a fourth day. Progress toward a deal between the two major parties came amid optimism the Federal Reserve will continue to support the economic recovery with its accommodative bond-buying measures. House Speaker John Boehner reportedly told colleagues that he wouldn't allow the current impasse to trigger a U.S. debt default, giving investors some encouragement that government leaders are mindful of the damage that could cause. Among possible scenarios for breaking the stalemate was talk of repealing a medical device tax tied to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in exchange for not delaying its enactment. "Underneath all of this noise from Washington is a decent economy, but it does get rattled like we're seeing this week, and I would rather have the battle be about this continuing spending than about the debt ceiling," said Nick Ventura, the president and CEO of Ventura Wealth Managment, which manages $225 million in assets. The S&P 500 rose 0.62% to 1,689.07. The index lost 0.48% for the week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed up 0.43% to 15,061.60. The blue-chip index slid 0.78% this week. The Nasdaq added 0.85% to 3,806.29. The tech-heavy index gained 0.54% across the past five days. Medical device stocks were gaining on hopes that the companies could be freed of the 2.3% sales tax. St. Jude Medical ( STJ) gained 3.1% to $56.47, and Dentsply International ( XRAY) increased 3.1% to $44.54. Because of the halt in many government services, the Bureau of Labor Statistics is operating with a skeleton crew and delayed the September jobs report, originally due Friday, for the first time because of a government shutdown since Jan. 5, 1996. Potbelly ( PBPB) surged 124% to $31.34 a share on its first day of trading on the Nasdaq, after the sandwich shop chain raised $105 million by offering 7.5 million shares at $14, above the expected range of $12 to $13. Twitter filed plans to go public with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The San Francisco-based microblogging site led by CEO Dick Costolo, could raise up to $1 billion, a number that for now, is just a placeholder used to calculate fees. The company's ticker symbol will be "TWTR," which pays homage to Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey's first tweet, "Just setting up my twttr". Dorsey is one of Twitter's largest shareholders, owning 23.4 million shares, or 4.9% of the company. Evan Williams, who co-founded the company along with Dorsey and Biz Stone, owns the most shares, with 12% or 56.9 million shares. CEO Costolo owns 7.6 million shares. Other large shareholders include private-equity firms Rizvi Traverse, Spark Capital, Benchmark Capital Partners, Union Square Ventures, and DST Global, who are all listed as being 5% stockholders, but exact amounts weren't given. Follow @atwtse -- Written by Andrea Tse and Joe Deaux in New York >To contact the writer of this article, click here: Andrea Tse.>


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Why does my urine have an ammonia smell?
I have noticed my urine has an ammonia smell. I also have some discharge. I wear a pantiliner everyday for the discharge. I notice the discharge is a yellow color and the odor accompanies. Please let me know any information you have on this.
It sounds like you may have either urinary tract or vaginal infection. Discharge from the vagina needs to be addressed to an OBGYN but for UTI you should see a urologist or family doctor. The fact that you don't have very many symptoms, such as pain, frequency of urination and burning during urination makes me think you may have female problems.
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Every breastfeeding relationship is unique. It starts with our tiny baby, newly out of the womb, taking those first precious sips of Colostrum. Our baby seems to grow before our eyes; expertly increasing the breastmilk supply before each growth spurt or developmental leap. Our little one soon becomes a toddler; enjoying the comfort, cuddles and nutrition of the milk which has adapted to meet their every need. Then a pre-schooler - where breastmilk often gives some welcome quiet bonding time for child and mum.
Perhaps you sensed the end of your breastfeeding time was near. Or maybe it crept up on you and took you by surprise. Perhaps you realised that your little one wasn't having breastmilk every day and then this became every few days and then suddenly you couldn't remember when their last feed had been.
The natural end to our breastfeeding relationship can be an emotional time. It should also be a celebrated time - just think of all those glorious feeds that have helped to develop your child.
How did your breastfeeding journey come to an end? How did/ do you feel about this?
As I write this I am reminded that many of the benefits which are put in place because of breastfeeding never come to an end. Those gentle bonding times build the foundations of a lifelong relationship of love and respect. Research tells us that many of the health benefits of breastfeeding last into adulthood. I have found it helpful to keep this in mind when I am missing those precious, milky cuddles.


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I am trying to get a large donated front loading electric kiln working at the university where I teach in Brunei Darussalam. If this beast ever becomes operational I promise to make it a special kiln guardian. I have no idea of what the personality of this kiln will be like once it comes on line, but since it seems to have a lot of gauges and dials that look as though they came from a sci-fi movie from the 1950's, it might have a retro sensibility to it. I am sure that this kiln is a Sir or a Mrs. type of kiln. This kiln needs proper respect, especially since there are both Japanese and German sounding company names on some of the components. Maybe is could be a Mrs. Keramic-haussen Kiln. The control panel also has a large plastic putty and red colored bell on top that is in the shape of an air-wick solid. That is its most graceful feature. I really am open to suggestions as to what to name this kiln on which I am hanging all of my hopes of a future ceramic program on. If you have any ideas, please let me know.
I have thought hard and long about the name for the kiln and I have decided to call it, "The Portal Hostess with the Magnetic Resonator." This kiln really does have a magnetic resonator because there is a press-label with raised lettering that points this feature out.
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The lunar festival of Chinese New Year, also known as the Spring Festival, will be celebrated by around a billion people worldwide on Sunday, February 10th this year.
So what's it all about? Well, along with the usual 'out with the old, in with the new' celebrations, it's also a chance to cultivate good luck for the coming year. Friends and families exchange red envelopes with 'lucky' amounts of money in them, tasty treats are given as gifts and – let's not forget – an unbelievable amount of fireworks are set off to drive off evil spirits and to signify joy.
Hong Kong
Why Hong Kong? Four words: fireworks over the harbour.
What to do? On February 10th, the Night Parade will wind its way around Tsim Sha Tsui in a Carnival-style display of elaborate floats, performers and dancers, starting at 8pm. The next evening, head down towards the Convention Centre or book onto a cruise ship to see barges in the harbour setting off beautiful synchronised fireworks against the city skyline for almost 30 minutes.
Why Beijing? The whole city gets into a festive mood and is famous for its temple fairs, performances, games and traditional arts and crafts.
What to do? Head out with the throngs of locals and visitors who will be strolling around the crowded fairs, eating delicious foods, playing carnival games and watching performances by acrobats, drum circles, opera singers, calligraphers and more.
Why Singapore? It's a great opportunity to experience a uniquely multicultural Chinese New Year celebration in a vibrant, ethnically diverse city.
What to do? Singapore's Chinatown will be celebrating the Lunar New Year from January 3rd to February 15th, with dance troupes, fire eaters and lion dancers at Kreta Ayer Square and beyond. But what makes Singapore's celebrations so great is the extravagant two-day Chingay Parade which happens on February 22nd and 23rd at the F1 Pit Building. The multicultural parades will feature plenty of pyrotechnics, elaborate costumes and huge floats, followed by fun street parties.
Why Vancouver? You'd like to see the largest assembly of lion dance teams in Canada, wouldn't you?
What to do? Join Vancouver's 400,000 ethnic Chinese residents at a range of celebrations that start well before the official New Year. The Year of the Snake Expo at BC Place runs January 31st to February 3rd and will have tons of shopping opportunities, a food emporium, Korean drumming, performances by pop stars from Hong Kong and Taiwan and more. The big day is February 10th, when 3,000 performers take the Chinese New Year Parade from the massive Millennium Gate to Gore Street and back through Chinatown. Expect to see dance troupes, marching bands, the Vancouver Police Department Morotcycle Drill Team and more than 50 dancing lions.
San Francisco
Why San Francisco? Where better to celebrate the holiday than with the largest Chinese community outside of Asia?!
What to do? This huge Lunar New Year celebration stretches across two weeks and includes many tea ceremonies, folk dances, the Miss Chinatown USA Pageant and free performances at the Asian Art Museum. Whatever you do, make sure to witness the illuminated night-time parade on February 23rd; it starts on Market Street and wanders into Chinatown. The highlight is the 268-foot Golden Dragon carried by more than 100 performers. Check the official site for more dates and times.
Why Melbourne? Melbourne's Chinatown is the oldest in Australia – it was established back in 1851.
What to do? Several different neighbourhoods have their own celebrations on different days so if you miss one you can always catch another. For instance, the Vietnamese Lunar New Year Celebration happens on February 3rd on Buckingham Avenue in Springvale, while on February 10th is Chinatown's version on Little Bourke Street. You'll find Chinese opera, karaoke competitions, Chinese chess competitions, calligraphy and lots of stuff for children. Have a look at the official website for details.
Why Sydney? It's the perfect spot to explore Chinese-Australian culture in the country's biggest Chinatown.
What to do? Check out 'Snake Snake Snake', an exhibition of contemporary Asian Australian artists at Sydney Town Hall from February 5th to 23rd. Looking for some glitz and glamour? Don your finest and attend the Dragon Ball on February 23rd! There will be a Twilight Parade on February 17th, while the markets will be open the weekend of February 8th to 10th. Check the official site for full listings of art installations, performances, banquets, lectures and more.
Why London? These are the biggest Chinese New Year celebrations outside Asia and are centred around the West End, right in the very heart of London.
What to do? The morning of February 10 starts with a morning parade through the West End to Trafalgar Square. This will be followed by music, plays, fashion shows and more at Trafalgar Square and Shaftesbury Avenue. Getting hungry? There's no better place to satisfy your cravings than the area of Chinatown around Gerrard Street, where – in addition to 80-something restaurants – there will be tons of food stalls, all with a lion dance snaking throughout.
So where will you be celebrating the Year of the Snake? Thinking of heading out to take part in Chinese New Year? Don't forget to wear red – an auspicious, happy colour closely tied to this fun festival.
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An internal probe into the Penn State child sex abuse scandal found that top university officials, including former president Graham Spanier and then-head football coach Joe Paterno, concealed allegations of abuse by ex-assistant coach Jerry Sandusky to "avoid the consequences of bad publicity."
Spanier and Paterno, as well as former university vice president Gary Schultz and ex-athletic director Tim Curley, participated in "an active decision to conceal" allegations against Sandusky, ignored red flags, and failed to protect victims from Sandusky, the probe's leader told reporters Thursday.
The head of the probe, former FBI Director Louis Freeh, also said Thursday that Curley consulted with Paterno following a February 2001 sex abuse allegation against Sandusky, and "they changed the plan and decided not to make a report to the authorities."
The 200-page findings of the Penn State-funded internal review were released Thursday morning. CNN is examining the report, and this page will be updated with details. The report focuses on what school officials knew about Sandusky's behavior. The scandal led some people to claim the school put its reputation ahead of protecting potential child victims.
A jury last month convicted Sandusky, 68, the Nittany Lions' former defensive coordinator, on multiple charges of sexually abusing 10 boys over a period of 15 years.
The NCAA has reacted to the report, saying Penn State "now needs to respond" to four key questions that will help the NCAA decide whether it needs to take action:
"Like everyone else, we are reviewing the final report for the first time today," NCAA Vice President Bob Williams said. "As (NCAA) President Emmert wrote in his November 17 letter to Penn State President Rodney Erickson and reiterated this week, the university has four key questions, concerning compliance with institutional control and ethics policies, to which it now needs to respond. Penn State's response to the letter will inform our next steps, including whether or not to take further action. We expect Penn State's continued cooperation in our examination of these issues."
(To read the original news article, visit this CNN link [1]. To read the Freeh report, click here [2].)
[1] http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2012/07/12/review-into-penn-states-handling-of-sandusky-scandal-to-be-released/?hpt=us_c1
[2] http://thefreehreportonpsu.com/
[3] http://www.nsvrc.org/news/news-field


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 Review: The $400 Fightby Ryan Smith on 5/30/2013 9:00 AM EST
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karasaj - Thursday, May 30, 2013 - linkNice! I heard that the 770 was going to perform much better than this, but I'm glad to see an improvement as well as lower prices. This might prompt a price cut by AMD, which could benefit everybody. Reply
axien86 - Thursday, May 30, 2013 - linkWhen the GTX 770 is so far behind even ancient cards in GPU compute and Folding... You know it is time to recall the overheating GTX 770 back to Nvidia and design something with real improvements. Reply
freespace303 - Wednesday, June 05, 2013 - link80c load is quite common and safe for GPUs that have stock coolers. If those temps concern you, wait until these are released with aftermarket coolers installed. Reply
tipoo - Thursday, May 30, 2013 - linkThis really could have been called "680 gets bios update, price drop". Reply
BeauCharles - Thursday, May 30, 2013 - linkIts not their top single GPU card, its their third place. The fact its tying with AMD's first place pretty much speaks for itself. Reply
tipoo - Thursday, May 30, 2013 - linkDoes "first place" matter, or do price points? If the 7970 was AMDs twentieth best card it still wouldn't change that it's competing with the 770s price point. Reply
EJS1980 - Thursday, May 30, 2013 - linkEven though a lot of AMD dudes will surely get butthurt with you, your point is right on. Heavy is the head... Reply
tipoo - Thursday, May 30, 2013 - linkI'm not an "AMD dude", but I fail to see why that's right on. Price points matter, where the products rank within an individual companies line don't. If the 770 was Nvidias 100th best graphics card, at the same price/performance what would that change? Nothing. Reply
EJS1980 - Thursday, May 30, 2013 - linkI guess I should clarify that I was making a generalization, and wasn't referring to anyone in particular. Reply
sna1970 - Thursday, May 30, 2013 - linkwhat matters is how many FPS you get per dollar.
who cares about getting flagships when you reach 60fps ? and how many people pay 4000$ for high end gaming machine ?
I choose nvida over AMD for one reason , PhysX. Reply
pandemonium - Friday, May 31, 2013 - linkWait, you want to compare FPS/dollar and then turn around and say you choose which one has PhysX? Well, the marketing team certainly succeeded with you, lol.
Apparently you don't know that PhysX is a software code path that is supported and available regardless of what hardware you run. There isn't an abundant pile of evidence, through benchmarking or otherwise, that having a Nvidia card while running a PhysX supported engine will yield superior results compared to a similarly priced AMD card. Example? Take Metro 2033; probably the more demanding DX11, PhysX supported engine games available: http://www.anandtech.com/bench/GPU12/377 Reply
inighthawki - Saturday, June 01, 2013 - linkPhysX is CUDA accelerated with an nvidia card present, and thus will have hardware accelerated physics (of course at the cost of some GPU processing that could otherwise be spent on rendering). There is a tradeoff. Personally I would prefer to just run it in software. When you buy something like a GTX 770 or 780, the GPU is typically the FPS bottleneck in your games :) Reply
SirGCal - Monday, June 10, 2013 - linkI really could care less about PhysX... And 60fps caps also give me migraines... I specifically build machines with 120fps+ caps... My current rig has a 144Hz cap. So smooth... Sure many people can't tell the different. Good for them. I get migraine headaches at 60 FPS with digital content. Including crappy movies which are even worse (~25 frames...). I have a very sensitive visual function of my body/mind. Actually a LOT of people do. That's why 3D movies really don't take off so well. Something like one in 10 can not actually see stereoscopic vision at all and only like one in three really enjoy our fake 3D effects... Something like that.
But the extreme cases like myself, not only do I not enjoy it, but it causes actual physical pain. I buy the best to get 144fps, smooth as glass, all the time. And even doing so, I've never ever spent $4k on my gaming rig... heck, never spent more then $2k. So you're a bit sarcastic there. I guess if you don't build your own sure but... The real crappy part is avoiding the developers who refuse to open their crappy ports beyond 60Hz. There are some that leave the console locks in place on the PC. Those just never get purchased... Reply
Mondozai - Monday, August 12, 2013 - linkMention your migraines one more time, I'm sure we all missed it. Reply
firewall597 - Thursday, June 13, 2013 - linkYour one reason makes me lololol Reply
Gastec - Sunday, July 07, 2013 - linkI for one choosed Nvidia over AMD because of the Radeon frame times problem. I would agree that not so many people buy a 4000$ computer in a shop, unless it's an Apple I guess :-P Though many so called computer enthusiasts do end up paying over time quite a hefty sum on hardware components and software. It's not because they are snobs wanting the best, but because the best costs so much money :) Reply
jonjonjonj - Tuesday, June 04, 2013 - linkits their 2nd best single gpu card not the 3rd. a multi gpu 690 is not comparable and amd also has a 7990 so that would make the 7970 the 2nd best card by your logic. i personally see it as a complete failure that their 2nd best card is equal to amds best card that came out 18 months ago. think about that the 7970 came out a year and a half ago. its nothing to brag about. before you call me a amd fan. i'm not i look for the best price/performance and will go with whatever company currently has it.
go look at the bench for a 7970 amds top card compared to a 570 nvidia's 2nd best card when it was released. not even close. i realize the 7000 series was new architecture and they had a die shrink but you can see real gains.
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/508?vs=518 Reply
sweenish - Thursday, June 06, 2013 - link3rd. Titan, 780, then 770. Reply
Gigaplex - Sunday, June 16, 2013 - linkI'm assuming you're only considering cards from the Geforce line and not Quadro/Tesla... Reply
iEATu - Thursday, May 30, 2013 - linkPlus a better memory VRM. Reply
khanov - Friday, May 31, 2013 - link*sigh*
You failed again. Reply
khanov - Friday, May 31, 2013 - linkSorry dude, that wasn't aimed at you. Anand your comments system has a mind of its own.
If I reply to xyz I sort of expect my reply to be below xyz's comment and not inserted randomly in to the comments list. Reply
chizow - Thursday, May 30, 2013 - linkOnce again, a year late, but still a nice card. The updated cooler and higher memory clocks are impressive, but the max Boost clock was achievable on "FTW" type binned GTX 680s in the past.
I guess this is Nvidia's "Gigahertz Edition", basically an overclocked SKU to bring parity in the performance midrange market. Reply
Homeles - Thursday, May 30, 2013 - linkHow in the world is this card a year late? Nvidia was still winning at this time, one year ago. Now they have not one, not two, but three single GPU cards that are on parity or are faster than the 7970 GE. Nvidia is in a far better position than they were with their GTX 500 series. Reply
chizow - Thursday, May 30, 2013 - linkFull GK104 should've been GTX 670 and below from the outset, as Nvidia initially planned. That's why it's a year late, at this price point anyways.
Also, AMD reached parity with Nvidia's GTX 680 last year with the 7970GE launch in June/July, which then distanced itself by 5-10% with the Never Settle Drivers in Sept/Oct last year.
Now that the GTX 770 has launched and is ~10% faster than the 680, it again, reaches parity with the 7970GE. Reply
JPForums - Thursday, May 30, 2013 - linkI thought the 104/114 series was historically reserved for the x60, while the 100/110 series was meant for the x70/x80 chips. Thus this new highend GK104 model should have been a 760Ti. GK110 should have maxed out at the 780 and the 770 should have been the paired down model. If they really had to have a Titan, it should have been a DPFP uncapped 780 (so they got that almost right).
Of course the prices should have been the usual highend price points and not the massive price jumps they are currently pushing. Sure you can justify the price with the current performance relative to the previous generation, but if we always did that, the high end cards would get perpetually more expensive as the performance of each new generation of cards would justify a price hike over the previous generation. In reality, these prices are the unfortunate result of a lack of competition. Of course not all companies handle lack of competition the same way. nVidia has shown that, when uncontested, they will jack introductory prices into the stratosphere (8800 Ultra - $800-1000, $650 - GTX280, Titan/GTX780 - $1000/$650). Under normal competitive conditions, the top single GPU card from either nVidia or AMD/ATi of each generation comes in at $500. In similarly uncontested situations AMD/ATi has proven to be much less abusive to their customers (7970 - $550, 5870 - $400). Granted the relatively low price of the Dual GPU GTX295 probably kept the 5870s price in check until the GTX400 series launched, but at that point there was a significant difference in stability between single and dual GPU cards. Now I must mention, lest anyone gets the wrong idea, that AMD/ATi was probably only taking this route because marketshare/mindshare was more important to them than profit margins. Nonetheless, the facts remain. Reply
chizow - Thursday, May 30, 2013 - linkI agree with virtually everything you said, although I never really had a problem with Nvidia jumping GK104 up a SKU to the x70 range. The performance was certainly there especially relative to last-gen performance and full GK104 also beat AMD's best offering at the time.
The problem I had was Nvidia's decision to turn this 2nd tier ASIC into their flagship and subsequently, hold off on launching their true flagship ASIC a full year AND charge $1000 (and later, $650) for it.
All events predicated on the fact AMD launched 7970 at flagship prices when it really didn't deserve the asking price. Tahiti launch set the stage for Nvidia to not only undercut AMD pricing but to beat them in performance as well with only their 2nd tier chip. Reply
JPForums - Thursday, May 30, 2013 - linkTrue, the 7970 could definitely be considered overpriced when it launched, but it was the undisputed performance champ until nVidia finally launched the GTX680 to bring back competition. Though, this begs the question, was the 7970 really this underperforming, or was the GK104 simply larger and faster (relatively speaking) than midrange chips in the past. Given that the GK104 die size is smaller than the GTS250, GTX460, GTX555 die sizes, I'd say larger is out. That said, they removed a lot of compute resources to get the gaming performance they were targeting, so faster might hold some weight.
The 7000 series sudden proficiency in compute combined with the equally sudden removal of compute focus in the GTX600 series meant the 7970 would need to be far larger to maintain equivalent performance. Given the fact that Tahiti XT (352mm) was much closer to the size of GK104 (294mm) than GK110 (561mm), the 7970 should probably be considered a mid-weight. That is to say I can conclude that Tahiti XT was under performing (in games) AND GK104 was an overachiever. So the question becomes, is compute capabilities important enough to sacrifice gaming performance that a year ago likely would have clocked in closer to the GTX780 (GTX775 class?) for compute performance that in many cases exceeds Titan, but gaming performance roughly on par with a GTX680? Reply
JlHADJOE - Friday, May 31, 2013 - linkIMO AMD's initial, higher price on the 7970 was justified. People forget that it was a much bigger chip than the 6970, with a 384-bit bus instead of 256. Any 384-bit part is effectively big, IMO. Same size as the 580, and now the Titan and 780.
The fault here IMO goes right back to AMD's marketing division. If they hadn't stupidly went from 5870 to 6970, then people might have noticed that Tahiti was in fact a bigger part than its two immediate predecessors, and properly deserving of the 7900-series naming. Reply
EJS1980 - Thursday, May 30, 2013 - linkPretty much this /I\
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LoccOtHaN - Friday, May 31, 2013 - linkTrue Bro ;-) AMD is more user friendly, but when Next-Gen on ATI/AMD comes PS4 and M$ XBx1 then all optimalisation will be AMD friendly and DX11.1 (DX11.x or Full DX11) and we won ! Reply
whyso - Thursday, May 30, 2013 - linkWell looks like the 7970 ghz has been tied. Lower price is nice but almost no OC headroom (wouldn't be surprised if AT got a cherry picked sample) and no game bundle. Similar power consumption too. Performance increase is virtually 0 but the price decrease is nice. Reply
A5 - Thursday, May 30, 2013 - linkWorth pointing out that you can pretty easily get the AMD bundle codes for ~$30 on eBay. It wipes out the price advantage, but it does let you weigh the cards on the merits of their hardware. Reply
steve_rogers42 - Thursday, May 30, 2013 - linkThink there is an error on page 7,
"Of course this is only a 9% increase in the GPU clockspeed, which is going to pale in comparison to parts like GTX 670 and GTX 780, each of which can do 20%+ due to their lower clockspeeds. So there's some overclocking headroom in GTX 780, but as to be expected not a ton."
Last sentence should read GTX 770 yea?
Great article, good to see nvidia's progress with the GPU boost 2 and taking on-board the tdp/power issue that the 600 series seems to have had. It will be interesting to see what they make of the 760 and what it will contain.
Cheers, Reply
nathanddrews - Thursday, May 30, 2013 - linkWow... at worst it is equal with the 680 for $100 less. At best, it is tied with the 780 for $250 less. I think NVIDIA needs to reexamine their pricing model - I'm sure the market will fix it for them. Either the 770 is too cheap or the 780 is way too expensive. (signs point to the latter) Reply
shompa - Thursday, May 30, 2013 - linkGTX 780 die is huge. It costs Nvidia almost double to manufacture a 780GTX then a 770/680 die.
Only if Nvidia have enough harvested defect dies from Tesla chips they could/would lower the price on GTX 780. Reply
EJS1980 - Thursday, May 30, 2013 - linkIf the 780 performs better than the 680 by 30-35% out the gate w/ crappy day1 drivers (future updates will only increase that advantage), how exactly is it tied with the 770? Reply
nathanddrews - Thursday, May 30, 2013 - linkHow exactly is it tied? Like I said, at its best.
770 and 780 tied (within +/-5%):
DiRT: Showdown - 1920x1080 - Ultra Quality + 4xMSAA
Sleeping Dogs - 1920x1080 - Ultra Quality + Normal AA
Battlefield 3 - 1920x1080 - Ultra Quality + FXAA-High
Compute: Civilization V
Compute: Sony Vegas Pro 12 Video Render
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EJS1980 - Thursday, May 30, 2013 - linkYour link shows the 780 with a pretty substantial performance advantage, save for a couple instances. I stand by my comment. Reply
nathanddrews - Saturday, June 01, 2013 - linkIt's easy to stand by your comment if you completely ignore what I wrote and ignore the facts. For instance, the 680 was not tested with "crappy day1 drivers", it was tested with very recent 320.14 drivers while the 770/780 used 320.18. In addition, I never said that the 770 was always tied with the 780, I said "at its best", which means that at the high end it ties the 780 in some benchmarks. At its worst, on the low end, the 770 is tied with the 680 in some benchmarks. I hope that clarifies things for you. Reply
chizow - Thursday, May 30, 2013 - linkThey are both overpriced relative to their historical cost/pricing, as a result you see Nvidia has posted record margins last quarter, and will probably do similarly well again. Reply
Razorbak86 - Thursday, May 30, 2013 - linkCool! I'm both a customer and a shareholder, but my shares are worth a hell of a lot more than my SLi cards. :) Reply
antef - Thursday, May 30, 2013 - linkI'm not happy that NVIDIA threw power efficiency to the wind this generation. What is with these GPU manufacturers that they can't seem to CONSISTENTLY focus on power efficiency? It's always...."Oh don't worry, next gen will be better we promise," then it finally does get better, then next gen sucks, then again it's "don't worry, next gen we'll get power consumption down, we mean it this time." How about CONTINUING to focus on it? Imagine any other product segment where a 35%! power increase would be considered acceptable, there is none. That makes a 10 or whatever FPS jump not impressive in the slightest. I have a 660 Ti which I feel has an amazing speed to power efficiency ratio, looks like this generation definitely needs to be sat out. Reply
jwcalla - Thursday, May 30, 2013 - linkIt's going to be hard to get a performance increase without sacrificing some power while using the same architecture. You pretty much need a new architecture to get both. Reply
jasonelmore - Thursday, May 30, 2013 - linkor a die shrink Reply
Blibbax - Thursday, May 30, 2013 - linkAs these cards have configurable TDP, you get to choose your own priorities. Reply
coldpower27 - Thursday, May 30, 2013 - linkThere isn't much you can really do when your working with the same process node and same architecture, the best you can hope for is a slight bump in efficiency at the same performance level but if you increase performance past the sweet spot, you sacrifice efficiency.
In past generation you had half node shrinks. GTX 280 -> GTX 285 65nm to 55nm and hence reduced power consumption.
Now we don't, we have jumped straight from 55nm -> 40nm -> 28nm, with the next 20nm node still aways out. There just isn't very much you can do right now for performance. Reply
JDG1980 - Thursday, May 30, 2013 - linkYes, this is really TSMC's fault. They've been sitting on their ass for too long. Reply
tynopik - Thursday, May 30, 2013 - linkmaybe a shade of NVIDIA green for the 770 in the charts instead of AMD red? Reply
joel4565 - Thursday, May 30, 2013 - linkLooks like an interesting part. If for no other reason that to put pressure on AMD's 7950 Ghz card. I imagine that card will be dropping to 400ish very soon.
I am not sure what card to pick up this summer. I want to buy my first 2560x1440 monitor (leaning towards Dell 2713hm) this summer, but that means I need a new video card too as my AMD 6950 is not going to have the muscle for 1440p. It looks like both the Nvida 770 and AMD 7950 Ghz are borderline for 1440p depending on the game, but there is a big price jump to go to the Nvidia 780.
I am also not a huge fan of crossfire/sli although I do have a compatible motherboard. Also to preempt the 2560/1440 vs 2560/1600 debate, yes i would of course prefer more pixels, but most of the 2560x1600 monitors I have seen are wide gamut which I don't need and cost 300-400 more. 160 vertical pixels are not worth 300-400 bucks and dealing with the Wide gamut issues for programs that aren't compatible. Reply
djboxbaba - Thursday, May 30, 2013 - linkI'd say thats a good choice for the 1440p monitor. As far as the actual card, I agree with you that your decision should be between those 2 cards. Just as performance of the 7970GHz has increased due to driver updates, I think we can expect some performance increase from the 770 over time as well. Not sure why that was not mentioned at all in the article. If i were in your situation it would probably come down to the bundled games that come with the AMD card, do you want those games? Reply
yasamoka - Thursday, May 30, 2013 - linkNo, we cannot expect performance increases from the 770 over time due to driver updates. The 770 is GK104, same architecture as the GTX680. It's just a higher-clocked 680. 680 drivers have been rolling since its release in March, it's been 14 months.
The regular game-specific performance improvements will be there for both cards, for games that are coming, but we can't expect the 770 to improve in performance due to drivers as it is already a 14-month mature product (refresh), driver-wise. Reply
EJS1980 - Thursday, May 30, 2013 - linkThat makes no sense. If the 7970 has been benefiting greatly from each driver update, and its almost 6 months older than GK104, why can the 7970 improve but the 770 can't? Reply
Galidou - Saturday, June 01, 2013 - linkWow that's a real lack of information to come up with an answer like this. 7970 was a COMPLETE remake of what had been done before. Totally justifiable that drivers improved performance like the gtx 600 series that was new. The 770 is TOTALLY a 680, physically, it's simply a GK 104 die pushed to the extreme, almost nothing new on the driver side from 680 to 770. Not that they can't improve anything but most of the job is done on the driver side of things. Reply
Stuka87 - Thursday, May 30, 2013 - linkDid you mean to say 7970Ghz? The 7950 is already at $300, has been for some time. Reply
joel4565 - Thursday, May 30, 2013 - linkYeah I did mean 7970Ghz. Sorry for confusion. Reply
EJS1980 - Thursday, May 30, 2013 - linkI'd say forget the Dell, and go with an Overlord Tempest OC. It's the same price & panel as you'd get from Dell, except it can be overclocked to 120hz. They're a California based company, and their sales/IT departments are awesome. If you're not interested in overclocking, they sell a 60hz model for about $400. You should seriously check them out. Reply
cbrownx88 - Friday, May 31, 2013 - linkI went to their page and everything is sold out... :( Reply
Hrel - Thursday, May 30, 2013 - linkPretty happy to see Nvidia FINALLY realize the potential of this architexture. Gives me hope for the next generation; combined with a process node drop we should see pretty impressive performance. This refresh will keep the market feeling fresh until then. I just hope they're a lot more aggressive with pricing. I know you say in the article that you were surprised by this price; but really it's still too high. It's not absurd or anything, and assuming the price drops 50+ bucks by fall it's in line with GPU market trends. But I'd like to see some price pressure FROM Nvidia, instead of AMD always being the one to kick off a price war. Reply
trajan2448 - Thursday, May 30, 2013 - linkMost of the reviews I've seen have had the 770 beating the 7970gE pretty well. It seems this site really bends over to make AMD look as good as possible, even though the 7970 uses more power and is generally slower and more expensive. Reply
raghu78 - Thursday, May 30, 2013 - linkwhat most of reviews. across a wide range of games and you will see these two cards are tied.
http://www.hardware.fr/articles/896-22/recapitulat... Reply
bitstorm - Thursday, May 30, 2013 - linkIt seems to match up with other reviews I have seen. Maybe you are looking at ones that are not using the reference card? The non-reference reviews show it doing a bit better.
Still even with the better results of the non reference cards it is a bit disappointing of a release from Nvidia IMO. While it is good that it will likely cause AMD to drop the price of the 7970 GE but it won't set a fire under AMD to make an impressive jump on their next lineup refresh. Reply
Brainling - Thursday, May 30, 2013 - linkAnd if you look at any AMD review, you'll see fanbois jumping out of the wood work to accuse Anand and crew of being Nvidia homers. You can't win for losing I guess. Reply
kallogan - Thursday, May 30, 2013 - linkbarely beats 680 at higher power consumption. Turbo boost is useless. Useless gpu. Next. Reply
gobaers - Thursday, May 30, 2013 - linkThere are no bad products, only bad prices. If you want to think of this as a 680 with a price cut and modest bump, where is the harm in that? Reply
EJS1980 - Thursday, May 30, 2013 - linkExactly! Reply
B3an - Thursday, May 30, 2013 - linkI'd glad you mentioned the 2GB VRAM issue Ryan. Because it WILL be a problem soon.
In the comments for 780 review i was saying that even 3GB VRAM will probably not be enough for the next 18 months - 2 years, atleast for people who game at 2560x1600 and higher (maybe even 1080p with enough AA). As usual many short-sighted idiots didn't agree, when it should be amazingly obvious theres going to be a big VRAM usage jump when these new consoles arrive and their games start getting ported to PC. They will easily be going over 2GB.
I definitely wouldn't buy the 770 with 2GB. It's not enough and i've had problems with high-end cards running out of VRAM in the past when the 360/PS3 launched. It will happen again with 2GB cards. And it's really not a nice experience when it happens (single digit FPS) and totally unacceptable for hardware this expensive. Reply
TheinsanegamerN - Monday, July 29, 2013 - linkpeople have been saying that for a long time. i heard the same thing when i bought my 550 ti's. and, 2 years later....only battlefield 3 pushed ppast the 1 GB frame buffer at 1080p, and that was on unplayable setting (everything maxed out). now, if I lower the settings to maintain at least 30fps, no problems. 700 MB usage max. mabye 750 on a huge map. now, at 1440p, i can see this being a problem for 2 gb, but i think 3gb will be just fine for a long time. Reply
just4U - Thursday, May 30, 2013 - linkI don't quite understand why Nvidia's partners wouldn't go with the reference design of the 770. I've been keenly interested in those nice high quality coolers and hoping they'd make their way into the $400 parts. It's a great selling point (I think) and disappointing to know that they won't be using them. Reply
chizow - Thursday, May 30, 2013 - linkI agree, it feels like false advertising or bait and switch given GPU Boost 2.0 relies greatly on operating temps and throttling once you hit 80C.
Seems a bit irresponsible for Nvidia to send out cards like this and for reviewers to subsequently review and publish the results. Reply
JDG1980 - Thursday, May 30, 2013 - linkTechPowerUp ran tests of three GTX 770s with third-party coolers (Asus DirectCU, Gigabyte WindForce, and Palit JetStream). All three beat the GTX 770 reference on thermals for both idle and load. Noise levels varied, but the DirectCU seemed to be the winner since it was quieter than the reference cooler on both idle and load. That card also was a bit faster in benchmarks than the reference.
That said, I agree the build quality of the reference cooler is better than the aftermarket substitutes - but Asus is probably a close second. Their DirectCU series has always been very good. Reply
ArmedandDangerous - Thursday, May 30, 2013 - linkThis article is in desperate need of some editing work. Spelling and comprehension errors throughout. Reply
Nighyal - Thursday, May 30, 2013 - linkI asked this on the 780 review, and it seems like it might be even more interesting for the 770 considering Nvidia's basically threw more power at a 680, but a performance per watt comparison would be great. If there was something that clearly showed the efficiency of each card in a way (maybe using a fixed work load) it would be interesting to see. Especially when compared to similar architectures or when comparing AMD's efforts with the GHz editions. Reply
ThIrD-EyE - Thursday, May 30, 2013 - linkSince when did 70-80C temperatures become acceptable? I had been looking to upgrade my MSI Cyclone GTX 460 which would never hit higher than 62C and I got a great deal on 2 560TIs for less than half the cost of them new. I have run them in single card and SLI; I see 80C+ when I run an overclock program like MSI Afterburner. I use a custom fan profile to bring the temps down to 75C or less at higher fan speed, but still in reasonable noise levels. It's still not quite enough.
All these video cards may be fine at these temperatures, but when you are sitting next to the case and there is 80C being pumped out, you really feel it. Especially now with Summer heat finally hitting where I live. My $25 Hyper212+ keeps my OC'ed i7 2600k at a good 45-50C when playing games. I would buy aftermarket coolers if they were not going to take up 3 slots each (I have a card that I need, but would have to be removed.) and didn't cost nearly as much as I paid for the cards.
AMD, NVIDIA and card partners need to work on bringing temperatures down. Reply
quorm - Thursday, May 30, 2013 - linklower temperature readings do not mean less heat produced. better cooling just moves the heat from the GPU to your room more efficiently. Reply
ThIrD-EyE - Thursday, May 30, 2013 - linkThe architecture of these video cards were obviously made for performance first. That does not mean they can't also work on lowering power consumption to lower the heat produced. One thing that I've found to help my situation is to set all games to run at 60fps without vsync if possible, which thankfully is most fo the games I play. Some games become unplayable or wonky with vsync and other ways of limiting fps without vsync, so I just deal with the heat from no fps limits.
I hope that the developers of console ports from PS4 and Xbox One put in an fps limit option like Borderlands 2 if they don't allow dev console access. Reply
MattM_Super - Friday, May 31, 2013 - linkAlthough its not currently accessible from the driver control panel, Nvidia drivers have a built in fps limiter that I use in every game I play (never had any issues with it). You can access it with NvidiaInspector. Reply
DanNeely - Thursday, May 30, 2013 - linkSince 70-80C has always been the best a blower style cooler can do on a high power GPU without getting obscenely loud, and blowers have proven to be the best option to avoid frying the GPU in a case with horrible ventilation. IOW about when both nVidia and ATI adopted blowers for their reference designs. Reply
JPForums - Thursday, May 30, 2013 - link70C-80C temperatures became acceptable after nVidia decided to release Fermi based cards that regularly hit the mid 90Cs. Since then, the temperatures have in fact come down. Of course, they are still high for my liking and I pay extra for cards with better coolers (I.E. MSI TwinFrozer, Asus DirectCU). That said, there is only so much you can do when pushing 3 times the TDP of an Intel Core i7-3770K while cooling it with a cooler that is both lighter and less ideally formed for the task (Comparing some of the best GPU coolers to any number of heatsinks from Noctua, Thermalright, etc.). Water cooling loops work wonders, but not everyone wants the expense or hassle. Reply
Rick83 - Friday, May 31, 2013 - linkThe higher the temperatures, the less fan speed you need, because you have higher delta-theta between the air entering the cooler and the cooling fins, which results in more energy transfer at less volume throughput.
Obviously the temperature is a pure function of the fan curve under load, and has very little to do with the actual chip (unless you go so far down in energy output, that you can rely on passive convection). Reply
ninjaquick - Thursday, May 30, 2013 - linkDelta Percentages: The 7990 just needs to be removed, it skews the whole chart way too much. Reply
Brainling - Thursday, May 30, 2013 - linkIt's a nice card, but not nice enough for me to upgrade my 670. If it had been a slightly more paired down GK110, I would have considered it...but the performance gains are just not enough to justify replacing my 670 (which still has little trouble with most games).
I'll spend my computing dollar on going from Sandy Bridge -> Haswell instead, and wait for the eventual 800 series sometime next year (which should be a new micro architecture). Reply
The0ne - Thursday, May 30, 2013 - link"... the rest of the year will be a battle of prices and bundles."
Can't wait. Reply
Runadumb - Thursday, May 30, 2013 - linkFirstly Thank you for the detailed review.
Right, I could pull the trigger on two of these (when they come out with 4GB versions) as they are 85%+ above my current 2x570GTX's. Thanks for having 570's in the results by the way.
My BIG question is: Is the proper next-gen cards still due early next year or is this all we've got for the next 18 months? The rumour mill is fine here.
As I run 3 displays and a 6000x1080p resolution I literally can never have too much performance. So if waiting until next year meant I get a better upgrade I'm happy to do it. This system can just about keep me going right now.
I may abandon the 3 screen setup for a consumer version Oculus Rift but how long away is that? I want to hedge my bets. Reply
jwcalla - Thursday, May 30, 2013 - linkI think Maxwell is going to be more like mid-2014. It seems aggressive though... a new architecture, a shrink to 20nm and they're shoe-horning a 64-bit ARM chip in there. Lots of opportunities for delays IMO. But it might be a wise idea to wait... NVIDIA is promising (read: take with a grain of salt) 3x "GFLOPS per watt" over Kepler, and about 7-8x over Fermi. It's hard to predict how that will scale into performance though. Reply
Ryan Smith - Thursday, May 30, 2013 - linkIt would be historically accurate to state that NVIDIA typically releases new architectures on new nodes, and that both Maxwell and TSMC 20nm are scheduled for 2014. When in 2014 is currently something only NVIDIA could tell you.
But I would say this: consider this the half-time show. This is the mid-generation refresh, so we're roughly half-way between the launch of Kepler and Maxwell. Reply
araczynski - Thursday, May 30, 2013 - linkHopefully by the time I replace my aging E8500/6970 system (which still plays everything I care about pretty well at 1080p) with a haswell, this thing will have a 4GB option so i can make another long lasting rig. Reply
xdesire - Thursday, May 30, 2013 - linkOk i see that this is an overclocked/tweaked GTX 680 but what in the hell is that TDP? Reply
!HEADHUNTERZ! - Thursday, May 30, 2013 - linkSoooo...where does the GTX 670 FTW compare to the GTX 770!? Theyre both the same price! So which one would be a better decision to make? Reply
JPForums - Thursday, May 30, 2013 - linkThey won't be priced the same for long. Unfortunately, I just can't see a GTX670FTW beating a GTX770 (especially with a factory overclock). I wonder if there is enough overclocking headroom for a GTX770FTW. Reply
Enkur - Thursday, May 30, 2013 - linkWhy is there a picture of Xbox One in the article when its mentioned nowhere. Reply
Razorbak86 - Thursday, May 30, 2013 - linkThe 2GB Question & The Test
"The wildcard in all of this will be the next-generation consoles, each of which packs 8GB of RAM, which is quite a lot of RAM for video operations even after everything else is accounted for. With most PC games being ports of console games, there's a decent risk of 2GB cards being undersized when used with high resolutions and the highest quality art assets. The worst case scenario is only that these highest quality assets may not be usable at playable performance, but considering the high performance of every other aspect of GTX 770 that would be a distinct and unfortunate bottleneck." Reply
kilkennycat - Thursday, May 30, 2013 - linkNONE of the release offerings (May 30)of the GTX770 on Newegg have the Titan cooler !!!! Regardless of the pictures in this article and on the GTX7xx main page on Newegg. And no bundled software to "ease the pain" and perhaps help mentally deaden the fan noise..... this product takes more power than the GTX680. Early buyers beware... !! Reply
geok1ng - Thursday, May 30, 2013 - link"Having 2GB of RAM doesn't impose any real problems today, but I'm left to wonder for how much longer that's going to be true. The wildcard in all of this will be the next-generation consoles, each of which packs 8GB of RAM, which is quite a lot of RAM for video operations even after everything else is accounted for. With most PC games being ports of console games, there's a decent risk of 2GB cards being undersized when used with high resolutions and the highest quality art assets. "
Last week a noob posted something like that on the 780 review. It was decimated by a slew of tech geeks comments afterward. I am surprised to see the same kind of reasoning on a text written by an AT expert.
All AT reviewers by now know that next console will be using an APU from AMD that will have the graphic muscle (almost) comparable to a 6670 ( 5670 in PS4 case thanks to GDDR5) . So what Mr. Ryan Smith is stating is that a "8GB" 6670 can perform better than a 2GB 770 in video operations?
I am well aware that Mr Ryan Smith is over-qualified to help AT readers revisit this old legend of graphics memory :
How little is too little?
And please let us not starting flaming about memory usage- most modern OSs and gaming engines use available RAM dinamically, so if one sees a game use 90%+ of available graphics memory does not imply , at all, that such game would run faster if we double the graphics memory. The opposite is often the true.
As soon as 4GB versions of the 770 launch AT should pit these versions against the 2GB 770 and the 3GB 7970. Or we could go back months ago and re-read tests done when the 4GB versions of the 680 came out- only at triple screen resolutions and insane levels of AA would we see any theoretical advantage of 3-4Gb over 2GB, which is largely unpractical since most games can't run at these resolutions and AA with a single card anyway.
I think NVDIA did it right (again): 2GB is enough for today and we wont see next gen consoles running triple screen resolutions at 16xAA+. 2Gb means less BoM, which is good for profit and price competition and less energy consumption which is good for card temps and max Oc results. Reply
Enkur - Thursday, May 30, 2013 - linkI cant believe AT is mixing up unified graphics and system memory on consoles with dedicated RAM of the graphics card. doesnt make sense. Reply
Egg - Thursday, May 30, 2013 - linkPS4 has 8GB of GDDR5 and a GPU somewhat close to a 7850. I don't know where you got your facts from. Reply
geok1ng - Thursday, May 30, 2013 - linkJust to start the flaming war- next consoles will not run in monolithic GPUs, but in twin jaguar cores. So when you see those 768/1152 GPU cores numbers, remember these are "crossfired" cores. And in both consoles the GPU is running at a mere 800Mhz, hence the comparison with the 5670/6670, 480 shaders cards@ 800Mhz.
It is widely accepted that console games are developed using the lowest common denominator, in this case, the Xbox One DDR3 memory. Even if we take the huge assumption that dual jaguar cores running in tandem can work similar to a 7850 -1024 cores at 860Mhz- in a PS4 ( which is a huge leap of faith looking back to ho badly AMD fared in previous crossfires attempts using integrated GPU like these jaguar cores) that turns out to be the same:
Do an 8GB 7850 gives us better graphical results than a 2GB 770, for any gaming application in the foreseeable future?
Don't 4k on me please: both consoles will be using HDMI, not DisplayPort. and no, they wont be able to drive games across 3 screens. This "next gen-consoles will have more Video RAM than high GPUs in PCs, so their games will be better" is reminding of the old days of "1gb DDr2 cards are better than 256Mb DDr3 cards for future games" scam. Reply
Ryan Smith - Thursday, May 30, 2013 - linkWe're aware of the difference. A good chunk of that unified memory is going to be consumed by the OS, the application, and other things that typically reside on the CPU in a PC. But we're still expecting games to be able to load 3GB+ in assets, which would be a problem for 2GB cards. Reply
iEATu - Thursday, May 30, 2013 - linkWhy are you guys using FXAA in benchmarks as high end as these? Especially for games like BF3 where you have FPS over 100. 4x AA for 1080p and 2x for 1440p. No question those look better than FXAA... Reply
Ryan Smith - Thursday, May 30, 2013 - linkIn BF3 we're testing both FXAA and MSAA. Otherwise most of our other tests are MSAA, except for Crysis 3 which is FXAA only for performance reasons. Reply
Catalina588 - Thursday, May 30, 2013 - linkFolding@Home Big-Time Discrepancy in reviews
Can anyone explain the material differences between this review's Compute Results for Folding@Home and the same FAHbench run at Tom's Hardware?
Since FAHbench is self-contained -- load and go -- it's hard to figure how the results could be so different. Reply
Ryan Smith - Thursday, May 30, 2013 - linkWe're using a newer version of the benchmark, 1.2. FAHBench 1.2 has some very big performance optimizations that aren't in 1.1x. Reply
kyuu - Thursday, May 30, 2013 - linkNot bad, but I think I'd still just find a 7970 with a good cooler on sale and overclock the crap out of it if I was looking to buy a high-end GPU. Reply
Lt_dan - Thursday, May 30, 2013 - linkPeople should be looking at other websites. This review is showing scores that don't even make sense. The 7970, on bf3, has the same score as tomshardware's review of the 680, which was done over the year ago. Reply
azixtgo - Thursday, May 30, 2013 - linknobody cares. If this were ~$300 I'd seriously consider it. But getting a 7950 for ~$300 along with 4 quality games just makes me not care about a $400 card thats already out of my budget anyway. Nvidia always keeps their best just too high. At 400 its competing in value against a card with more to offer. They don't have the concept of winning by pricing right, but I guess they've never had to go there like AMD did. Reply
Razorbak86 - Thursday, May 30, 2013 - linkJust because YOU don't care, doesn't mean that NOBODY cares. Please don't attempt to speak for the rest of us. Reply
agentwax - Thursday, May 30, 2013 - linkHmm recently built a system with gigabyte 670 and was looking to go sli in the near future. Upon reading this review I'm second guessing. Should I get a second 670 in a few months and go sli Or a 770 and go sli some time around christmas? Very happy with temps and noise on gigabyte wind force 670 Reply
thunderising - Friday, May 31, 2013 - linkNow it's time for a HD 7970 GHZ GHZ MEGA GHZ edition with faster clocks and a new driver release for improved performance. Hehehe
At least that would be better than a HD8950 = HD 7970 with faster clock speeds. Reply
evolucion8 - Friday, May 31, 2013 - linkThat is not correct. The HD 7970 has a bigger bus, but being 28nm instead of 40nm like the HD 6970 means that the HD 7970 was able to achieve great performance gains by being 354mm2 compared to the HD 6970 which is around 389mm2 Reply
colonelclaw - Friday, May 31, 2013 - linkIs anyone else as disappointed as I am about pricing all the way across the board with this new generation? As an owner of a GTX580 I was thinking it's about time for an upgrade, but all these high end cards look 100 $/£/€ overpriced to me. I wasn't happy about paying £450 for my 580 but there's no way in hell I'm prepared to pay £550 for the 780, and the 770 isn't a big enough upgrade to interest me.
I'm more than a little suspicious that AMD and NVidia are agreeing on price points in order to make larger profits. Having just 2 companies in a market sector makes it pretty easy for them to do this. Reply
mapesdhs - Friday, May 31, 2013 - link
I've just bought two 3GB 580s for 450 UKP total, will be benching them next week
single & SLI. If you're interested in the results, let me know by PM/email (or Google
"SGI Ian" to find my contact page) and I'll send you the info links once the tests are
done. I'll be testing with 3DMark06, Vantage, 3DMark11, Firestrike, Call of Juarez,
Stalker COP, X3TC, PT Boats, Far Cry 3, and all 4 Unigines (Sanctuary, Tropics,
Heaven and Valley). If I'm reading reviews correctly, two 580s SLI should beat a 780.
If your existing 580 is a 1.5GB card, note you can get a 2nd one off eBay these days
for typically less than 150 UKP. I've won two this month, a Zotac card for 123 UKP
(using it to type this post) and an EVGA card for 142 UKP.
And yes, I agree, the new gen card pricing is kinda nuts. Anyone would think
we haven't had a recession. I doubt peoples' budgets have suddenly become
30% higher (only reason I could buy some is I sold some of my other stuff to
cover the cost). The two 3GB 580s I bought were in total 100 UKP less than the
cheapest 780 from the same seller (I probably could have eventually obtained
two 3GB 580s off eBay, but decided the chance to get them from a proper
retailer right now with warranty, etc. was too good to pass up).
Ian. Reply
colonelclaw - Saturday, June 01, 2013 - linkThanks for the reply, Ian. For some reason I'd totally forgotten about SLI. I'd be very interested to see the results of a 580 SLI vs. 780, and I suspect a few other readers here would too. One thing, how closely matched do the two cards have to be? Exactly the same model? Just the same clock speeds? Or is it more forgiving? I can't imagine it would be very easy to track down a 2nd identical 580, which is the reason I ask. If any Anand readers with knowledge of SLIing can share their experiences that would be great. Reply
shompa - Friday, May 31, 2013 - linkMemory... How many games are 64bit? = How many games needs more then 4gig memory? Today zero. It was even more fun when most PCs had BIOS. It cant even address that much graphic memory.
Maybe 64bit gaming will be mainstream in a year? I don't know. I sure seems to take its time. I have used 64 bit in my work since 1995 (real computers) and 64bit on my mac since 2002. (OSX 10.27 Smeagol). Gaming/Windows takes its time since Windows don't have smart software packaging. (real computers have the same binary for 32/64bit, different languages and even different architectures. I loved when Apple had "fat binaries" and everything could run on both PPC and X86. Gives the customer a choice of architecture.) Reply
SymphonyX7 - Friday, May 31, 2013 - linkLooks more like a GTX 680 Plus. The gains over the year-old GTX 680 and HD 7970 Ghz edition are measly and power efficiency was thrown in as an afterthought.
I'll wait for the HD 8950 and HD 8970 or whatever they'll call it before I make a decision. I suppose it's worth the wait considering what implications the new PS4 and Xbox One will have on game development and their impact on PC ports performance-wise. Reply
kwrzesien - Monday, June 24, 2013 - link4GB models have appeared at Newegg: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N8... Reply
Colin.B - Tuesday, July 09, 2013 - linkI just ordered the Gigabyte GTX 770, sold one of my 660 SCs for 160 dollars and am returning the one I just bought. Will I see a big performance drop from 660 SLI to the 770 at 2560x1440? I hope I made the right choice :/ Reply


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Pianist Nadine Shank made her concert debut at age 15 with the World Youth Orchestra of Interlochen as winner of their prestigious concerto competition. She was an award winner in the MTNA, Mason and Hamlin, and National Federation of Music Clubs competitions. Ms. Shank earned degrees at the Oberlin Conservatory, receiving the Rudolph Serkin Piano Award and the Pi Kappa Lambda Piano Prize, and at Indiana University (Bloomington) where she performed with the University Philharmonic as winner of their Concerto Competition. Her teachers have included Menahem Pressler, Karen Shaw, Sanford Margolis and John Wustman.
Nadine Shank has performed at such prestigious venues as the Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.; Jordan Hall and the Tsang Performance Center, Boston, Weill Recital Hall, Merkin Hall, and the 92nd Street Y, New York City; the Cleveland Orchestra's Blossom Chamber Festival; and the Monadnock Festival, New Hampshire. She has appeared in Festivals in Germany, England, Holland and the Virgin Islands. In a duo with violinist Charles Treger for over 10 years, she has performed extensively and has toured in the United States and Poland playing the cycle of Sonatas for Violin and Piano by Beethoven. She has performed in concert with the Lark String Quartet and soloed in Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue with the West Point Academy Military Band on their Summer Music Series.
Ms. Shank's performances have been recorded on the CRI, Gaspari, MRS, New World, Spectrum, Albany, and YAL (Nadine Shank Performs Sonata No. 2 by Yusef Lateef) labels. For Centaur, she recorded American-Jewish Art Songs and I Have Taken an Oath To Remember: Art Songs of the Holocaust with soprano Paulina Stark and on the Open Loop label, Shank and saxophonist Lynn Klock recorded three CDs. She has recorded numerous "Play-Along" CDs of saxophone and clarinet literature for Open Loop.
Ms. Shank is the Principal Orchestral Pianist with the Springfield Symphony Orchestra (Massachusetts), and is Professor of Music in Piano and Director of the Piano and Collaborative Piano Programs at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
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SINCE the invention of the mobile phone, toddlers have been roaming crowded carnivals with phone numbers scrawled up their arms in permanent marker.
But today's parents can keep tabs on their children using GPS tracking devices, panic alarms, temporary tattoos and barcodes.
Alexandra Wenderoth traded Textas for tattoos this week to avoid losing her three-year-old son, Will, and one-year-old daughter, Honor, at the Sydney Family Show.
The 36-year-old from Randwick transferred temporary tattoos, which had been customised to include her contact details, onto her children's forearms. She bought the child-safety tattoos from Kids Kontact, one of dozens of Australian websites offering the product.
''It's just so convenient because [kids] can just charge off and that's it,'' Ms Wenderoth said. ''I was writing on their arms with permanent marker and I just thought there's got to be something better than this.''
The owner of Kids Kontact, Tracey Birch, who sells 30 tattoos for $30, said they were a low-cost way of keeping in touch with your children in case they go missing.
Her online company, based in Western Australia, also offers other child-identification products, including tracking devices, locators that beep when a child moves beyond a designated area, and panic alarms that parents can attach to their child and sound when they are lost.
''It's a distinctive high-pitched beep,'' Ms Birch said of the panic alarm. ''Some parents even use it when their kids are playing in the backyard to let them know when to come in.''
The products are also used to identify children with allergies or medical issues.
One alarm system was referred to Ms Birch by a woman who lost her autistic child in the bush.
''If a child is non-verbal and someone approaches them, they can't communicate to tell them what their mum's name or phone number is,'' Ms Birch said. ''These products can speak for children who can't talk.''
An American website, SafetyTat, even sells quick-response tattoos that act like a barcode and can be scanned using a smartphone to reveal a child's details.


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- Press Releases
- Turn off the Victim Blaming. Turn on support for survivors.
Turn off the Victim Blaming. Turn on support for survivors.
March 19, 2013
Katie Hanna, Executive Director
Ohio Alliance to End Sexual Violence (OAESV)
firstname.lastname@example.com; 216-469-2511
Tracy Cox, Communications Director
National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC)
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One day after the decision in the Steubenville rape trial, the victim blaming resumes: her name is shared in the media, threats are made against her and her credibility is called into question yet again. When will this stop? Why is society afraid to confront the fact that rape is predominately perpetrated by people we know and trust? In 8 out of 10 cases, the victims know the perpetrator.1
Let's dispel the messages we have been hearing way too loud and turn up the volume on supporting survivors.
- Victims aren't responsible for "ruining" a perpetrator's life. Rape is a crime of abuse and power. The justice system sent a message Sunday that rape is a crime with consequences.
- Alcohol is not the cause of rape. While alcohol is often used to facilitate a rape, it is not the root cause of sexual violence.
- Blaming victims and calling victim credibility into question will never end sexual violence. We need to stop shifting the blame onto victims, and instead realize that perpetrators are the ones responsible.
- Victims' identities should be protected. Their names should never be published in media. Ever.
And while this crime will have an impact on her, it's important to note that over time, individuals can move from victim to survivor to thriver. Each survivor has their own healing process. Survivors are resilient. The Steubenville victim's mother said, "This does not define who my daughter is. She will persevere, grow, and move on." To hear from other survivors about the impact of sexual violence on their life, click here.
Since high-profile cases garner attention and can be triggering for other survivors, the Ohio Alliance to End Sexual Violence has compiled these resources to assist survivors navigating next steps:
- Sexual Assault in Ohio: Legal Definitions
- Understanding the Trauma of Sexual Violence
- Understanding PTSD in the Aftermath of Sexual Violence
- Supporting a Loved One Who's Been Victimized
- Criminal Justice Fact Sheet for Survivors
- Contact Information for Rape Crisis Centers in Ohio
As survivors navigate their own path, we will never forget sitting in the courtroom during her testimony and hearing such strength and resiliency. She has brought hope to other survivors that they will be heard and that they do matter. So remember, your words and actions about what happened in Steubenville lets survivors know if you are someone they can talk to about what they may have carried inside, silently for years.
About OAESV and NSVRC
As Ohio's statewide coalition, OAESV advocates for comprehensive responses and rape crisis services for survivors and empowers communities to prevent sexual violence. For more information, visit www.oaesv.org, www.twitter.com/OhioAllianceESV and https://www.facebook.com/pages/Ohio-Alliance-to-End-Sexual-Violence/333035558365.
Founded by the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape in 2000, NSVRC identifies, develops and disseminates resources regarding all aspects of sexual violence prevention and intervention. For more, visit www.nsvrc.org, www.facebook.com/nsvrc and www.twitter.com/nsvrc.
1 Miller, T. R., Cohen, M. A., & Wiersema, B. (1996). Victim costs and consequences: A new look (NCJ 155282). Retrieved from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, National Institute of Justice: https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles/victcost.pdf


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For my anniversary I received the Kitchen Aid meat grinder attachement. I am going to finally give it a whirl this weekend. I was going to start with some hamburger. I was thinking half chuck and maybe half sirloin, or just all chuck. I am not sure. I also thought it might be neat to throw in some bacon fat if the meat needed a little extra fat in it. Just a crazy, tasty sounding thought.
I would love to see what others have done in the past, and if you had any tips for me to get off on the right foot with my first homemade hamburger.
Thanks and Happy Labor Day Weekend!


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A mixed experience: Viking Ingvar Cruise Review by firsttimewithcunard
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A mixed experience
Destination: Europe - River Cruise
Embarkation: St. Petersburg
This was a holiday which included some unforgettable experiences; not only in St Petersburg and Moscow, but also in places like the delightful Yaroslav and Uglich which we visited en route. But there were some disappointing elements too. Overall we thought the cruise provided relatively poor value for money. Although some of the cruising along the Volga, particularly on the approach to Moscow, was very enjoyable more of it, near to St Petersburg, was monotonous with little to see other than miles and miles of unchanging birch forest. The fare we paid would have allowed us instead to stay in very good St Petersburg and Moscow hotels and travel between the cities on the vary fast (4 hour) express train.
The Ship (Viking Ingvar)
Although being recently modernised with the additions of balconies this is still an old ship. Built in 1989 it shows its age, not least in the considerable vibration to be felt, even More on the upper deck, in the rear of the boat. It's terribly bland with the public areas more closely resembling a decent cross channel ferry than a cruise liner. It's also very small and those who aren't happy reading or otherwise making their own entertainment will sometimes be bored, particularly when poor weather forces you in from the sun deck or balconies. There are two bars ' one generally open during the day and the other during the evening. They're functional but dull. There's no gym and nowhere to walk (the decks having been given up to accommodate balconies). The rooms are fine, albeit small. There are no stewards and no room service although the housekeeping is of a very high standard. We would have found the journey altogether too claustrophobic without a balcony and it was significant that those in rooms only with windows struggled to find somewhere quiet and comfortable to sit during the day.
It's important to be aware that the boat is a riverboat, certainly not equipped for poor weather. Unfortunately, crossing Lake Lugado (the biggest lake in Europe) at night we met a strong wind hitting the port side and waves of about two metres. The boat pitched from side to side in dramatic fashion and a number of people were ill and quite a lot of damage occurred in the kitchen. The Captain told us that such weather was not particularly exceptional and they cross the lake even when the waves hit three metres.
The food ranges from the very good to the mediocre. Breakfasts are generally excellent with eggs and omelettes cooked to order as well as a full range of bacon, sausage and so on along with continental alternatives. Lunches and dinners were variable. Salads were somewhat monotonous and the fish generally uninspiring. But the steak 'available every day ' was very good indeed. In comparative terms we would place the standard of food as significantly below, say, Cunard or Holland America and a little below Princess.
There is no fixed seating which we regretted. It meant that waiters did not generally have the opportunity to get to know us, and us them. The service was generally very willing but inconsistent and it was sometimes necessary to be very assertive to get a waiter's attention. Obtaining anything out of the ordinary took some patience (initially, about fifty per cent of our requests for hot milk to be served with our coffee were unsuccessful).
Other facilities
The library was very poor indeed amounting to no more than a single bookcase of books almost all left by previous customers. In addition there was a selection of board games. The shop was worse, selling almost nothing other than the usual Russian souvenirs (stacking dolls and Amber jewellery) all extravagantly priced.
These were mixed. Stops in Yaroslav and Uglich, both 'Golden Ring' cities were particularly good and with the visit to a Russian home in Uglich, for breakfast, particularly fascinating. The island of Khizi with the Church of the Transfiguration ' a World Heritage site - was also really worth seeing. But Mandrogy is no more than an entirely synthetic tourist market with innumerable stalls selling the same mass-produced trinkets, which they pretend to manufacture in various faux craft rooms. It's pretty insulting. And a visit to a school at another intermediate stop just seemed like laziness on Viking's part when the visit was on a Saturday in August and to a school more or less deserted other than for builders.
Excursions in St Petersburg and Moscow were variable. We found many of our fellow passengers ' particularly the Americans - to be very nervous travellers and so, for example, we spent quite a lot of time near Red Square waiting for fellow passengers to pay a visit to the bathroom. Some of them needed the guide to provide them with the necessary Roubles, being surprised that the attendants were not much interested in accepting US dollars for their admittance. But it's generally easy to detach yourself from the guides ' essential at places like the Hermitage ' and the transport to and from the various venues was very good with lots of coaches and lots of space.
In Moscow, a folkloric concert ' of which we expected very little ' turned out to be outstandingly good with talented and skilled young people playing Russian instruments both individually and in orchestra. But the visit to the Ballet in St Petersburg ' an expected highlight of the trip for my wife ' was very disappointing. My own experience of ballet is extremely limited but even I could see that some of the performers were past their best and much of the dancing of the corps de ballet poorly synchronised. The only other customers at this performance (in a Theatre you will not find listed in any St Petersburg guide book) were other River Cruise and Ocean Cruise customers. There were no Russian spectators.
Entertainment and Lectures
There's a singer in the evening bar after nine and she was quite good although generally ignored by the handful of customers. On one evening there was a brief and enjoyable operatic performance by visiting singers and on another one of the cleaners gave an enjoyable if somewhat hesitant piano recital. Lectures ' which used to be delivered on Viking Cruises by experts in their field ' were delivered by the three resident tour guides. They were poor and characterised by some tendentious interpretation of recent Russian political history.
Overall, this represented poor value for money. Those who enjoy the relative luxury and facilities of a mid range cruise liner will find the accommodation and facilities on the Viking ships to be very basic and, in poor weather, claustrophobic. We will be most unlikely to use Viking again. Less
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Cabin review: sui332
Very small for a suite and with poor design (an unnaccountably huge bathroom at the expense of a small sitting area. Balcony considerably smaller than suggested by the brochure. But position of the suite at the front of the boat was an advantage and there was access to the front.
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The question of who made Stuxnet and who targeted it on Natanz is still a much-debated mystery in the IT and espionage community. But from the beginning, the prime suspect has been Israel, which is known to be open to using unconventional tactics to defend itself against what it regards as an existential threat. The New York Times published a story that pointed to U.S.-Israeli cooperation on Stuxnet, but with Israel's role highlighted by the assertion that a file buried within the Stuxnet worm contained an indirect reference to "Esther," the biblical heroine in the struggle against the genocidal Persians.
Would the Israelis have been foolish enough to leave such a blatant signature of their authorship? Cyberweapons are usually cleansed of any identifying marks—the virtual equivalent of the terrorist's "bomb with no return address"—so there is no sure place on which to inflict retaliatory consequences. Why would Israel put its signature on a cybervirus?
On the other hand, was the signature an attempt to frame the Israelis? On the other, other hand, was it possible the Israelis had indeed planted it hoping that it would lead to the conclusion that someone else had built it and was trying to pin it on them?
When you're dealing with virtual espionage, there is really no way to know for sure who did what.
Unless you're Richard Clarke.
"I think it's pretty clear that the United States government did the Stuxnet attack," he said calmly.
This is a fairly astonishing statement from someone in his position.
"Alone or with Israel?" I asked.
"I think there was some minor Israeli role in it. Israel might have provided a test bed, for example. But I think that the U.S. government did the attack and I think that the attack proved what I was saying in the book [which came out before the attack was known], which is that you can cause real devices—real hardware in the world, in real space, not cyberspace—to blow up."
Isn't Clarke coming right out and saying we committed an act of undeclared war?


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Al Jumuah magazine, published with a circulation of 15.000 in America and read in the USA, Canada, Europe, Africa and Middle East countries, published an article of Mr. Adnan Oktar titled "The Miracle of Honey" on its edition dated May 19th, 2010. (You can read the miraculous features of honey from here.)
Your Lord revealed to the bees: 'Build dwellings in the mountains and the trees, and also in the structures which men erect. Then eat from every kind of fruit and travel the paths of your Lord, which have been made easy for you to follow.' From inside them comes a drink of varying colours, containing healing for mankind. There is certainly a Sign in that for people who reflect. (Surat an-Nahl, 68-69)
In order to obtain 450 grams of pure honey, some 17,000 bees must visit 10 million flowers.


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(at least I think it was Burger King)
This was a great commercial! It made me think of when I was in Germany and ya'll in the north & eastern areas of the country.
It opened by showing what appeared to be a field blanketed in two feet of snow with a few leafless bushes and a huge pile of snow nearby. Then this guy walks into view and knocks the top off of the pile of snow to expose a grill! Then he sits down in a chair next to the bushes that I didn't even know was there.
It reminded me of the poll, which do you shovel first! I believe if any of you see it you'll agree that it is a great commercial (except for the part where they think their burgers are better)!


text: Tim Lawton 179 Report post Posted November 30, 2012 (edited) Hey there, I've recently been asked (in a team of 3) to create a small game engine, generic as possible. I've recently grabbed a copy of the book "Design Patterns Elements of Reuseable Object-Oriented Software". So far I'm learning alot of new design patterns, although I've NEVER used a design pattern before, or created an engine. In more detail, I've specially been tasked to do the graphics side of the engine, I have 3 years of Object Oriented programming experiences, 2 of which are in C++. I have fairly good knowledge with DirectX11 although granted I'm still a novice. I want something that will let me create graphical objects and shapes in an engine manner. So my question is, could somebody point out the best design patterns to use, I was leaning on going with the factory method. Also wheres a good starting point for creating an engine, UML diagrams would help me alot if anyone knows of any that could apply to said design pattern method that could help me! I hope I wasn't too vague, I'm not 100% sure what I'm looking for as I've never done this before, hopefully someone would of been where I am previously and can shine some light on this. Thanks! Edited November 30, 2012 by Xuchilbara 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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Theyskens' Theory Pre-Fall 2012
Olivier Theyskens has earned several monikers over the course of his career, one of his loving nicknames being the Prince of Darkness. So when the Belgian-born, New York–based designer says he wants to go a little darker with his line for Theory, one can only imagine the ethereal storm cloud of ideas swirling in his mind's eye. As it happens, one of the starting points for pre-fall was light, and specifically the way it refracts off translucent surfaces. He took a series of photos of an iridescent prism, and the resulting images were abstracted to form woozy puddles of color on silk shirtdresses and button-downs. One photo print on a long diaphanous white dress looked like daisies scattered in the wind, certainly more romantic than melancholic. Ditto for the sheer black leggings encrusted with flower-like arrangements of beads and sequins.
Of course the collection wasn't short on deliciously dark staples, like black leather blazers that dipped from front to back and sinewy crewneck knits and T-shirts. The extra-wide-leg cobalt-blue trousers that were a hit in his first season were back, only this time around, the look was part skirt, part palazzo pant, and came with a billowing, shimmering train. Having been at the helm of two prestigious French houses in the past, Theyskens still appreciates the finer details and was proud to point out that the tweed of his cropped jackets is custom-made in France. That being said, for a man who once designed dresses with a couture level of intricacy, it's surprising just how quickly he's adjusted his eye to meet the needs of the urban working wardrobe. Theysken's studio is a few blocks away from the brand's New York flagship store in the Meatpacking District, and it's clear he's learned a lot from watching women shop the racks. Dismantle the looks from his new collection, and each piece has a shoppable appeal of its own. After the death-defying platforms that came down the runway last season, he's aiming to connect with his customer where accessories are concerned too. His new knee-high combat boots kept the new collection comfortably grounded—and comfortably cool.


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Andover AC's men's A team had a great Eastleigh 10k race, with Matthew Cook showing a clean pair of heels to his clubmates with a storming new PB of 34:04 for 45th place.
Mathew Dewey also recorded a new PB in 34:49 to finish in 84th. Solomon Lane ran hard in 36:45 and despite Rob Cliffe running faster (39:40), Lane got the nod in the same time of 36:45 on crossing the line ahead of Rob.
The B team was brought home by Dougie Brisco in 39:33 in 275th place, while Tim Bennett clocked 39:54 for 300th place and a new PB.
Steve Brett came in 304th place in 39:50 and Nick Price had a good run to round off the B team in 695th in 45:38.
For first time this season the men could boast a full C team, with Graham Cook 763rd followed home by Kelvin Mason in 775th in 46:44. Ian Oldacre was 1,112th in 50:04 and Jon Goulding 1459th in 54:10.
Not to be outdone, the ladies had two full teams out and Kay Noyce, returning after a bout of flu, ran hard to finish in 41:56 in 411th place.
Fay Wyatt had a solid race in 587th place and Janey Parker ensured the A team had a great result with a strong run in 47:47 for 882nd place.
The ladies' B team were bought home by a jubilant Caroline Bennett who was able to break the 50-minute barrier by three seconds to finish in 1,072nd place.
Janice Cook was 1,456th, Kathy Lane 1,689th and Shelia Oldacre 2130th.