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DEAR MISS LONELYHEARTS: I have a new man in my life and I've been walking around feeling aroused for two weeks and don't know what to do about it. It is too soon to go to bed with this guy — and I won't make that mistake, because he's really worth something — but my body wants what it wants. I have used items that buzz to relieve the stress but 30 minutes later I'm back wanting him again. So what should I do? — Climbing the Walls, Fort Garry Dear
Climbing the Walls: This would be a good time to get yourself ready for that first tryst with your new lover, rather than jumping the gun and short-circuiting your chance for a big romance. Fuelled by raging sexual desire and adrenalin, you should be able to move mountains, or at least turn your unused muscles into taut ones in three to four weeks. Put yourself on a little pre-sex program — do the beauty thing, buy new lingerie, fun clothes. Also, work out, start running and whacking at tennis balls to burn off energy. When you're together, be plenty affectionate. Kiss in public, neck at the door, go parking, but stay away from that beckoning bedroom.
Then, one fine night you'll fall into bed with him, when the time is right. How do you know when it's right? When your emotional intimacy matches your physical desire. And how do you get there quicker? Do activities together and talk, talk, talk until you really know each other. For some people, in 2012, that could be a month or so. For others, who see a lot of each other, and talk a lot on the phone, it could be shorter. No one wants to go to bed with a prince and wake up with a toad. But some people who have sex too early don't even want to wake up together.
They're awkward, embarrassed, not sure what to say. Ask yourself: Is this a man I would like to have breakfast with — and would he want that? Or, would he put me in a cab and send me home at 4 a.m.? Also, if first sex was a little awkward, would you be turned off, or be quite happy to give it another whirl because you like each other so much? That's not to say you have to be in love with a person you have sex with, but you have to know the person well and like them very much. Women need to respect the guy they're with too, as respect is tied to physical response. Guys have a lesser need for respect, especially if the woman is drop-dead beautiful. But it still catches up if they are a total mismatch in interests and brain power.
Dear Miss Lonelyhearts: I'm 51, dating a 37-year-old-guy. The 14-year difference doesn't bother him, but it bothers my friends. They call him my boy toy and have made it clear they don't want to be around him. They miss my ex-husband, Mr. Popularity, who cheated on me with many women, and they all knew it. Am I wrong to question my 25-year friendships with these people? Am I foolish or going through a mid-life crisis, as my friends tell me? — Upset and Confused, West Kildonan
Dear Upset: It makes sense to do what you want to do. Private life is a foreign concept to most North Americans, but it would behoove you to stop looking for approval from these frenemies. You suffered through your husband's infidelities, which they knew about. They are his friends, not yours.
If your 37-year-old man is mature and not defined by his number and you are a young 51-year-old, why not drift off and let them wonder what you're up to, instead of laying it all out for them, so they can criticize and give the cold shoulder to your new man? Though it may seem daunting to get a whole new groups of friends, it'd be wise to do some sorting and turfing now.
Dear Miss Lonelyhearts: Please let Under the Covers know that Blue Cross (or whatever health care plan she has) will cover the costs of a S.A.D. (Seasonal Affective Disorder) light if she gets a prescription from her family physician. — Been There, Done That, Winnipeg Dear Been There: Consider the tip passed on. We have had an unusually long run of dark, cloudy weather in Manitoba and light-sensitive people are starting to feel low. Now is the time to do something about it.


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According to the latest Livestock, Dairy and Poultry Outlook by the USDA, the most recent USDA World Agricultural Supply and Demand estimates lowered the 2012/13 season-average price of corn to $6.75-$7.65 per bushel.
Lower expected exports lie behind the price drop. Greater expected competition from Brazil offset higher expected domestic food, seed, and industrial use. In contrast, the soybean meal price forecast was unchanged from January at $430-$460 per ton.
The outlook for forages remains precarious. The Crop Production report released February 8, 2012, estimated total U.S. hay production in 2012 at 119.9 million tons.
This estimate is about 9 percent below 2011 and 16 percent below the 5-year average. However, the drought impact is not uniform. The upper Midwest is most adversely affected, with the 2012 crop trailing last year by 29 percent. The TexasOklahoma production is expected to be nearly double 2011 totals, but 2011 was one of the worst drought years ever for the Texas-Oklahoma area.
Feed prices will continue to inch upward early this year; but for the year as a whole, feed prices should be slightly lower in 2013 than last year. The feed outlook is predicated on the lower expected corn price and a return to a more nearly normal forage yield for 2013/14.
For January, weekly dairy cow slaughter continued above the 2012 pace. The January Cattle report showed the cow population on January 1 close to 2012's population, but producers expect to retain 2 percent fewer heifers for breeding.
Based on this evidence, cow numbers are likely to show a gradual decline over the course of 2013 and average 9,170 thousand head for the year.
The prospect of lower feed prices should prompt producers to maintain feeding rates and continue to boost yields. Milk per cow is expected to average 21,920 pounds for the year, with most of the year-over-year increase coming after the first quarter in 2013.
Total 2013 milk production is forecast at 201.0 billion pounds, another year-over-year rise. Milk-equivalent imports for 2013 were unchanged from the January forecast on both a fats and skims-solids basis, at 4.0 billion pounds and 5.4 billion pounds, respectively. Fats basis exports were unchanged for February at 9.0 billion pounds.
Skims-solids basis exports were raised slightly to 33.7 billion pounds. Firm nonfat dry milk (NDM) prices, despite higher than expected December ending stocks, suggest a potentially strong NDM export pace, at least in early 2013. Ending stocks on both a fats and skims-solids basis were trimmed in this month's forecast based on stronger domestic demand and only a modest increase in milk production.
Dairy product prices for 2013 were only slightly changed from January forecasts. The cheese price is forecast at $1.715-$1.785 per pound, unchanged from last month, although the range was narrowed. Butter prices are projected to average $1.535-$1.635 per pound. The upper end of the forecast price range was lowered from last month, effectively lowering the midpoint of the price forecast.
Butter supplies are expected to remain relatively plentiful. NDM prices were raised slightly this month to $1.465-$1.525 per pound on the basis of current prices, continued export strength, and expected tightening stocks over the course of this year. Similar logic underlies the raise in whey prices to 61.5-64.5 cents per pound.
The Class IV price is forecast at $17.00-$17.80 per hundred-weight (cwt). This represents an increase in the lower end of the forecast range from last month and is based on the perceived strength of the powder market.
The Class III price range was narrowed from last month's forecast to $17.70-$18.40 per cwt as cheese prices are unchanged and only a small increase is forecast in the whey price. The all milk price is forecast at $18.90-$19.60 per cwt, representing a narrowing of the forecast range.

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Nine Hall of Famers Among more than 100 Attendees Set to Honor Yogi Berra
Nine members of the National Baseball Hall of Fame, including Reggie Jackson, Juan Marichal and Joe Morgan, will be among the more than 100 current and former Major Leaguers scheduled to attend the 2013 "Going to Bat for B.A.T. Fundraising Dinner," which will honor the legendary Hall of Famer Yogi Berra. Additional Hall of Famers scheduled to attend include Luis Aparicio, Orlando Cepeda, Rollie Fingers, Pat Gillick and Jim Palmer. The annual fundraising dinner, which benefits the Baseball Assistance Team (B.A.T.), will be held on Tuesday, January 22, 2013 at the New York Marriott Marquis Hotel in Times Square.
B.A.T. also will recognize New York Mets starting pitcher Johan Santana and New York Yankees pitcher Joba Chamberlain. Santana will receive the Big B.A.T./Frank Slocum Award for his financial support and generosity to the B.A.T. organization. Chamberlain will receive the Bart Giamatti Award, which is presented annually to an individual in baseball who best exemplifies the compassion demonstrated by the late Commissioner. Octavio "Cookie" Rojas will be presented with the Joe Garagiola, Sr. Lifetime Achievement Award for his service to the organization. Chamberlain will also accept the annual American League Bobby Murcer Award on behalf of the New York Yankees. Five-time MLB All-Star and Arizona Diamondbacks Special Assistant to the President & CEO Luis Gonzalez will accept the National League Bobby Murcer Award on behalf of the D-backs players.
A number of Berra's former teammates, as well as several players who played for him during his managing and coaching career will attend the 24th annual event, including Yogi's sons Dale Berra ( the first player in baseball history to ever play for his father) and Larry Berra, Jim Bouton, Dr. Bobby Brown, Steve Garvey, Bud Harrelson, Tommy John, Cleon Jones, Ed Kranepool, Phil Linz, Rusty Staub, Ron Swoboda and Bob Watson. The list of attendees also includes Baltimore Orioles All-Star center fielder Adam Jones, Boston Red Sox reliever Craig Breslow, four-time All-Star John Franco, five-time All-Star and 1979 National League Most Valuable Player Keith Hernandez, five-time All-Star Jack Morris, and many others.
Johan Santana will receive the Big B.A.T./Frank Slocum Award, named after B.A.T.'s first director. The award is given to a player who has been financially generous to the organization and best exemplifies Slocum's community-focused values. Santana has two charity-based foundations, one based in Venezuela and one in the United States. Three days prior to becoming the first pitcher in Mets history to throw a no-hitter, Santana and his Johan Santana Foundation joined forces with the Mets Foundation to provide seed money to launch a new Tuesday's Children initiative for Spanish-speaking members of the 9/11 community. Tuesday's Children is a non-profit family service organization that has made a long-term commitment to every individual impacted by the events of September 11, 2001. Santana and his Foundation allowed Tuesday's Children to increase its outreach and enhance services and programs for the underserved Spanish-speaking community. The lefthander serves as the project's spokesperson help reaching those in need. For the last seven years he has hosted a holiday party in his hometown of Tovar, Venezuela. During this weekend-long event, Santana helps umpire a baseball tournament, oversees a health and wellness outreach program for children and adults, and hands out over 10,000 gifts to children. Santana has a long-standing commitment to raising awareness about skin cancer, specifically Melanoma after the wife of one of his agents was lost to the disease. He was one of the first area athletes to rally support for victims of Hurricane Sandy, delivering supplies and bottled water to Brooklyn residents, especially those near MCU Park, the home of the Mets' Single-A affiliate Brooklyn Cyclones.
Joba Chamberlain will receive the Bart Giamatti Award, which is presented annually to an individual associated with baseball who best exemplifies the compassion demonstrated by the late Commissioner. Since arriving in New York, he has been involved with the Police Athletic League, New Yorkers for Children, Camp Acorn, and the Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. In 2010, Chamberlain was awarded the Thurman Munson Award for his philanthropic efforts. In 2011, Chamberlain and his sister, Tasha, created the Dream 62 Foundation to help children in need and the disabled in both Nebraska and New York, and he spends countless hours fundraising and attending events in the off-season to promote awareness. He recently raised $25,000 for the foundation by answering sales calls at ICAP's annual charity day. The foundation hosted its first annual cocktail mixer on December 13th to raise money to help build a baseball facility in Lincoln.
For the fourth consecutive year, the New York Yankees will be the American League Club recognized as the recipients of the annual Bobby Murcer Award. The Arizona Diamondbacks will receive the award for the first time, on behalf of the National League. In 2009, B.A.T. established the award in honor of the late B.A.T. Chairman, MLB All-Star and Yankees legend. The award is presented to the team in both the American League and National League whose players commit the most amount of money to B.A.T. during the Spring Training Fundraising Tour. The Yankees have won the award for the American League each year since it was created. Bobby's widow Kay Murcer, and his son Todd Murcer will be on-hand to present the awards at this year's dinner.
B.A.T. was founded in 1986 by former Commissioner Peter Ueberroth, a group of former players and Major League Baseball. The organization is dedicated to assisting members of the Baseball Family through financial grants, healthcare programs and rehabilitative counseling. More than $28 million in grants have been awarded, to date, benefiting more than 3,000 members of the Baseball Family who are in need of assistance with nowhere else to turn. All aid provided by B.A.T. is strictly confidential allowing those in the need to receive help discreetly.
In addition to assisting former Major League players, B.A.T. also offers support to former Major League managers, coaches, scouts, umpires, athletic trainers, front office personnel, Minor League Baseball players and personnel, Negro Leagues players, players from the Women's Professional Baseball League, and spouses and children under the age of 24 years old.
Entering its 28th year, B.A.T. is a 501-(c) 3 charity and a unique organization within the sports industry. Through charitable contributions from corporations, foundations and individuals, B.A.T. strives to provide a means of support to people with financial, medical or psychological burdens.
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Darling used to be called Groenekloof and dates back to 1682, when pioneer explorer Oloff Bergh headed north from Cape Town up the sandy West Coast.
In spring every field around the small town of Darling, along the West Coast, blooms a tapestry of flowers. Tourists come from near and far to experience the beauty and to enjoy small town hospitality. Darling forms part of the West Coast flower region and is part of the Cape Floristic Region. It boasts more than 1 200 species of flowering plants, 80 of which are endemic to the West Coast. The Darling Wildflower Show is held every third weekend in September at the Darling Club.
Darling was named after Charles Henry Darling, who came to the Cape as Lieutenant-Governor in 1851. While it is also known for its salt and dairy produce (notably butter), wine from the region is becoming increasingly popular.
There are lots of little bric-a-brac shops, art galleries and coffee shops. A must-do is a visit to Evita se Perron, a theatre owned by Uys, aka Tannie Evita Bezuidenhout. The Darling Museum plays homage to the town's butter-making and creamery history, and gives an insight into life on farms and in the town in the 19th century.
The history of the area, however, stretches many centuries back when the San roamed the land. The San's heritage has been preserved at the !Khwa ttu San Culture and Education Centre. San guides will take you on a three-hour tour, demonstrating their skills and sharing their oral history and knowledge of medicinal herbs.
With plenty of guest houses and B&Bs, the town is an ideal getaway from the hurly-burly of large cities, but close enough to Cape Town to make the trip in an hour.
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Who to contact
Darling Tourist Bureau
Tel: 022 492 3361
Fax: 022 492 2935
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How to get here
Darling is less than an hour's drive from Cape Town, up the West Coast Road (R27).
Best time to visit
The third weekend in September, for the Darling Wildflower Show
Tours to do
!Khwa ttu San Culture and Education Centre
What to pack
Comfortable clothes according to the season, and walking shoes.
Where to stay
The Granary Guesthouse offers excellent facilities.


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Registration Open For IAOM Annual Conference & Expo ... April 29-May 3 ... Niagara Falls, ON
Date Posted: January 30, 2013
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Engage with a diverse group of milling professionals from around the globe.
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*Registration is now closed* High school seniors are invited to shadow a current Mount freshman and attend classes in our Veritas program during this one-day program. Parents will attend presentations from different departments on campus including Admissions, Financial Aid, Social Justice, Academics, Career Center, Public Safety, Residence Life, Center for Student Diversity and Campus Ministry. Lunch will be provided and an optional student-led campus tour will be offered at the conclusion of the program. Registration begins at 9:15 a.m.


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The Dallas Theater Center and Uptown Players are head-to-head with the most Column Award nominations for Equity theater companies with 39 and 28 respectively. But that's nothing compared to the Non-Equity winner, Artisan Center Theatre, with 52 nods. (As always, tons of gay folks are nominated.)
Now that the Dallas Theater League's Leon Rabin Awards don't exist, the Columns are the only non-critic awards in town for local theater. Eligible theater professionals (and, actually, me) will now vote in the final round. The winners will be announced at the Column Awards gala on Feb. 27 at the Patty Granville Performing Arts Center in Garland.
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It's All Greek to MeLogic Grid puzzles come with a handy interactive grid that will help you solve the puzzle based on the given clues.
There are three modern children, so obsessed with Greek mythology, that they've actually started to believe it. Each kid (Sarah, Christian, and Stacy) worship three different gods (Hermes, Helios, and Demeter) in three different countries (USA, Romania, and Greece).
1.The Herald of the gods is worshiped by the American girl.
2. Stacy used to use Drachma to buy things.
3. The one who lives in Bucharest loves the sun.
4. Stacy worships the Goddess.
5. Demeter's worshiper is the closest to Mount Olympus.
6. Christian shares his homeland with Dracula.
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8. Sarah's country is the largest of the three.
HintA herald is a messenger.
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? Greece
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Apollo was not the sun in Greek myth.
AnswerSarah worships Hermes in America
Stacy worships Demeter in Greece
Christian worships Helios in Romania
Clue #1 states that The American girl worships the herald of the gods. Hermes was a messenger to Zeus in Greek Myth. Clue #2 states that Stacy used to use Drachma to buy things. Greece used to use the Drachma as currency, but lately, has switched over to the Euro. Clue #3 states that the kid who lives in Bucharest loves the sun. This means that s/he worships the sun, Helios, in Greek Mythology. Also Bucharest is the capital of Romania, meaning that the kid who worships Helios lives in Romania. Clue #4 states that Stacy worships a Goddess. This means that she worships Demeter, the only Goddess out of the three. Clue #5 states that Demeter's worshiper is the closest to Mount Olympus, in Greece. Since clue #4 establishes that Stacy worships Demeter, that means that she lives in Greece. Clue #6 says that Christian shares his homeland with Dracula. This means that Christian is from Romania, because Dracula was from Romania (although not Transylvania). Since clue #3 said that the Romanian one worships Helios, we know that Christian worships Helios. Clue #7 states that Sarah would have worshiped Mercury, had she loved Roman Mythology. Mercury was the name the Romans gave to Hermes. Clue# 8 stated that Sarah lived in the largest of the three countries. This could only be America, since the United States is the fourth largest country in the world, smaller only than Russia, Canada, and China. Oh, the last hint under ''Hint'', was because Helios was the sun in Greek Mythology. Apollo was the God of light.
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Overclocking Extravaganza: GTX 275's Complex Characteristicsby Derek Wilson on 6/4/2009 5:35 AM EST
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serrias - Monday, June 08, 2009 - linkSorry if its been posted, But the math is wrong :S...
Thats like saying.. you have 3 people (each one represents either memory,core or shader) they are all making wallets, and can each do 10 in an hour.
That means 3 people x 10 wallets per hour = 30 wallets a hour total.
Then you tell them each to work 10% faster...... Therefore..
Wallet maker one does 11 wallets a hour (1.1x10=11)
Wallet maker two also does 11 wallets a hour (1.1x10=11)
And Wallet maker Three also does 11 wallets a hour (1.1x10=11).
This equates to 33 wallets an hour (for a 10% increase from each wallet maker)
This is still overall just a 10% increase in performance.
Now onto the artical, It is impossible to get a performance increase above the amount overclocked... Right?.... The highest overclock here was about 17% on the shader if i remember right
(So by my math even if the core and memory were also 17% overclocks it would still just be 17% faster overall... From my example above)
.. This all makes it definatly impossible to get a 30%+ increase.
Sorry, But this artical is screwed up. Reply
Tigashark - Monday, June 08, 2009 - linkSerias you are making the assumption that the core , shader and mem are all performing the same job "Making wallets" and therefore the performance improvement should increase in a linnear fashion
Using your wallet maker example , changing the layout of their workspace by "10%" might lead to a 20% increase in efficiency and corresponding 20% increase in wallets per hour
the shader and core clocks obviously have a multiplicive relationship , not an additive one and the core and shader clocks are obviously helping eachother do their job more efficiently in some manner .
Im sure an Nvidia engineer would be able to answer the "why" of this ;)
Science is based on theory -> experiment -> observation ->conclusion (and maybe another round of experiments if the results dont fit your theory)
In this case your trying to say "but my theory must be right so the observed results are wrong"
Thats like saying "the world is flat so something else must be happening when people circumnavigate the earth , cos it couldnt possibly be that its not flat"
Bottom line you can throw as much theory at this as you like , the
Observed results speak for themselves .
Great article btw :)
Tigashark - Monday, June 08, 2009 - linkMeant to say
Science is based on theory -> experiment -> observation ->conclusion and if need be - > REVISION
(if the results dont fit the theory , you revise the theory untill it explains the results , THEN retest)
serrias - Tuesday, June 09, 2009 - linkYou are correct in how the core, shader and memory are seperate, and how those seperate things are unlinked and affect the framerates in very differnt proportions, I did originally think about this... But I just to make it more understandable... I used a simplified example to show it. It still is incorrect though.
The basic principal is the same, You cannot achieve a larger performance increase the the percentage you originally increased from.
The wallet making example was suitable for simple understanding , Using that example you are correct, If you did for increase workspace by 10% you may get a 20% increase in wallets per hour, the only case where this could happen is where the workspace is the limiting factor, and the increase is because perviously he could only fit say 90% of the needed materials on the desk, whereas now he can fit 100% and work at a much faster rate (seeing as he dosnt need to go back and get more materials half way through.)
But, This does not apply to a GPU efficiency because its just a differnt enviroment.
Im sorry but no matter what, It is definatly impossible to overclock three components by 17% 10% and 10% (or whatever the review said) and achieve a theoretical performance improvement of 50%, with a actual of up to 32%... Perhaps by freak occourance may happen to around 19-20%, But that would be driver issues and inperfections in architecture, No way would 32% be possible!!! Reply
serrias - Tuesday, June 09, 2009 - linkOh yeah, finally,
Its obviously ridiculous if the clocks have a multiplying increase
(xxx*xxx*xxx = total percentage is not right.)
Let me put this into simpler terms so you can understand....
That is the same as using your analogy...
if you decrease the clocks by 50% on each one you will come out with
So thats like saying if you run 50% of the speed youll get 12.5% of the performance
Or.. even more stupid...
If you run 20% of the original core speed you get 0.8% of the original performance
Or the other way round... a 50% clock increase on all components (actually possible on some GPU's) would be
1.5*1.5*1.5 = 3.375
So a 50% increase in clocks means a thoretical increase of 337.5% ..... :S
So can you see now how it is clear that you cannot multiply the percentage increase to determin theoretical MAXIMUM performance... (Maximum reffering to the pervious running at 20% of clock speeds = 0.8% MAXIMUM performance.... (Have to follow same rules for all equations) Reply
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helldrell666 - Saturday, June 06, 2009 - linkExtremely useful Data Mr. Derek.I just love your articles.Your one of the great guys at anandtech who keep anandtech unique in every single way.
KhadgarTWN - Friday, June 05, 2009 - linkA great review, but the problem is still there,
4890 perform far worse in reality than these canned benchmark
My 4890 has no change on par with GTX 275 at 1920x1200 on most of game.... I have them both on E8500 Reply
SiliconDoc - Saturday, June 06, 2009 - linkIf you notice the games also have some customized settings and the 4890 they used was a special for their eyes only manufacturer direct channel non retail version ! LOL
Yes of course, the red rooster BS here is so thick it's PATHETIC.
"We absolutely must caution our readers once again that these are not off-the-shelf retail parts. These are parts sent directly to us from manufacturers and could very likely have a higher overclocking potential than retail parts."
Yes, caution us way down into page 3 of the 4890 extravaganza review - but just COPY AND PASTE those special card numbers here and NEVER MENTION IT - and put a sappy 703 core on the GTX275 and call it "extravaganza!"
Yes, your 275 whomps the 4890 in real life - that's why they have to go through maxxing it out for 4890 here to get what they got - a specially OC'able card from manufacturer - specialized custom game settings and ati favorable games in the majority - a great oc on ati not even achievable retail, and a crappy oc on nvidia that RETAIL BEATS ! http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N8...">http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N8...
Yeah, just really grewat and valuable data as hell666 says the next page... because he doesn't have a clue, he's bleeding out red rooster all over. Reply
Hrel - Friday, June 05, 2009 - linkWow, I guess the guys who programmed WAW and Race Driver did a REALLY crappy job at resource allocation; 30 percent compared to about 8 percent from Left 4 Dead; pretty terrible programming. Reply
MonsterSound - Friday, June 05, 2009 - linkI too like the 'change-in-place' resolution graphs, but have to agree that they would be better if the scale was consistent.
As far as the 702mhz OC on your 275, that seems like a weak attempt. The retail evga 275 ftw model for example has been binned as an overclocker and stock speed is 713mhz. My MSI 275 FrozrOC is running at 735mhz right now. I can't seem to find mention of which models of the 275 you were testing with, but obviously not the fastest.
respectfully,... Reply
Anonymous Freak - Thursday, June 04, 2009 - linkWhile I love the 'change-in-place' resolution graphs, they really need to be consistent. Leave games in the same location vertically; and keep the same scale horizontally. That way I can tell at an instant glance what the difference is. I don't like having the range switch from 0-15 to 0-7 to 0-10, plus changing the order of the games, when I click the different resolutions!
After all, the only difference that matters on the graphs is the one the individual bars represent. So why go changing the other aspects? Yes, it's "pretty" to have the longest bar the same length, and to always have the graph sorted longest-on-top; but it makes the graph less readable.
For the few graphs that have a bunch of values clustered near each other, plus one or two outliers, just have the outliers run off the edge. For example, in most of your one-variable graphs, a range of 0-10% would be sufficient. Just make sure that for a given resolution set, the range is the same. Reply
yacoub - Thursday, June 04, 2009 - linkThis article completely kicks butt! It includes everything I'd want to see in charts, including both % gains and the actual FPS numbers versus other cards, and all with the three most important resolutions.
Very, very good article. Please keep up this level of quality - the data and the depth really answer all the major questions readers and enthusiasts would have. Reply
chizow - Thursday, June 04, 2009 - linkNice job Derek, I've been lobbying for a comparison like this since G80 but nice to see a thorough comparison of the different clock domains and impact on performance.
As I suggested in some of your multi-GPU round-up articles, it'd be nice to see similar using CPU clockspeed scaling with a few different types of CPU, say a single i7, a C2Q 9650 and a PII 955 for example, then test with a fast single GPU and observe performance difference at different clockspeeds.
It'd also be interesting to see some comparisons between different GPUs, say 260 to 275 to 280/285 at the same clockspeeds to measure the impact of actual physical differences between the GPU versions. Reply
spunlex - Thursday, June 04, 2009 - linkIt looks like a stock GTX 275 beats the 280 in almost every benchmark even at stock speed. Does anyone have any explanation as to why this is happening??
I guess GTX 280 sales will be dropping quiet a bit now Reply
PrinceGaz - Thursday, June 04, 2009 - linkThis whole idea of the three seperate overclocks (core, shader, memory) being able to simultaneously provide almost their full percentage increase to any single result cannot possibly be right.
Imagine you take the situation where a card is overclocked by 10% throughout (instead of 11%, 14%, 18% like you did). Core up 10%. Shaders up 10%. Memory up 10%. Going from your numbers, that would probably have given you about a 20% performance increase in two of the games! Do you really expect us to believe a graphics-card running 10% faster, can give a 20% performance boost to the overall framerate?
How does magically making Core and Shader seperate overclocks allow them to work together to nearly double their effect. If it worked that way, you could split the card up into twenty seperate individually overclockable parts, overclock them all by 10%, and end up with something giving over 3x the performance-- all from a 10% overclock :p
Something else must be happening in addition to what you are doing, and my first priority would be to check the actual speeds the card is running at using a third-party utility which reports not the speed the clocks have been set to, but the actual speed the hardware is running at (I believe RivaTuner does that in real-time in its hardware-monitor charts). Reply
DerekWilson - Thursday, June 04, 2009 - linkI used rivatuner to check the clock speeds. i made very sure things were running at exactly the speeds I specified. At some clocks, the hardware would sort of "round" to the next available clock speed, but the clocks I chose all actually reflect what is going on in hardware.
I do see what you are saying, but it doesn't work either the way you think it should or the way that you claim my logic would lead it be. Extrapolating the math I used (which I believe I made clear was not a useful judge of what to expect, but an extreme upper bound that is not achievable) is one thing, but that isn't what is actually "happening" and I don't believe I stated that it was.
Like I said, it is impossible for the hardware to achieve the full theoretical benefit from each of its overclocked subsystems as this would imply that performance was fully limited by each subsystem, which it just not possible.
If I was confusing on that point then I do apologize.
Here's what I know, though: 1) the reported clock speeds are the clock speeds the hardware was actually running at and 2) the performance numbers are definitely correct.
I fully realize I didn't do a good job of explaining why the two above points are both true ... mostly because I have no idea why.
I tried to paint the picture that what actually happened was not impossible, while (I thought) making it clear that I don't actually know what causes the observed effect.
Kibbles - Thursday, June 04, 2009 - linkGreat article. I especially liked the 3 linked graphs. One question though. I've been wondering how much power the lastest graphics cards use when you underclock them to the lowest possible while idling, or does the hardware do it automatically? For example, I have my 2D mode on my 8800gtx set to only 200mhz core/shader/memory using nibitor. Or would it matter? Reply
DerekWilson - Thursday, June 04, 2009 - linkAll the current gen cards do significantly underclock and undervolt themselves in 2D mode. They also turn off parts of the chip not in use.
I believe you can set the clocks lower, but the big deal is the voltage as power is proportional to frequency but proportional to the square of voltage. I don't /think/ it would make that much difference in 2D mode, but then it's been years since I tried doing something like that.
balancedthinking - Thursday, June 04, 2009 - linkActually, you can save as much as 40W(!)idle when you underclock a 4890/4870. The important part is to underlcock the GDDR5 which automatically adjusts voltage too.
7Enigma - Friday, June 05, 2009 - linkAnyway you could translate the 4870 portion? Babelfish is not working for me for some reason.... Reply
jeramhyde - Thursday, June 04, 2009 - linkgreat article thanks :-) good work with the graphs and setting it out in an easy to follow way :-)
my housemate just got a gtx275 today, so we'll be trying those overclocks tonight :-) Reply
nvalhalla - Thursday, June 04, 2009 - linkAlright, I just spent the last 10 minutes looking for a 900 shader 4980 before I realized you meant a 900MHz 4890. It's wrong in every graph. Reply
DerekWilson - Thursday, June 04, 2009 - linkIt's not wrong, it's just noted in a different way.
like I say (702 core) for the GTX 275 with a 702MHz core clock, i say (900 core) for a 4890 with a 900MHz core clock.
I'm sorry for the confusion, but it the graphs were already so crowded that I wanted to save space as much as I could.
nvalhalla - Thursday, June 04, 2009 - linkno, you're not getting me. It's listed as a 4980, not a 4890. I thought it was a new card, the "NEXT TIER" if you will. The 900 I thought might be a reference to the number of SP. Once I realized you just transposed the numbers, I got the 900 was MHz. Reply
DerekWilson - Thursday, June 04, 2009 - linkoooooooooooohhhhhhhhh ... okay ... that's a fun typo. I can't really do search and replace on these graphs either. I'll try and get it cleaned up as soon as I can.
thanks for clarifying. Reply
walp - Thursday, June 04, 2009 - linkVery nice article as always! :)
GTX275 and 4890 is really evenly matched in every different way(Price, performance, overclocking performance etc) except for the fact that 4890 can be used with the 19$ Accelero S1:
, which makes it totally quiet and cool. Just watch those VRM-temperatures and you will be just fine!
This is the main reason why I chosed the 4890 over GTX275, and the fact that I had a CF-compatible motherboard.
By the way, why didnt you include the 4890 (1\1.2)GHz idle power draw? Or is it just a little type-o? :)
Request: GTX275 SLI vs 4890 CF (And overclocking bonanza! :)))))
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SiliconDoc - Monday, June 22, 2009 - linkI can't help but use google and check the very first site that comes up:
and the GTX275 beats the TAR out of the 4890 !!!
I guess derek has once again used some biased bench or the special from the manufacturer 4890, and then downclocked the GTX275 to boot.
WHAT A CROCK ! Reply
SiliconDoc - Saturday, June 06, 2009 - linkIt's hilarious - the extravaganza overclock they do here for Nvidia can't even match the stock timings of a common EVGA.
core 713 derek weakness red rooster nvidia hate 703
So what AT has done here is put the 4890 max overclocked in their other article against a low end stock gtx275, then in their extravaganza overclock gtx275 they put up a pathetic overclock that is BEATEN BY An EVGA gtx275 as it arrives !
Worse yet, they jammed their ati 4890 maxxxxx overclocks in for comparison !
How to be a completely biased load of crap by Derek and AT :
max overclock your ati 4890 and put stock gtx275's against it
weak overclock your gtx275 and put maxx overclock 4890's against it
cocka doodle doooo ! cocka doodle dooo ! red rooster central.
Shadowmage - Thursday, June 04, 2009 - linkEvenly matched? The 4890 OCed beats the GTX275 OCed in almost all benchmarks and wins considerably in every game at the resolution that I play at: 1680x1050. It also uses substantially less power and costs less than $200 (eg. ewiz deal at $160, newegg deal at $180), whereas the GTX275 still costs upwards of $220. Reply
walp - Thursday, June 04, 2009 - linkI just wanted to be polite. :
4890 @ 1\1.2 is a really nice overclock. They do mention that the GTX275 did'nt overclock that well.
So I prefer (to be aside of the fanboyism-spectra) to call them evenly matched when talking about performance.
Good for you that 4890 is so cheap over there, here they cost about the same as the GTX275. (280$) :/
Powerdraw from a electrical cost-point of view is unimportant for me, since I have free electricity. (Long live the swedish King! lol..) ;)
But it is better from a heat-point-of-view to have less power-draw of course, yeah, so 4890 is (again:slightly) better than GTX275 at load. Its the other way around for idle though. (I would sincerely call this evenly matched in powerdraw).
I have no clue whatsoever how they compare when it comes to noise, but 4890 is really loud at load, thats for sure. ('But not anymore its not!')
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Carfax - Thursday, June 04, 2009 - linkExcept that the GTX 275 OC had a very moderate overclock compared to the greater overclock on the HD 4890.
I don't see how Anandtech only got 700mhz out of the core. Reply
li3k - Thursday, June 04, 2009 - linkwell...
A cursory search on google yieled the highest core overclocks obtainable on gtx 275 boards to be between 700 and 745mhz. If you can show us otherwise, please do.
As for myself, and other hardware enthusiasts I'd imagine, the maximum potential of a card comes from its maximum overclocked performance. The fact that the gtx 275 had a "moderate" maximum overclock compared to the 4890 should not come at the cost of the 4890 in a potential comparison.
I stand by my point. Reply
Carfax - Thursday, June 04, 2009 - linkI just googled "GTX 275 overclock" and the first article that pops up is from Guru3d which shows the GTX 275 overclocking to 743mhz.
Tweaktown did another one and got 715mhz, but they had no clue what they were doing and left the shaders linked.
Anyway, the point is though, if you're going to do an article on overclocking the GTX 275, why bother with a card that has such poor overclocking capability?
Anandtech's HD 4890 OC article specifically used an HD 4890 that was capable of hitting 1ghz on the core, because not all HD 4890s are capable of attaining such a high core speed.
Why couldn't they do the same for the GTX 275?
This article is B.S.. Reply
SiliconDoc - Saturday, June 06, 2009 - linkLOL
You can buy a GTX275 retail at 713 core - and they got theirs all the way up to 703 here ! roflmao
Worse yet they use their 4890 numbers from their specially delivered non retail "golden ATI secret channel" - as Derek the red rooster says here in their 4890 oc extrava article ! - LOL
" We absolutely must caution our readers once again that these are not off-the-shelf retail parts. These are parts sent directly to us from manufacturers and could very likely have a higher overclocking potential than retail parts. "
a red rooster fanboy like Derek and all his little raging red roosters here love it. Reply
li3k - Thursday, June 04, 2009 - linkI have to agree...
vote me down if you like, but the way this article is worded just reinforces the commonly held assumption that anandtech is biased towards intel/nvidia.
DerekWilson - Thursday, June 04, 2009 - linkthanks for the feedback ... but I'm not touching overclocked SLI and CF ... ugh!
I didn't include the 4890 1/1.2 in idle power because it is redundant as it doesn't affect idle power. and came in at the same idle power as the other two. I wanted to save on graph space where i could because there was so much data -- plus we already covered that in the 4890 overclocking article. Sorry if I dropped too much out.
walp - Thursday, June 04, 2009 - linkHmm, mkay.
Was just confused by the fact that the sligthly overclocked 4890 wanted less juice than the original version in idle.
Maybe due to better VRM\mosfet underclocking or whatever. :)
At least do GTX275 SLI vs. 4890 CF, (and while doing that, just overclock them slightly, plz ;)
I have my finger on the 'ordering-another-4890-button', but wont buy another until anandtech.com reviews 4890 CF!
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SiliconDoc - Monday, June 22, 2009 - linkYes the gtx 275 wins even in overclocking... i wonder what went wrong with dereks tests...( no i don't !)
http://www.techspot.com/review/164-radeon-4890-vs-...">http://www.techspot.com/review/164-radeon-4890-vs-... Reply
SiliconDoc - Monday, June 22, 2009 - linkNot only does the gtx275 beat the 4890, but the gtx260 beats the 4870 !
Oh gee, I guess I should follow dereks chart instead... ( GAG ! ) Reply
SiliconDoc - Monday, June 08, 2009 - link" Given the performance and pricing of Phenom II and the upcoming Radeon 5000 series, if AMD does not pull into black [records a profit] and achieves great sales success, we don't know what needs to happen in order for AMD to actually earn some serious money. "
Will ATI ever make a profit ? We keep hearing how smart they are and how they can really make money while NVidia's monster vore costs nvidia so much ! LOL
Awwww- poor ati can't make dime one while nvidia keeps posting profits...
Any red roosters gonna stop crowing about smaller gpu cores and their savings for ATI who loses money every single quarter, anytime soon ?
Probably NOT - they're so smart, so wise about making gpu's.
SiliconDoc - Saturday, June 06, 2009 - linkBetter be careful - from their 4890 extravaganza overclock article they did first and used the results in this comparison against nvidia:
" We absolutely must caution our readers once again that these are not off-the-shelf retail parts. These are parts sent directly to us from manufacturers and could very likely have a higher overclocking potential than retail parts. "
YES WE KNOW - NOW YOU'VE TRANSFERRED YOUR RESULTS HERE AGAINST A 703 CORE THAT IS LOWER THAN THE FTW EVGA GTX275 you can but stock faster!
You had BETTER look at a few other places that aren't so GD biased it's built in - and Derek is insanely red rooster fan boyed, and hates Nvidia, obviously, like so many little cluckers here for over a year now.-
Jeepers- a special 4890 up against non overclocked gtx275 in the 4890 article, then transfer the special results here, and put NOT a regular clocked 4890 as in the other article to be half fair - but jam the massive results in from the special cards they got...
I'm mean you really can't screw it up much worse than that.
They did their best red rooster bias blab possible, I'll say that much for em, and covered it up as best they could.


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The two teams were equal in shots, each side mustering 12 apiece, but it was Jack Gagne's goal in the 38th minute which provided the difference. Gagne was in the right place at the right time, positioning himself at the near right post to cleanly field the rebound of a Antonio Mattarazzo shot and put it in the open net.
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