To all the people who I gave the advice of flipping a coin when given a binary decision, this is my reasoning:
Decided to get myself a new video card, the Sapphire HD 5670 Ultimate. With online reviews giving this card the exact same performance as my older video card, 8800GTS, but with a TDP of 61W, I decided that it was worth the upgrade. After doing 2 separate benchmarks, I've determined that the video cards are within 1% of each other in synthetic benchmarks.
The power consumption and heat are equal to my current video card that I use during the summer time, the HD 3650. It doesn't make ANY noise, has 1GB video memory to support bigger resolutions, and has DVI, HDMI and DisplayPort. With three 24" monitors, I can get up to 5760x1200 resolution, which is insane, here's a
sample.
22nd birthday came and went, didn't win the lottery as planned. Work term is coming to an end, I would have to say it's probably one of the more enjoyable places I've worked. That and I get my own big office to sit in, I really don't want to leave.
I'm doing CS348 (Databases), STAT231 (Statistics), MATH239 (Combinatorics), FR152 (Basic French 2) next term. Seems like a pretty balanced term.
I've completed my set of OverPower, I now have every possible tournament usable card. Now, I need to work my ass off and finish the site before I start school.
I've decided not to buy the Enermax Acrylux keyboard, at roughly $86 per, it wasn't worth it. I have found an alternative, the Logitech Ultra X. At about $35 each after the expenses, it's much cheaper.
I have confirmed that the Ultra X is indeed a scissor-switch from a video on Youtube, so I don't expect to return them. I should be getting them in by the first week of August.
I received both keyboards today, but upon typing on them momentarily, I realized that
both keyboards are not scissor-switch. I was not surprised that the Dell keyboard was not scissor-switch, I was assured 100% return upon dissatisfaction, so I decided to get it shipped. The Fellowes one, however, stated on the product page and the company website, that it was indeed scissor-switch. It wasn't.
So, I have concluded that I shouldn't spend any more time looking for the keyboard. I have concluded that there is only one company that makes good keyboards and that is Enermax. I will buy the Enermax KB009U, wired, when it goes on sale for a decent price in Canada.
I'll be getting two new keyboards in for testing this week. Dell Multimedia Pro USB Keyboard (W875D) and Fellowes Microban Slimline Keyboard. Only the Fellowes one is confirmed to be scissor-switched. I will review both and have a write up by the end of the week.
