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cubanlord
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Location: In Japan!
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cbclark4
Joined: 20 Aug 2006
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| Sorry, what is SLI? |
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cubanlord
Joined: 08 Jul 2005
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| Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 10:33 pm Post subject: |
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| Sorry, what is SLI? |
SLI is when you take two video cards and install them in the PC and link them, theoretically giving your PC two cards from which to work. HOwever, SLI is not more powerful than a single upper limit card.
FOr example, two of my 7900GTX cards (if you SLI them) will not be as powerful as the 8800GTX card. It'll be close, but not as powerful and less efficient.
http://www.sudhian.com/index.php?/articles/show/558 |
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kprrok
Joined: 06 Apr 2004
Location: KC
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| Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 1:00 am Post subject: |
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You could grab that, but beware, I've read that that power supply is not very good. I read it on [H]ard OCP or whatever it's called. Go check out their review of the X3 where they talk about the X2.
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cheeseface
Joined: 13 Jan 2008
Location: Ssyangnyeon Shi
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| Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 1:03 am Post subject: |
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| What graphics card would you put in it? |
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cubanlord
Joined: 08 Jul 2005
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| Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 1:42 am Post subject: |
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| cheeseface wrote: |
| What graphics card would you put in it? |
What, in that thing? Man, nothing less than the 8800GTX. If you go big, go all out. A lot of people buy great processor but little ram. A lot of people buy great motherboards but crappy processors. A lot of people....you get the point.
If you buy big, you must buy big everything!!!! |
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cheeseface
Joined: 13 Jan 2008
Location: Ssyangnyeon Shi
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| Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 1:56 am Post subject: |
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Going big is the way!!! Check out this computer I'm building this weekend....
Case : Antec NINE HUNDRED
Power : TAGAN BZ 900W
Mobo : ASUS Striker 2 Formula
CPU : 4. Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650
CPU cooler: ZALMAN CNPS9700 NT(110mm)
RAM : G.SKILL DDR2 PC8500 PK (5-5-5-15) 2GB X2
Graphics :LEADTEK 8800GTX WinFast PX8800GTX TDH 768MB Absolute X2 SLI
HDD : Seagate Barracusa 7800.11 ST3500320AS(500G,32M)-ST2
Samsung DVD (DL/CD/LS) Sata Burner
UC-12EBS 120mm enermax x2
Monitor: Dell 2407WFP UltraSharp 24-inch LCD display |
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chevro1et
Joined: 01 Feb 2007
Location: Busan, ROK
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| Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 2:16 am Post subject: |
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SLi 8800gtx is just ridiculous, I don't care what res you're running. *any mention of Crysis is strictly forbidden, nothing currently available to the public can run that at high res/ full eye candy with high framerates* SLi 8800gt with some overclocking would more than suit the needs of damn near anyone.
If you really want the MONSTER dual graphic card setup, its gotta be the XFire HD3870X2 setup... 4 gpu's man!!! And, since ATi released the Cat8.3 drivers the other day, it has cleared up alot of issues with that config as well. |
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SeoulFinn
Joined: 27 Feb 2006
Location: 1h from Seoul
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| Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 3:43 am Post subject: |
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I find the PowerColor HD 3870 x2 with GDDR4 quite interesting. Naturally it is not the fastest out there, as nVidia holds the speed record right now and has only 256 +256 bit memory bus (why, oh why?), but it looks quite promising. GDDR4 and two cores on one board can't be that bad, now can it? Plus, it has three DVI connectors and HDMI connector as well!
More can be read from HERE. Waiting for some benchmarks... |
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tractor
Joined: 26 Jan 2008
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| Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 4:46 am Post subject: |
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| cheeseface wrote: |
| HDD : Seagate Barracusa 7800.11 ST3500320AS(500G,32M)-ST2 |
i would go for 2 x 250GB HDD on raid 0. still get the 500GB of space and a lot faster read/write speeds. |
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Temporary
Joined: 13 Jan 2008
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| Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 4:57 am Post subject: |
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I wouldn't bother the 690i chipset is garbage.
Any way just to let you guys know the new graphic card refresher is in June. |
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cheeseface
Joined: 13 Jan 2008
Location: Ssyangnyeon Shi
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| Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 5:54 am Post subject: |
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| chevro1et wrote: |
SLi 8800gtx is just ridiculous, I don't care what res you're running. *any mention of Crysis is strictly forbidden, nothing currently available to the public can run that at high res/ full eye candy with high framerates* SLi 8800gt with some overclocking would more than suit the needs of damn near anyone.
If you really want the MONSTER dual graphic card setup, its gotta be the XFire HD3870X2 setup... 4 gpu's man!!! And, since ATi released the Cat8.3 drivers the other day, it has cleared up alot of issues with that config as well. |
The Sli is over kill I know, but with a 24" monitor and new games coming out this years i don't think i will be disappointed  |
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eamo
Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
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| Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 6:55 am Post subject: |
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The Q6700 processor is a bit of a lame duck. It's twice the price of a Q6600 yet, with just a little tweak, the Q6600 could out-perform it.
Same goes for the 8800GTX. It's a lot of card, but it's a lot of money too. The HD3870x2 matches, or betters it, for a lot less dosh.
Don't like that system CL. It's very 2007. |
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