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reesescups
Title: //Captain America
Posts: 2,537
Registered: 2003-5-26 14:45:53
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1/1/00 12:00am
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New gaming rig... vid card questions...
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What's good?
Should I go high end on one card or get two middle of the road cards and SLI/xfire them?
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Date Posted:
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Never liked a dual card setup IMO. Not saying it is all bad, there are some positives to it, I just prefer a solo card setup. *shrug*
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ZigmundZag
Title: Grammar Nazi
Posts: 1,211
Registered: 2002-3-25 23:03:00
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You'll get more bang for the buck on the high-end cards, which you can then SLI/crossfire later on when the card is cheaper.
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Taliesihne
Title: Wind on the Deep Waters
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Registered: 2004-2-19 04:47:59
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SLI is more trouble then it's worth imo.
Go with a good high end card. It'll likely be more then you need anyway.
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reesescups
Title: //Captain America
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Registered: 2003-5-26 14:45:53
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ZigmundZag posted:
You'll get more bang for the buck on the high-end cards, which you can then SLI/crossfire later on when the card is cheaper.
That's kind of the route I was thinking.
Top of the line now - add a second one later when I need a bit more umph...
Follow up question - what graphics chipset is the bees knees these days? ATI, Nvidia, AMD???
MoBo I am pretty set on the ASUS Sabertooth with the AMD FX-8120
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ZigmundZag
Title: Grammar Nazi
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Registered: 2002-3-25 23:03:00
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NVIDIA + Intel is still the most popular route for gaming rigs. If you've already settled on an AMD processor, you might be better of sticking to the same for graphics.
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Z-Elder
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Registered: 2002-3-15 13:58:39
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I always go to Toms Hardware and look at their graphs. Then I just find the best card for gaming at the amount I want to spend.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-graphics-card-review,3107.html
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the_great_ontex
Title: This is what cool looks like
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Registered: 2012-2-13 18:38:12
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Almost always better to just get a better card and sell your old one than to crossfire/sli it. SLI is pretty much just a waste to be honest unless you're trying to benchmark your machine with the best stuff possible
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reesescups
Title: //Captain America
Posts: 2,537
Registered: 2003-5-26 14:45:53
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Z-Elder posted:
I always go to Toms Hardware and look at their graphs. Then I just find the best card for gaming at the amount I want to spend.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-graphics-card-review,3107.html
Ahhh - yes, Toms hardware...
Thanks!
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reesescups
Title: //Captain America
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Date Posted:
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the_great_ontex posted:
SLI is pretty much just a waste to be honest unless you're trying to benchmark your machine with the best stuff possible
Is that an SLI issue? Got a guy here at the office who has two cards in a xfire setup and the performance boost was significant...
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