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the_great_ontex
Title: This is what cool looks like
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Well it is a issue when you're doing your bang for your buck, cause even buying old cards and putting them together usually will cost you in the long run than just replacing an old card with a new one
Adding a card in SLi or crossfire doesn't double its performance, and some games out there (albeit mostly bad ones) don't even recognize the 2nd card making it a waste or don't utilize it to where it is useful
TO me, and I guess this is more a matter of opinion, you get better performance cheaper when you just keep one card to upgrade and resale
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Kamdar
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reesescups posted:
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
I7 blows the Fx8100 out of the water..
and I am an AMD fanboi.
Hell..an i5 blows the 8100 out of the water.
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reesescups
Title: //Captain America
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Registered: 2003-5-26 14:45:53
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Kamdar posted:
I7 blows the Fx8100 out of the water..
and I am an AMD fanboi.
Hell..an i5 blows the 8100 out of the water.
Well yeah but for gaming you hit a wall, there is a trade off on cost, moving your bottle neck around and such.
http://www.cpubenchmark.net/high_end_cpus.html
Was looking at this - shows the performance, price... The 8150 is nestled right in there and the price is just screaming at you...
When you switch over to this view: http://www.cpubenchmark.net/high_end_cpus.html#cpuvalue - you see the 8150 really standing out.
But even if you find a one for one comparable intel cpu, then you have to factor in available mobo and the available feature sets...
I think I am getting a lot more bang for my buck with the ASUS 990FX / the 8150 / and getting that high end vid card. Right now tossing around either a HD 6950 or 6970. Again I just don't see the value in getting a 7950 or 7970, just too expensive....
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Sezyrrith
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Registered: 2003-7-13 05:04:05
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reesescups posted:
Kamdar posted:
I7 blows the Fx8100 out of the water..
and I am an AMD fanboi.
Hell..an i5 blows the 8100 out of the water.
Well yeah but for gaming you hit a wall, there is a trade off on cost, moving your bottle neck around and such.
http://www.cpubenchmark.net/high_end_cpus.html
Was looking at this - shows the performance, price... The 8150 is nestled right in there and the price is just screaming at you...
When you switch over to this view: http://www.cpubenchmark.net/high_end_cpus.html#cpuvalue - you see the 8150 really standing out.
But even if you find a one for one comparable intel cpu, then you have to factor in available mobo and the available feature sets...
I think I am getting a lot more bang for my buck with the ASUS 990FX / the 8150 / and getting that high end vid card. Right now tossing around either a HD 6950 or 6970. Again I just don't see the value in getting a 7950 or 7970, just too expensive....
I have the Sabertooth, and I love it. Paired it with the 1090T though, as that's what was available at the time. I love this mobo - especially the UEFI BIOS. Debating on whether I wanna pick up a Bulldozer or wait for the upcoming CPU (Piledriver, was it?) that's supposed to be a significant improvement.
See, that's what I love about AMD - much better with unlocking processors and video cards (6950 2GB card in my rig now, it's a downclocked 6970 once you unlock the shaders, then overclock and bam...6970 for less $). Also more open about backwards compatibility on processor/motherboard combos, where Intel loves to drop a completely new socket rather often.
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reesescups posted:
Kamdar posted:
I7 blows the Fx8100 out of the water..
and I am an AMD fanboi.
Hell..an i5 blows the 8100 out of the water.
Well yeah but for gaming you hit a wall, there is a trade off on cost, moving your bottle neck around and such.
http://www.cpubenchmark.net/high_end_cpus.html
Was looking at this - shows the performance, price... The 8150 is nestled right in there and the price is just screaming at you...
When you switch over to this view: http://www.cpubenchmark.net/high_end_cpus.html#cpuvalue - you see the 8150 really standing out.
But even if you find a one for one comparable intel cpu, then you have to factor in available mobo and the available feature sets...
I think I am getting a lot more bang for my buck with the ASUS 990FX / the 8150 / and getting that high end vid card. Right now tossing around either a HD 6950 or 6970. Again I just don't see the value in getting a 7950 or 7970, just too expensive....
good man
AMD > intell
thats the CPU i bought
it friggin rocks
and i bet none of the intell fanbois would be able to tell my machine isnt an intell
well, aside from the fact that it runs smooth
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reesescups
Title: //Captain America
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Registered: 2003-5-26 14:45:53
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I just think the AMD has more legroom for future growth - and same with the mobo...
However - if IF I did go with say an i5-2500 (which is about the same price point, about 30-40 bucks more), what mobo is recommended and has leg room for future growth?
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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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I wouldn't get a locked chip first  get the 2500K
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reesescups
Title: //Captain America
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the_great_ontex posted:
I wouldn't get a locked chip first get the 2500K
true true, but same question...
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the_great_ontex
Title: This is what cool looks like
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Not sure here. I just go with midrange ones with lots of output interfaces and it doesn't blow up everything thats connected to it. I like the ASUS bios a lot. Also if you get a UEFI you can set up an ssd with a GPT boot sector instead of the normal MBR. GPT you'll notice slightly faster boot times with and they're not limited like MBR is when it comes to future hard disk sizes (which is still way into the TBs)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131790
That one looks kinda cool. I wouldn't get it but I am a cheap ass and probably don't really recognize the reason to have an amazing motherboard
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Kamdar
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I had work buy me a I7 HP..and have a 6850 card in it running 3 monitors.
SWTOR seems to be REALLY processor dependent and not GPU dependent. I get 70ish fps on it.
At home I ust have a quad core anda 6970 ATi card. I get like 40ish fps on it. And its a slide show when I am zerging it in Ilum.
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