I'll get the 750 then...

what is SLI and xfire?

oh you bastard, I'm off the sauce until the 22th going to my country house in the south, ice fishing if the ice holds and going to bathe in the ice and sauna





Cool any recommendations on company/pages to order from?





I'm getting the beefy processor so that I won't have to build a new rig or replace it, everything else I can replace myself.. graphics card, RAM, HD'S.. I'll even get the K model so I can overclock.

 

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http://geizhals.at/de/ lets you use pricewatch

Ive used mindfactory.de, they understand english and accept payments with paypal

 

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Running two or more graphics cards in tandem!
SLI = nVidias
X-Fire (crossfire) = ATis

LIke so:


IMO more work and trouble than it's worth cause:

* Bigger power draw and heats up PC more (usually one card is "sandwiched" since they're close together)
* Quirky to get to work with some games (partial or bad support, sometimes due to drivers)
* Doesn't scale as well as you'd expect (usually far from double performance with 2 cards, etc)
* Obv. noisier with two cards and their fans

Oh and you have to make sure you have enough PCI express power cables from the power supply to connect all cards. Expect to need 4 "x6" cables at least if running two medium to high end cards, 2 x8 and 2 x6 if running the biggest ones. (or sometimes you can use converters to get power from regular molex/sata)

I just can't be arsed with this shit, buy 1 decent graphics card for my comp when getting a new PC, then upgrading with a new upper middle end card 2-3 years down the line. Hassle-free.


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(**Inc. PC tech horny OPers singing the virtues of xfire/sli cause their 3 favourite games can use it ok**)

 

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For games, a 2500k is just as good as a 2700k. I believe the only difference is a very tiny increase in processor speed and cache and the 2700 has hyperthreading, which isn't used in games. The 2500k is trivially easy to overclock. I overclocked mine from 3300 to 4000 just using a utility that came with the motherboard and moving a slider over a bit. Though, for any current game, 3300 is more than sufficient that the cpu won't be a bottleneck.

If you are thinking of having the computer for a while, definitely go 2500k and make sure your motherboard is compatible with the next gen Intel Ivy Bridge processor, which is due out sometime this year. Many manufacturers have a motherboard that will be compatible. A new gen of processors, designed to be compatible with Ivy Bridge, will be coming out around the same time.

 

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Oh hells no! exactly, get a new gen card in 3 years get more RAM and you're good to go for another 2.





Yeah I read up about the MSI board it has the same kind of OC utility installed, only problem then is cooling which I will solve come monday.

Hmm I wonder if my MSI gen 3 motherboard will support the next processors.. either way this rig will keep me happy for a few years

 

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Really, 7950 is so ahead...

 

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