Author Topic: What's In Your Rig? (Read 78653 times)

Joeseph Geobbels · « **Reply #125 on:** November 27, 2010, 01:45:40 PM »

69xx>58xx>68xx>57xx>48xx
confusing i know, but AMD's new 6800 series are meant to be the midrange cards, while the 6900 series is high end. the 6990 is the dual GPU card.

and how can you justify buying a GTX580? a card that performs worse than AMD's strongest card, that was made a year ago. the 580 is about $50 more than the 5970, but the 5970 runs cooler, quieter, and uses less power. get that, AMD put two of their most powerful GPU's into one card, you would think that thing would be hot and use alot of power, and it does, but at about the same as a GTX 580, if not less. granted the 5970 has microstutter, and the card is big as hell, but the engineers at nVidia need to be fired. it just doesnt make common sense. im not an AMD fanboy either, i have both nVidia grafics and ATi/AMD. the 69xx series should be out Q1 next year, same with sandy bridge, and hopefully bulldozer.

Ryu Takezaki · « **Reply #126 on:** November 27, 2010, 02:44:37 PM »

I wasn't really looking at getting that high end of a card, but the 580 is a single gpu card, whereas the 5970 is from what I've read two 5870s together. I haven't read too much into the heat production and power consumption, but I have read of issues with stuttering with dual gpu cards, such as the GTX 295 and the 5970.

If you ask me if its worth the price tag? No. Someone could possibly get two 460s or even unlocked 465s to run as well as a 480.

But I was looking at getting either one or two of these:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130572&cm_re=evga_gts_450-_-14-130-572-_-Product

If not, then we'll see what Monday has in store before it gets sold out while in my shopping cart.

Joeseph Geobbels · « **Reply #127 on:** November 27, 2010, 07:19:08 PM »

the 450 is a really nice card, buy that shit yo.

yes the 580 is the strongest single-GPU card available, but why bother when its the same price as a dual GPU card thats faster? microstutter is an issue, but its hardly noticeable.

TastyTaste · « **Reply #128 on:** November 28, 2010, 08:05:10 PM »

if you gonna go dual cards, then fuck the 5970 and xfire two 6870s or sli two gtx 460 instead, cheaper and faster. If you want a single card then i'd go with a gtx 580. Single cards will lower your electric bill and tdp will be lower, so will heat and noise (not to mention no stuttering, or not as much depending on the game)

Ban Em All · « **Reply #129 on:** November 28, 2010, 10:17:43 PM »

I wouldn't ever go dual graphic cards again.

TastyTaste · « **Reply #130 on:** November 29, 2010, 08:28:09 AM »

Quote from: Ban Em All on November 28, 2010, 10:17:43 PM

I wouldn't ever go dual graphic cards again.

yea i was thinking of sli'n two evga gtx 460 ftw cards together but will get a gtx 580 instead or wait for the gtx 595 (dual gpu card)

full story here:
http://www.fudzilla.com/graphics/item/20941-nvidias-new-dual-gpu-card-pixellized

Ban Em All · « **Reply #131 on:** November 29, 2010, 01:37:02 PM »

I would get that... just not two individual cards.

Joeseph Geobbels · « **Reply #132 on:** November 29, 2010, 05:45:12 PM »

Quote from: TastyTaste on November 28, 2010, 08:05:10 PM

if you gonna go dual cards, then fuck the 5970 and xfire two 6870s or sli two gtx 460 instead, cheaper and faster. If you want a single card then i'd go with a gtx 580. Single cards will lower your electric bill and tdp will be lower, so will heat and noise (not to mention no stuttering, or not as much depending on the game)

then explain this:
http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-reviews/37789-nvidia-geforce-gtx-580-review-21.html
http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-reviews/37789-nvidia-geforce-gtx-580-review-20.html
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/graphics/2010/11/09/nvidia-geforce-gtx-580-review/8

i think it was a great idea of nVidia to add a vapor chamber, but i cant fathom hot hot this thing would get without it. it does run cooler than a 480, thats not saying much. SLi GTX 580 is a great idea for $1000, better than an ARES, but what game do you need 2 580's? i just think nVidia needs to work on thermals and power draw right now. we'll wait for AMD's 6900 series to see the competition.

fury · « **Reply #133 on:** November 29, 2010, 09:07:29 PM »

only a fuckin nerdy kid, unable to get laid would drop 1k on a fuckin video card thats gonna be obsolete in less than a year...jesus,who the fuck needs a 1k video card?

pixiestyx · « **Reply #134 on:** November 29, 2010, 11:16:42 PM »

If i were rich, my computer would have 4 $1000 video cards, just cause I could. And so I could max out crysis, on 3 screens.

fury · « **Reply #135 on:** November 30, 2010, 07:22:05 AM »

call girls>video cards

Ryu Takezaki · « **Reply #136 on:** November 30, 2010, 10:55:58 AM »

Eh, went with the XFX ati 6870. Others that I was looking at were the 450s in 2 way SLI, 460s in SLI, and a single 470.

Relatively low power draw and heat production, and double lifetime warrenty by XFX, so who knows?

pixiestyx · « **Reply #137 on:** November 30, 2010, 11:42:10 AM »

Quote from: Ryu Takezaki on November 30, 2010, 10:55:58 AM

Eh, went with the XFX ati 6870. Others that I was looking at were the 450s in 2 way SLI, 460s in SLI, and a single 470.

Relatively low power draw and heat production, and double lifetime warrenty by XFX, so who knows?

Well, like I said yesterday, just wait a bit, and buy a 2nd in like 6 months when it's on sale and crossfire that shit. Just make sure you get exactly the same and you're good. You do that and I'm sure you could max Crysis.

Ryu Takezaki · « **Reply #138 on:** November 30, 2010, 03:20:01 PM »

Ah yes, I don't have crysis so I really can't complain, but if and when the prices for the 6870s go down due to the release of the 69xx series or just in response to the unlikely event of nvidia's cards dropping the price on their 470s or 460s, I'll try and see what I can do.

I'm concerned about my RAM at the moment though, its not designated as gaming or enthusiast set but maybe it can handle my fail attempts at a mild overclock. Not to mention I haven't really googled the power requirements for running crossfire for these cards, not to mention the heat that would be produced too.

Anyone have any experience or reviews? I will check later on when I get home and finish my chores and what not. Oh and by the way, any "good" sites you guys use for research? I have tomshardware, overclock.net, and neweggs eggxpert forums bookmarked, along with some notebook review sites. But I could always fit more in my relatively empty list.

TastyTaste · « **Reply #139 on:** November 30, 2010, 06:11:41 PM »

Crysis is overrated.

Quote from: Joeseph Geobbels on November 29, 2010, 05:45:12 PM

then explain this:
http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-reviews/37789-nvidia-geforce-gtx-580-review-21.html
http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-reviews/37789-nvidia-geforce-gtx-580-review-20.html
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/graphics/2010/11/09/nvidia-geforce-gtx-580-review/8

i think it was a great idea of nVidia to add a vapor chamber, but i cant fathom hot hot this thing would get without it. it does run cooler than a 480, thats not saying much. SLi GTX 580 is a great idea for $1000, better than an ARES, but what game do you need 2 580's? i just think nVidia needs to work on thermals and power draw right now. we'll wait for AMD's 6900 series to see the competition.

firstly why would you post Folding at Home comparing a gtx 580 to 480? Who actually uses folding at home? The 5970 is not far away from the thermals from a 580 and the 580 is actually better in idle. and who said anything bout sli'n two gtx 580s? Thats madness.

those links confirmed my post....

Joeseph Geobbels · « **Reply #140 on:** November 30, 2010, 11:16:03 PM »

all im saying is look how close the power usage and heat of the single GPU 580 is, to the dual GPU 5970.

Ryu Takezaki · « **Reply #141 on:** December 01, 2010, 05:43:24 PM »

Hah, well turns out a friend of mine has an extra evga superclocked gtx 460 that he doesn't want anymore, so as pixie was telling me earlier, if only i had ordered a 460 instead, then I could be running SLI sweetness now...

Oh well...

TastyTaste · « **Reply #142 on:** December 01, 2010, 06:41:27 PM »

Quote from: Joeseph Geobbels on November 30, 2010, 11:16:03 PM

all im saying is look how close the power usage and heat of the single GPU 580 is, to the dual GPU 5970.

All that says is that one card works as fast as two downclocked cards (it would have to be hot unless they used 28nm which TSMC wont produce until Q4 2011). There are cases that both trade blows to each other in different benchmarks.

pixiestyx · « **Reply #143 on:** February 25, 2011, 08:01:37 PM »

Tax return was nice to me. Got a new motherboard from asus to unlock my 3 core to a 4 core, 8GB of DDR3, 2 Galaxy GTX 460s for SLI, HAF 932 case (what it's in), Corsair A50 CPU Cooler, and Corsair TX750 PSU. I keep all games at a stable 60 FPS on all high settings

I just need my freakin rebates back now....

TastyTaste · « **Reply #144 on:** February 26, 2011, 12:21:59 PM »

is that two 4 gig sticks? nice

pixiestyx · « **Reply #145 on:** February 26, 2011, 12:49:06 PM »

Quote from: TastyTaste on February 26, 2011, 12:21:59 PM

is that two 4 gig sticks? nice

Actually 4 2gig sticks. IDK why the angle doesn't show it...? But 8 gigs is nice

Joeseph Geobbels · « **Reply #146 on:** February 27, 2011, 12:23:52 PM »

sweet

TastyTaste · « **Reply #147 on:** March 11, 2011, 06:32:21 AM »

hey pixie hows that dual gpu setup treating you? i said i'd never go dual and opt for only a single card but seems that most people arent getting much problems with new cards in a dual setup. MIght go the gtx 560ti SLI route or crossifre 6950

fury · « **Reply #148 on:** March 19, 2011, 02:24:29 PM »

gay!

hey..any of you fuckos wanna make $150-200 easy? im buying a couple ar10/ar15 complete upper receivers for cheap and need someone to ship 'em to me..(im not buying lower receivers ,so its legal)
the homo im buying from wont ship international ,so i figured instead of buying the same shit somewhere else..ill buy from this cunt and give someone else the difference.

how?..simple..ill paypal you the money ,you pay him with your CC-money order or whatever ,receive it and ship it down here..obviously,you will need to declare a lower value cause i aint paying 80% in custom fees.

if you wanna do this ,email me..ill add an extra $150-200 for ya

cheerio naggers!!!

Joeseph Geobbels · « **Reply #149 on:** March 23, 2011, 03:15:57 PM »

FUCK
im not over 18.
can i still halps?!