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[sYn]
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 Posted: Sat, 22nd Aug 2009 18:52 Post subject: Upgrade time! |
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So its time for an upgrade! I'm not looking to do a full rebuild as I dont really have the cash at the moment, plus I just had a drive die on me so I could do with 2x 1TB drives.. Was thinking about 4Gb of RAM and a new GFX card? I'm running with 2x24" @ 1920x1200 so games are starting to run sloooowww..
Current Build:
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 G0 Stepping - OEM
Antec P190 Performance Series
Asus P5K Premium/WiFi-AP
OCZ DDR2 PC2-8500 Reaper HPC 4GB Edition
BFG NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS OC 512MB
Thoughts?
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[sYn]
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| Posted: Sat, 22nd Aug 2009 19:10 Post subject: |
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dont worry about Champions online, im seeing everywhere in games with chat, that majority are seeing low fps lol.,.. so its not ur hardware for sure..
8800 series is now seeing its age with gaming for sure, your looking at a 260 or higher or 4850 + card wise id say..
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[sYn]
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| Posted: Sun, 23rd Aug 2009 14:39 Post subject: |
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Yep, the 4870 and 4890 (and of course 4870X2) will give you great performance, and practically future-proof for at least 2 years (except DX11, but who know if that will pick up). I have 4870X2 (which sits on one PCIe) and I run all games on 1920x1200 on max. Syco is also happy with it. 
As for the rest of the system, unless you do heavy tasking with the CPU (like video encoding, image processing, etc), your system is more than enough.
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Epsilon
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| Posted: Sun, 23rd Aug 2009 15:01 Post subject: |
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If you can, then wait for a month and see how the dx11 cards that will get released in september, performs. If not, get either the 295 GTX or 4870X2.
Of course this recommendation assumes you're using Windows 7, as I experienced some issues with the 295 GTX running in sli on Vista, I didn't get the same problems on W7.
I've only tested the 4870X2 on Vista, but it performed really well in gamebryo engines there.
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[sYn]
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| Posted: Mon, 24th Aug 2009 01:50 Post subject: |
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| [sYn] wrote: | | Still wondering if I can stick the old 8800 into my x4 PCI-E slot and have it work? |
With XP and Windows 7 you can. |
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| Posted: Sun, 30th Aug 2009 20:37 Post subject: |
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Congrats! 
Make sure to properly connect the RAM to get the most out of it.
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[sYn]
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| Posted: Mon, 31st Aug 2009 23:46 Post subject: |
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Mmm.. just had a thought.. If I put the Nvidia card into my x4 slot could I not use it as a dedicated PPU?
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| Quote: | Can I use an NVIDIA GPU as a PhysX processor and a non-NVIDIA GPU for regular display graphics?
No. There are multiple technical connections between PhysX processing and graphics that require tight collaboration between the two technologies. To deliver a good experience for users, NVIDIA PhysX technology has been fully verified and enabled using only NVIDIA GPUs for graphics. |
Source: http://www.nvidia.com/object/physx_faq.html#q4
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Epsilon
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| Posted: Tue, 1st Sep 2009 23:48 Post subject: |
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You really shouldn't buy based on physx, opencl is the future and AMD codeveloped that with Apple, but it's compatible with both Nvidia, AMD and Intel solutions.
Physx won't ever be anything but an interesting gimmick.
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[sYn]
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| Posted: Thu, 10th Sep 2009 19:59 Post subject: |
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Ok, so there isnt a single 4870X2 in the UK at the moment, most shops are claiming there is no lead known date for more coming in.. so.. What do I get? 295?
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[sYn]
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| Posted: Thu, 10th Sep 2009 20:26 Post subject: |
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Mmm.. I don't know much about XF .. Does anyone know if the following board would be fine with 2x HD4890?
- ASUS P5K Premium
It says it supports XF but as it only has 1 fast PCI-E slot I'm dubious? Looks like two of those cards beats a 295 and is 50£ cheaper..
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[sYn]
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| Posted: Thu, 10th Sep 2009 20:40 Post subject: |
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That's what I figured, guess its going to have to be the 295 then! I hear the 4780 is now out of production? Madness.. its one of the best cards on the market, how can they just stop making it?!
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| Posted: Thu, 10th Sep 2009 20:43 Post subject: |
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Do you want a logical explanation or a paranoid one?
Paranoid? nVidia scared retailers out of stocking it (places like OCUK are predominantly nVidia now)
Logical? ATi are gearing up for a DX11 sandwich GPU (5870X2/5890X2?) and want the 4870X2 out of the picture in order to promote sales when their DX11 cards drop later this year.
=Edit=
Holy crap, ok so it's Fudzilla (take it with a kilo of salt, let alone a pinch) but this was posted an hour ago;
http://www.fudzilla.com/content/view/15435/34/
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| Posted: Thu, 10th Sep 2009 20:51 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Thu, 10th Sep 2009 20:52 Post subject: |
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HOLY MARY MOTHER OF GOD!
£266!? I can't even begin to express how shocked I am at that price... god, it wasn't even a month ago when they were still in the mid-high £300s.
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| Posted: Thu, 10th Sep 2009 20:53 Post subject: |
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or get a 4890 vapor x, wont need more performance
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| Posted: Thu, 10th Sep 2009 20:59 Post subject: |
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| sabin1981 wrote: | HOLY MARY MOTHER OF GOD!
£266!? I can't even begin to express how shocked I am at that price... god, it wasn't even a month ago when they were still in the mid-high £300s. |
The one I had ordered was 40£ less than that!
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