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INTEL i7-920 2.66GHZ 8M LGA 1366
320GB SATA II 3GB 16MB 7200RPM HD Raid-0
CORSAIR 6GB 16000MHZ
COOLERMASTER V8 CPU FAN
ASUS X58 P6T SLI / CROSSFIRE DELUXE L
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ATI RADEON HD 5670 512MB DDR3 PCI-Ex
I have the above setup. I was thinking its getting time to upgrade at least the videocard. ive been running this setup with no issues for past two years. granted my graphic settings on some games had to be tamed but ran with no issues.
What would be a good upgrade? Vidcard for sure but what? I do not do much if anything that would really use crossfire although my mobo could do it. I dont want to spend a ton of money either. anything from $100-2$00 if I can. bc maybe in a the near future i might make another pc.
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Kepler comes out next month so I wouldnt buy a video card until at least then, if for no other reason than it dropping the prices on the cards that are out now. If your in a hurry though I believe you can pick up a 5800 card for that price range. I picked up a spare 5770 for $87 last week. I would wait though.
You shouldnt be bottlenecked by that cpu with a little bump which it's easily capable of. I am running a 930@4.1 and am never cpu limited even with a VM running.
That HDD is F'ing scarry. 16MB 320 probably 2x160gb platters is a slow ass drive that will cause your games to studder. Do you turn off your page file?
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For less than $200, you can get a HD6870 1GB DDR5. Very good card (I run all recent games with everything maxed out, 1920x1080 full HD). And you can add a second one later if you ever want to do crossfire.
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I built my rig just recently and used a 6870 as well, they're good cards. I haven't done a ton with it, but at 1920x1080 it handled the tor beta with everything maxed, and it handles bf3 on high (campaign only so far, haven't played much) with no stutters as well. I still have to get around to oc'ing the cpu/gpu and seeing how it handles ultra, but for now I'm pretty okay with it.
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Karsus_the_Great posted:
Kepler comes out next month so I wouldnt buy a video card until at least then, if for no other reason than it dropping the prices on the cards that are out now.
/agree.
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I built my rig just recently and used a 6870 as well, they're good cards. I haven't done a ton with it, but at 1920x1080 it handled the tor beta with everything maxed, and it handles bf3 on high (campaign only so far, haven't played much) with no stutters as well. I still have to get around to oc'ing the cpu/gpu and seeing how it handles ultra, but for now I'm pretty okay with it.
Excuse my sarcasm, but daaaaamn... SWTOR maxed.
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Yea I am not in a hurry so I can wait until after it comes. I just wanted to get a heads start on shopping for one. I didnt plan on buying one until end Dec/Jan timeframe.
As far as my HDD no I think the page filing is turned on still. I bought those because originally I planned on buying a SSD bootup drive/game drive with those as data drives. Of course I never did LOL. Some day I will get the SSD drive.
My CPU I run it at a aircool 3.7 (54 degrees C stressed) with just turbo and minor cmos adjustments. I can run it at 4.2 without crashes but the temp is too high for me to use as a daily OC (84 degrees C)stressed.
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Acidspits posted:
Horaiyo posted:
I built my rig just recently and used a 6870 as well, they're good cards. I haven't done a ton with it, but at 1920x1080 it handled the tor beta with everything maxed, and it handles bf3 on high (campaign only so far, haven't played much) with no stutters as well. I still have to get around to oc'ing the cpu/gpu and seeing how it handles ultra, but for now I'm pretty okay with it.
Excuse my sarcasm, but daaaaamn... SWTOR maxed.
I know, but those are the only two games I've tested on the rig since I built it, and depending on the OPs requirements it may or may not be relevant info. No reason not to mention it in any case.
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I guess I should look up the cost of decent SSD too lol.
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O i forgot one important detail.... im running only a 23inch monitor with 2ms from bestbuy.
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Lonestar_1 posted:
Karsus_the_Great posted:
Kepler comes out next month so I wouldnt buy a video card until at least then, if for no other reason than it dropping the prices on the cards that are out now.
/agree.
And you get this from where?
AMD and nvidia just released the HD7000m and GF 600m as re-badges since 28nm is still a mile out it seems. Anandtech made reference that TSMC 28nm HKMG is not going well.
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Rezist posted:
Lonestar_1 posted:
Karsus_the_Great posted:
Kepler comes out next month so I wouldnt buy a video card until at least then, if for no other reason than it dropping the prices on the cards that are out now.
/agree.
And you get this from where?
AMD and nvidia just released the HD7000m and GF 600m as re-badges since 28nm is still a mile out it seems. Anandtech made reference that TSMC 28nm HKMG is not going well.
That's pretty much always the way it is with the mobile cards... The 540m in my laptop is basically a 430 and the 4xxm's are basically 2xx cards and so on. You cant compare the laptop mobile cards being released to desktop cards being released because they are expected to be that way...
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I am definitely looking for a desktop. I was thinking the 6870 for 140 bucks on newegg would be good.
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when are they coming out with the newer stuff again? im getting an itch hehe
edit: i just read the top post about the vidcards coming out in 2012 LOL.
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Just got a surprise bonus from work and man im really getting itchy on buying a new GPU lol
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Two days from the new ATI cards. Grab one of those when they come out and tell us how good they are.
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Which cards are those?
plus whats a good SSD?
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Crucial M4 SSD series for the ssd. We will see on the card.
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well its Jan. ive had badluck with my cars LOL. either way im still going to buy an ssd and vidcard. I am still undecided what to get.
need more help hehe
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http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/fastest-graphics-card-radeon-geforce,3085.html
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