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Originally Posted by maclean525
The new NVidia 580 is looking like an awesome card but it should be at the price point it's coming in at over $500. Plus with NVidia you cannot do multi-screen gaming without SLI so basically $1000 in cards to do 20% more than what one ATI card can do for $300.
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This is like a typo - $1000 of 580 SLi will give you a whole lot more than 20% on an AMD card, I assume you meant $500 on a single 580 giving 20%. I appreciate you need 2 580s for 3 screens, but you also get a ton or power too (and SoW will use it). If you were wanting Nvidia for 3 screens and didn't want the power, you'd get 2 460s.
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Originally Posted by klem
Intel i7 950 3.06GHz overclocked to 4.2GHz by supplier (o/c under warranty)
Prolimatech Megahalems Rev B,Super 6 Heatpipe Tower Cooler
6Gb DDR3 RAM
XFX 5870 GPU....... ???????????????
ASUS Sabertooth mobo
SSD for the OS and Flying software (IL-2, FSX, SoW)
600w Silverstone Tech. Element PSU (4 x PCIe 6 pin connectors for a future second card)
Coolermaster HAF 912 case
plus DVD R/W and a couple of HDDs I already own for other stuff (photos etc)
It's based around a Scan.co.uk "3XS SLIK i7 X58 950 BlackOps Bundle"
Budget is around £1100-1200.
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So you havent got the PC yet. Have you got a link to that system? I've been onto Scan and clicked on the 3XS, then SLIK links, and they have a couple of systems at a very high price.
If having the PC custom made is the right way for you, I wouldn't want to stop you, but I'd just like to check it's what you need. I know you get to keep a warranty, but that comes at a hefty price, and learning to OC an i7 is easy (if you have to little time, and too much money, fair enough - and in that case get a 580 or 6970).
I've bought all of my gear from Scan and have a similar (cheaper) system. Will you consider going crossfire/SLi in the future? If so, you'd want a more powerful PSU, but 600 should be ok for a top single card. The thing is, people are needing pretty decent cards to run IL2, as it's developed over the years. There's no reason to think that SoW won't also become more hungry as time goes by, and getting a decent card now, with the ability to add another in a couple of years would be nice.
I hadn't replied until now on your choice of cards because you only wanted to hear from those who had the same cards, but the thread seems to have gone past that now
The 6870 and 460 are nice mid range cards, and double up nicely (CF/SLi), but if you were only going for 1 card I'd think the expensive system you're considering deserves a little more. The 5870 is better (and more expensive), but doesn't scale as well (if you later add a second). If that's your budget, I think you'd be better off waiting a month for the 6950 or so (unless you can get a 5870 for a good price, and you don't feel the need for better, or a future crossfire setup).