min specs for SOW

[hellbomber]

3rd: Does it have potential, like you save money now, and when you need it, you can add a 2nd one? Not really unless you got triple.

yeah everyone always talks like their only option is sli or crossfire for upgrade... i went from 5770 to 5870 to 5870 2gb.. each time i just put my card on amazon or ebay, and i sold the old one for either more or only a few percent less because i keep the boxes and receipts and take very good care of the cards, and have excellent feedback... if your short on cash.. you could get a 5770.. then when you have enough money get a 5870.. or 6870.. or nvidia whatever.. you will most likely get at least 120-130 for selling the 5770 so you will only be down 20-30 bucks.. its a great holdover card if your planing on future upgrades

personally i would never do sli or crossfire even though i could.. id rather just sell the old card and buy the next best single core card.. i hate dealing with the hassel of two cards

[hellbomber]

Matters, lots...

yes it does matter lots to alot of people with older systems, crap power supplies, and thier system is alredy near its watt limit not to mention that you can oc it alot with just a little juice.. now if you have a 850 watt PSU like me its not an issue, also my room is hot as balls, i have three computers in here, 2 are OC, i have a 1200 wtt sound system and alot of other electronics, theres thousands of wats burning in my room and yes the electricity doesnt cost alot but the AC that i have to run to keep my room cool sure does.. less heat is nicer at least in the south, maybe in Norway it will be a benefit, free heating?

[hellbomber]

Late model GTX260 OC, done.[*]
Happy?

not really comparing used card to new is kinda cheap and also not dx11, not that its a huge deal, but if your using it on a smallish screen say 1280 then yeah the DX11 will be really handy as the 5770 will be maxing the settings, buying used cards is great, just have to be careful where you buy from, however alot of people dont like getting used

[hellbomber]

Are you sure 5 subsequent posts are enough? Maybe you want to add another 3 or so?
Are you confused or drunk?
The latter is an excuse I would accept.

drunk yes i am drunk becasue i run my business from home and im allowed to drink at work cause im da boss, ok is this enough i think its more than 3

[swiss]

Originally Posted by hellbomber

yes it does matter lots to alot of people with older systems, crap power supplies, and thier system is alredy near its watt limit not to mention that you can oc it alot with just a little juice.. now if you have a 850 watt PSU like me its not an issue, also my room is hot as balls, i have three computers in here, 2 are OC, i have a 1200 wtt sound system and alot of other electronics, theres thousands of wats burning in my room and yes the electricity doesnt cost alot but the AC that i have to run to keep my room cool sure does.. less heat is nicer at least in the south, maybe in Norway it will be a benefit, free heating?

He's building a NEW system.

With a 550w PSU he can run even the big ass cards, unless he adds all kinds of fancy stuff.
550w, probably not enough to heat(up) a room.
Considering your 850 PSU - what is the setup and did you ever check actual consumption?

drunk yes i am drunk becasue i run my business from home and im allowed to drink at work cause im da boss, ok is this enough i think its more than 3

working drunk is the fast lane to success.
Maybe you should try to split that.

[hellbomber]

With a 550w PSU he can run even the big ass cards, unless he adds all kinds of fancy stuff.
550w, probably not enough to heat(up) a room.

yep your right in fact with his system i already recommended a more powerful card, but it seems this troll fight had fell of a cliff in mordor and gotten into an unrelated Nvidia vs ATI fanboi screech match, which i clearly won

[hellbomber]

Considering your 850 PSU - what is the setup and did you ever check actual consumption?

well TBH i got the 850w just in case i decided to go crossfire or SLI and i still may do it.. if and only if it will work well with my eyefinity, AND if SOW demands it for high settings with 2x aa.. honestly i dont see the point in 8 or 16 aa on a 1920 x 1200 screen or even 6000 x 1200 for that matter, the whole point of aa is to smooth out that ugly pixel jaggedness, which is MUCH less an issue at high res.. honestly i have tried and i cannot honestly recognize the diff between 4x aa and 16x aa on my screens.. af is another story, but still beyond 4x af the return is steadily diminishing, although it would be nice to max out id much rather have three screen eyefinity. IT IS A HUGE ADVANTAGE IN DOGFIGHTS.. i went from getting 1:2 kill ration in ful realism servers to getting 1.5:1 just after eyefinity.. it also really almost eliminates the need for track IR although i still want to try it

any way your question.

System Name: "The Triple Trader"
Processor: I7 920 D0@4.2 1.35v
Motherboard: Asus P6t Deluxe V2
Cooling: Prolimatech Megalahems 2x 1800 rpm 27 Dba
Memory: 3x 2GB Mushkin enhanced Blackline 1600mhz 7-8-7-24
Video Card: Saphire 5870(6) 2GB
Hard Disk: 2x 1TB Western Digital Caviar Black
Optical Drive: Samsung DVD burn / read
CRT/LCD Model: 3x 24" dell u2410 1920 x 1200 (eyefinity)
Case: Thermaltake Element G
Sound Card: HT Omega Claro plus
PSU: Corsair 850w
Software: Win7 Ultimate 64 bit
Benchmarks: max stable 4.2 Ghz stable at 1.35v at 75C max semi-stable 4.494 Ghz at 1.4v

my next upgrade step will most likely be a 6870, or possibly crossfire 5870 2GB ... but i really really dont want to crossfire

after that i am really kicking myself for not getting the 27" dells even though they were $1200 a pop when i built the rig, now i can get them for $600... but im thinking to myself if i do that il jsut be kicking myself later for not getting triple 30's , but the GPUs arnt powerful enough for 3 30" yet.. so most likely itll be 27"







this is when i first built it it still had the "pathetic" 5770, that only ran MW2 at 80FPS at 6000 x 1200 on high settings, and no aa ...such a pathetic card!

[hellbomber]

did you ever check actual consumption?

no i haven't checked it even though i do have a kill-a-watt and check other appliances, but from what i know the PSU shouldnt draw more than 500wtts max from the wall, which would be about 450w for the system.. but also consider each monitor draws another 75 watts, the sound system is drawing alot of watts and so are the subs..well north of a thousand considering my subs are over 1500watts, depending on how loud my dub-step music is, usually the walls are shaking, and then i have security system monitors 4 of them with 16 cameras, 2 DVRs to record the cameras, 2 other computers 1 with 4 monitors, and the other with 2, a mini fridge, radios, police scanner, the list goes on, it gets so hot in here have to put the AC on full blast, AND have another ac unit installed just for my room, its even hot in here during the winter when its 5C outside

[hellbomber]

working drunk is the fast lane to success.

well now that i have a full time employee im alot more lazy, i pretty much make him do everything while i pass out, but it took me three years of working 100 hour weeks to get here so id say i earned it