22 Reply by Slimshiesty (edited by Slimshiesty 2008-04-19 16:14:03)

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Re: Need a hardware upgrade...

like i said , no matter.. there both trash within the year.
Intel Nehalen processor... 6 and 10 core processors within 10-12 months.
were both left with recyclable materials.
I still prefer the EVGA step up program.. buy a card today.. upgrade to the newest greatest in 3 months.. and pay a small percentage of it. Motherboards too for that matter.
The akimbo cooler option for the 8800gt is a nice option.. dual slot cooler that expels air outside the case.
My comp still has excellent temps for air cooling.. with cpu load temps rarely exceeding 35c, and gpu averaging about 55c under load.. its rated to 90c to begin with .. so temps are not a problem.

Pay less now.. and have money to build a new one later when prices on ddr3 stuff comes down.
and then save money there too.
Just cause you have the money doesnt mean it cant be wisely spent.

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Re: Need a hardware upgrade...

Athlon,
Apparently you have money to buy whatever you want computer wise.
Why dont you send a few bucks my way...going to try SLI for the first time. big_smile
Do asus boards support Sli ?  what oc stuff is in the bios for that board..
I know that i can oc my board to 1333/1600 mem/fsb if needed.
If im getting 70-120 fps in games , am i really gonna notice 10-15 fps more?

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Re: Need a hardware upgrade...

I've heard SLI is useless atm because you don't get THAT many extra frames from it or something.

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Re: Need a hardware upgrade...

It gives you an approx. 35% performance increase.

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Re: Need a hardware upgrade...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … 6813131074
Striker does 2 way Sli
Oddb@ll and myself both bought 8800gt cards and he came around my house and we tried Sli on an old Asus K8n32 mobo I had. I think I recall we where using the 169.19 driver on a Vista OS. The results where a little disappointing (around 10% increase on 3DMark06) The drivers have got better and also so has Vista since then so maybe It might be worth considering, but it wasn't back then

As you say Slimshiesty, anything we buy will be out of date, or rather not state of the art as I prefer to think of it, in around 6/12 months. So my advice still stands that if your gonna upgrade buy a graphics card first. Throw it into your old system and if not blown away by the perfomance increase (in games) continue to upgrade the rest. You have nothing to loose really

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Re: Need a hardware upgrade...

Yes Athlon.. not state of the art, but will probably still be able to run most games for the next 3-5 years.
At least that was the case with my last build.  P4 2.8, Asus p4p800e deluxe, Nvidia 6800gt.
Still runs alot of games, including Bf2142, at about medium quality settings.. Even played crysis, at a whopping 10fps. not bad for a 5 year old rig.
I allways look to GPU, and Memory.. to upgrade first.

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