Can he put 4 680 in one PC?
With a large enough case and the appropriate motherboard, sure.
Arken2121, what's the rest of your build look like?
Can he put 4 680 in one PC?
Just finished my new PC for the next 4 Years the last one was build around a Intel Quad Core Q9300 with Gigabyte EP 35 DS4 Motherboard.
New:
Core i7 3770K Ivy Bridge
Antec H2O 920 Water Cooling
ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe
Corsair Vengeance 16GB-Kit (4 x 4GB-Module), 1600MHZ CL9
Corsair Graphite 600T Mesh case modded with Caseking King Mod Damping Set
BeQuiet Straight Power E9 480W CM
Samsung SSD 830 256GB
from old PC:
4 Hard Drives (2x 2.0 TB, 2x 1.5 TB )
Now waiting for the new Nvidia Mid Range Graphics Cards. The amount of connection possibilities with this new Motherboard and Case are truly amazing. And the case is a dream to hide cables.
With a large enough case and the appropriate motherboard, sure.
Arken2121, what's the rest of your build look like?
*Edit*With a large enough case and the appropriate motherboard, sure.
Arken2121, what's the rest of your build look like?
Just curious, any particular reason you chose an ITX motherboard? Seems like the norm would have been an mATX or ATX board.
*Edit*
What he said.
Sorry wrong Model number i have the ATX Board i nearly mixed that up too when i ordered the Board.
So, Asrock, Biostar, Gigabyte, MSI...
Any particular reason the 'excellent - best overall' build recommends a Biostar motherboard? Considering the 3570K at the moment. I'm not huge on overclocking. Never felt like fucking around with the voltage on my Q6600. But if one of these boards can make it a little easier...
Well, it's all relative right? I mean, if I had an endless income you can bet your ass I'd have two in RAID0. But yeah, money is better spent elsewhere.I just purchased a corsair gt 480gb ssd. I have an external TB to keep music, photos, etc. I wanted to keep all my steam games on an SSD though. Overkill?
The OP is all about getting absolute best bang for the buck. Since ivy is a lot more limited in OC potential based on the chip rather than a combo of the chip and motherboard, you don't get as far with a better motherboard like you did with sandy.So, Asrock, Biostar, Gigabyte, MSI...
Any particular reason the 'excellent - best overall' build recommends a Biostar motherboard? Considering the 3570K at the moment. I'm not huge on overclocking. Never felt like fucking around with the voltage on my Q6600. But if one of these boards can make it a little easier...
The core 2's were some good chips. You could of probably got a good overclock without even touching the voltage.
What's even more ridiculous is that it doesn't actually do anything. DDR3 is significantly cooler than DDR2 (which needed it).I finally got my parts. I have to say, the Vengeance RAM looks just ridiculous with that heat spreader.
I finally got my parts. I have to say, the Vengeance RAM looks just ridiculous with that heat spreader.
Yep. My Q6600 went from 2.4ghz to 3.0ghz with changing the FSB alone. Didn't touch voltage or anything. Reminded me of the ol Celerons that would go from 366MHz to 550MHz. Oh those were the days.
This is why the Gskill and Vengeance Low Profile is recommended in the OP.Luckily I only order 2 because they don't fit under my CM 212 cooler.
It's not ridiculous considering Corsair is one of the few enthusiast RAM makers apparently too cheap to use decent-looking black/blue/red etc PCBs for their RAM. Need to cover up those ugly green DIMMs.What's even more ridiculous is that it doesn't actually do anything. DDR3 is significantly cooler than DDR2 (which needed it).
They don't make PCB, they just repackage samsung/whoever's RAM. Same with their PSU's, coolers, etc.It's not ridiculous considering Corsair is one of the few enthusiast RAM makers apparently too cheap to use decent-looking black/blue/red etc PCBs for their RAM. Need to cover up those ugly green DIMMs.
Is Tera heavily CPU based?I just installed a 570 and i'm getting 20 FPS in Tera. This doesn't seem right?
Running P2x4 at 3.6ghz and 8gigs of ram.
Is Tera heavily CPU based?
Use MSI Afterburner and check to see your GPU load.
Financial background about Intel released today by financial analyst firm Five Star Equities confirms in that sentiment and indicates that the financial community has, for the first in more than 5 years, high expectations in Intel's opportunity in the chip market. Five Star Equities states that Ivy Bridge essentially kills the discrete graphics card because the integrated graphics of the CPU would be good enough for 95 percent of computer users.
"There is a very small market of people who seek out high-performance graphics cards, mostly comprised of hardcore gamers," the report reads. "The improved graphics provided by the Ivy Bridge chips will likely satisfy the needs of the average consumer."
The report also quotes industry analyst Jack Gold, who said that "extreme gamers who want very powerful graphics cards are in a niche market already, and it's shrinking." Gold continued and noted that Nvidia may be in trouble, "because their graphics chip market is falling off faster than their mobile chip market."
Still doesn't sound right. You certain you uninstalled and did a good sweep on the previous drivers? Might even be worth a reformat.I only seem to get around %30-40 GPU load in tera. Must be CPU based but i figured it wouldn't be this bad. I was getting the same performance on a much older card : /
Nothing else comes close at that range for what it offers. The ASUS LK is also a good buy. Any OC should be easy with stock volts.So, Asrock, Biostar, Gigabyte, MSI...
Any particular reason the 'excellent - best overall' build recommends a Biostar motherboard? Considering the 3570K at the moment. I'm not huge on overclocking. Never felt like fucking around with the voltage on my Q6600. But if one of these boards can make it a little easier...
Financial Analysts Say Intel Killed the Discrete Graphics Card
Maybe it kills the sub-$79 GPU market, but not the entire discrete market. AMD has better on-die GPUs, too.
I was getting over 60 fps with my i5 and gtx 570.I just installed a 570 and i'm getting 20 FPS in Tera. This doesn't seem right?
Running P2x4 at 3.6ghz and 8gigs of ram.
Quick question that I figured I'd ask here: I gave my old monitor to my mom as an upgrade over her previous monitor and she said I could do whatever with that one. Could I take that monitor that's 1024x768 and use it as a second monitor to go along with my 1080p one and use it for other stuff while playing games? I read about someone browsing the internet on a second screen while they were playing a game and it sounded good to me since I don't know what else to do with it so I was wondering if it was possible. If so, would it take a lot of performance away on my 6970? Thanks.
I was getting over 60 fps with my i5 and gtx 570.
Anyone?
No performance hit and you can just hook it up as a second screenAnyone?
It takes up <100mb of vram, otherwise no change in performance.
Looks interesting though. I can't wait for some benchmarks. Wonder how it compares to a 6850. I could see myself switching to a microatx box that is super quiet and takes up no room!
Nothing else comes close at that range for what it offers. The ASUS LK is also a good buy. Any OC should be easy with stock volts.
Is the Dell UltraSharp U2412M acceptable for gaming if you mostly play games like Diablo?
I think gigabyte motherboards fixed their boot loop issue but I'm not 100 percent so I'm not recommending them right now.Hmm, at the moment I see only the EX4 on offer here in the Netherlands, which is more expensive (140 euro).
Anything wrong with this? Gigabyte GA-Z77-DS3H
It's hard to gauge what benefits I'd get from the more expensive biostar (or a gigabyte equivalent) exactly.
I think gigabyte motherboards fixed their boot loop issue but I'm not 100 percent so I'm not recommending them right now.
The report also quotes industry analyst Jack Gold, who said that "extreme gamers who want very powerful graphics cards are in a niche market already, and it's shrinking." Gold continued and noted that Nvidia may be in trouble, "because their graphics chip market is falling off faster than their mobile chip market."
Yeah...I haven't really played much on my Xbox or PS3 since I bought my computer back in August. And I bought my PS3 like a month later. :<Really? Because as a casual observer it seems to me that PC gaming is blowing up. And I dont mean the farmville stuff either. Many people are making the switch from consoles to gaming PC's.
Are people really buying the $1199 690s on Newegg??? Man.
Okay. Someone tell me how to overclock this Ivy Bridge.
(I literally can't even find the multiplier in the BIOS? All I see is BCLK.)