Scuba Steve
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I have an 8800GTS now, I'm way overdue for an upgrade, is it worth it now to pick up a 560ti/6950? Or I am better off waiting until Nvidia announces their new flagship cards?
*cross-posting this from the skyrim performance thread*
so over the weekend i overclocked my i2500k to 4.2 using AI Suite II's "level up" auto tuning thing.
everything went fine but my frame rate in skyrim dropped a good 7-10fps indoors/cities and 10-12 outdoors. i read a thread online that said this could have meant an unstable overclock as a result of power. i've got a 700W psu and the following:
i2500k w/ 212 Hypercooler HSF
GTX 550 Ti
8gb RAM
128gb SSD
Optical drive
4 case fans
is power my issue? forgive my ignorance, pretty new to the whole OC'ing thing.
I keep getting a BSOD because volmgrx.sys keeps sporadically crashing. I've tried a Windows repair which seemed to help for a while but it came back the other day. Any thoughts PC GAF?
So I am looking to build my first PC. First time trying to find the best build, used the build list as a help.
Graphics card: GeForce GTX 560 Ti (Fermi) 448 Cores
Sound Card: ASUS XONAR DG 5.1
Power supply: Antec BP550 Plus 550W
Motherboard: ASRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3
Processor: Intel Core i7-2600K Sandy Bridge 3.4GHz
RAM: CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB)
DVD Burner: ASUS 24X DVD Burner
Hard Drive: SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB
Monitor: ASUS VW246H Glossy Black 24"
Is this a pretty good build? I'm not sure how that graphics card is for the price.
Trying a RAID0 array where one of the drives has a completely different controller seems like a really bad idea. That's my idea.Decided to go 3 SSDs in raid 0 but having some issues. Acronis fucked up my backup so one sector is unreadable so I'm trying to reinstall windows instead. Everytime it gets stuck at the completing windows stage. Using the intel built in raid on ICH10R, two vertex 3s and one vertex 2 all 240gb. Any suggestions or ideas?
I have a 6950 with the hacked bios trick. I just realized, when I get my new mobo/CPU today, and reformat and everything, I'm going to have to do it over again.
Bit the bullet and dropped a grand (including windows). I'm a bit nervous as it's been eight years since I last built a system. Pics and info in the next week even it all arrives!
no need to re-hack the 6950 if that is what you are referring to.
Attach it to the fan header marked CPU_FAN and not SYS_FANI got everything hooked up, then realized I was still using an old piece of shit IDE DVD drive and need to pick up a SATA before installing the OS. :\ Anyway, I've booted it up just to make sure everything works, and it tells me "CPU Fan Error!" then cues me to go into the BIOS. The CPU fan is spinning, so is there really something wrong?
Trying a RAID0 array where one of the drives has a completely different controller seems like a really bad idea. That's my idea.
@ everyone else
Newegg has recertified 580s for $399.
That's similar to saying "I plugged a 5400RPM cav green with two samsung F3's on a SATAII controller".Don't see why it would matter, all 240GB and all on SATAII. Regardless I tried with just the two vertex 3s and same thing....
So I am looking to build my first PC. First time trying to find the best build, used the build list as a help.
Graphics card: EVGA GeForce GTX 580 (Fermi) 1536MB
Sound Card: ASUS XONAR DG 5.1
Power supply: Antec BP550 Plus 550W
Motherboard: ASRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3
Processor: Intel Core i7-2600K Sandy Bridge 3.4GHz
RAM: CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB)
DVD Burner: ASUS 24X DVD Burner
Hard Drive: SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB
Monitor: ASUS VW246H Glossy Black 24"
That's similar to saying "I plugged a 5400RPM cav green with two samsung F3's on a SATAII controller".
Bummer you're still having issues though. Try installing on each SSD to find out which one might be causing issues. If no issues crop up then, it's probably RAID related rather than a hardware issue. Could also completely clear out each SSD.
So I updated my graphics card, got the 580 instead of the 570 that I had on there before. Is this a good build? I won't be putting in the order for a week or couple, want to make sure this is a good build before spending the money.
Attach it to the fan header marked CPU_FAN and not SYS_FAN
Yeah both SSDs are fine out of raid but in raid no luck..... I gave up went back to individual drives till I can get an lsi controller
Awesome. Thanks. Figures I didn't think about my ancient DVD drive. I was lucky my last motherboard had it's single IDE port.
Here's the RS240 kit installed in my Arc Mini. (Shameless showoff and self plug pic)
Would this do? CORSAIR HX750
Wait a few weeks. 7950/7970 is a better buy, but the 670Ti is what you should wait on.So I updated my graphics card, got the 580 instead of the 570 that I had on there before. Is this a good build? I won't be putting in the order for a week or couple, want to make sure this is a good build before spending the money.
Need the HT for encoding?Gaf am I crazy for wanting to sell my current build (2500K,6950,8GBRam) to put towards an i7-3820/Kepler build.
I already know the answer : (
EDIT: when are kepler cards expected, Q2/3?
Need the HT for encoding?
Wish I would have gone 2600K in retrospect. Started encoding a *ton* as of late. The GPU's help quite a bit, but still.
Wait a few weeks. 7950/7970 is a better buy, but the 670Ti is what you should wait on.
Bit the bullet and dropped a grand (including windows). I'm a bit nervous as it's been eight years since I last built a system. Pics and info in the next week even it all arrives!
Need the HT for encoding?
Wish I would have gone 2600K in retrospect. Started encoding a *ton* as of late. The GPU's help quite a bit, but still.
Wait a few weeks. 7950/7970 is a better buy, but the 670Ti is what you should wait on.
Depends on your software but the gains are mainly for 2nd passes with a 40% boost there.I do a lot of video editing, and I just put together a 2500k. :\
Less than a 570 for better than 570 performance. Rest is speculation.How much is the 670Ti gonna be?
Less than a 570 for better than 570 performance. Rest is speculation.
Should be faster than a 570 which should be good enough.Is the 670Ti better then a 580?
I am not really trying to build the ultimate beast of a computer. I just want a PC that can run games at high or better for the next couple years so I don't have to keep upgrading every year. I am not really a hardcore gaming guy, I am mostly gonna use it for video editing, but I still would want a really good gaming machine.
Admittedly I'm not that smart about PC hardware. I have a i7-860 with a radeon 5850 in it. Im looking to upgrade the video card to boost performance a little and looking at the GeForce 560ti. Should I see significant improvement? I read things about not wanting the CPU to bottleneck the video card speed. Again I'm pretty ignorant when it comes to this stuff. Any advice (or further questions needed) would be most helpful. Thanks very much in advance.
Like I said drop by over the next weeks. New cards coming.No, I mean with my above post ^^ I can buy something now or I could wait if it is wiser.
No, I mean with my above post ^^ I can buy something now or I could wait if it is wiser.
I have a 600watt GS from Corsair and it is almost silent. Send it back. It sounds like a bearing has a flat spot or the fan is hitting something.
The Asus 120Hz VG278H is great too if you're in Europe. The initial batches for North America had some nasty backlight bleeding right in the centre of the screen then they disappeared from retailers - probably Asus fixing the issue.
As a small aside; I'm thinking Corsair 850AX for my psu, I'm not going to be SLI / Crossfire in this build - but am thinking of overclocking a 2600k to 4.6 - 4.8GHz. Is the psu going to be OK with this?
Edit: sorry, should have said I'll be going 7970 for my graphics card. Probably the XFX Black (without the dual fans).