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Starting to build my new rig, looking for opinions
kitamesume:
im not really overshooting things, if you look at it from the server line up, GK104 was so much slower than GK110, and GK104 from the desktop line up is GTX660, 660Ti, 670 & 680, given the fact that the rumors before was GK110 didnt exist until the server counterpart came out, it boosted the probability of GK110 going in as GTX780.
now looking at GK104 vs GK110 from the server perspective.
(GeForce GTX680 desktop) GK104 (1536:128:32 processors) @ 1006mhz : single precision = 3090.4
(two GTX680 equals [K10]) GK104 (2 x 1536 processors) @ 745mhz : single precision = 5340/2 (2670)
(GTX770 speculation [K20]) GK110 (2496 FP32, 832 FP64) @ 705mhz : single precision = 4106 (32.8% increase over desktop)
(GTX780 speculation [K20X]) GK110 (2688 FP32, 896 FP64) @ 732mhz : single precision = 4591 (48.5% increase over desktop)
Ivon:
I would say save up and get a video card with at least 3GB of VRAM...I recommend the extra money down and getting a GTX 670 4GB.
And before people go and say "it's not needed".
TSW - Ultra + Tessellation @1680x1050: 1.3k GB
Skyrim [heavily modded]: 2.6k GB
WoW - Ultra: 900MB
-I include WoW because it's an aged game and yet takes nearly double the VRAM it did back in 1.12.1
EVE Online - Ultra: 1.1k GB
Clearly, 2GB is no longer adequate...even though it was only recently implemented as 'standard' (600 series).
Why I think this way, spoiler-tagged so it's not a wall of text:
(click to show/hide)I look at it this way:
I bought a GTX 570 to replace my GTX 260, about a year later Skyrim was released...and I was met with either:
a) Playing a shit-looking evironment (thanks consoles!)
b) Reloading the game every 20min due to lack of VRAM (curse you high-res texture mods!)
Now by then the GTX 570 was about $360-ish, and the 2.5GB version was about $390-ish. I'd have to look at the receipt but pretty sure I played about $400 for it when it was "new tech".
So here I am, ~$400 into it...and I all ready need to get a better card if I want to play a game the way 'I' want to. I curse myself for not doing EVGA's Step-Up and getting a GTX 580 3GB when they came out less than 90 days after I bought the 570 :(
Overall, I think this plus a decent video card (3GB+) should do it. I didn't include a case as you may have one, but they're pretty cheap, so the cost won't be impacted that much.
Mobo: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131837
PSU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139005
CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116774
RAM: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233144
-PSU Note: Right now my system is using 342Watts (idle) ~ 500Watts (gaming). And it's most-definitely more powerful than the above. So 650Watts should be enough if you get a 600 series (more efficient on power than the previous generations)
GoGeTa006:
The i3?
are you serious? wouldnt that completely bottleneck a 3 - 4 GB card?
anyways, anyone recommend any cases?
as I mentioned I was just looking over mATX and mITX, just because the cases look "iknteresting" thats what caught my attention, then I found the Lian Li PC-U6 and I completely fell in love with it. . .but its fucking expensive. . .
anyone know other companies that make "interesting" designs, but remain at a reasonable price (under 150)?
metro.:
You were looking at New Egg right?
I know a few people that have had good luck just buying a case that's on sale when they order the rest of their build.
GoGeTa006:
--- Quote from: metro. on December 14, 2012, 05:53:54 AM ---You were looking at New Egg right?
I know a few people that have had good luck just buying a case that's on sale when they order the rest of their build.
--- End quote ---
I dont mind buying elsewhere, that U6 looks os maazing
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811112325
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