Ramuh.Yarly said: »
6990 > 580 for sure so if they cost the same, pick the 6990.
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Ramuh.Yarly said: »
6990 > 580 for sure so if they cost the same, pick the 6990.
Odin.Hitoseijuro said: »
Ramuh.Yarly said: »
6990 > 580 for sure so if they cost the same, pick the 6990.
As far as power goes you can't top the 6990 unless you get an ASUS MARS II(lol $1500 card) but I personally can't get past the turbine of a fan. If I were building again I'd probably get the MSI GTX 580 3gb Lightning Extreme.
time to use aftermarket coolers that cost almost as much as the card itself!
Ramuh.Yarly said: »
time to use aftermarket coolers that cost almost as much as the card itself!
Edit: For old times sake.
Orly?
I'm actually lookin at 590 now given the price of these cards, lookin at alot of reviews and such and alot stuff comes rly close and most ppl seem to pick 1 out of how much noise they make. but im leaning to the 6990 or the 590 now mostly, even tho with getting that and a new power source im droppin another 300-400$ onto my price.
Edit: I dont think 2-3 cards in 1 CPU linked is in my near future.
Edit: I dont think 2-3 cards in 1 CPU linked is in my near future.
Ramuh.Urial said: »
As far as power goes you can't top the 6990 unless you get an ASUS MARS II(lol $1500 card) but I personally can't get past the turbine of a fan.
Just saw the Mars II, not bad but for the cost..... thats 3 580s with way more power than that card is doing.
That being said the 6990 on its own is still one hell of a card by itself.
Odin.Hitoseijuro said: »
Ramuh.Urial said: »
As far as power goes you can't top the 6990 unless you get an ASUS MARS II(lol $1500 card) but I personally can't get past the turbine of a fan.
Just saw the Mars II, not bad but for the cost..... thats 3 580s with way more power than that card is doing.
That being said the 6990 on its own is still one hell of a card by itself.
You could run FFXI with cards 2005 cards at max state. Graphically I dont think FFXI requires much.
Powerful setups are really only used for high resolutions. Its really what games are you going to play, what is your perferred fps. Most say 60 is the sweet spot.
Powerful setups are really only used for high resolutions. Its really what games are you going to play, what is your perferred fps. Most say 60 is the sweet spot.
Odin.Hitoseijuro said: »
You could run FFXI with cards 2005 cards at max state. Graphically I dont think FFXI requires much.
Powerful setups are really only used for high resolutions. Its really what games are you going to play, what is your perferred fps. Most say 60 is the sweet spot.
Powerful setups are really only used for high resolutions. Its really what games are you going to play, what is your perferred fps. Most say 60 is the sweet spot.
im running 11 at max right now with 4gb ram, ms500 amd turion dual core cpu and a radeon 4250 HD..11 isnt the question, tis 14. I cant even find a decent vid or post about it rly, cept this 1 where a guy running 3 580's..thats a little extreme
Intel.com's "find a cpu" thing keeps tellin me to get the i7 just cuz i clicked 3d gaming lol.
I can post some screenshots of 14 from when i was playing it on max settings. I don't have any videos of it anymore.
Bismarck.Dreadnot said: »
I can post some screenshots of 14 from when i was playing it on max settings. I don't have any videos of it anymore.
sure anything helps. what were u using?
-I've been thinking of getting the 580 or 590 and sometime around march when taxes come in goin to a dual card set up to. either way need the best bang in a single card atm i supposse jic i dont get a dual card
Proc: i7 960 @ 3.4ghz (slightly overclocked)
Card: GTX 590
Mobo: EVGA x58 Classified 3 (Slightly out dated)
Ram: 12gig Corsair Vengeance DDR3 2000mhz
Game runs an average of 70fps out in the world (1920 x 1080 Res). Cities like Limsa are poorly coded and I can drop into the 40's there. The Halloween event really hurt a lot of PC's when the decoration lights came on.
Card: GTX 590
Mobo: EVGA x58 Classified 3 (Slightly out dated)
Ram: 12gig Corsair Vengeance DDR3 2000mhz
Game runs an average of 70fps out in the world (1920 x 1080 Res). Cities like Limsa are poorly coded and I can drop into the 40's there. The Halloween event really hurt a lot of PC's when the decoration lights came on.
Odin.Hitoseijuro said: »
Ramuh.Yarly said: »
6990 > 580 for sure so if they cost the same, pick the 6990.
GTX 560 Ti only supports 2-way sli, for tri-sli, have to look into gtx 570or higher, even so 2 GTX 560 Ti in SLI outperforms a single GTX 580 by a good chunk, u can find some benchmartks at Tom's hardware site
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Sadly even with a brand new custom built killer pc, FFXI will look still the same, u will see the diff on new games not ffxi
Odin.Hitoseijuro said: »
Ramuh.Yarly said: »
6990 > 580 for sure so if they cost the same, pick the 6990.
You can't tri sli 560ti unless you get the new 448 core ones that just came out. They cost around $300 each so might aswell get 570s at that point.
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honestly at this point i think I've got my final build down lol. i mean i may upgrade a part or 2 by time i order it but what i got seems as clear cut as i can make it ^^
I'll be usin this motherboard if it comes in stock or i need to site order it http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188092 - and the monitor will be upped to a bravia or vizio 26"ish HDTV prolly
Edit: Not to say i wont take any ideas, or criticism e.t.c if i missed anything e.t.c. glad i listened about not going to cyberpowerpc.com this is a far better set up for a little less i believe,, then wat i had ^^
I'll be usin this motherboard if it comes in stock or i need to site order it http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188092 - and the monitor will be upped to a bravia or vizio 26"ish HDTV prolly
Edit: Not to say i wont take any ideas, or criticism e.t.c if i missed anything e.t.c. glad i listened about not going to cyberpowerpc.com this is a far better set up for a little less i believe,, then wat i had ^^
The only real change I would do is bump up the ram to 6gigs. (Or 8 if it's sold in sets of 4)
Bismarck.Dreadnot said: »
The only real change I would do is bump up the ram to 6gigs. (Or 8 if it's sold in sets of 4)
yeh i wanted to but, alot ppl seem to be against going over 16gb ram or higher mhz, keep seeing it everywhere, that at this time its rly not worth the price in the performance difference, even unoticable
Fenrir.Pirinolon said: »
Odin.Hitoseijuro said: »
Ramuh.Yarly said: »
6990 > 580 for sure so if they cost the same, pick the 6990.
About the sli cards, Tom also has the micro-stutter article which if people like getting sli/CF setups should read. So while you might get a boost in frames, youll also get choppy play here and there.
Anyhow thanks for the correction~
Odin.Hitoseijuro said: »
Fenrir.Pirinolon said: »
Odin.Hitoseijuro said: »
Ramuh.Yarly said: »
6990 > 580 for sure so if they cost the same, pick the 6990.
About the sli cards, Tom also has the micro-stutter article which if people like getting sli/CF setups should read. So while you might get a boost in frames, youll also get choppy play here and there.
Anyhow thanks for the correction~
I tried not to pay attention to that post to much since i dont plan on going with 3 cards, i set a budget on the GPU @ 700$..preferably 6..soo 3 cards beats that neways, so got a month to read make up my mind see if 1 6990, 580 or 590 beats a 2 card set up equaling same price
Either of those 3 cards will do you just fine, 2 of them will give you head room for more to come.
Anyone got opinion on an HDTV vs. a monitor? been finding some nice HDTV's around the price of the size monitor i want (24-27"). However when i look around for ppl's opinions they only talk about the 32-40"+ lcd tv's..not the smaller LCD-LED backlit ones.
oncura said: »
Anyone got opinion on an HDTV vs. a monitor? been finding some nice HDTV's around the price of the size monitor i want (24-27"). However when i look around for ppl's opinions they only talk about the 32-40"+ lcd tv's..not the smaller LCD-LED backlit ones.
You can find 24-27" monitors and 1920x1200 beats the crap outta 1920x1080
For reference my monitor is like 3 years old and it's a 24 inch 1920x1200 and has a better resolution than an HDTV and even then 3 years ago it was only like $250.
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Local business plug: Price the same system over at http://www.pugetsystems.com
Not sure if cheaper, but I will vouch that they will have better build quality than anyone and dead quiet hard-speed fans (instead of software controlled BS or undervolted). Seattle people take their boxen seriously. Most importantly there will be NO crapware on the machine when you get it. They change the desktop background to a Puget Systems one and that's it.
Not sure if cheaper, but I will vouch that they will have better build quality than anyone and dead quiet hard-speed fans (instead of software controlled BS or undervolted). Seattle people take their boxen seriously. Most importantly there will be NO crapware on the machine when you get it. They change the desktop background to a Puget Systems one and that's it.
oncura said: »
Anyone got opinion on an HDTV vs. a monitor? been finding some nice HDTV's around the price of the size monitor i want (24-27"). However when i look around for ppl's opinions they only talk about the 32-40"+ lcd tv's..not the smaller LCD-LED backlit ones.
yeah i've seen many arguments on that topic "monitor vs hdtv"
i havent owned two screens of the same size to do a realistic comparison. i've had a 1280x1024 19" lcd monitor and now i'm using a 1920x1080 32" lcd hdtv, and i'm totally satisfied, i dont have a dedicated sound card so i use the TV's built-in speakers and i'm happy with the HD video audio from the GTX 570 HDMI output.
Fenrir.Pirinolon said: »
oncura said: »
Anyone got opinion on an HDTV vs. a monitor? been finding some nice HDTV's around the price of the size monitor i want (24-27"). However when i look around for ppl's opinions they only talk about the 32-40"+ lcd tv's..not the smaller LCD-LED backlit ones.
yeah i've seen many arguments on that topic "monitor vs hdtv"
i havent owned two screens of the same size to do a realistic comparison. i've had a 1280x1024 19" lcd monitor and now i'm using a 1920x1080 32" lcd hdtv, and i'm totally satisfied, i dont have a dedicated sound card so i use the TV's built-in speakers and i'm happy with the HD video audio from the GTX 570 HDMI output.
I'm thinkin maybe both..my plan is pick 1 now and get 1 later for a dual monitor, maybe in march when i get a second card. guess ill go with the SAMSUNG S27A350H ToC Rose Black 27" Full HD HDMI LED BackLight LCD Monitor, unless we got a suggestion anywhere? i hear samsung the best but i only use bravia or vizio tv's so i cant even say i know there HDTV's quality.
vizio are crap in comparison to samsung
For gaming look for the highest refresh rate AKA Mhz,
Cheap TV's LCD/LED do around 60Mhz while the pricier ones do 120Mhz.
Plasma HD's tend to have far higher refresh rates (700Mhz and beyond).
I do not know what refresh rates are on the new monitors (Don't use those since I can just use my TV's (I'm a cheapass!)).
But also look for true HD 1080p+ for picture quality.
I use a 720p and occasionally transfer it to a 1080p and the difference is noticeable.
If I remember right the human eye can only see at a 45Mhz rate, but for some games due to fps stabilization and lag you may want to punch higher Mhz for the better rates.
(And if you are going to blow the money on the PC why use something that can't even bring out its capabilities.)
(Also when buying make sure you can convert or have the proper connections from your grahpic card to your desired output device)
(In my case it was having to buy a mini HDMI to standard HDMI cable).
Cheap TV's LCD/LED do around 60Mhz while the pricier ones do 120Mhz.
Plasma HD's tend to have far higher refresh rates (700Mhz and beyond).
I do not know what refresh rates are on the new monitors (Don't use those since I can just use my TV's (I'm a cheapass!)).
But also look for true HD 1080p+ for picture quality.
I use a 720p and occasionally transfer it to a 1080p and the difference is noticeable.
If I remember right the human eye can only see at a 45Mhz rate, but for some games due to fps stabilization and lag you may want to punch higher Mhz for the better rates.
(And if you are going to blow the money on the PC why use something that can't even bring out its capabilities.)
(Also when buying make sure you can convert or have the proper connections from your grahpic card to your desired output device)
(In my case it was having to buy a mini HDMI to standard HDMI cable).
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