Chuckfx, check your local craigslist and make sure the card is working before you purchase it. I managed to grab a sapphire r9 290x for $240 but made the seller show me it was working before purchase. Right now 290s are selling for $190-200 and 290x selling for $250 in Vancouver.
Even for a 1080p @ 120 Hz? The 7970s would be putting up better fps, therefore in a 120 Hz situation, gameplay experience should be better. At 60 Hz, I would agree that the experience would probably be similar.
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/516?vs=598
GTX 590 is faster than a GTX 670, and GTX 480 SLI is faster than a GTX 590.
Therefore GTX 480 SLI is even faster than a 670.
Although the 670 is much quieter and much more energy efficient than running 480 SLI.
I googled Sapphire rma experience, seems to have mixed results, with Canadian users having to pay a fee.
I didn't see any complaints about getting the same card back though, so you shouldn't have that problem, and being in the US, you probably don't have to pay a processing fee either.
If you want to buy new and at newegg, you have some good options, though at $370
Both these cards are on sale right now for $370, use the promo code
7970 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...na&PID=3891137
GTX 670 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...na&PID=3891137
Both cards...
for 1080p, stick with the 1280mb a regular gtx 570 offers and just find the cheapest one and overclock it. I wouldn't buy an overclocked card unless it was cheaper than the rest.
have you monitored your video card clocks to see if it is downlocking? I've had issues when the card downclocks itself and then it crashes when it goes backup. Check with gpu-z
Maybe a board like this can work for you: ASUS P6T7 WS Supercomputer
7 PCI-E slots, you can fit Tri-SLI if you wanted.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131390
The important question is: Does this happen with retail cards? Has anyone experienced this issue before with a retail card or does it only affect review cards?
Best solution for your card would be to replace the stock cooler with an aftermarket cooler. That will be a cheap upgrade and will solve the noise issue.
I've tried this before, with 2 gtx 285s, having the one clocked higher in the main slot. I wouldn't recommend it, kept getting crashes with driver in desktop, and sometimes games.
Switched the cards around, no problems. So I always keep the lower clock card in the main slot now.
I'm a big FO1/2 fan, make sure you guys use the fan-made patches so you can run the games without bugs including custom resolutions. They've also fixed unfinished/scripted events in FO1/2.
http://www.nma-fallout.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=8&sid=08f834b0ec5282cedb427259e0a05b04
That forum is...
If it was me, definitely SLI GTX560 Ti than a 580. Much better performance: check this review
http://www.guru3d.com/article/geforce-gtx-560-ti-sli-review/9
I use GTX285 SLI and don't have any micro-stuttering issues.
Each GTX580 takes one PCI-E slot but needs 2 slots in terms of space. Assuming that you will use an x58 board, or a board that supports TRI SLI, you will be able to use 3 580s no problem.
If I had the budget, I'd go with 3 580s vs 2 590s. 3 580s should be able to beat 2 590s due to much higher clock speed and the 4th gpu scaling will be very low.
580s also can be overclocked very easily, 590s however is a whole different story.
Can't use SLI hack with Nvidia's newest drivers. You have to use the old ones like 260.99 and older.
The websites that hosted the SLI hack patch have been taken down.
Nvidia doesn't want you to use SLI hack.
I was wondering what would be the maximum GPU performance I can get without causing a bottleneck. The 285s in SLI are fine, but would like to get an upgrade in the future and experience DX11.
Since I have an x48 chipset, it is best to go with crossfire rather than SLI to avoid using hacks...
My current config:
Q9650 @ 4050 mhz 450x9
Asus Rampage Formula x48
4x2GB Corsair Dominator DDR2
PC P&C Silencer 750W
1920x1080p 50" Plasma
Currently using 2 GTX 285 in SLI with SLI hack. I'm wondering, if I can upgrade to 2 6970s or 6950s without any bottleneck?
Thanks
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