Ahh prejudice is great isn't it? So everyone who spends 3k$ on his hobbies is indebted? You know I didn't even think about credit cards.. though it seems that is a rather uniquely american thing..Credit cards do not equal wealth.
Ahh prejudice is great isn't it? So everyone who spends 3k$ on his hobbies is indebted? You know I didn't even think about credit cards.. though it seems that is a rather uniquely american thing..Credit cards do not equal wealth.
We didn't just have a financial meltdown for nothing.Ahh prejudice is great isn't it? So everyone who spends 3k$ on his hobbies is indebted? You know I didn't even think about credit cards.. though it seems that is a rather uniquely american thing..
Regarding the performance, nothing comes close to that rig right now. Of course, we would have to wait and see the reviews for the 4GB HD5970 Crossfire OC'd to get a fair comparison with the Quad SLI GTX480.
Why just crossfire 5970 4gb, quad 5970 4gb would be fun.
Actually, I suspect it will be a lot higher than that, especially during spring/summer/fall months. When you stop to consider the fact that, at peak, there are 1500 watts of heat being dumped into his room, he's most likely going to need to have some sort of air conditioning running at the same time.1500 watts at 10 cent /KWH here = 15 cents / hour to run .
Gaming 3 hours a day = 45 cents per day = $13.50 a month, no thanks.
AFAIK, a household electric space heater rated at 1500w has the highest output you can legally purchase in the US.
Actually, I suspect it will be a lot higher than that, especially during spring/summer/fall months. When you stop to consider the fact that, at peak, there are 1500 watts of heat being dumped into his room, he's most likely going to need to have some sort of air conditioning running at the same time.
AFAIK, a household electric space heater rated at 1500w has the highest output you can legally purchase in the US.
I don't think it works that way. A space heater is designed to convert electricity to heat as efficiently as possible, whereas the heat output of the video card(s) is a by product of it's primary task of rendering graphics.
Hopefully the owner can play something a tad more intensive with that rig...it's on like DONKEY KONG!!
It doesn't matter that video cards/CPUs aren't specifically designed to convert electricity to heat. All that does matter is that the amount of electricity being used has to be converted to some other form of energy. Since video cards/CPUs don't emit visible light, non-visible light, radiation, sound, etc, that means almost all of the 1500w gets converted to heat. The only amount that doesn't get converted directly to heat is that amount being used by the fans in the system. The amount used by the fans is converted to mechanical energy (and a small amount of heat in the motors).I don't think it works that way. A space heater is designed to convert electricity to heat as efficiently as possible, whereas the heat output of the video card(s) is a by product of it's primary task of rendering graphics.
If did work that way, we'd probably forgo central heat, and just buy other cool stuff that consumed enough wattage to keep the house warm. We'd all be huddled around the 80" LCD HDTV to keep warm and cooking steaks from the glow of our GTX 580s.
Does your kitchen stove have a fan blowing directly on the burner in an attempt to keep it cool? What do you think the outcome would have been if the fan on the GTX480 had been unplugged and the thermal throttling circuitry disabled?To put this into perspective, we've probably all see the failed experiment of trying to fry an egg on the GTX480 cooler by now... Well, you can fry an egg with a frying pan and a kitchen stove...
After nearly 45 minutes of running benchmarks and playing some games the egg white was turning white, but it was no where near cooked. Oh well, we tried! We had the fan on auto the entire time, so if you turned the fan down lower you might have some better luck.
Do you keep your kitchen stove on for hours at a time? Is your stove in an enclosed room where the heat can remain trapped or is it in an open environment? On hot summer days I try to grill outside as much as possible so that the heat from cooking doesn't heat up the house any more than it already is. Especially on days that the AC is kicking on.When you fry an egg in the kitchen, do you have to turn on the A/C to keep the house comfortable?
There is absolutely no possible way I could game comfortably in my den (roughly 8'x12') with a setup that can hit 1500W of heat output.
I never said I couldn't game with a 1500w heat producing gaming system, I just said I couldn't game comfortably. My room already hits 80+ degrees with the window shut. Maybe if I were playing Far Cry the heat would add to the realism, but I would prefer the temps stay in the low 70s.Now your just being silly Creig..
Where there is will, there is a way!
?? I don't usually need to open windows in my bedroom in winter since we usually get between 200-300 inches of snow per year. All I do is lower the thermostat and the 0-20 degree outside temps do the rest.Also, you sleep better if its colder in your room, so how about having the window open winterstime!?!!?!
1500 watts at 10 cent /KWH here = 15 cents / hour to run .
Gaming 3 hours a day = 45 cents per day = $13.50 a month, no thanks.
Instead of discussing the pros and cons of the set up, or even appreciating the monstrosity of a machine, you guys are arguing about power consumption and cost!
Trub's rig is upwards of $10k and I don't think he's worried about an extra $20/month in his electricity bill.
Regarding the performance, nothing comes close to that rig right now. Of course, we would have to wait and see the reviews for the 4GB HD5970 Crossfire OC'd to get a fair comparison with the Quad SLI GTX480.