Thor. Posted October 6, 2009 Share Posted October 6, 2009 Is practical for sher power, but i was only suggesting, you could get yourself the latest radeon. Its funny how its only 256bit, when ther latest 295 is 400+-800bit in sli, single card.. http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?...N82E16814102857 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vagrant0 Posted October 6, 2009 Author Share Posted October 6, 2009 Wouldn't something like http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?...N82E16814102852 be a bit more bang for my buck though? Slightly slower memory clock and streams, but higher core clock. Looked for a single Nvidia card setup, http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?...N82E16814150437 was the most comparable from a money/power standpoint. Also looks to be just a tad bit shorter and fully contained. Is also compatible with my current psu. Granted, by the time I get to buying any of this stuff the higher end cards will probably go down in price as new stuff is made available. I'm kinda reluctant in buying a card with DX 11 support for now since it's a newer technology, so it might not have all the capability there. Also not a fan of factory overclocked stuff. I'm not trying to question your expertise, I just want to make sure I understand the reasons for why things are being chosen so that later on I can make reasonably intelligent decisions when it comes to the actual purchase. I realize that I should have really waited a month or so before starting this thread, but figured this to be far more valuable as a crash course in learning new hardware than it is just in creating a shopping list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor. Posted October 7, 2009 Share Posted October 7, 2009 Nice find with the radeon, but the 250 doesn't have very many stream processors, its almost the same as my 9800gtx2 1gb ram, thats why i went sli. comparing the two cards. they are almost exactly the same, but i would go with the 250 myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nexus Set Posted October 7, 2009 Share Posted October 7, 2009 As thor mentioned above, the Nvidia GTS 250 is just an upgraded 9800, being the only advantage is that it runs cooler and more energy efficient but not more powerful. If you're gonna go with Nvidia, i suggest go with a GTX 260, at the least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vagrant0 Posted October 7, 2009 Author Share Posted October 7, 2009 It was my impression that the reason why fewer streams were needed is because the card has nearly twice the memory clock speed as the ATI card. In short, fewer streams are needed since they're processed quicker, and the card doesn't need to devote as much power to the management of those streams. With a GTX 260 http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?...N82E16814187080 looks like a decent candidate to me. Slower core, slower shader clock, but higher memory, higher memory processor, more streams, 448 bit interface, supports OpenGL. The downside is that it would require a better psu than what I have, and would cost roughly $80 more. I can see an advantage in it, but not sure if the budget will allow for it. Everything else seemed like too much cost for not enough of a bang. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor. Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 So your going nvidia, good choice, I'll see what else i can find for you, you could go for a 275gtx. Don't look at the prices for that video card, its not correct, tigerdirect prices there own, sometimes very high. Just giving an example. http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/Sea...&CatId=3775 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vagrant0 Posted October 8, 2009 Author Share Posted October 8, 2009 So your going nvidia, good choice, I'll see what else i can find for you, you could go for a 275gtx. Don't look at the prices for that video card, its not correct, tigerdirect prices there own, sometimes very high. Just giving an example. http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/Sea...&CatId=3775Well, the reason why I was thinking Nvidia over ATI was to make use of one of the benefits of sli, namely being able to use two different cards of the same series to work in parallel, instead of requiring the same exact card. This way, depending on what my budget looks like later, I have the choice of moving up to either a much higher card of a newer series, or just using another card of similar specs of the same series. I was also never really a fan of ATI's Catalyst. It just seemed to take up far too much system resources for what little benefit it might have. But I'm really not making any solid decisions at this point anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor. Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 lol i know that, i have went sli myself and i did mention it to you didn't i, and you siad i you changed your mind once and decided on going with one, is there anything else you need help with, installation lol. for future reference witch one would go by for sli. the 250, 260, or the 275, just curios. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vagrant0 Posted November 1, 2009 Author Share Posted November 1, 2009 Ok, this is what I'm thinking might work. Not sure on the power requirement and voltage stuff, but think everything is compatable. Windows 7 64 bit OEM (although 32 bit supposedly is more stable, 32 bit doesn't support more than 4gb of RAM, and I don't want to be giving microsoft more money than I need to).http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?...N82E16832116754 AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Deneb 3.2GHz Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor Model HDZ955FBGIBOX - Retailhttp://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?...N82E16819103674 ASUS M4A77TD Pro AM3 AMD 770 ATX AMD Motherboard - Retailhttp://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?...N82E16813131397 SAPPHIRE 100269HDMI Radeon HD 4890 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card - Retailhttp://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?...N82E16814102852 Kingston HyperX 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model KHX1600C8D3K2/4GX - Retailhttp://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?...N82E16820104141 Antec TruePower New TP-750 750W Continuous Power ATX12V V2.3 / EPS12V V2.91 SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE ... - Retailhttp://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?...N82E16817371025 SAMSUNG Spinpoint F1 HD753LJ 750GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Hard Drive -Bare Drivehttp://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?...N82E16822152100 Which comes to roughly $960 before shipping. That's powersupply, motherboard, processor, RAM, OS, hard drive, videocard. I'm planning on using my existing case, one of my seta hard drives, and a IDE dvd rom drive. Although my keyboard doesn't use a USB connection, my mouse does, so should be compatible. The videocard comes with VGA adaptors. My floppy drive isn't used much anyway, so can be retired. Is there anything I'm missing, or any less than obvious issues with the choices? I decided to go with ATI afterall since there didn't seem to be a good SLI capable board that worked with all the other components. The reality is that I would likely only ever be using a single card setup so this is really just making sure the board supports the card. With that motherboard, I can install it in the bottom (black (doesn't show too well)) slot without anything in the top (blue) slot if space is an issue right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor. Posted November 1, 2009 Share Posted November 1, 2009 Nice setup your planning on getting Vagrant0 :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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