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jevery, you ever consider moving your bottom GPU to the bottom PCI Ex slot? It'd allow easier breathing for the top one.
 
That's a good point. The MB is 16/16/1, or 16/8/8, so if I move the lower one down it should run in 8x and not 1X. From what I've read the performance difference between 16x and 8x is only a few %. I might do some 3DMark runs with the second 4870 in the middle and bottom slots and if there little difference then I might go with my original plan of GTX 460s in SLI. :)
 
jevery said:
[ IMO CrossFire on this MB isn't a viable option - So I'll be going with a single card solution. Choices are GTX 480, 5970, or wait for the 6XXX series. Gonna have to mull on my video choices awhile. Opinions welcome.
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Hey man, just letting you know that a single gtx460 1gb is stronger than those two 4870's in crossfire. I've owned those exact sapphire 1gb 4870 models in Xfire, the 460 easily handles games better and outbenches it.

The bottom slot will probably run at a max of 8x no matter what. But 16x/8x SLI probably won't affect gtx460's that much. I did an 8x test and lost about 300 points in vantage with my 460 super overclocked to 900 core clock. So you should be fine. Definitely get the 460 man, it really rocks and doesn't get super hot.
 
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Woo! I have a PC too. If only it had the hardware....
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yep. and it's running awesome.

and..................................yyeeaahhhh....It's not porn. That part's true. There was just no need for the world to see what I was looking up.
 
linkin said:
You need complete overkill so you don't have to buy anything for a few more years :D

Or at least until the next version of directx comes out :(
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lol

I would, but I really can't justify it. I'm probably going for a 5670, and crossfiring another one later on down the road. Considering a 5770 but there's a lot of useful things I could spend the extra $40-$50 on, you know?
 
87dtna said:
Definitely get the 460 man, it really rocks and doesn't get super hot.
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Yep, I don't think there's anything under $500 that will outperform a pair of 460s. From a hardcore ATI guy, I'm looking forward to experiencing NVIDIA.

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Very nice Jevery!

Love that Li PC-X1000 case :),..Those beauty's are like £259 :eek:
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Thank you. I did have a difficult time justifying the cost of the case, but I've been very satisfied with the purchase. The cooling can't be beat - it moves a lot of air over the components with little noise on the low fan speed., while the high setting will knock about 4C off a loaded CPU and more off the GPUs.
 
jevery said:
Yep, I don't think there's anything under $500 that will outperform a pair of 460s. From a hardcore ATI guy, I'm looking forward to experiencing NVIDIA.
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You'll never go back if you get the 460's :good:

Like I said, one 460 1gb outperforms those two 4870's :eek:

I had an AMD quad setup when I had them-

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linkin said:
Make sure to put the specs in your sig or something :) wanna tell us waht you bought?
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Will do. I'm building it at work so I want be able to post pictures until tomorow. I got the following from where I work.

Case: Thermaltake Armor A90
Motherboard: Asus P7P55 LX
CPU: Intel i5
RAM: Kingston 4GB DDR3
PSU: Antec Basiq 500w
Video: Asus Ati 5770
HDD: 1TB Seagate 7200rpm
and just a regular DVD drive lol

Will post pictures tomorow.
 
im rebuilding my file server this weekend, codename: BlackMesa :D
pardon the crappy fonepix.

first i took out most of the components and cleaned it out real good:
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a few upgrades, including a new samsung f3 1tb drive:
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i also got rid of the generic psu for a modular CM:
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also swapped the old sata 150 card for a 3gb one. i'll probably miss the e-sata port on the old card... or i might add it later, i still got TWO pci port left :P
i love this mobo :)
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here you can see the CF card with ide adapter. i also tried running the golden orb sans fan, but it's about 10 degrees hotter, so i put it back on, even though it makes a whining noise.
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running two NICs and a usb2.0 card that i've yet to configure in FreeNAS.
i'll be adding my WD 1tb drive and few other 250s later this weekend.
i also have to fix the nic settings, i'm only getting about 200kbps over wired lan :confused:
 
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zombine210 said:
it's holds the embedded FreeNAS os. i have a 10gb hdd but i didn't want to waste a hdd space in the case. works pretty good.

yeah, that mobo is da bomb! been with me 10 years :)
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Ah i see :P...but 4gb? must be a very small os :P

Heres my desktop setup :)
Sorry for the crap pic quality,Taken with phone :P

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