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87dtna said:
A 560 Ti doesn't even need 2gb, it isn't graphically strong enough to use it.....meaning it wouldn't give you high enough FPS to play at settings that would require more than 1gb.
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Wrong.

Currently on my monitor BF3 takes ~1250mb in multiplayer. When I had the 1080 monitor I could bump the settings up a bit and I was using 1400mb+

I am playing at a constant 50 fps. Before you start complaining that I am not truly playing the game the right way, I can not see any difference between 50 and 60. I can turn down the settings to play at 60+ constantly and it is still over 1024mb.

If I remember right I payed $35 extra for this model over one of the EVGA ones with 1gb. The cooler alone was worth it.
 
A 560 Ti 1gb playing BF3 on 1080p ultra is only going to get 30 FPS. It's not enough graphic power to play the game turned up properly therefore having more than 1gb is pointless. And with settings turned down to get atleast 50fps it's not going to be using more than 1gb (maybe 1100mb tops, and thats a 1-2 FPS difference over a 1gb card). I stand by what I said.
 
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salvage-this said:
Still. If you are building a higher end rig why would you limit yourself with 1gb?
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No, the question is why would you limit yourself with a 560 Ti lol

560 Ti is mid range, not high end. Mid range cards don't need more than 1gb.

Only if you were planning to SLI a 560 Ti would you need 2gb, thats the only reason. IMO, a single card solution is always better.
 
Money, but I understand what you mean. I realize that a 560ti is not top of the line performance but it is a better card than you are making it out to be. Especially when you have a decent OC on it.

@Maxx What are you running that on? Is that one of your folding rigs?
 
That is both of the rigs I am folding with right now.
There are 2 old SuperMicro servers there.
I have them in my travel trailer so I don't have to listen to them plus they stay cool this time of year.
Ubuntu with FAH V7 right now.
 
87dtna said:
A 560 Ti doesn't even need 2gb, it isn't graphically strong enough to use it.....meaning it wouldn't give you high enough FPS to play at settings that would require more than 1gb.
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2 GB might not be need but it is useful for AutoCAD program.

salvage-this said:
Wrong.

Currently on my monitor BF3 takes ~1250mb in multiplayer. When I had the 1080 monitor I could bump the settings up a bit and I was using 1400mb+

I am playing at a constant 50 fps. Before you start complaining that I am not truly playing the game the right way, I can not see any difference between 50 and 60. I can turn down the settings to play at 60+ constantly and it is still over 1024mb.

If I remember right I payed $35 extra for this model over one of the EVGA ones with 1gb. The cooler alone was worth it.
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Not all video game need over 1 GB vRAM. Sometime video card would use computer's RAM.
 
salvage-this said:
Money, but I understand what you mean. I realize that a 560ti is not top of the line performance but it is a better card than you are making it out to be. Especially when you have a decent OC on it.
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Overclocked around 950 core clock and 1200mhz memory (a solid daily OC, 822/1000 stock) still falls ~10% short of stock 570 performance. The 560 Ti is a fantastic mid range card, and pretty decent for 1080p performance. But the 570 is more in the realm of high end and dominates 1080p, it is quite a bit stronger than a 560 Ti.
And yes I'm speaking from real world performance, I've owned just about every Fermi card there is.
 
Denther said:
Since you got on to me all the time before for this...


cable management...



:D :D :D :D
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Just for you Denther, I have completely re-done my cable management.

I managed to find a way to get the 24-pin power cable behind the board, but sadly the EPS cable still has to go above the board. Never mind, you can't really notice it anyway.

Please excuse the dust, I really need to buy a new can of air (though by disassembling most of my system today I was able to remove a lot of the dust). I've got a friend who has an air compressor, maybe if he is kind he will let me bring my PC over to his house and I can spray it out. ;)

The molex cable hanging out of the front of the case connects to a fan which is on the side panel.

I suppose I should do a 'before and after' shot, so here is 'before':

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And here is 'after'. 2 hours work and two cuts hands later...

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Looking good, Jason! I never realized that you used a Caviar Green in your rig, is there a noticeable difference between 5400 and 7200 RPM in your experience?
 
EvanK said:
Looking good, Jason! I never realized that you used a Caviar Green in your rig, is there a noticeable difference between 5400 and 7200 RPM in your experience?
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Thanks Evan. The next thing I need to do is really give my rig is good old dusting down, lol. :D

I have a Vertex 4 SSD as my boot drive, so I only use the Caviar Green for storage (it's 2TB). Before I started using SSDs though, I did use my Caviar Green as a boot drive and it was kinda slow (only 5900 RPM). When my Crucial M4 SSD died I used a 7200 RPM HDD for a while whilst I was waiting for a replacement M4 to be sent to me. It was faster than the Caviar Green, so yeah, I'd say there is a small difference in speed if using as a boot drive. For storage though, there's probably not a lot of difference at all.

I installed that silver disk today (it's a 150GB Caviar) to install Windows 7 onto because I'm finding that a lot of my games aren't working with Windows 8 (Dirt 3 doesn't and nor does RCT3, but admittedly RCT3 is old), so I'm going to try and set up a dual boot with 7 and 8.
 
Looks nice Spirit,Whats that ethernet card you got there?

I really want to get me a new sound card for my system,Something with an EMI shield but all the decent Xonar cards with EMI shield are like £130+
and D2X are hard to come by second hand,on the bay theyre always for bids...which i never do,Buy it now or nothing...cant be faffing around waiting for an auction.
 
Because i cant be faffing around waiting for days to be outbid by something silly like 50p.

i always go Buy It Now,Or make an offer.
 
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