So heres the deal, you all know i just build a new pc right? well i never thought i would do SLI or Crossfire but im starting to consider it, problem is my motherboard is only 8x on both slots, which seems common for sub$400 dollar motherboards, is it worth doing SLI or crossfire on one of these boards?
You wont notice much difference but the X79 should support 16x by 16x with 2 cards in 1st slot. But its not a huge deal. Few FPS.
You have PCI-E 3.0, which since you will have dual GTX 670's (right? I think?) it wont be an issue. Those cards are not yet powerful enough to max out 8x bandwidth on a 3.0 slot. Maybe in a couple generations more will we see a single card needing more bandwidth than that.
awesome thats what im hoping to hear, i havent bought any gfx cards yet. since i opted for the tiny micro atx mobo, fitment is going to be tight, so i might have to add watercooling at the same time ill get some pics up soon.
so really, whats the best setup for under 500 for gfx? wait for prices to drop? or go back a line to the 5xx and 6xxx series?
Personally I think a single GTX670 4GB is the best setup for under $500, but I really prefer single card computers rather than SLI/Xfire. And I think it would probably be better for you as well Bishop because of your 1440p monitor. Running that resolution with all graphics settings on high in video games can use more than 2GB of vram already. BF3 uses around 2.4GB when everything is maxed out, and games are only going to get more and more intensive. Newegg just got the ASUS GTX670 DCII 4GB back in stock, that is the card I would get. And actually, I did get one a few days ago.
hmm thats a good point enigma, i think the gfx card on my server just died so the one in my desktop shall go back in the server and then new one for the desktop i took my server apart to install the stock intel cooler (my zalman's fan was causing a racket and squeaking) so when i put it all together and fired it up, shortly after the grapics cards got so hot it would burn you. no idea wtf is going on or why it decided to do that, guess it was time and didnt like being touched lol update: damn, $460, and amazon doesnt even have it (i have an amazon gift card to get rid of )
actually scratch all that, looks like my motherboard died on the server, not the graphics card. anyone have a LGA775 Core 2 Quad compat motherboard laying around?
Newegg does http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813186197 Or Amazon if you want to use your gift card on it: DDR2 board: http://www.amazon.com/Intel-Core2-2...ie=UTF8&qid=1348968827&sr=1-5&keywords=lga775 DDR3 board: http://www.amazon.com/GIGABYTE-GA-G...ie=UTF8&qid=1348968706&sr=1-4&keywords=lga775 http://www.amazon.com/Intel-Micro-M...ie=UTF8&qid=1348968706&sr=1-2&keywords=lga775 And if you still get the 670, this one would also be a good choice: http://www.amazon.com/EVGA-SuperClo...TF8&qid=1348968553&sr=8-1&keywords=GTX670+4GB I dont know how cool it runs, but the Asus runs very cool. Memory chips can get hot on the Asus though, more than the EVGA one.