Weapon....

[Darren S]

Should be installing this over the weekend at some point. Unfortunately, not into my PC however....

Being connected to three 27" Iiyama screens too, so hopefully it will look pretty impressive!

Never really understood the need for semi-naked people/slightly homo-erotic pictures on gfx cards?! :S

D.

 

[Damo_Sport]

Beast!!!!! Miss my gaming PC

 

[Cookie]

Ooof

I'm going to upgrade my stuff next year, still works pretty well at the moment

 

[Darren S]

I'm really keen to see what 3DMark2011 kicks out in terms of score with this. I suspect the entry-level i7 CPU powering it, will actually be the limiting factor...

D.

 

[welshname]

Was this for your nephew or something? Think I remember the thread. Gainward are such good value for money with their cards, although personally I still like XFX

 

[Malachi]

Jealous. I'm still reppin' my GTX285 y0!

 

[Cookie]

I've still got a GTX260

 

[Darren S]

Was this for your nephew or something? Think I remember the thread. Gainward are such good value for money with their cards, although personally I still like XFX

That's the one.

He's currently rolling on a 26" Iiyama with a GTX275 in there. I think there will be a bit of a difference.... :approve:

D.

 

[welshname]

That's the one.

He's currently rolling on a 26" Iiyama with a GTX275 in there. I think there will be a bit of a difference.... :approve:

D.

Huge difference. Post up the 3DMark results if you run one.

 

[James28]

Definitely the sexiest PC component. lol.

 

[Munson]

Good man! Nearly as quick as 580 SLI

Much cheaper though, so fair play. Glad to see you've finally started getting some decent equipment.








It's not mine though m8! More's he pity.....

D.

 

[Darren S]

Haha! 3DMark2011 is clearly talking pap. It was just over 8,000 marks where my SLi'd GTX460s managed 6,500. Yet in Graphics Test 4 (along with others) the fps score was at least three times higher than mine - sometimes 3.5. I have a slightly better i7 CPU, but it would account for such a low score by the 3DMark demo.

Anyways - in real-terms, it was fecking impressive. Much, much smoother on the 3DMark demo than mine. God knows what two of these in SLi would be like! Very quiet too, given how potent the card is....

D.

 

[Darren S]

Finished it off this morning. Awesome..... (apologies for the s**t iPhone pic)

I really did think that the edges of the screens would intrude too much on what you can see. However, a bit like A-pillars in a car when you're driving - you tend to look past them without realising it.

Tasty, imo...

D.

 

[welshname]

That is insane. CS drinks and game night at your nephews?

 

[Cookie]

All that and not even a proper wheel and no raceseat

 

[Gareth]

Good stuff, I'm going to switch to 2 x U2711s i think.

 

[Darren S]

All that and not even a proper wheel and no raceseat

That's on the cards......

D.

 

[.Adam.]

Thats mental, good work.

 

[Silent_Scone]

that looks awesome mate! Nice setup indeed...

You know 580 SLi is still winnAR though right?

 

[Munson]

Tidy.

 

[SharkyUK]

Nice - quite liking that!

 

[wozzaa]

Been looking to go triple monitor myself. Should be able to sort it around Christmas.

Just trying to decide on monitors now. Think I am going to go back to Nvidia cards, too many issues with the ATI drivers. So think a 600 Series card when they are released is what will be getting purchased. It is the monitors I am having trouble with.

Do I get three Dell Ultrasharps or do I get three 3d Monitors with TN panels.

 

[aucky]

Bloody hell! Serious set up there!

 

[Silent_Scone]

Nvidia is where it's at

 

[Munson]

I'm dual wielding GTX580s. Baller spec graphics.

ATI is pauper-spec these days. Has been ever since the mighty 9800Pro.

 

[Silent_Scone]

lmao dual wielding... it's already nerdy fella, no need to add insult to injury ;D

 

[Krispwee]

Pfft 9800 Pro was semi-pauper, 9800 XT was the only way to roll.

 

[Munson]

F*ck off! 9800Pro was baller!

Upgraded mine to a NV 6800Ultra when Doom 3 came out. Noisiest graphics card I've ever owned.

 

[Silent_Scone]

9800XT is basically the same ffs lol. Plus it came out like almost a year on.

Unlike the X800 Pro and X800 XT which were launched at the same time. (I used to work in the industry, I hate myself for knowing half of it)

 

[Krispwee]

In all honesty it was just an overclocked 9800 Pro That's why mine spent most of its life on fire.

 

[wozzaa]

I used to run a 9800Pro which I upgraded the cooler on and stuck the XT bios on. Think I dumped that in the end for a 7800GTX 512.

 

[Gareth]

I don't know whether to bother overclocking my 580s, they run very comfortably under water.

 

[wozzaa]

Why have them on water if you aren't overclocking?

 

[Munson]

Why have them on water if you aren't overclocking?

We've been over this before. Because everything water cooled is automatically awesome. Even Mace saw the light eventually.

 

[Gareth]

They run higher clocks because they are watercooled out of the box anyway.

 

[Rob]

That looks epic. I'd love that setup TBH and I'm not even into poncy PC's

 

[wozzaa]

We've been over this before. Because everything water cooled is automatically awesome. Even Mace saw the light eventually.

Well obviously, why I am on water too.

However I have clocked the s**t out of everything as a result.

 

[Silent_Scone]

CPU gates flagging like a 60 year olds axe wound

 

[Munson]

Mine roll on air, but they're non-reference and are quiet as f**k anyway. Don't yet feel a need to overclock them. Pretty sure they were shipped slightly above stock anyway actually.

 

[Silent_Scone]

GPU overclocking is a waste of time - especially with NV. Very little tolerance in recent years.. Mainly the RAM that folds