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deludeddonny
Level 7
Hi all, my weakspot when it comes to computers is graphics cards...

I have my new build,

Asus Rampage IV Extreme
Intel Core i7-3960X 3.30GHz (Sandybridge-E) Socket LGA2011
G.Skill RipJawsZ 32GB (8x4GB) DDR3 PC3-14900C9 1866MHz
Coolermaster HAF X case
EK-KIT H3O - Supreme LT 360 water cooling kit
2 x G.Skill Turbulence II Memory Cooler


I want Nvidia and ideally Asus cards
my budget for graphics is around £500
Whats the best way to spend that?

on 1 580x
on 2 570x
or on 4 560x
i7-3960X | Asus Rampage IV | OCZ Vertex 3 | HAF X | G.Skill RipJawsZ 32GB | EK-KIT H3O
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Retired
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Hi!

Im not into geforce but i think 2 pcs of 570 would perform very well, for gaming

Radeon works well to..... 200 fps bf3 ultra/1920..:cool:

houndazs
Level 9
me personally i would get the single best graphics card i could afford now, and down the road as you need more horsepower from your GPU, get another of the same as the cost will have went down.

-ASUS Rampage IV Extreme
-Intel i7-3930k @4.42GHz
-16GB CORSAIR DOMINATOR GT 2133MHz
-Corsair Force Series GT SSD 240GB
- 2x 3TB WD Caviar Black (RAID 1)
- XFX ProSeries 1250W PSU
-3x ASUS VE248Q 24" Monitor
- 2x XFX 7970R
- Xigmatek Elysium Black Case
- CORSAIR H100 CPU Cooler
- Logitech G500 Mouse

houndazs wrote:
me personally i would get the single best graphics card i could afford now, and down the road as you need more horsepower from your GPU, get another of the same as the cost will have went down.


yeah, good point 😛

might just wait a month or 2 and see if kepler has a release date
i7-3960X | Asus Rampage IV | OCZ Vertex 3 | HAF X | G.Skill RipJawsZ 32GB | EK-KIT H3O

deludeddonny wrote:
yeah, good point 😛

might just wait a month or 2 and see if kepler has a release date


For a Nvidia guy thats what i would do, but my 7970's scream!!!!!

-ASUS Rampage IV Extreme
-Intel i7-3930k @4.42GHz
-16GB CORSAIR DOMINATOR GT 2133MHz
-Corsair Force Series GT SSD 240GB
- 2x 3TB WD Caviar Black (RAID 1)
- XFX ProSeries 1250W PSU
-3x ASUS VE248Q 24" Monitor
- 2x XFX 7970R
- Xigmatek Elysium Black Case
- CORSAIR H100 CPU Cooler
- Logitech G500 Mouse

houndazs wrote:
For a Nvidia guy thats what i would do, but my 7970's scream!!!!!


I bet they do 😛

But thought I would give nvidia a go ive always used ATI so a change would be interesting
i7-3960X | Asus Rampage IV | OCZ Vertex 3 | HAF X | G.Skill RipJawsZ 32GB | EK-KIT H3O

deludeddonny wrote:
I bet they do 😛

But thought I would give nvidia a go ive always used ATI so a change would be interesting


yup change does spice things up a bit. i was a AMD fanboy, and now look what i got lol.

-ASUS Rampage IV Extreme
-Intel i7-3930k @4.42GHz
-16GB CORSAIR DOMINATOR GT 2133MHz
-Corsair Force Series GT SSD 240GB
- 2x 3TB WD Caviar Black (RAID 1)
- XFX ProSeries 1250W PSU
-3x ASUS VE248Q 24" Monitor
- 2x XFX 7970R
- Xigmatek Elysium Black Case
- CORSAIR H100 CPU Cooler
- Logitech G500 Mouse

580 still does a good job on all games - get a nice CUII, overclock it to 950/1100 and call it a day 🙂
now benching on: LN2 | 3770K | Maximus V Extreme | 2x GTX 580 Matrix Platinum | SSD | Cooler Master 1500W
Proud to be ASUS PowerUser!

Granger
Level 10
+1 to Houndz