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Brutality
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Joined: May 25, 2009
Posts: 659
From: Alaska, USA
|  Posted: 2012-01-02 15:42
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On 2012-01-02 12:55, MrSparkle wrote:
Built a new one late November:
i7 2700k
Asus P6Z68 Deluxe/Gen3 motherboard
Samsung F3 1TB HDD (it was cheap considering the highly inflated prices. When they finally drop again I'll upgrade, but for now this is fine)
Corsair HX 750 Professional 750 watt PSU
Cooler Master HAF X full tower
G.Skill Ripjaws X 8gb (2x4gb) DDR3 1600
Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO heatsink
EVGA GTX 570 HD Video Card - 2560MB
Asus 24x DVD burner
Windows 7 Home Premium
I waited and waited and waited for the AMD bulldozers, and when they were finally released they were failures. They're not bad CPUs, they're just not good enough. This rig runs Battlefield 3 and Skyrim on max ultra settings no problem, and I even add ambient occlusion to Skyrim via Nvidia beta drivers. It's also future proof enough that I don't have to worry for a while. It's easy to overclock and runs cool. It's a Cadillac while my last computer was an old Ford Taurus.
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you could also add another gtx 570 down the road if you need the extra power, not that you need that sort of firepower now unless you are driving dual displays 
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The Fridge
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Templar Knights
Joined: December 13, 2008
Posts: 559
From: In Your Fridge, Eating your Foods.
| Posted: 2012-01-02 16:51
i5-2500K (Sandybridge)
GTX 560 1024MB
8GB Exceleram Rippler Sandybridge-Series (2x4GB)
1TB
Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3
500W Corsair Builder Series 500CX V2 Power Supply
Coolermaster Elite 430 Midi Tower Chassis
Batman: Arkham City on full is smooth.
DS doesn't work however.
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Admiral Alucard (2IC)
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Exathra Alliance Fleet
Joined: April 30, 2004
Posts: 279
From: St. Helens, England
| Posted: 2012-01-02 18:31
PC is half built so im on my laptop for the time been
i5 M 480. Rated at: 6.75
4.5 GB DDR 3
Windows 7 Home Premium Edition (build 7600), 64-bit
Intel(R) HD Graphics - 1.7GB - Pixel/Vertex Shader 4.0
500GB Internal, 1TB External
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Sops
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Galactic Navy
Joined: March 07, 2004
Posts: 490
| Posted: 2012-01-02 19:06
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On 2012-01-02 18:31, Admiral Alucard (2IC) wrote:
4.5 GB DDR 3
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Wait, are you running single channel?
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Admiral Alucard (2IC)
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Exathra Alliance Fleet
Joined: April 30, 2004
Posts: 279
From: St. Helens, England
| Posted: 2012-01-02 20:36
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On 2012-01-02 19:06, Sops wrote:
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On 2012-01-02 18:31, Admiral Alucard (2IC) wrote:
4.5 GB DDR 3
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Wait, are you running single channel?
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Im pretty sure that its only 4GB, going off what the specs say, havent had chance to open this up yet and have a poke around ^_^
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MrSparkle
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Joined: August 13, 2001
Posts: 1912
From: mrsparkle
| Posted: 2012-01-02 23:20
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On 2012-01-02 15:42, Brutality wrote:
you could also add another gtx 570 down the road if you need the extra power, not that you need that sort of firepower now unless you are driving dual displays
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The option is there but I don't see myself using a dual display any time soon. I also haven't tried running Darkspace on this yet. I know some of my old games have serious problems under Windows 64 bit.
Question: If I got a second 570 with 2.5 gigs VRAM, would that be a total of 5.0 gigs VRAM? Does it work that way?
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Brutality
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Joined: May 25, 2009
Posts: 659
From: Alaska, USA
| Posted: 2012-01-03 13:05
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On 2012-01-02 23:20, MrSparkle wrote:
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On 2012-01-02 15:42, Brutality wrote:
you could also add another gtx 570 down the road if you need the extra power, not that you need that sort of firepower now unless you are driving dual displays
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The option is there but I don't see myself using a dual display any time soon. I also haven't tried running Darkspace on this yet. I know some of my old games have serious problems under Windows 64 bit.
Question: If I got a second 570 with 2.5 gigs VRAM, would that be a total of 5.0 gigs VRAM? Does it work that way?
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If it does, I really don't see the use of all the memory. My 1.5 gigs on my 460m never gets all the way used. 
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MrSparkle
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Posts: 1912
From: mrsparkle
| Posted: 2012-01-03 16:26
HD texture packs for Skyrim etc. can use a good amount. I don't expect to ever need more than 2.5 gigs though.
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Pantheon
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Joined: May 29, 2001
Posts: 1789
| Posted: 2012-01-03 16:51
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On 2012-01-02 23:20, MrSparkle wrote:
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On 2012-01-02 15:42, Brutality wrote:
you could also add another gtx 570 down the road if you need the extra power, not that you need that sort of firepower now unless you are driving dual displays
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The option is there but I don't see myself using a dual display any time soon. I also haven't tried running Darkspace on this yet. I know some of my old games have serious problems under Windows 64 bit.
Question: If I got a second 570 with 2.5 gigs VRAM, would that be a total of 5.0 gigs VRAM? Does it work that way?
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Yes, but each card requires 2.5 Gb of VRAM to do what it needs to do.
For example, if both cards render frames alternatively with max AA and all that jazz, then they each use their own 2.5 Gb of VRAM for the frame buffer and all the AA work.
One card cannot use more than what it has on itself. Trying to access the VRAM on the other card through the PCI bus and Northbridge would introduce unworkable latency - your framerate would bottom out.
I would also heavily discourage people getting cards with more than 2 Gb VRAM on it unless it's got a bus size larger than 256 bit (and that would mean 750 Mb, 1.5 Gb, 3 Gb VRAM sizes) due to bandwidth and latency accessing the VRAM.
[ This Message was edited by: Pantheon on 2012-01-03 16:54 ]
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MrSparkle
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From: mrsparkle
| Posted: 2012-01-04 14:39
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On 2012-01-03 16:51, Pantheon wrote:
I would also heavily discourage people getting cards with more than 2 Gb VRAM on it unless it's got a bus size larger than 256 bit (and that would mean 750 Mb, 1.5 Gb, 3 Gb VRAM sizes) due to bandwidth and latency accessing the VRAM.
[ This Message was edited by: Pantheon on 2012-01-03 16:54 ]
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or you want to run high definition/high resolution textures. 1 Gb is often not enough.
This one has a 320 bit bus.
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Abbot
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*Renegade Space Marines*
Joined: December 23, 2007
Posts: 141
| Posted: 2012-01-05 15:53
These 'How big is your manhood' competitions are rediculous 
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MrSparkle
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Joined: August 13, 2001
Posts: 1912
From: mrsparkle
| Posted: 2012-01-05 16:45
Computers are pretty much the opposite of manhood I'm not going to impress the ladies with my computer specs!
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Talien
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Joined: May 11, 2010
Posts: 2044
From: Michigan
| Posted: 2012-01-05 19:14
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On 2012-01-05 16:45, MrSparkle wrote:
Computers are pretty much the opposite of manhood I'm not going to impress the ladies with my computer specs!
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Word. I've never once even so much as heard of a woman going all crazy over someone's computer, a badass car maybe, but not a computer.
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Iwancoppa
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Joined: November 15, 2008
Posts: 709
| Posted: 2012-01-06 04:32
My humble ole custombuilt. no overpriced deals here
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
Intel Core i5-760 processor (2.8ghz, OC'd to 3.6ghz, quad core)
Powercolor HD 5770 1GB graphics card (OC'd 5%)
4GB DDR3-1333mhz(OC to 1400mhz) RAM
Seagate 1tb
built in 1gbit LAN
16X LG DVD burner
other desk clutter:
20inch 1600x1200 Lenovo
Logitech Z323(great speakers!)
Professional typist IBM keyboard for comfortable all day gaming
Damn uncomfortable lenovo optical mouse with awful DPI that needs to go in the bin
Logitech ATK3 joystick
BF3
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Kenny_Naboo
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Pitch Black
Joined: January 11, 2010
Posts: 3823
From: LobsterTown
| Posted: 2012-01-06 07:52
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On 2012-01-05 19:14, Talien wrote:
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On 2012-01-05 16:45, MrSparkle wrote:
Computers are pretty much the opposite of manhood I'm not going to impress the ladies with my computer specs!
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Word. I've never once even so much as heard of a woman going all crazy over someone's computer, a badass car maybe, but not a computer.
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A certain Mr Clarkson will also prove to you that women don't really care if you drive an exotic supercar either.
Your PC, your supercar, your superbike, and all your gadgets are boy's toys. Good for bragging rights to show all the other boys that you're a bigger man with a bigger penis. I mean, that's why we're rolling in the MV in our EADs n Siphons, powered by Intel Core i7s and GTX580s. So the n00b-toobs in their Core 2 Duo powered dessies and cruisers.... Well, they see us rollin', they hatin'...
It's all abt me with the bigger e-peen, using it to p-slap u in your v-face, yo!
Girls... Pfft. They don't care abt our macho chest thumping. They just wanna know how big your bank account is.
[ This Message was edited by: Kenny_Naboo[+R] on 2012-01-06 08:56 ]
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