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Stranger  Joined: Sat Apr 12, 2003 1:14 pm Posts: 6362 Location: Estonia 
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  _________________ When someone asks how rich you are, quote Rinox " I don't even have a rusty nail to scratch my butt with...!" Be well or Get Help!! |
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Stranger Joined: Sat Apr 12, 2003 1:14 pm Posts: 6362 Location: Estonia
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_________________ When someone asks how rich you are, quote Rinox " I don't even have a rusty nail to scratch my butt with...!" Be well or Get Help!! |
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Stranger Joined: Sat Apr 12, 2003 1:14 pm Posts: 6362 Location: Estonia
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_________________ When someone asks how rich you are, quote Rinox " I don't even have a rusty nail to scratch my butt with...!" Be well or Get Help!! |
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Stranger Joined: Sat Apr 12, 2003 1:14 pm Posts: 6362 Location: Estonia
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This is the point we are at. _________________ When someone asks how rich you are, quote Rinox " I don't even have a rusty nail to scratch my butt with...!" Be well or Get Help!! |
| Sun Dec 06, 2009 7:52 am |
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Stranger Joined: Sat Apr 12, 2003 1:14 pm Posts: 6362 Location: Estonia
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_________________ When someone asks how rich you are, quote Rinox " I don't even have a rusty nail to scratch my butt with...!" Be well or Get Help!! |
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Felix Rex  Joined: Fri Mar 28, 2003 6:01 pm Posts: 16662 Location: On a slope
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Minor Diety  Joined: Mon Mar 31, 2003 1:43 am Posts: 4320
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Ok been having a look at upgrading sooner than I thought actually and wondering what you guys think of this:
- would support my old gfx card until I upgrade that (in March probably) on pci-e and then could go for the faster pci-e 2 slot that this has - i5 at a pretty good price I think. Anything is better than my current horrible cpu anyway - just a nice little deal on DDR3. 2 x 2gb. Mainly considering the upgrade sooner than I was because on that site I've found the full version of Windows 7 premium 32 AND 64 bit for only £80 which is pretty good. And there's a finance option to not pay until next December if I spend £300 so I'm seriously considering it. Total would be about £405 plus delivery |
| Fri Dec 25, 2009 1:09 pm |
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Stranger Joined: Sat Apr 12, 2003 1:14 pm Posts: 6362 Location: Estonia
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That board is a Crossfire board. While you can run a nvidia card on it just fine it is designed with ATI crossfire solution in mind, for two ATI cards.
_________________ When someone asks how rich you are, quote Rinox " I don't even have a rusty nail to scratch my butt with...!" Be well or Get Help!! |
| Fri Dec 25, 2009 1:21 pm |
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Minor Diety Joined: Mon Mar 31, 2003 1:43 am Posts: 4320
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Ahhh well board can be relooked at. Odd considering I'd clicked the Intel boards link. How about ?
While you're on, which do you think is better? (Yes looking at gfx now anyway rofl) http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/1GB-Gain ... DVI-I-HDMI OR http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/512MB-As ... DVI-Retail Using the compare feature, that second one looks better even though it's only a 512mb instead of a 1gb... |
| Fri Dec 25, 2009 1:25 pm |
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Stranger Joined: Sat Apr 12, 2003 1:14 pm Posts: 6362 Location: Estonia
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The gts250 is a renamed 9800GTX+. I would advise going for the 260 one. Regardless you'll be set for higher resolutions once your monitor dies.
Mobo: The second mobo is generic, no sli or cf. _________________ When someone asks how rich you are, quote Rinox " I don't even have a rusty nail to scratch my butt with...!" Be well or Get Help!! |
| Fri Dec 25, 2009 1:43 pm |
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Minor Diety Joined: Mon Mar 31, 2003 1:43 am Posts: 4320
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To be honest I don't intend to use sli or crossfire, is that really a problem? I really have no clue on mobos.
look good for that price do you think? |
| Fri Dec 25, 2009 1:55 pm |
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Stranger Joined: Sat Apr 12, 2003 1:14 pm Posts: 6362 Location: Estonia
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With your setup its not really an issue though. Every game at your monitor resolution is playable at max. There wouldnt be much difference until your monitor dies. At higher resolutions, even with AA and gizmos the 260 outperforms the 250 by 5 frames per second in most games. I guess the renaming of 250 is just something that would bug me personally. I hate the rename game.
The SLI setup on the other hand is heavily in favor of 260. _________________ When someone asks how rich you are, quote Rinox " I don't even have a rusty nail to scratch my butt with...!" Be well or Get Help!! |
| Fri Dec 25, 2009 2:18 pm |
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Minor Diety Joined: Mon Mar 31, 2003 1:43 am Posts: 4320
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Stranger Joined: Sat Apr 12, 2003 1:14 pm Posts: 6362 Location: Estonia
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_________________ When someone asks how rich you are, quote Rinox " I don't even have a rusty nail to scratch my butt with...!" Be well or Get Help!! |
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Felix Rex Joined: Fri Mar 28, 2003 6:01 pm Posts: 16662 Location: On a slope
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