GTX 295

dave1983 · 22 Jan 2010 at 08:43

stick with ATI buddy, look at the reviews/benchmarks on games ect.... they also support DX11, try and go crossfire it would eat up any game for dinner.

Born_2_Kill_83 · 22 Jan 2010 at 09:12

What case do you have OP?

Pauljl · 22 Jan 2010 at 10:39

antec P193

Born_2_Kill_83 · 22 Jan 2010 at 11:20

5970 then, you may need to move your harddrives to the bottom cage and remove the upper cage (like I have with my 902) but then it will fit like a glove, you'll have the same performance as CF-5870 and save yourself some money at the same time.

rhys216 · 22 Jan 2010 at 23:48

If you get the Urge you could then get a 5870 for tri-fire, but it really won't be needed.

Pauljl · 23 Jan 2010 at 23:15

well i got the parts this morning.. its all in a running.

just need help on this... how do i test to see if i have got both cards running ok in crossfire?

oh also this.. the cards have 2 connections for to allow the 3-way fire.. does it matter which one i use to bridge the 2 cards?

Pauljl · 23 Jan 2010 at 23:54

here it is

seldNofSparta · 23 Jan 2010 at 23:55

nice setup

rhys216 · 24 Jan 2010 at 01:54

Love the setup, what happened to the SSD?
Seriously that setup will feel twice as fast with a 160gb x25-m and also in gaming you should get higher min FPS.

Rroff · 24 Jan 2010 at 01:58

Theres something satisfying about dual videocards dunno what it is...

rhys216 · 24 Jan 2010 at 01:59

I know what you mean, must be a combination of symmetry combined with the sense of power!

Rroff · 24 Jan 2010 at 02:11

something like that

Gerard · 24 Jan 2010 at 02:36

Those cards are going to be starved with that 2.66 on stock settings.

LeJosh · 24 Jan 2010 at 04:39

Please get a 3rd party cooler for your CPU and OC it. It will benefit those lovely 5870s of yours.

Pauljl · 24 Jan 2010 at 10:28

rhys216 said:
Love the setup, what happened to the SSD?
.

what is SSD?

Pauljl · 24 Jan 2010 at 11:00

phew it runs warm!!

my old system with only a 7950 and a 2 core cpu runs at 39c (both mb and cpu)

this thing runs 53c cpu and 50c MB

rhys216 · 24 Jan 2010 at 14:05

Pauljl said:
what is SSD?

Solid State Drive.
X25m's are your only real choice in terms of cost & performance.
If you get one, i recommend the 160gb version over putting a couple of 80gig's in raid 0

Oh and yeh, I agree with the others, you definitely need 3rd party cooling on that CPU.

Pauljl · 24 Jan 2010 at 15:12

ahh SSD.. i get it now.
yes that would be good as the HD is the only thing letting me down on the windows scores.

as for the cooling, yes im looking into some options, not really sure what to go for.

as i type this, i have 44c on the CPU and 48c on the MB..
the cpu does go upto 60+ on load.. i need to bring that right down

rhys216 · 24 Jan 2010 at 15:22

Yeh, if you stick an x25 in there the difference will be night & day.

JGBR · 24 Jan 2010 at 16:01

was it not beneifcal to move the HD/SSD to the lower compartment? or are you trying to cool them in one nice flow direction