gaming pc to take to university

jakejacob0 · 25 Apr 2011 at 11:38

Murray said:
Better you really want that card don't you and it does beat the 6950.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/331?vs=309

you don't get physX on a ATI card do you?

Cookeh · 25 Apr 2011 at 11:38

Stulids build looks good to me.

I'd avoid Fermi I (GTX4XX series) at all costs, bar the GTX460.

Noisy, hot and older tech now.

The HD6950 is as fast as the 2GB version - unless you're pushing silly resolutions (in which case you'll still need a more powerful card).

stulid · 25 Apr 2011 at 11:40

jakejacob0 said:
you don't get physX on a ATI card do you?

No.

Or CUDA, which can use the GPU cores to speed up applications that can use it, such as some video editing progs and things.

Murray · 25 Apr 2011 at 11:41

Cookeh said:
I'd avoid Fermi I (GTX4XX series) at all costs, bar the GTX460.

Noisy, hot and older tech now.

What about the GTX580 :eek:

jakejacob0 · 25 Apr 2011 at 11:42

stulid said:
No.

Or CUDA, which can use the GPU cores to speed up applications that can use it, such as some video editing progs and things.

so would it be better to use a Nvidia card ? and if nt the 480 what one?

stulid · 25 Apr 2011 at 11:45

jakejacob0 said:
so would it be better to use a Nvidia card ? and if nt the 480 what one?

Theres nothing as fast for the same price, you need a seriously overclocked GTX560ti to just match it.

jakejacob0 · 25 Apr 2011 at 11:46

=/ so you'd still reccomend the 6950 even without the physX or CUDA

stulid · 25 Apr 2011 at 11:48

jakejacob0 said:
=/ so you'd still reccomend the 6950 even without the physX or CUDA

My above post is in reference to GTX480

KiiYzOo · 25 Apr 2011 at 11:49

jakejacob0 said:
=/ so you'd still reccomend the 6950 even without the physX or CUDA

Only if you get an unlockable one

jakejacob0 · 25 Apr 2011 at 11:55

okay guys thanks for this help

Murray · 25 Apr 2011 at 11:59

How do you copy and paste a spec?

I would like to try and get involved.

Cookeh · 25 Apr 2011 at 12:00

Murray said:
What about the GTX580

Thats funny, I'm sure I said GTX4XX. Note the difference from GTX5XX.

Cookeh · 25 Apr 2011 at 12:01

Murray said:
How do you copy and paste a spec?

I would like to try and get involved.

Highlight it, the Crtl+C?

Judgeneo · 25 Apr 2011 at 12:01

Murray said:
How do you copy and paste a spec?

I would like to try and get involved.

....

how do you copy and paste other things?

Marvin · 25 Apr 2011 at 12:02

One last spanner thrown in - the CPU comparison stulid linked to does not show the 955BE overclocked, which the i3 cannot do. Not only that, but the way they're testing the CPUs are in CPU-bottlenecked situations (they're using a 6970 at 1680x1050), so the differences are exaggerated.

I wouldn't discount the 955, though more importantly, seeing as you won't be using it till next academic year presumably, wait for Bulldozer to be released rather than rushing in now.

Judgeneo · 25 Apr 2011 at 12:08

Marvin said:
One last spanner thrown in - the CPU comparison stulid linked to does not show the 955BE overclocked, which the i3 cannot do. Not only that, but the way they're testing the CPUs are in CPU-bottlenecked situations (they're using a 6970 at 1680x1050), so the differences are exaggerated.

I wouldn't discount the 955, though more importantly, seeing as you won't be using it till next academic year presumably, wait for Bulldozer to be released rather than rushing in now.

Good points made here.

I wouldn't bother waiting for a specific chip, but with the ways things move in the components industry, its best to wait until much closer to the time before purchasing. You'll simply get a better spec for your money

jakejacob0 · 25 Apr 2011 at 12:08

Marvin said:
One last spanner thrown in - the CPU comparison stulid linked to does not show the 955BE overclocked, which the i3 cannot do. Not only that, but the way they're testing the CPUs are in CPU-bottlenecked situations (they're using a 6970 at 1680x1050), so the differences are exaggerated.

I wouldn't discount the 955, though more importantly, seeing as you won't be using it till next academic year presumably, wait for Bulldozer to be released rather than rushing in now.

okay thanks for this hopefullt when BD is out there may be better price point than the SB builds

Murray · 25 Apr 2011 at 12:12

Cookeh said:
Highlight it, the Crtl+C?

It always copys really weird.

Judgeneo · 25 Apr 2011 at 12:14

Murray said:
It always copys really weird.

Well you can go all posh, sceenshot, crop, upload, paste link.
But I find that by the time I've done all of that, someone else (stulid) has posted a spec already

Murray · 25 Apr 2011 at 12:16

It shows everything twice for some reason?