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685 GTX specs GK110

Rusty0611 said:
Depends on your budget - and how long you want to keep the machine the same without upgrading. I've not got 3 monitors myself so I can't recommend it but a lot of people with 3 are very happy.

If you're not short of a bob or two then just get the 4GB version IMO. Then you can put the VRAM question to bed (triple monitor wise) and when the 680 starts to show its age you can get another and go SLI if needs be :)

2GB is fine for now though if you don't mind changing it around at a later date if it needs to be.
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Well i kind of keep upping my budget, which is a slipperly slope.

I was going for a 1.1-1.2k build with a 2500k / 570.
Decided to wait, get Ivybridge, it was at this point i decided i could use the extra cash on a 680, i don't particularly want to add an extra £100 on the card, if im then buying 3 monitors... and having to wait for the card ofc (i've been without a rig for a few years).

Having said all that i want the system to last a few years without NEEDING upgrading (if i choose to later thats a different matter)

Some stuff for me to think over... thanks for all the help.
 
Joshct said:
Well i kind of keep upping my budget, which is a slipperly slope.

I was going for a 1.1-1.2k build with a 2500k / 570.
Decided to wait, get Ivybridge, it was at this point i decided i could use the extra cash on a 680, i don't particularly want to add an extra £100 on the card, if im then buying 3 monitors... and having to wait for the card ofc (i've been without a rig for a few years).

Having said all that i want the system to last a few years without NEEDING upgrading (if i choose to later thats a different matter)

Some stuff for me to think over... thanks for all the help.
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3 monitors on 1 card?Your gonna need two 680s(2gb) atleast or 4gb which will be better to get decent framerates(constant 60) with everything on max detail.
 
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Neo-Geo said:
True,bit you can always go sli or tri-sli or even quad sli so you can turn things up again,all depends what you want to do and how you want things to look at the end of the day.
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not really for me, because at the end of the day i only play games that are really good shooters and many of these have poor graphics...:cool:

i.e Crysis.... great graphics, poor shooter.... never play it
Fallout 3, COD, BF3 basically the same; especially COD.

FEAR, SERIOUS SAM, BORDERLANDS, VEGAS 2..... poor graphics, great shooters.... play all the time.

i've never played a great shooter that has great graphics, only really Far Cry, so i'm slightly different from the rest of you, but what really gets me now, is that my old GTX 8800 is too slow even for a game with poor graphics.

embarassingly slow, Borderlands looks like 25fps, because Serious Sam looks much faster and that's definitely 35FPS, because i checked the other day, so you can see that right now i'm in a bad way!

the stuff in my signature i was shocked to see, it makes my old rig look truly anchient, i'll get a shock when i see the card too !!!!!!
 
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Joshct said:
Yeah...? I said that in my post?
The 570 was a reference to a build i was going to do a few weeks ago before i decided to wait and spend a little more and get IB too...
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Perhaps you misread his post.

He was suggesting that one GTX 680 wouldn't be enough and that you'd need two.
 
Surveyor said:
Perhaps you misread his post.

He was suggesting that one GTX 680 wouldn't be enough and that you'd need two.
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AH! i certainly did, thanks for clarifying.
Read it as going to need a 680 XD.


Thats what you get for surfing at work i guess, apologies.
 
Neo-Geo said:
3 monitors on 1 card?Your gonna need two 680s(2gb) atleast or 4gb which will be better to get decent framerates(constant 60) with everything on max detail.
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Actually depends on the game. Only BF3 and a couple of other titles are going to NEED SLI. If you're willing to turn MSAA off, one 680 will serve fine even in these titles.

But we know you only roll with 32x super sampling so it's OK you don't need to respond :)
 
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Rusty0611 said:
Actually depends on the game. Only BF3 and a couple of other titles are going to NEED SLI. If you're willing to turn MSAA off, one 680 will serve fine even in these titles.

But we know you only roll with 32x super sampling so it's OK you don't need to respond :)
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I'd personally be happy with medium to high settings in games, rather than ultra.
However knowing i could get better quality on one screen, i might as well do that.

But maybe have 3 screens for general usage? disable them when gaming, does anyone do this?
 
Not much point - if you're willing to turn just a couple of minimum effect settings down you can achieve decent, playable FPS across 3 screens.

Ultra in BF3 with MSAA off (FXAA on) will be fine across 3 screens with 1 680 2GB. What Neo-Geo doesn't understand is that, yes with unlimited money we'd all buy the best card with the most VRAM, but for the majority there has to be some compromise either with hardware or settings :)

You then have the option to max out settings on one screen as and when you see fit.
 
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Rusty0611 said:
but for the majority there has to be some compromise either with hardware or settings :)
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We'll i've been running extremely low end games on lowest graphical settings for about 3 years now, i guess i'm an oddity among this forum where i'd be happy just to be able to play any game, let alone worry about the ultra settings.
Having said that a 680 is a fairly high expenditure to only get 'alright' settings.
I'll still have to think about whether i want to go for 3 monitors or 1 for gaming... but i agree in an ideal world we'd all have the best, however people stating that 'x' card isn't enough to run 'y' game are generally just being snobbish and assuming everything should always run at ultra...

If all i got right now was a 560ti i'd me overjoyed with it, and happily play any and every game that comes out, simply turning down graphics where need be.
Getting a 680 is more of a way to blow my extra cash now i have a job.
 
Mal X said:
not really for me, because at the end of the day i only play games that are really good shooters and many of these have poor graphics...:cool:

i.e Crysis.... great graphics, poor shooter.... never play it
Fallout 3, COD, BF3 basically the same; especially COD.

FEAR, SERIOUS SAM, BORDERLANDS, VEGAS 2..... poor graphics, great shooters.... play all the time.
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Fallout 3 is an RPG not a shooter.
 
You won't get 'alright' settings with a 680 with 3 screens. You can have maximum settings on most games and maximum settings without MSAA on the rest. MSAA just smooths edges to make them less 'jaggy' so the you get more of an improvement from other settings and MSAA costs a lot of frames to run. Also, in a game like BF3 the difference in image quality between low and ultra is huge :)

Hear hear. Yeah I think that's a good call. Decide if you do really want to go down the 3 monitor route. If not then you can pick up decent cards to run single screen set up's for less than half the price of a 680 and still get a good compromise between FPS and image quality.

e.g. HD 7850
 
Rusty0611 said:
Actually depends on the game. Only BF3 and a couple of other titles are going to NEED SLI. If you're willing to turn MSAA off, one 680 will serve fine even in these titles.

But we know you only roll with 32x super sampling so it's OK you don't need to respond :)
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Actually i dont use 32x AA i was using it as an example,im not going to go into it again.
 
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Some of the screenshots in that thread are amazing! Wow, that's cool. Its just a shame I don't get on very well with flight sims.
 
The rumours for a while state a Q4 release of the GTX680 successor. They certainly have no need to release it beforehand.
 
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