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Dual 7970s at 1440p

kitkat9933

kitkat9933

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Would dual OCed 7970s be able play games at 1440p at ultra? at 40+FPS minimum. Will be using iMac 27 inch 2011 as monitor in target display mode.

This is the setup il be buying.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-3930K 3.20GHz (Sandybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - Retail £419.99
2 x Sapphire HD 7970 VAPOR-X GHZ 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE FARCRY3, Hitman Absolution, Sleeping Dogs & 20% off MOH Warfighter PC Games £379.99 (£759.98)
1 x ASRock X79 Extreme4 Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard £167.99
1 x Samsung 256GB SSD 830 Series SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive - (MZ-7PC256B/WW) £149.99
1 x Aerocool Strike-X ST Big Tower Case - Black/Red £144.98
1 x Corsair Enthusiast Series TX850M High Performance 850W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020041-UK) £114.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) £71.99
1 x Avexir MPower Series 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C10 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (AVD3U16001008G-2CM) £65.99
1 x Thermalright Silver Arrow SB-E CPU Cooler (Socket LGA 2011/1366/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA775/AM2/AM3/FM1) £58.79
1 x Sony Optiarc AD-7280S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £19.99
Total : £1,994.89 (includes shipping : £16.85).




Thanks,

James
 
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Well currently I have an iMac, RMBp but going to buy a crap load of stuff on the OCUK sale on the store opening day to make a windows pc rig. Will be using iMac as monitor. Il go get specs im buying and post here one second.
 
This is the setup im going to buy on saturday except it will be £500 cheaper.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-3930K 3.20GHz (Sandybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - Retail £419.99
2 x Sapphire HD 7970 VAPOR-X GHZ 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE FARCRY3, Hitman Absolution, Sleeping Dogs & 20% off MOH Warfighter PC Games £379.99 (£759.98)
1 x ASRock X79 Extreme4 Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard £167.99
1 x Samsung 256GB SSD 830 Series SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive - (MZ-7PC256B/WW) £149.99
1 x Aerocool Strike-X ST Big Tower Case - Black/Red £144.98
1 x Corsair Enthusiast Series TX850M High Performance 850W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020041-UK) £114.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) £71.99
1 x Avexir MPower Series 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C10 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (AVD3U16001008G-2CM) £65.99
1 x Thermalright Silver Arrow SB-E CPU Cooler (Socket LGA 2011/1366/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA775/AM2/AM3/FM1) £58.79
1 x Sony Optiarc AD-7280S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £19.99
Total : £1,994.89 (includes shipping : £16.85).

 
I am unfortunately as you can probably guess from my Apple collection a "willy waver" I can't help it.

I want a setup that can max all settings and play at good FPS. If you guys think that setup will do (obviously over clocked) I'm going to be setting of early to the OCUk shop this saturday and hope I'm early in line lol.
 
If you are going to spend that much, go quad channel 2133Mhz memory :)

I am rubbish at builds but this is a will waver ;)

YOUR BASKET
2 x MSI HD 7970 Lightning BOOSTED Edition 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **OcUK Exclusive** with FREE FARCRY3, Hitman Absolution, Sleeping Dogs & 20% off MOH Warfighter PC Games £439.99 (£879.98)
1 x Intel Core i7-3930K 3.20GHz (Sandybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - Retail £419.99
1 x Asus Rampage IV Extreme Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard £311.99
1 x Corsair Force GT 240GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CSSD-F240GBGT-BK) £179.99
1 x Seasonic X-Series 850w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £149.99
1 x Aerocool Strike-X ST Big Tower Case - Black £144.98
1 x Avexir Blitz Series 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C9 2133MHz Quad Channel Kit (AVD3U21330904G-4GI) £99.95
1 x Corsair Hydro H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/LGA2011/AM2/AM3) (CWCH100) £86.98
1 x Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD20EARX) £79.99
1 x Samsung SH-118AB/BEBE SATA 18x DVD-ROM (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £2,389.04 (includes shipping : £16.85).

 
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I have a 1440p monitor and just one 7970 and it plays BF3 on ultra very well. Lowest FPS I've seen is 30, but it's typically around 50. The weird thing though is that the 30 FPS I get on my 7970 feels way smoother than my old GTX 570 at 30FPS.
 
3570K and moar 7970. For BF3 your build really does burn some money for no good reason. Also that case is hideous (just my opinion, you can do much better). Especially if you get a CPU that is more aimed at gaming, you could get a nicer case/psu/ram or another graphics card lol. Nearly enough saving to start watercooling all that stuff.

You could get a 690 if you really wanted to willy wave...
 
kitkat9933 said:
Yeh Freddie, i'm a willy waver sorry =(
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If you are a willy waver make sure you put that CPU into a Rampage 4 Extreme mobo. Thats as big as it gets, it is also the best for overclocks.

Edit just checked to make sure I spelled the last word in the paragraph above correctly.:D
 
One thing to keep in mind is that the Silver Arrow SB-E cooler is very wide and there doesn't seem to be a lot of distance between the CPU socket and top PCI-e slot (on a lot of X79 boards).
I'm guessing you'll be using the top slot with dual 7970s?
It may not be an issue on that board but something to keep in mind. I'm running a Rampage 4 Extreme and with the normal (thinner) Silver Arrow and there is millimetres of clearance between the cooler and the back of the top card.
 
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