Caporegime
Well its definitely more future proof to have it, than not have it, the idea is to buy a cheap second hand card later on and double(almost) your performance, instead of replacing with a whole new expensive card.
£500-£600 Build
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Well its definitely more future proof to have it, than not have it, the idea is to buy a cheap second hand card later on and double(almost) your performance, instead of replacing with a whole new expensive card.
imo, you would be better off buying a single fast gpu now. and then, if you notice that it is struggling a bit, you could add another for a performance increase at some point down the line
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/GPU11/188
this benchmark includes xfire/sli set ups.
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/GPU11/188
this benchmark includes xfire/sli set ups.
earlier someone suggested that the hd5xxx series might be a bit out if date. thats not true and something like a 5850 is an ideal card for a £500-600 build. You certainly won't be left behind if you got, say, a 5850, used it for a few years and then crossfied it.
Soldato
you can pick up a 5970 for £205 now, one went 2 days ago on the mm, crossfire/sli isnt needed for future proof, by the time you want to upgrade your gpu, there will possibly be 2 generations of newer cards to choose from, they might have significant performance increases over the last gen. i got my 5970 with accellero cooler for £260, the same price i paid for my new 5850 8 months earlier.
Caporegime
i've got to get on that mm...
Nothing to see there.
What's mm?
btw, I wasn't recommending the 5850 specifically, i was just trying to make an argument that it can still hold it's own and isn't going to be left behind, especially if it was crossfired at some point
someone suggested the 480, i believe, i would go for that with this build personally.
Caporegime
its a place where stuff is sold and bought, god nows why danewesley is mentioning it to someone with 11 posts and February registration, as you need 90 days and 250posts.
but for the last week i've been after a new gpu....
mm is members market. At this point i'm not sure it's anything but a rumour
The reason for this build us with the new mmorpg star wars old republic!!
Just started playing fallout new Vegas my god it takes me back to star wars knights of the old republic!!!
Just started playing fallout new Vegas my god it takes me back to star wars knights of the old republic!!!
Caporegime
At this point i'm not sure it's anything but a rumour
its does exist, heres a picture to get you excited
Might pick your brain come a week tomorrow stulid....
Payday and might start buying? Will I need any additional items for build?
Cables
Thermal paste
Etc?????
Payday and might start buying? Will I need any additional items for build?
Cables
Thermal paste
Etc?????
Caporegime
nope, everything comes with the motherboard, case, psu, and thermal paste comes with the retail intel heatsink pre-applied.
if you picked any off the heatsinks i linked too, they come with a little sachet of white thermal paste too.
if you picked any off the heatsinks i linked too, they come with a little sachet of white thermal paste too.
its does exist, heres a picture to get you excited
Anyway it will be too late for me to get my gpu. i'm itching to order tomorrow. just gonna wait to see the dailly deals
So I don't have to do the heatsink, it'd pre-done?
Caporegime
Theres not much GPU wise in there, a few 5850's, a GTX580 for £340, and some other random old stuff.
Caporegime
yes, the retail 2400cpu comes with a heatsink with it pre-applied to the bottom, this will be protected by a plastic cover.
if you ever added one of the other heatsinks you need to do it yourself.
Soldato
did you see the xfx 5970 though? i think it was £205 boxed with all bits!
Caporegime
Missed that one, I am on a bit of a DVD collection lately, dont need anything hardware wise, a good digital compact camera could get me interested, not the expensive SLR's that seem to keep popping up.