Ultimate PC Build....

Dr Who · 9 Feb 2006 at 19:25

naffa said:
MB-053-GI Gigabyte 8N SLi Quad Royal nForce4 SLi (Socket LGA775) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-053-GI)
GX-055-XF XFX GeForce 7800GTX Extreme XXX Edition 512MB GDDR3 VIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (PVT70FYDF7) (GX-055-XF)
£499.95 £1,999.80

bah

But if it can only do 2 card sli, why bother with 4 cards?

Bit wasted really

Naffa · 9 Feb 2006 at 19:31

Dr Who said:
But if it can only do 2 card sli, why bother with 4 cards?

Bit wasted really

notice the "Quad" part, quad means four

EDIT: that means it can take 4 cards..

nikebee · 9 Feb 2006 at 20:35

Dr Who said:
But if it can only do 2 card sli, why bother with 4 cards?

Bit wasted really

the Quad Royal can do 4 cards...

Dr Who · 9 Feb 2006 at 20:45

naffa said:
notice the "Quad" part, quad means four

EDIT: that means it can take 4 cards..

Yes I noticed that...

And this...

Features four PCI-E X16 slots for ultimate gaming platform (Only 2 Card SLi currently supported)

nikebee · 9 Feb 2006 at 20:48

Dr Who said:
Yes I noticed that...

And this...

Features four PCI-E X16 slots for ultimate gaming platform (Only 2 Card SLi currently supported)

lies! *runs*

nikebee · 9 Feb 2006 at 20:52

Dr Who said:
Yes I noticed that...

And this...

Features four PCI-E X16 slots for ultimate gaming platform (Only 2 Card SLi currently supported)

it'll use 2 cards in SLi mode, but you can still use the other 2 slots for extra monitors... so why not splash some more cash on 8 monitors (2 per card)

Dr Who · 9 Feb 2006 at 20:57

but then you share cpu power, memory bandwidth etc between 2 monitors effectively doubling the calculations the cpu has to do or show the same on each monitor, or run each monitor in low res....

Just a waste of time and money when I have a 43inch dlp screen, why would i need more monitor space....

waste a grand + the vat on 2 cards that are as much use as a healed fanny..

Naffa · 9 Feb 2006 at 22:04

well.. maybe quad sli is the thing of the future

Dr Who · 9 Feb 2006 at 23:58

naffa said:
well.. maybe quad sli is the thing of the future

Only if nvidia rest on their laurels and dont make a single card as fast as 2 in the near future, which I doubt...

SLI isnt new, its been a 3dfx trick for years... started with the voodoo cards, no surprise it shows up in their new owners cards

Naffa · 10 Feb 2006 at 12:33

SLi Voodoo3 > 4x7800GTX 512MB

ben_j_davis · 10 Feb 2006 at 13:59

Well you could go for a SavRow?

Dr Who · 10 Feb 2006 at 14:53

Sitting here waiting for Citylink to deliver my bits, gotta get them part assembled for shipping to Cyprus at 7.30 tomorrow morning... whats the bet they show at 5.30 when I have visitors tonight... sheesh...

Dr Who · 10 Feb 2006 at 17:00

Arrived, built, and packed ready to ship to cyprus..

Fingers crossed it all works, as otherwise its gonna be a pain to rma, not that I have ever rma'd anything more than a few stix of ram before

KizZ · 10 Feb 2006 at 17:27

Why are you shipping it to Cyprus?

Dr Who · 10 Feb 2006 at 18:05

KizZ said:
Why are you shipping it to Cyprus?

Coz thats where I live now, since december 05.... just came back to finalise my house sale and do a course for work

Dr Who · 11 Feb 2006 at 20:32

Well the system is all up and running now in cyprus, seems good so far, but had some unexplained lockups which I think may be software related...

KizZ · 11 Feb 2006 at 20:52

You done any benchmarking?

Dr Who · 11 Feb 2006 at 21:18

nah gotta get it stable first...

djunknown · 11 Feb 2006 at 21:48

any1 else think this could be to do with the operating system
its been known to have its problems
professionalx64 :confused:

any1 else agree??

tang0 · 11 Feb 2006 at 22:15

CP-146-AM AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core FX60 (Socket 939) - Retail (ADAFX60DAA6CDBOX) (CP-146-AM)
£649.95 £649.95
MB-018-DF DFI LanParty NF4 SLI-DR EXPERT (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-018-DF)
£129.95 £129.95
MY-093-CS Corsair 2GB DDR XMS3500LL Pro TwinX (2x1GB) CAS2 (MY-093-CS)
£199.95 £199.95
GX-064-XF XFX GeForce 7800GTX 512MB GDDR3 VIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (PVT70FYDL7) (GX-064-XF)
£499.95 £999.90
SC-031-CL Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Elite Pro - Retail (SC-031-CL)
£194.50 £194.50
CD-030-PL Plextor PX-716AL Dual Layer Slot Loading 16x4x DVD±RW ReWriter - Retail (CD-030-PL)
£69.50 £69.50
HD-069-WD Western Digital Raptor 150GB WD1500ADFD 10,000RPM SATA 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-069-WD)
£174.95 £699.80
CA-039-AN Antec P180 Advanced Super Midi Tower Case - No PSU (Silver) (CA-039-AN)
£74.95 £74.95
FG-000-AR Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940) (FG-000-AR)
£14.95 £14.95
MO-008-DE Dell Ultrasharp 3007WFP 30" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Midnight Grey (MO-008-DE)
£1,249.00 £1,249.00
KB-069-LG Logitech G5 Gaming-Grade Laser Mouse (KB-069-LG)
£37.95 £37.95
KB-077-LG Logitech G15 Gaming-Grade Illuminated Keyboard - Retail (KB-077-LG)
£44.95 £44.95
SP-034-LG Logitech Z-5450 THX® Certified 5.1 315 Watts Wireless Speakers - Retail (SP-034-LG)
£212.00 £212.00
CA-002-SS Seasonic S12 600W Silent ATX2.0 Power Supply (CA-002-SS)
£79.95 £79.95
Subtotal £4,657.30
VAT £815.03
Total £5,472.33

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