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which GFX for i7 940 ?

ShiWarrior

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Hi all

looks like im upgrading to an i7 chip

currently got an 8800GT OC edition, and I know it will be bottle necked too much, so whats the best route to take? (say a budget of £100 - £150)

thanks :)
 
OK, if you haven't already got the the 940 and its costing you more than £200, then instead go for the i7 920 D0. At stock speeds it is technically slower than the 940, but the 920 D0 overclocks better than the 940 and will happily hit 4.0GHz with a decent cooler.

As for GPU, this one is a touch over budget but its a great card.
 
direct experience? Almost every review i've seen puts them about equal, the 275 edging it in crysis and such, the 4890 in ati 'biased' games like GRID.
 
You'd better go the ATi route if you are building an AMD imo.
You cannot sLi on AMD A3 motherboards but you can xfire on it, therefore if you wish to, you can xfire 2x 4890's later. I suggest either the 4890 vipors by Sapphire as they are cool and fast (Unlike most that comes with the stock fan, they sound like a vacuum cleaner running inside your case!).

Alternatively you can opt for this version, which is also very good and much more silent compared to the other 4980 variations:

HIS ATI Radeon HD 4890 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
 
PakJai said:
You'd better go the ATi route if you are building an AMD imo.
You cannot sLi on AMD A3 motherboards but you can xfire on it, therefore if you wish to, you can xfire 2x 4890's later. I suggest either the 4890 vipors by Sapphire as they are cool and fast (Unlike most that comes with the stock fan, they sound like a vacuum cleaner running inside your case!).

Alternatively you can opt for this version, which is also very good and much more silent compared to the other 4980 variations:

HIS ATI Radeon HD 4890 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
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From what he said, the OP wants to go i7 - and any X58 board worth it's salt can do both SLI and Crossfire very well. However, I do agree that a 4890 is a slightly better choice due to cost.

Personally, I'd go for this card (great warranty, fast at stock) and replace the cooler with this. Then either leave the clocks as is (for a quiet, cool card) or push the clocks to the limit and get a card that beats a stock gtx285.
 
cmndr_andi said:
From what he said, the OP wants to go i7 - and any X58 board worth it's salt can do both SLI and Crossfire very well. However, I do agree that a 4890 is a slightly better choice due to cost.

Personally, I'd go for this card (great warranty, fast at stock) and replace the cooler with this. Then either leave the clocks as is (for a quiet, cool card) or push the clocks to the limit and get a card that beats a stock gtx285.
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Dang.. nicely pointed out :)
I guess I should have read more carefully, I blame it on my work and now I'm lacking concentration :/

Nice find, I didn't know there was such a nice after market cooler for the 4890.
I will take this into consideration when I buy my parts next month, I'm going to build myself an AMD rig. Cheers cmndr_andi :)
 
Metalface Mark said:
4890 if you dont mind noise and heat, 275 if you want quiet and cool.
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Rubbish.

Stock 275GTX @ load:

396w
82c
41db


Stock 4890 @ load:

370w
81c
43db

(Taken from Guru3D)

Very similar performance and £25 less, it's the best card for the money right now. Not to say the GTX275 is a bad card, it isn't at all...
 
get the 275 IMO
gaming performance is pretty much the same but the superior driver CP
and physx/cuda make the 275 the better overall package
 
so you dont think getting 2 cards would be better? im not saying get to HD4890's or what ever, i have an 8800GT already, maybe add another one?
 
Sem said:
get the 275 IMO
gaming performance is pretty much the same but the superior driver CP
and physx/cuda make the 275 the better overall package
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got to agree the 275 is a great buy at the moment!! can get it cheap if you shop about.
 
Sem said:
get the 275 IMO
gaming performance is pretty much the same but the superior driver CP
and physx/cuda make the 275 the better overall package
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How many games actually use physx now? The list is even shorter is you ask how many *good* games support physx. Plus the ATI drivers are very good. Basically, there isn't much between the cards. Read some reviews and make up your own mind. Many people talk from "personal experience", but actually know nothing (not referring to the post quoted, but many above it). Tbh, you won't be disappointed whichever you choose.
 
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