• Building a new gaming PC
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So there's a possibility i'll need 1 more? Also the disk I currently have for W7 is 32bit. Worth getting 64?
If you want 8GB, yes, therwise, there's really no point.
K, i'm getting somewhere now :)
the P67A-GD65 includes 4 SATA cables [url]http://www.hardocp.com/article/2011/01/03/msi_p67agd65_lga1155_chipset_motherboard_review/[/url] [url]http://www.hardocp.com/image.html?image=MTI5NDAyNTI5MGVqQU1FSTNscVFfMV82X2wuanBn[/url] [editline]10th April 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=SataniX;29094807]So there's a possibility i'll need 1 more? Also the disk I currently have for W7 is 32bit. Worth getting 64?[/QUOTE] definitely, 32bit windows only supports 4GB total memory including VRAM and other small amounts there's no point having 8GB installed and only being able to access less than 2.7GB of it
Talk on steam.
Get the 570 unless you're planning on running more than 2 monitors, get 8GB if you want, the cost is so low that it really doesn't matter imo, and please listen to people like raep, he's a good builder.
I have been listening, but not only to him. I'm basically going with his choice except i'm taking a 6970 GPU. Better, and only £15 more. [editline]13th April 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=T1dal;29118732]Talk on steam.[/QUOTE] Can't right now, at my dad's on a shitty laptop. Will-do once i've built this PC though.
[QUOTE=SataniX;29149630]I have been listening, but not only to him. I'm basically going with his choice except i'm taking a 6970 GPU. Better, and only £15 more.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=reapaninja;29094260][img_thumb]http://tpucdn.com/reviews/HIS/Radeon_HD_6970/images/perfrel.gif[/img_thumb] £260 vs £275 for the same performance[/QUOTE]
Generally, I've seen the 6970 being faster than the GTX 570, not by much, but, it is better. DiRT 2, Civ V, etc. are probably what's taking the 6970 down under the GTX 570 in that comparison.
hell because it's an average of results over several resolutions, that graph even includes the boost the 6970 gets at very high res because of it's 2GB VRAM the only reason to choose the 6970 over the 570 is if you have a 2560x1600 monitor or you're going to use eyefinity
It includes lower resolutions aswell, and the quite biased (if you can call it that) games, that really gives Nvidia the favor. [editline]15th April 2011[/editline] And on what drivers are that?
[QUOTE=GoDong-DK;29199102]Generally, I've seen the 6970 being faster than the GTX 570, not by much, but, it is better. DiRT 2, Civ V, etc. are probably what's taking the 6970 down under the GTX 570 in that comparison.[/QUOTE] [img_thumb]http://tpucdn.com/reviews/HIS/Radeon_HD_6970/images/dirt2_1680_1050.gif[/img_thumb] and TPU doesn't even use civ5 most of the games with a significant difference get such high results that having either card will get you the same result so it still comes down to price the points at which the 6970 is better, it's not £15 better it comes down to whether OP is going to use the 2GB VRAM, and unless he has 3 monitors or a £1000 monitor this isn't the case [editline]15th April 2011[/editline] hell he's choosing the GPU based on performance in Source so I doubt it'll come down to the difference between 33FPS and 34 FPS
[QUOTE=reapaninja;29200162][img_thumb]http://tpucdn.com/reviews/HIS/Radeon_HD_6970/images/dirt2_1680_1050.gif[/img_thumb] and TPU doesn't even use civ5 most of the games with a significant difference get such high results that having either card will get you the same result so it still comes down to price the points at which the 6970 is better, it's not £15 better it comes down to whether OP is going to use the 2GB VRAM, and unless he has 3 monitors or a £1000 monitor this isn't the case [editline]15th April 2011[/editline] hell he's choosing the GPU based on performance in Source so I doubt it'll come down to the difference between 33FPS and 34 FPS[/QUOTE] Well, fair enough, it's not worth it, but that review really differ from all others I've seen. The 6970 shouldn't rule in Dirt 2, or atleast, it doesn't in most cases.
W1zzard has a gigantic hardon for amd, he still regurgitates fermi idiocy I'd be pretty damn surprised if he skewed the results in nvidia's favour
[QUOTE=reapaninja;29200614]W1zzard has a gigantic hardon for amd, he still regurgitates fermi idiocy I'd be pretty damn surprised if he skewed the results in nvidia's favour[/QUOTE] I don't think he did, but it's simply contradicts every other review I've ever read.
This is all too late anyway, but thanks guys :)
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