The Ultimate Dream Computer

so you can do that...now you make me want that more

 

I did that, but to my knowledge you can't run both at once, you can only look. Did he use a keyboard splitter, and if so how did he set it up? I may just get a 2007FP sidebar for my 3007...

 

he basically had the game windowed, not full screen. it still takes the whole screen size, but when he wants to go to msn, he would move his mouse over enough and it would go to the other screen. no hassle.

 

Ah well, If you're going to run the game windowed you may as well do that on one large screen.

 

yeah but windowed at full res makes it so that it is full screen.

 

OMFG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!




the GTX is now at an ALL LOW of £260!!!!! new

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-051-OK

OMG.

these are the second hand prices on ebay!!

and they are close to the prices of the out of stock GTs which go for about £200-£230 ATM.

 

If I was spending that much money on a graphics card though, I'm not sure I'd buy the crummy OEM version. It's only the OEM version that has been price dropped so far I think, so you'll still be looking at £300 if you want a proper brand like BFG.

 

what the hell is OEM?...and IMO? what do they stand for?...

 

IMO = in my opinion
OEM = Original Equipment Manufacturer

 

oh i see...i've been trying to figure that out for a long time...it's easier to ask...

 

but there will be no difference bar you wont get connectors and no stock clock. it is deffo worth the price difference.

for a GTX to be cheap is good. it does beat the G92 GTS and GT, (and GTS in some cases better), and its the same price as GTS and just a bit over the GTs. IMO, its a complete bargin.

 

IMO it's not. The cheap, lower build quality construction and the lack of support for the card are a big nono. It's not like ATI hardware where ATI themselves make the rest, it's given to cheap brands who won't even put their name on the card. I'd sooner save a further £20 and buy a proper version of a G92 GTS. Just as fast, and properly made.

 

REALLY! never knew that :S

i always thought Nvidia refernce was sent to the ADM and they then, like most applied a stick, bundle, or factory OCed, or added a random cooler. so i assumed that it was the reference nvidia one.

oh and there is alot of support. 1 year waranty and the forum.

 

I'm sorry but no. A 1 year warranty isn't acceptable for something that expensive and that fragile.

 

yeah...1year only?...thats a bit risky...which company made that card?

 

Well that's my point, you've no idea who made the card, which is why the lack of warranty is all the more worrying.

 

yeah...there is a brand for the card but it's not popular...1 out of 100 people will know it only...like i never heard kingmax before...thats my rams brand...i don't even know if its a good brand or not...

 

I've heard of Kingmax, that's not to say I'd ever recommend them though.

 

well yeah i heard of it before...i don't even know if its good or not...it can do basically anything that other ram game do...i don't have a problem with that brand...

 

Had a little play around with the latest THG benchmark to figure out which of today's high end graphics cards can pull a playable frame rate (above 30fps) in modern games (the THG benchmark suite). The results were interesting to say the least:

At 2560x1600 with 4x AA and 8x AF, there are only three games in the suite that are playable on any card - Oblivion, Age of Empires 3 and World in Conflict, the latter only on an 8800GTX.
Interestingly enough both the HD3870 and 2900XT can cope with AoE3 at that resolution, but Oblivion at those settings is 8800s only (GT, GTS-G92 and GTX).

At 2560x1600 with no AA or AF, 7 games are playable, although Supreme Commander is a bit of a conditional as the frame rate is still below 30fps (I can deal with a lower frame rate far better in RTS than FPS, hence why I say conditional). At these settings the only card that can't play UT3, Oblivion and AoE3 is the 8600GTS.

The 8800GTX is the only card that can play COD4 at 2560x1600.

At 1920x1200 with no AA or AF, the number of playable games still remains at 7 of 8, but all the games are playable on all the cards except the 8600GTS which can only play Oblivion and UT3.

The 8th game in the test, Crysis, is not playable on any card at any of the settings tested. Looks like if you've got a large monitor, Crysis at max is still off limits for the time being using a single card.
I will try and see if any of this changes with dual GPU setups, and have a look at what resolution you can play Crysis on max at.


Cards tested:
8800GTX (24 of 32 tests playable)
8800GTS G92 (22 of 32 tests playable)
8800GT (22 of 32 tests playable)
HD3870 (18 of 32 tests playable)
HD2900XT (18 of 32 tests playable)
HD3850 (11 of 32 tests playable)
8800GTS 640MB (16 of 32 tests playable)
8800GTS 320MB (13 of 32 tests playable)
8600GTS (2 of 32 tests playable)