Possible new pc specs - comments?

Luke7777 said:
As long as you stick to a single monitor, SLI is fine. Not to be considered if you think about multi-monitor gaming
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Why is that?
 
thisgeek said:
I know a few people who are dealers with various suppliers, and have no problem with supplying me with stuff at cost on the odd occasion.

I'm getting the Gigabyte 7800GT from rectron at a cost of R3500 ex vat each, so it means I'm paying R7980 for those 2 babies. The cost of these cards is 57% of the total cost of the equipment I'm getting, which includes mobo, ram & gaming chassis. :eek:
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I would seriously recommend only getting one 7800GT for now if your monitor can't handle 1600x1200. You will be wasting your money on a second card as you will not see a performance increase (unless you really need your games running at 200+ FPS :p ). By the time you get a monitor that can handle 1600x1200 the price of the 7800GT's would have come down... your money though.
 
Originally Posted by Luke7777
As long as you stick to a single monitor, SLI is fine. Not to be considered if you think about multi-monitor gaming
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Why is that?
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SLI can't handle multi-monitor. From their faq :
How many monitors are supported with SLI in Multi-GPU mode?
When in Multi-GPU mode, SLI currently supports one monitor. When in Single-GPU mode, users have the ability to use up to 4 monitors using nView Multi-Display Technology and Windows XP Dualview.
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Pity it was never mentioned when I purchased in Feb. FAQ got amended afterwards

nVidia forum and 1 more
 
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Perdition said:
I would seriously recommend only getting one 7800GT for now if your monitor can't handle 1600x1200.
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why not only get 1 7800gtx? then when they become cheap in a year or so get another
 
rburley said:
why not only get 1 7800gtx? then when they become cheap in a year or so get another
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I think we talked about this earlies in the thread. the difference in performance between the 7800GT and 7800GTX is not big but the price difference is HUGE.
 
thisgeek......are you gona give us some feedback on your new system...mayb sum simple futuremark05 numbers or some other game?
 
Yep. I think mebbe I'm gonna rub it in and take photos 'n' everything! :)

I should hopefully have the stuff sometime next week.
 
in a few months nvidia is bringin out a driver that will let u have different cards in SLi. eg a 6800&6600gt
 
I havent really been following this thread, but here are my recommendations:

1. Get one 7800GTX - it's cheaper than 2x6800GT's and you don't need 2x7800GTX's at the moment. Wait a few months/years and get another 7800GTX to SLI when you need an upgrade.

2. Get 2x1GB RAM. In my opinion it's better to have just the 2 sticks cos 1. you have room to add a few more later; and 2. dual channel works best with 2 sticks (correct me if i'm wrong).

3. Then, try get a better proc. than a 3200+. It defeats half the point of having such a good system if your processor is gonna slow it down. The processor needs to be powerful enough to support the rest of your machine, esp a 7800GTX.

4. I've been incredibly happy with my Seagate SATA drives, so maybe invest in one of those. Make sure it's one with an 8MB cache... the performance will be better.

5. I've got a Viewsonic VX924 19" LCD and it's by far the best money i've spent. Absolutely amazing... but quite pricey. Even a 17" LCD will be better than a CRT. Yes, it may ghost a little (mine does), but it doesnt affect your game at all. And it just looks muuuuuch better than a CRT. Try get one with DVI.

Hope this helps :)
 
thisgeek has already stated that he will upgrade the processor at a later stage. His main concern was graphics, hence the 2x 7800GT's. Many ppl don't need many things....it's just what we want. ;) Even with the 3200+ processor I believe the 2x 7800GT's will produce a much better score compared to a 3800+ and one 7800GTX.

With the Lcd's I tend to agree with you, their clear,crisp and very stylish. But at the same time you can't ignore that fact that the screen is not ideal for gaming....aspecially when running high resolutions and having to look far into the distance. A lcd screen can make this look blocky were as a crt at high res will display it in far much greater detail. Although I also believe lcd's will crush crt's soon enough with all the advances being made. The response times on some of the newest lcd's are already very impressive. :p
 
I looked around a bit more and have found one game in particular that will love SLI. You get the biggest boost in games that are REALLY SHADER INTENSIVE. FEAR has shown a big boost in performance from SLI rigs. FEAR is a next gen game with a completely new 3D engine so if that gets a boost most newer games will too.

For now my 6800GT is more than enough but I am going to start having problems later on. My CRT can run at 1600x1200x75hz but it can also run at 2048x1536x60hz. I have never tried games at that res but 1600x1200 does look really nice.
 
fear.... the game I really want to play but really fear to start..... 1 month of campus left..... 2 weeks for exams and study break..... then the FEAR shall start!
 
if hi-res is the thing needed, then maybe look at paying the import duty and getting something out of the US - its still probably going to work out cheaper than buying from local.. I see 19inch flatscreen monitors are already going for an average of around $300 (under R2000)
 
how much in postage?

40$ for an extra 1000 rand you can buy the 19inch from somewhere other incredible rip off

and have the guarantee

imagine you spend 2300 on importing and a month later its broken? then what

better off paying extra for the guarantee me thinkg
 
I have seen 19" LCD's for under R3k local. There is always the warranty to think about as well when buying from another country, and of rough handling while shipping and stuff like that. Also your monitor could be stuck by customs a while if their backlogged. All these things need to be taken in to consideration when buying from the US or UK or where ever.
 
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