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Just got this card now ;) :ninja::ninja::ninja::ninja::ninja:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6017469/resized/SLI_600x800.jpg
:drool:
that motherboard looks so much better than in the asus pics!
those cards look awesome as well, with the massive heat pipes sticking out :D!
now, get rid of that stock cooler :picard:
A Ginger Sheep
30-03-11, 23:33
im loving the whole asus/corsair fanboi thing goin on :D
FLM, no one has noticed i photoshoped the 2nd card...
FLM, no one has noticed i photoshoped the 2nd card...
i was just being polite so that i didnt ruin the thread ;)!
Suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuurrrrrrrreeeeeeeee :D
that stock cpu cooler looks so beasty in there! :cool:
that stock cpu cooler looks so beasty in there! :cool:
I know, tbh im pretty surprised it even fits in the case
almighty15
30-03-11, 23:46
Why oh why didn't Nvidia give these 2 SLI fingers per card :censored:
Terbinator
31-03-11, 00:18
Why oh why didn't Nvidia give these 2 SLI fingers per card :censored:
So they didn't shoot themselves in the foot.
almighty15
31-03-11, 00:46
So they didn't shoot themselves in the foot.
Well they aint because ATI's lower end cards can run quad fire...
Terbinator
31-03-11, 09:39
Well they aint because ATI's lower end cards can run quad fire...
I'm confused what you're trying to get at. The cards only have one finger so they don't butcher their own higher end products.
almighty15
31-03-11, 10:44
I'm confused what you're trying to get at. The cards only have one finger so they don't butcher their own higher end products.
The point if people can only afford to spend only £150 ish a time on graphics cards then they can just get 3 mid-range ones over due course without having to drop a large sum of money on bigger cards.
I had Tri-fire 5770's, I got each one slowly as I wanted bang per buck and couldn't afford to plop 3200+ a time on a GPU.
It's also another check box that AMD has over Nvidia.
Nvidia offered tri-sli on the GTS 250 so why not there newer offerings.
Terbinator
31-03-11, 10:48
The point if people can only afford to spend only £150 ish a time on graphics cards then they can just get 3 mid-range ones over due course without having to drop a large sum of money on bigger cards.
I had Tri-fire 5770's, I got each one slowly as I wanted bang per buck and couldn't afford to plop 3200+ a time on a GPU.
It's also another check box that AMD has over Nvidia.
Nvidia offered tri-sli on the GTS 250 so why not there newer offerings.
I've seen some throw Physx round as a extra bonus for Nvidia, but saying tri-sli on mid-range cards is a feature has got to be the worst barrel scraping I've come across. It alone suggests you have a board capable of housing three cards, yet can't afford an adequate card of the same performance parity in the first place.
Regardless, i told you why they only have one finger twice now. It's a purely business reason. Unfair and capitalistic? Perhaps, but that's why they do it. Having 3 460's would cost little more than a GTX 580 and outperform it by around 50% given perfect scaling - why would Nvidia want that ?
almighty15
31-03-11, 10:55
I've seen some throw Physx round as a extra bonus for Nvidia, but saying tri-sli on mid-range cards is a feature has got to be the worst barrel scraping I've come across. It alone suggests you have a board capable of housing three cards, yet can't afford an adequate card of the same performance parity in the first place.
Regardless, i told you why they only have one finger twice now. It's a purely business reason. Unfair and capitalistic? Perhaps, but that's why they do it. Having 3 460's would cost little more than a GTX 580 and outperform it by around 50% given perfect scaling - why would Nvidia want that ?
I know why they have one finger :rolleyes:
Average spend on a GPU is around the £150 mark and that's were they need to concentrate.
Using the pricing and performance of the uber high end stuff is a moot argument as they don't sell any were near the numbers the mid-range stuff does.
It's all about the consumer and giving the consumer OPTIONS to keep them on your side.
You have GTX 460 Sli and you're starting to crave a little more power, Only option is to sell and take a loss and get something bigger which results in a performance drop until you can afford another big card to go with it, From a consumer view that's a ball ache.
And pairing up a few mid-range cards has ALWAYS been cheaper as well as offering more performance and it's never stopped Nvidia in the past so again, Moot argument.
And the whole you have a board with 3 PCI slot so you can afford a big graphics card is RUBBISH, Most mid end board offers atleast 2 :rolleyes:
Terbinator
31-03-11, 11:08
I know why they have one finger :rolleyes:
Average spend on a GPU is around the £150 mark and that's were they need to concentrate.
Using the pricing and performance of the uber high end stuff is a moot argument as they don't sell any were near the numbers the mid-range stuff does.
It's all about the consumer and giving the consumer OPTIONS to keep them on your side.
You have GTX 460 Sli and you're starting to crave a little more power, Only option is to sell and take a loss and get something bigger which results in a performance drop until you can afford another big card to go with it, From a consumer view that's a ball ache.
And pairing up a few mid-range cards has ALWAYS been cheaper as well as offering more performance and it's never stopped Nvidia in the past so again, Moot argument.
And the whole you have a board with 3 PCI slot so you can afford a big graphics card is RUBBISH, Most mid end board offers atleast 2 :rolleyes:
Is that because everyone buys three cards each? *snigger*
I love this moot thing.
Your second paragraph is the biggest moot point. By time someone would need to sell 460 SLi for more performance, the equivalent transistors will be available on one chip, with less TDP and for a lower cost.
You say a few cards, a few being two not three. This then leads onto my point about the motherboard. Unless you want basterdized performance you would need a board with at least three x8 slots to make the third card worthwhile - pr0 tip: most mid boards don't come with three x8 slots.
yeah can't see me buying 3rd 470's that be 9.6 billion transistors to feed an i suffer cpu bottleneck with 2 lol in some games.
almighty15
31-03-11, 11:22
yeah can't see me buying 3rd 470's that be 9.6 billion transistors to feed an i suffer cpu bottleneck with 2 lol in some games.
True, I've seen a 5Ghz Sandy Bridge hold back 3 GTX 470's!! :eek:
almighty15
31-03-11, 11:23
Your second paragraph is the biggest moot point. By time someone would need to sell 460 SLi for more performance, the equivalent transistors will be available on one chip, with less TDP and for a lower cost.
GTX 460's aint that fast :confused:
True, I've seen a 5Ghz Sandy Bridge hold back 3 GTX 470's!! :eek:
yeah i seen metro 2033 maxed out dx 11 tess on dof on an only pushing both gpu's at 90% each, so for me adding 3rd would just drop utilization an not push up fps
Terbinator
31-03-11, 11:28
GTX 460's aint that fast :confused:
460's @ stock in SLI are faster than a GTX580. Aside from the odd cancerous game nothing holds that back.
almighty15
31-03-11, 16:52
yeah i seen metro 2033 maxed out dx 11 tess on dof on an only pushing both gpu's at 90% each, so for me adding 3rd would just drop utilization an not push up fps
Metro is one of those extreme example that'll push 90% on each GPU you add!
All 3 of my old 5770's were at 99% load thought pretty much the whole game.
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