Originally Posted by Stu @ Internet Brands (Post 10530242)

Its a good card mate, worth the money, although I do wonder what you can buy used for that price and SLI them I must admit.

ENSURE your PSU is up to the job though, its a common pitfall.

Originally Posted by Tidgy (Post 10530257)

I wanna stay away from SLI, simply becasue i dont like loosing so much performance on one of the cards

Originally Posted by Stu @ Internet Brands (Post 10530309)

Thats why i went with ATI, they scale 100% in most cases.



I would get the 580 for sure mate for that much extra and its also got a little more ram that will help you should you want to run larger resolutions.



Sounds like you have it all tied up then, hope it all goes together and works well for you. :)

Originally Posted by Tidgy (Post 10530337)

grrr, now you;ve gone and done it, lol

two of these,

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/1gb-m...dmi-2x-mini-dp

comes in similar price, and benchmarks about 20% better.

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/charts...d%5B4835%5D=on


so next question is A will it fit in the case, B have i got the power capabilities, C how stable are twins vs single and D how hard is it to setup crossfire?

i believe this is my MB,

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Asus-1366-P6...1560097&sr=8-1

Originally Posted by jura11 (Post 10530377)

Your motherboard support only ATi Crossfire,i've same motherboard like you have,this motherboard doesn't support nVidia SLi(is possible only via BIOS hack)

6870 is about the 5-10% slower than older 5870(great card,but still expensive),but uses less power,in Unigine heavy tesselation is actually lot faster than older 5870

For similar money you can have too HD6950 like 1GB version or 2GB,prices ranging from £160-£200

I've tried few months ago nVidia GTX570,but this card run too hot,plus i wasn't too very impressed with the power consumption

What case you have?


Jura

Originally Posted by Tidgy (Post 10530381)

right then,

2x http://www.scan.co.uk/products/1gb-m...dmi-2x-mini-dp

but then additional

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/750w-...s-12v-quiet-fa


which takes it up to £366 mmmm

for £60 less the 580 seems like it might be a better option again, ahhhhhhhhhhh lol

Originally Posted by Tidgy (Post 10530385)

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/coole...e-sata-w-o-psu

zat one

Originally Posted by jura11 (Post 10530400)

At this i would go with modular PSU,better cable management and you will end with cleaner case

ATi cards are mine favourite and i'm using only those cards in my builds


Jura




I think this case can take two cards without the problem


Jura

Originally Posted by Tidgy (Post 10530403)

will a 750w have the bollocks to run twin cards without issue?

Originally Posted by Tidgy (Post 10530417)

HD - 1TB Seagate ST31000528AS Barracuda

Fans wise there a 120mm in the side of the case and i think thats about it.

So then lets go back a stage, £350 budget, what do you reckon?

Originally Posted by Tidgy (Post 10530421)

just to throw summit else out there

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...56&subcat=1752

Originally Posted by jura11 (Post 10530430)

Yes this is great option too there:thumb:


Jura

Originally Posted by Tidgy (Post 10530436)

unless someone comes up with a bloomin good reason not too lol

Originally Posted by judgejules (Post 10530472)

Just a 2p chip in, if you are going to be doing "arty stuff(tm)" on there, Id lean towards nvidia just because of cuda

Originally Posted by andys (Post 10530820)

Well Kepler is just around the corner, I would wait and see how the 680 performs vs price.

Originally Posted by Neanderthal (Post 10531378)

The other reason to wait for the new chipsets to be released is the likely affect it'll have on the older cards. Although if you are always waiting for the next big thing you'll never end up buying a card :lol1: