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redgun · Post by **redgun** » 14 Sep 2007, 18:35

Hello!

This is my first thread here so i'll try to make it a good one :D
at the moment i'm building a SG-Gaming computer and i wanted to know your opinions on several questions:

1. can you give me improvements for this system?

ASUS TA-885 (25522)
Sharkoon SilentEagle 2000, 120x120x25mm, 2000rpm, 119.6mÂ³/h, 36.1dB(A)
Revoltec Dark Grey 92x92x25mm, 1500rpm, 51mÂ³/h, 22dB(A) (RL048)
Revoltec Dark Grey 80x80x25mm, 2000rpm, 43mÂ³/h, 21dB(A) (RL047)
Zalman CNPS9700 LED
Corsair HX 520W ATX 2.2 (CMPSU-520HX)
ASUS P5K3 Deluxe WiFi/AP, P35 (dual PC3-8500U DDR3) (90-MBB6D5-G0EAY00Z)
Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 Sockel-775 boxed, 2x 3.00GHz, 333MHz FSB, 4MB shared Cache (BX80557E6850)
Corsair XMS3 DIMM Kit 2048MB PC3-10667U CL9-9-9-27 (DDR3-1333) (TWIN3X2048-1333C9)
Western Digital Raptor X 150GB SATA (WD1500AHFD)
Plextor PlexWriter PX-800A schwarz retail (PX-800A/T3)
MSI NX8800GTX-T2D768E-HD-OC, GeForce 8800 GTX, 2x DVI, TV-out, PCIe (V801-246)

Cherry eVolution Ergo-Shark Corded Mouse, PS/2 & USB (M-100R)
Revoltec Lightboard XL2 Black, PS/2 & USB, DE (RE054)

Microsoft: Windows Vista Home Premium 64Bit, DSP/SB, (PC) (66I-00791)

Matrox TripleHead2Go Digital

3x NEC MultiSync LCD1990FXp-BK , 19", 1280x1024, analog/digital (60001778)

other questions
2. Should I go SLI instead of DDR3?
3. Will there be SLI/DDR3 boards in the future?
4. Will a single GTX8800 be able to keep up with the high resultion in the newest but also in some older games (e.g. Operation Flashpoin FFUR SLX2 )?
5. Whats the best way, to set the monitors up? is there any soltution to connect them to each other so they cant move around?
6. Whats the best way to run Vista and XP on one computer?
7. Can you recommend a good and not too expensive USV?
8. Do you know a DVD player that can use the increased desktop without distortion?

Thanks a lot for your help, I appreciate any input.

ToLyAn · Post by **ToLyAn** » 14 Sep 2007, 23:19

If you are going to use your system only for games than PVA panels of these monitors there are ok.
If not just for games than 1990SXi (S-IPS) would be better choice. Of course, itâ€™s only my personal opinion. :wink:
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havs · Post by **havs** » 15 Sep 2007, 00:13

I'd definitely go SLI over the ddr3 ram. You'll see a lot higher frame rates with SLI rather than the higher bus speed of the ram. Grab a cheaper ~$200'ish motherboard, some 1066 ram for $150, drop the timings down a bit and you can probably clock it to somewhere in the 1200 range, for about $400 less.

Just 1 8800GTX will probably do just fine until you want to run Crysis. You could buy a SLI capable motherboard now, and purchase the extra GTX when you start seeing poor frame rates, although price doesn't seem to be an issue with the rig you're building.

starfighter · Post by **starfighter** » 15 Sep 2007, 16:50

I'd definitely go SLI over the ddr3 ram. You'll see a lot higher frame rates with SLI rather than the higher bus speed of the ram. Grab a cheaper ~$200'ish motherboard, some 1066 ram for $150, drop the timings down a bit and you can probably clock it to somewhere in the 1200 rang

Yes that is a good idea. Furthermore do not invest so much money in an "old" 2 Core CPU, get the Q6600 with 4 core, or a cheaper 2 core like 6750.

redgun · Post by **redgun** » 16 Sep 2007, 12:55

I think, I'll wait for the X38 chipsets and go with a single GTX for starters and when the performance isn't good enough in a year, i'll add a (hopefully released by then) 9800. Does SLI work with two non-identical GPUs, I think yes?

this all asuming that the X38 will support SLI.

starfighter · Post by **starfighter** » 16 Sep 2007, 23:21

Does SLI work with two non-identical GPUs, I think yes?

Not that I heard of.

But Crossfire can.

Mesh · Post by **Mesh** » 17 Sep 2007, 01:15

Sli does somewhat work with different gpus, but if one is faster, it drops to match the slower.

Like example putting a 8800gtx in sli with an 8800gts, same as putting 2 gts in sli.

redgun · Post by **redgun** » 17 Sep 2007, 16:12

THX for the replies. well then i guess i can put a second GTX or two new ones in as soon, as the performance goes down...

Vroshnak · Post by **Vroshnak** » 17 Sep 2007, 16:32

I thought TripleHead2Go didn't support SLI.

[email protected] · Post by **[email protected]** » 17 Sep 2007, 17:08

I can't think of why it wouldn't support SLI I know that when your using SLI you can only have one screen in usse but a TH2G will only look like one screen.

havs · Post by **havs** » 17 Sep 2007, 17:51

I thought TripleHead2Go didn't support SLI.

I'm using a TH2G in SLI right now.

JKeefe · Post by **JKeefe** » 17 Sep 2007, 21:27

Yep, the Matrox TripleHead2Go supports SLI just fine. You might be thinking of SoftTH, since that requires output to three screens via three GPU outputs instead of the TripleHead2Go's single output. And it's not that SoftTH doesn't support SLI. It's that SLI doesn't support SoftTH. The problem is with SLI and nVidia.

Mesh · Post by **Mesh** » 17 Sep 2007, 22:42

About softth, if you took one of them triple 16x pci-e boards, the ones with 2x16x and 1x8x but 16x physical or such couldn't you put 2 cards in sli in the 16x ones, a 3rd low-power card in the 8x and have 1 output from the sli'ed, 2 more from the other card and have sli+softth?

[email protected] · Post by **[email protected]** » 18 Sep 2007, 01:15

THAT my friend is a brilliant idea. SHould contact the Soft TH guys to ssee if it could be dont.

Mesh · Post by **Mesh** » 18 Sep 2007, 02:47

Would but I don't have such a motherboard to test it should they want me to, besides I've just about given up on softth, can't get anything to run with it and it's lack of ogl support is annoying.

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