Bisjac builds a comp

[Nickelob Ultra]

because sandy bridge is limited to having 1 x16 lane on the basic chipset so unless you chose a special motherboard it would be running at like x4 x4 x4

Almost all motherboards are limited in that way.  Doing dual SLI will have the PCI-Express 2.0 slots at 8x and 8x, tri-SLI will have them at 8x/4x/4x.  Quad-SLI would be 4x/4x/4x/4x.

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[Monocle]

And that is dumb, how?

It's not only 1 completely unnecessary but creates a massive hole for problems.

at least IMO.

[Ethan]

best one posted so far, quite the ricer

Apart from the fact that there's really no reason to have 580 SLI with one monitor.

[Nickelob Ultra]

It's not only 1 completely unnecessary but creates a massive hole for problems.

at least IMO.

I don't see how it's unnecessary.

Apart from the fact that there's really no reason to have 580 SLI with one monitor.

IMO, I like only one monitor for gaming.  I'm fine with a second monitor for other stuff but I personally wouldn't want to do the 3D vision surround gaming thing.

[Righteous One]

Apart from the fact that there's really no reason to have 580 SLI with one monitor.

ricer 

[Ethan]

IMO, I like only one monitor for gaming.  I'm fine with a second monitor for other stuff but I personally wouldn't want to do the 3D vision surround gaming thing.

I thought that, until I tried it.
Also, if you don't like it, it's always nice to have one gaming screen and the rest for apps. As he'd have a really good system too, he could run his games in windowed and interact with those other applications easily.

[Righteous One]

Almost all motherboards are limited in that way.  Doing dual SLI will have the PCI-Express 2.0 slots at 8x and 8x, tri-SLI will have them at 8x/4x/4x.  Quad-SLI would be 4x/4x/4x/4x.

perhaps you should consider that socket 1366 boards with the x58 by default support x16/x16 and some support even x16/x16/x16/x16. then there are boards like the one i chose that use a special platform to enable x16/x16 on platforms that don't usually support it

i actually use 2 monitors myself although i use have monitoring software on one and i game on my larg monitor

[Nickelob Ultra]

I thought that, until I tried it.
Also, if you don't like it, it's always nice to have one gaming screen and the rest for apps. As he'd have a really good system too, he could run his games in windowed and interact with those other applications easily.

That's what I do, except my second monitor is 1024x768.  My main one is 1440x900, I hope that I'll get a 1080p monitor one day and then use the 1440 for secondary stuff.

[Nexus]

If you want a gaming laptop, I like HP.
I get HP media laptops for gaming.

My pavilion dv6
 - 1 GB ATI graphics
 - four core i7 2 GHz
 - 750 GB HDD
 - 8 GB RAM
 - webcam
 - dual microphone array
 - fingerprint scanner
 - too much free HP software
 - 3 year warranty
on a 15+ inch laptop for under a thousand dollars ($999 lol)

I bought it from costco, I do not think they still offer this anymore, but you can get this same laptop for $1200 or so directly from HP.  It was a great deal when I got it.

I run portal 2 at max settings without issues, but the batterly life is only like 2 hours if you are super lucky.

However, I do not like the keyboard layout for this laptop.

[Ethan]

That's what I do, except my second monitor is 1024x768.  My main one is 1440x900, I hope that I'll get a 1080p monitor one day and then use the 1440 for secondary stuff.

I've got a 1366x768 as my main, and a 1024x768 as my secondary, running off a HD5850.
It's quite nice cause they are the same height.

[Monocle]

I don't see how it's unnecessary.

That's like $800 on GPU's alone.

[Ethan]

That's like $800 on GPU's alone.

If he wants to spend $3k on a computer with really good 3d performance, let him.

[Visage]

1. Look up specs on $4,000 alienware computer
2. Buy all the parts it is made out of on Newegg
3. ????
4. Profit

I did it for fun but too lazy to post it all for a game. If anyone wants to do the work for the game I will tell you the basics it requires. 2 geforce gtx 580s, intel i7-970, 12gb tri-channel ddr3 ram, 200-250gb solid state drive, blu-ray player, 1100 watt power supply, problably liquid cooling, a mobo that supports sli and will run both cards at x16, windows 7 64 bit, and a lovey tower that it will all fit in.

[Ethan]

1. Look up specs on $4,000 alienware computer
2. Buy all the parts it is made out of on Newegg
3. ????
4. Profit

I did it for fun but too lazy to post it all for a game. If anyone wants to do the work for the game I will tell you the basics it requires. 2 geforce gtx 580s, intel i7-970, 12gb tri-channel ddr3 ram, 200-250gb solid state drive, blu-ray player, 1100 watt power supply, problably liquid cooling, a mobo that supports sli and will run both cards at x16, windows 7 64 bit, and a lovey tower that it will all fit in.

Ew, alienware.
You can build a better computer than that for his 3 grand budget.

[Cyanian]

Are you suggesting he'd have gone Yorktown or Clarkdale?


Also, Richteous One posted best set-up so far.


Also, stop posting 570's you Nvidia fanboys, the 6970 is far more superior.

But get 2x 580's.