The Computer Megathread

[SPooK]

Good choice ^.^

It is.

Though later if you have some extra dough it is nice to get a little SSD action going on in your system.

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[Mulch]

Maybe later if I had some cash to through around wouldn't it be possible to run two GPU's at once?

[SPooK]

Maybe later if I had some cash to through around wouldn't it be possible to run two GPU's at once?

In that case you got there? Oh yea. You could put 3 if you wanted too.

(I don't recommend doing that though xD)

[Mulch]

I was under the impression that you needed a special set up to run multiples GPU's.

[SPooK]

I was under the impression that you needed a special set up to run multiples GPU's.

When you purchase any GPU nowadays (unless specified) it comes with either an SLI bridge or a CrossFire bridge. There are only 2 GPU chipset manufactures. NVIDIA and AMD. SLI is the term used for multiple NVIDIA card setups and CrossFire is the term for a multiple AMD card setup. The card you buy will come with a bridge for that card. If you buy another card all you need to do is place that new card in the next PCI slot under the card you currently have, and connect the two together using one of the bridges they gave you. That's it.

To get a better understanding of how to build your computer I suggest watching this video. It's only 2 hours long and will explain EVERYTHING you need to know about how to put it together.

To get a better understanding of the multi GPU setup. I suggest watching this.

[Legodude77]

Ugg my internet is being all slow and stupid for some reason. It was working fine yesterday, but today when I turned it on, slow interent.

[suburb]

Don't know if this belongs in computer megathread but hey what the hell I don't feel like making a new topic for it.  I need a new flatscreen tv.  But not like a huge ass one.  I want a 20-30 inch flatscreen tv possibly cheap if you can under 200 dollars as I will not spend more than that.  I don't need fancy 120hz technology 60 hz 720p is fine by me.  I need this with VGA, component HDMI, and usb if possible.  If you can find me something good and cheap I'll consider buying it.  Another reason I want this is so I can maximize my HD PVR's recording capabilities with an actual HD TV.

[SPooK]

Don't know if this belongs in computer megathread but hey what the hell I don't feel like making a new topic for it.  I need a new flatscreen tv.  But not like a huge ass one.  I want a 20-30 inch flatscreen tv possibly cheap if you can under 200 dollars as I will not spend more than that.  I don't need fancy 120hz technology 60 hz 720p is fine by me.  I need this with VGA, component HDMI, and usb if possible.  If you can find me something good and cheap I'll consider buying it.  Another reason I want this is so I can maximize my HD PVR's recording capabilities with an actual HD TV.

Where will you be using it? Big room? Small gaming room?

[KoopaScooper]

Err, no. You can't just consider the GPU. That's handicapped. It's running off a AMD Phenom II which is not going to get you over 40 fps. As well it is running off a not so fast HDD so map rendering ect. are not as quick.

The Phenom II isn't a bottleneck for that card, what the forget are you talking about?
The HDD only affects loading and saving times. HDD bottlenecks don't happen to me when I run Skyrim on my 5400RPM IDE drive, and the R/W speeds on that are horrendous.

[suburb]

Where will you be using it? Big room? Small gaming room?

Well right now it'll be in a just a bedroom sized room with stuff load of electronics.  But soon it will be in a basement but I would put this on my desk next to my computer like any other game capture person on youtube would do.

[Legodude77]

I think google chrome is messing up or something because in games my internet is just fine.

[Kira100000]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102929

do you think it will come back
or should I be looking for a new one

It is a current card so I can't see why not.

it's been deactivated since december
you lied to me :'(

[hankyje]

Can somebody find me a good video card? My resolution is 1336x768

[steve5451]

Can somebody find me a good video card? My resolution is 1336x768

Well what are you willing to spend on it?

[KoopaScooper]

Can somebody find me a good video card? My resolution is 1336x768

What are you trying to do with it? We can't go off resolution, otherwise we could give you the cheapest card ever.