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- Apr 3, 2015
- Location
- Planet Earth
Hello OCC,
Cheers to you all! so..
I know this has to be a retread, but there are a few possible twists that might peak the interest of crusty OCC old timers. Plus a noob needs a post
Back Story:
I built my first system from the ground up and I am stoked, well kinda, If you examine my Hardware specs, I am lacking a fundamental piece I have determined, a GPU.
I am not a big gamer, and kinda an older hack, but really wanted to check out the system and the internal Intel HD graphics. So I discovered Steam and I went old school with Duke Nukem, no problems and hell ya, cool. I am old enough to remember playing the original when it came out.
Then I went with Project Cars, awesome driving game. It was cool till I got good enough to actually race. Can you say black screen, then wall.
Then I went with what I was told would be the ultimate test, GTA V. So far it works, but with all the detail fuzzed and once in the truck its a mess.
So, obviously, if I want to market this system to gamers, let alone use it myself I need some serious GPU upgrades.
My mb, http://us.msi.com/product/mb/Z97MG43.html#hero-overview , supports AMD Crossfire and this is the list of cards it supports, http://us.msi.com/support/mb/Z97MG43.html#support-vga.
I want to stick with MSI cards to match the mb, and I have looked at the specs for each game. I have gone high end on this whole project, so I am not about to go on the cheap for cards....
FINALLY QUESTIONS
So what is the difference between one bad-*** card vrs 2 intermediate/excellent cards?
Can two cards exceed the performance of the best single card as there are two GPUs?
Can I support the power requirements? I have 500w psu.
Should I worry about heat? My system is total air cooled, dont want to go radiated (next project), system currently runs very cool and efficient, especially with MSI built in system control/monitoring. I know most, if not all cards come with Fans.
If you had your choice on this system, considering non-radiated Midi Tower Case, microATX mb and a decent budget, what MSI card(s) would you use and would you bother with AMD crossfire.
Best first answer will get implemented and you will win a prize!!!
I dunno, maybe a Harvey Bag, a Brownie Button OR maybe some credits on Steam!! ( I haven't figured out that part yet).
So, I'll stop blundering about and sign off. Look forward to any feedback.
Salud!!!
Cheers to you all! so..
I know this has to be a retread, but there are a few possible twists that might peak the interest of crusty OCC old timers. Plus a noob needs a post
Back Story:
I built my first system from the ground up and I am stoked, well kinda, If you examine my Hardware specs, I am lacking a fundamental piece I have determined, a GPU.
I am not a big gamer, and kinda an older hack, but really wanted to check out the system and the internal Intel HD graphics. So I discovered Steam and I went old school with Duke Nukem, no problems and hell ya, cool. I am old enough to remember playing the original when it came out.
Then I went with Project Cars, awesome driving game. It was cool till I got good enough to actually race. Can you say black screen, then wall.
Then I went with what I was told would be the ultimate test, GTA V. So far it works, but with all the detail fuzzed and once in the truck its a mess.
So, obviously, if I want to market this system to gamers, let alone use it myself I need some serious GPU upgrades.
My mb, http://us.msi.com/product/mb/Z97MG43.html#hero-overview , supports AMD Crossfire and this is the list of cards it supports, http://us.msi.com/support/mb/Z97MG43.html#support-vga.
I want to stick with MSI cards to match the mb, and I have looked at the specs for each game. I have gone high end on this whole project, so I am not about to go on the cheap for cards....
FINALLY QUESTIONS
So what is the difference between one bad-*** card vrs 2 intermediate/excellent cards?
Can two cards exceed the performance of the best single card as there are two GPUs?
Can I support the power requirements? I have 500w psu.
Should I worry about heat? My system is total air cooled, dont want to go radiated (next project), system currently runs very cool and efficient, especially with MSI built in system control/monitoring. I know most, if not all cards come with Fans.
If you had your choice on this system, considering non-radiated Midi Tower Case, microATX mb and a decent budget, what MSI card(s) would you use and would you bother with AMD crossfire.
Best first answer will get implemented and you will win a prize!!!
I dunno, maybe a Harvey Bag, a Brownie Button OR maybe some credits on Steam!! ( I haven't figured out that part yet).
So, I'll stop blundering about and sign off. Look forward to any feedback.
Salud!!!