Graphics Card Question

SLI (Scalable Link Interface) thats what you get when you do 2 Nvidia cards.

Oh and Alex, I dont know if you have seen this but here is the link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqVM1sq7aeM&feature=related Its one of your customers, doing a total review. Its kind of boring but its refreshing to see someone that likes his new rig.

I was going for the 4870. but its going to be a totally custom build. This is what I have so far:

If you want some longevity and overall better cpu performance it would be smart to go with an I7 920.. Its actually cheaper then most of the quad cores..

Well $$ is in factor here. I dont have enough for the 4870x2 and the I7 is still fairly new.

I was just thinking that you wanted to go with 2 x 4870, thats why I suggested the 4870X2 because a single 4870X2 would be a lot less hassle than 2 x 4870s

EVGA 132-BL-E758-A1 LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail 

299.99

• CPU Type: Core i7
• FSB: QPI 6.4GT/S
• South Bridge: Intel ICH10R
• Number of Memory Slots: 6×240pin
• Memory Standard: DDR3 1600/1333
• Maximum Memory Supported: 12GB
• Channel Supported: Triple Channel
• PCI Express 2.0 x16: 1 x PCIe x16, 1 x PCIe x8/x16, 1 x PCIe x8
• Model #: 132-BL-E758-A1
• Item #: N82E16813188039
• Return Policy: Limited Non-Refundable 30-Day Return Policy

EVGA 132-BL-E758-TR LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail  $269.99

• CPU Type: Core i7
• FSB: QPI 6.4GT/S
• South Bridge: Intel ICH10R
• Number of Memory Slots: 6×240pin
• Memory Standard: DDR3 1600/1333
• Maximum Memory Supported: 12GB
• Channel Supported: Triple Channel
• PCI Express 2.0 x16: 1 x PCIe x16, 1 x PCIe x8/x16, 1 x PCIe x8
• Model #: 132-BL-E758-TR
• Item #: N82E16813188046
• Return Policy: Standard Return Policy

I am looking at these two, which one though? Edit: (Needed to see side by side) Whats the difference!

Edited by MikeMaravani - 05 Mar 2009 at 1:20pm

Lifetime warranty for 30 bucks? Wow, nice deal!  Which board is DS using now?

Hey, on a side issue - has anyone heard when 4GB sticks are coming for 1366 systems? At some point down the road, I want to swap out my 12GB of sticks to get 24GB of RAM. I'm sure I'll need to flash the BIOS, too. HD video editing eats RAM like crazy - freakin' huge files...

I'm using ultimate 64 bit.

Yeah, I just don't understand Microsoft putting in an arbitrary limit like that when it is a 64 bit operating system. Then again, I don't understand a LOT of things Microsoft does - like creating a decent OS and then crippling it by various amounts so that they can sell 6 different versions of it.

It's funny that we think 128 GB is a lot of memory now, but it wasn't really that long ago we were using PCs that only supported 640 KB of RAM on the motherboard. Hell, my first computer only had 16K of RAM, which I hacked to hold 128KB eventually. Now most PCs come with 3 or 4 GB. Heck, my iPhone has almost 1000 times more storage than my first hard drive had. Actually, there are expensive server and workstation motherboards that come close to the memory limitations of Ultimate 64 already.  I'm guessing it will be about 4 years before we see consumer desktop machines that are expandable to 128 GB of RAM. By then, we'll probably be seeing memristor based technology starting to appear from manufacturers which will blow past any capacity we're seeing now.

Back in 1979, I was running Teletype with a model 19, chadless tape, and a 6 ft modem rack.  I was using it over ham radio and having a ball.  The modem had a mino O Scope to tweak mark and space.

Edited by Onkel_Ken - 06 Mar 2009 at 12:19pm

I still have my first PCs also, I was a kid in the heydey of the personal computer revolution. I started out with the Commodore Pet 16 a business computer my father bought for a small fortune at the time for his business. I started playing with it and after my third or fourth oops I broke something incident my father bought me my own computer the Vic-20 which he got for a deal because he spent alot with Commodore in those days, mostly direct order as there were no real computer stores near us.

Then I went through the gamut from the Apple II and TRS-80, the TI-994a.

Once the Amiga came out I was an avid Commodore fanatic again, and then when it died, I joind the PC crowd as the mac simply did not have the software support I was looking for...

Ah... the days of old when 110 baud was considered pretty darn good.... a modem that could send text as fast as a good typist... will wonders never cease.

Dave