Planning Stage -- Opinions Plz ?

does eq2 support sli?

what is the resolution you want to be gaming at?

can you post your ticket number please

Edited by DST4ME - 21 Jul 2009 at 5:19pm

I like evga myself, you can request whatever brand you like.

Here you go Ticket# 311028 --- Price: $2146 (To see this build click here) Price after current promotion $1946

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Chassis Model: Cooler Master HAF 932
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Processor: Intel Core i7 920 2.66GHz (Quad Core)
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System Memory: 6GB DDR3 1333MHz Digital Storm Certified by mushkin enhanced (Highly Recommended) (Hand Tested)
Power Supply: 750W Corsair TX (Dual SLI Compatible)
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Ashenra if you have no use for sli then why are you using crossfire? that the same thing.

and a 275 would kill a 4870x2 cause wow does not support crossfire either.

also where did I suggest sli?

you will have a much better experience with evga these days then you will asus.

with all due respect you say you are not upto date on hardware and when I give the upto date info you dismiss it, its a big confusing for me, as I'm just sharing the facts here, I'm just trying to help

Edited by DST4ME - 22 Jul 2009 at 10:26am

hmmmm --- ok I get it . BTW didn't realize my answer sounded like "dismissal" all I was doing was sharing my train of thought ---which is now derailed.
I appreciate the "bang for the buck " as anyone would --so thx again . Just looking for opinions didn't realize disagreeing would cause bad Karma---sorry.
Turn off SLI ?? Was not aware this was even possible (slaps self). If thats the case would you then recommend for future games I get 2x gtx 275 ? Would I be able to still disable SLI for WoW ? I do not want to "cheap out" as my wife would say so if this is viable and still stay below $2500 plz let me know. Also did more research and find the single 275 is probably as good as the 4870x2 --reviews are hard to get conclusive evidence.Would the 2 x 275 systen require any other changes ?
Hopefully DST4ME (13000 posts???!) will ad his expertise here .


Edited by Ashenra - 22 Jul 2009 at 4:41pm

didn't cause bad karma or anything I'm just saying, your 4870x2 is in crossfire (same as sli) and for games like wow you will need to disalbe crossfire or sli, and yes it is possible to turn them off, for sli you just go to nvidia control panel and disable sli.

now having said that, I recommended 1 x 275, cause for your resolution 1600 x 1200, single 275 will give you 60fps in almost all the games, so you are not even going sli, sli would be 2 x 275.

now in games that don't support sli/crossfire, a single 275 would blow away a 4870x2 or a 295 gtx.

so in short if you go with my config you get all the gpu power you need for 1600 x 1200, and price after discount is $1946, now my config has a 750w psu, which will let you add another 275 should you need to in the future.

let me know if you have any questions

Edited by DST4ME - 22 Jul 2009 at 7:03pm

Our pleasure