The ASUS P45 Owner's Club

[alexp999]

I know, I dont know what it is, hopefully it will come to me

 

[kyle2020]

Anyone have any idea how crossfired 4830's would perform in comparison to a single 260? (192)

 

[alexp999]

Anyone have any idea how crossfired 4830's would perform in comparison to a single 260? (192)

Here you go:

http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=16300

 

[kyle2020]

pretty much twice as good . . . This gives me much to consider.

 

[Ketxxx]

I think whats more interesting is look at the Zotac GTX260..... its only 9FPS faster than a single HD4830, think about how low default core and memory frequencies are on the 4830, put a good OC on it and it'll do better than the GTX260 easily.

 

[kyle2020]

I think whats more interesting is look at the Zotac GTX260..... its only 9FPS faster than a single HD4830, think about how low default core and memory frequencies are on the 4830, put a good OC on it and it'll do better than the GTX260 easily.

If I can fetch like £130 or so for my 260, then I could get a nice crossfired setup for £20 more - however I now need to consider my PSU being up to the job.

 

[Ketxxx]

Your corsair should be able to deal with 2x HD4830s, it might struggle with big OCs though.

 

[alexp999]

You wont get £130 for your GTX 260, you can buy them new for about £140.

Your probably looking at about £80 for it.

Thing is, is there anything you cant do with your GTX 260 that warrant the hassle of Xfire?

 

[kyle2020]

Fair point . . . I just get itchy when I havent bought anything new after a while haha.

 

[alexp999]

Fair point . . . I just get itchy when I havent bought anything new after a while haha.

I know EXACTLY what you mean

I nearly bought another case the other day :shadedshu

 

[crazy pyro]

P5Q SE/R is my mobo, IDK what BIOS is on the board since I've had no need to visit it in the last month since I broke my old hard disk.

 

[kyle2020]

I know EXACTLY what you mean

I nearly bought another case the other day :shadedshu

Check out my ebay watching bit for christs sakes:

Yes, im consider H20 again for some reason

I want a new PSU but cant afford one really, I want a redundant OS drive but cant find one for love nor money - I want a Lian Li but they are super do0p3r expensive, I want i7 but you know . . . Its too much haha.

 

[alexp999]

Lol. Why you want H20 again?

And what do you mean a redundant OS drive? I have a WD 40GB for sale!

Really cant see the point in Multi GPU setup's, only good at high rez (And I mean really high res)

And i7 is pointless, as much as I'd like one, I only have one game which makes use of all my cores, and I dont even play it.

 

[kyle2020]

Lol. Why you want H20 again?

And what do you mean a redundant OS drive? I have a WD 40GB for sale!

Really cant see the point in Multi GPU setup's, only good at high rez (And I mean really high res)

I liked the look of my old H20 setup, not to mention the awesome load temperatures, even in comparison to my HDT . . . Id be making an external H20 box mind, but its all in plan and dream stage at the minute.

Is it sata though?

 

[alexp999]

No IDE, but your P5Q has an IDE port.

What do you want one for? I dont get what you mean by "redundant OS drive"

 

[kyle2020]

No IDE, but your P5Q has an IDE port.

What do you want one for? I dont get what you mean by "redundant OS drive"

ah ill pass then, IDE cables are a bitch to hide.

Redundant meaning its standalone, so one drive for my OS, my spinpoint for programs / storage. No idea why I want this, however. Its my spending addiction kicking in.

 

[alexp999]

Seems pointless to me, everything on drive is still really fast. I have given up with Raid 0 for now, might do if I get a bit more money, but I have only ever half filled this drive and every experiment I have ever tried using different volumes, I have always come back to one drive.

I know what you mean though, sometimes you just look for something to buy for the hell of it. I really should stop looking through all the specials sections on different websites.

 

[kyle2020]

Seems pointless to me, everything on drive is still really fast. I have given up with Raid 0 for now, might do if I get a bit more money, but I have only ever half filled this drive and every experiment I have ever tried using different volumes, I have always come back to one drive.

I know what you mean though, sometimes you just look for something to buy for the hell of it. I really should stop looking through all the specials sections on different websites.

Ive been checking the superspecials on aria and clearance lines on OCUK each day for the past 2 weeks haha. Just saw a dirt cheap 360mm rad on ebay, im so tempted you wouldnt believe.

 

[alexp999]

Where would you put a rad that big!

I'm trying to guide my spending addiction into buying games. I have all this expensive hardware and it hardly gets used for what I bought it for :shadedshu

 

[kyle2020]

Where would you put a rad that big!

I'm trying to guide my spending addiction into buying games. I have all this expensive hardware and it hardly gets used for what I bought it for :shadedshu

an external watercooling box - however I have no building skills haha. I can use a dremel, but ive never welded or anything like that. Guess I could drill holes and pot rivet everything

meh, I game too much haha, about to get level 55 on COD:4 (again ). Going to reinstall crysis later too, burn through that or something.

You know why we are getting cold feet and wanting to spend? Lack of GTX cooler. lol.

 

[alexp999]

True but I dont want that anymore, I'm also starting Crysis again, lol.

Got as far as the bit you are weightless going round their ship then that was that.

Now I have perfected my Custom cfg and furthered my OC, its properly playable now, with no noticeable slow downs unless you have the FPS counter on show.

Damn, kyle I can feel the spending bug coming on again.

Mustn't, MUST NOT!

 

[crazy pyro]

You don't wanna be welding unless you want to spend ages getting rid of the weld beads/ making it look pretty.

 

[kyle2020]

You don't wanna be welding unless you want to spend ages getting rid of the weld beads/ making it look pretty.

I just saw a triple radiator stand for sale - its primarily designed for the TJ07 however it can be mounted anywhere - im thinking on my desk, with the pump and a tube res mounted on the wall behind, with the tubes running down my wall through the back of my case . . .

 

[crazy pyro]

Oh right, sounds fun.
You've just reminded me of my idea to make a PC case for AS\ A level DT, that would be a great project. Damn you and making me think of useful types of work!

 

[alexp999]

The thing I dont like about WC is the risk of it leaking. If I ever want better than my HDT, I will get one of those Coolit systems.