EPTI just checked, both my DVI-I ports are dual-link (with 24 pins each). Guess then I don't have any problems and can just order the monitors.
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drsnuggles
Korea (South)362 Posts
I just checked, both my DVI-I ports are dual-link (with 24 pins each). Guess then I don't have any problems and can just order the monitors. | ||
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
Many of the older cards have a 1x dual-link DVI-I and 1x single-link DVI-I. | ||
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Broetchenholer
Germany1961 Posts
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Deleuze
United Kingdom2102 Posts
On February 24 2014 06:57 Broetchenholer wrote: So glad, since i checked for new computer stuff, all those ads with beautiful russion girls are gone and replaced by hardware retailers. They probably know that i wouldn't be able to sustain a girlfriend/bought wife once i buy a new computer :D Haha so true. | ||
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
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Incognoto
France10239 Posts
Will we get Rosewill PSUs? :D ?! I've always like Newegg for some reason, even though I've never used their services before. | ||
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Cyro
United Kingdom20328 Posts
Or at least the capstone? | ||
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Myrmidon
United States9452 Posts
But in general, given newegg.ca prices, I wouldn't get too excited. Once you factor in VAT, I don't see them being cheaper than the bigger UK and German etailers and maybe some others. edit: Rosewill also uses ATNG for power supplies, which I don't recall seeing under their own brand anywhere... I think. (okay, also Solytech on the really cheapo, bad stuff that is mostly EOL and plain sucks anyway) | ||
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Tarias
Netherlands480 Posts
I'm not really looking at specific parts yet, but mainly just wondering if an upgrade would give me a significant increase in performance. Is it worth keeping some of these parts, upgrading only for example the GPU? Are they so outdated that I would be better of just buying a whole new system? + Show Spoiler [Extra information] + What is your current build? Intel Core i5 760 @ 2.80GHz 1024MB ATI AMD Radeon HD 5850 8,00GB Dual-Channel DDR3 What is your monitor's native resolution? 1680x1050 x 2 Why do you want to upgrade? What do you want to achieve with the upgrade? I can't really run modern games at high settings anymore, I'd like to be able to do that again. I would also really like to get an SSD. A specific example of a game I'd be playing would be BF4. I also use my PC to run relatively time consuming Mathematica code every now and then. What is your budget? 1000-1500 Euros What country will you be buying your parts in? The Netherlands | ||
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iTzSnypah
United States1738 Posts
Something like a R9 280X or GTX 770 would nearly triple your GPU performance. | ||
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Cyro
United Kingdom20328 Posts
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Incognoto
France10239 Posts
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iTzSnypah
United States1738 Posts
An i7-4770k at stock would run great with certain things with a higher end GPU, but not everything See what I did there? Such blanket statements are bad when the subject matter can be replaced indefinitely. I can put any CPU ever made in place of the one you used and it's still valid. I probably should have added that he should overclock his CPU though. | ||
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Cyro
United Kingdom20328 Posts
It's not exactly a 3x increase of performance cpu to cpu, but there is a very real performance gap from clocking, stock vs stock, ~26% higher with like 30% better IPC that could be relevant to somebody buying into a pretty high end graphics card that does not want to be held back. It's not like there were no advances in CPU performance from midrange 3 and a half years ago | ||
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Incognoto
France10239 Posts
I think it would probably indeed be best to just upgrade the GPU and see how things work out from there. If you want to play BF4, it might not be a bad idea to get an AMD card, which has Mantle which greatly reduces the load on CPU. If you still can't play the game to your satisfaction then maybe consider a CPU upgrade. | ||
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Cyro
United Kingdom20328 Posts
I just think that lines like this can be more dangerous than performance elitism~ All you need is a GPU upgrade | ||
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Myrmidon
United States9452 Posts
Also, the budget can readily support a new GPU, SSD, CPU, and motherboard. | ||
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Tarias
Netherlands480 Posts
 Reading back a few pages I saw something about waiting for next generation of nvidia GPU hardware (maxwell?), and I was wondering if you all think it's worth waiting for those (assuming the wait won't be more than 1-2 months). | ||
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Myrmidon
United States9452 Posts
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Cyro
United Kingdom20328 Posts
20nm flagship probably not 1-2 months. We might have one of the other 28nm maxwell dies by then though | ||
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