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Cyro
United Kingdom20326 Posts
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PrOsperity
United States10 Posts
On April 22 2015 09:19 Cyro wrote: For your programs, >8GB of RAM might be very useful. A friend of mine said that many CPU cores was also useful for MatLab, but i don't know anything about the hardware usages of the other unfortunately, so i have no more info than you would have with a 5 second google search for them It's very bad value on GPU's to go past the 970 or r9 290 (on AMD side) - the 980 costs often 1.65x more for only 1.2x performance gain and for a few reasons, is not worth paying a premium for (based on what it actually is and why the market value is as artificially high as it is right now for that one card) For a system like that, a 450w PSU would work but good 550w unit would be very comfortable at any overclocks What graphics card would you suggest in the $300-450 range? I would like to be about $150 off the $600 pricepoint listed in the typical professional build. *Edit* Doing some more homework, what is the difference between these two 780's? 03G-P4-2784-RX 03G-P4-2884-KR http://www.evga.com/Products/Specs/GPU.aspx?pn=E00844C5-564F-4038-99C2-BBB56CE8134D http://www.evga.com/Products/Specs/GPU.aspx?pn=E4755EA0-12DF-4F22-ABA3-650C494D83DC I guess I am just wondering how to quantify all the numbers. There's almost a $350 dollar price break between the two, is the performance really that different? | ||
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Divine-Sneaker
Denmark1225 Posts
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Cyro
United Kingdom20326 Posts
On April 23 2015 13:04 PrOsperity wrote: What graphics card would you suggest in the $300-450 range? I would like to be about $150 off the $600 pricepoint listed in the typical professional build. *Edit* Doing some more homework, what is the difference between these two 780's? 03G-P4-2784-RX 03G-P4-2884-KR http://www.evga.com/Products/Specs/GPU.aspx?pn=E00844C5-564F-4038-99C2-BBB56CE8134D http://www.evga.com/Products/Specs/GPU.aspx?pn=E4755EA0-12DF-4F22-ABA3-650C494D83DC I guess I am just wondering how to quantify all the numbers. There's almost a $350 dollar price break between the two, is the performance really that different? One is 780 acx (regular), the other is 780ti acx superclocked the 780ti has 25% more core clusters and faster stock VRAM (VRAM that probably clocks higher too) you should be looking at current gen cards though. 970/980 for nvidia unless your programs ran significantly faster on the older tech (i'm not aware of any in particular) | ||
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Inex
Bulgaria443 Posts
Intel® Core™i5 Quad Core Processor i5-4690 (3.5GHz) 6MB Cache ASUS® H97I-PLUS: Mini-ITX, LG1150, USB 3.0, SATA 6GBs 8GB KINGSTON DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz (1 x 8GB) 4GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 960 - DVI, HDMI, 3 DP - 3D Vision Ready 240GB KINGSTON HYPERX 3K SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 555MB/sR | 510MB/sW) 500GB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD5003AZEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm) CORSAIR 450W VS SERIES™ VS-450 POWER SUPPLY The processor is the regular non K version because I am not interested in overclocking it. 3.5GHz I think should be enough for 1080p. The video card is 4GB VRAM because I hear some games already demand more than 2GB at 1080p and I am sure the games later this year will be even more demanding. I was thinking of getting a GTX 970, but I am going beyond my budget. I can probably slash a few things off the list and squeeze the GTX 970, but for 1080p gaming is it worth it? Thank you very much for your help! | ||
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Cyro
United Kingdom20326 Posts
3.5GHz I think should be enough for 1080p The resolution is irrelevant when considering CPU performance. If you want >2GB of VRAM you should get an r9 280/x, 290 or 970. Of those, the 290 should have a higher capacity PSU and a bit more consideration for airflow~ you need 2x4GB of RAM otherwise your memory bandwidth will be halved kingston is not good to buy SSD's from, they have some shady practices there. An SSD is something where there's not really a reason for you to not re-use it for like a decade straight, so it's good to get a good one. other stuff is mostly about price vs quality of the part, and that info isn't listed | ||
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HardlyNever
United States1258 Posts
What is your current build? She has a HP 2000-2D89NR. 2.6ghz i5-3230M 4GB ram What is your monitor's native resolution? Not sure Why do you want to upgrade? What do you want to achieve with the upgrade? GPU for better fps on normal settings on "basic" Blizzard games like Heroes of the Storm, Diablo etc. Not looking to turn this laptop into a high end gaming machine. What is your budget? $150-200 (?) I'm not sure what is realistic for a laptop gfx card. What country will you be buying your parts in? USA If you have any brand or retailer preferences, please specify. Prefer nvidia cards, but not required. | ||
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URfavHO
United States514 Posts
On April 24 2015 22:44 HardlyNever wrote: I'm looking to upgrade my girlfriend's laptop. I'm pretty savvy when it comes to desktop hardware, but I'm very inexperienced when it comes to laptop hardware. I want to get her a (new) video card, so she can play some games on normal settings (mainly games like Heroes of the Storm and Diablo) with decent fps (40-60). I'm not looking to turn this thing into the ultimate gaming machine or something; I just want a pretty serious fps boost (she current gets like 15-25 fps in Heroes of the Storm on the lowest settings). What is your current build? She has a HP 2000-2D89NR. 2.6ghz i5-3230M 4GB ram What is your monitor's native resolution? Not sure Why do you want to upgrade? What do you want to achieve with the upgrade? GPU for better fps on normal settings on "basic" Blizzard games like Heroes of the Storm, Diablo etc. Not looking to turn this laptop into a high end gaming machine. What is your budget? $150-200 (?) I'm not sure what is realistic for a laptop gfx card. What country will you be buying your parts in? USA If you have any brand or retailer preferences, please specify. Prefer nvidia cards, but not required. Good luck finding a "laptop graphics card" on the consumer market. You are likely better off saving 300-400 and building a ghetto build desktop with used and salvaged parts. | ||
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Myrmidon
United States9452 Posts
Anyway, you're out of luck. | ||
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HardlyNever
United States1258 Posts
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PrOsperity
United States10 Posts
What do we think about this card? Seems to be at a pretty good price right now, although from what I've read about the stock cards the 980 should outperform this right? Or this this similar to NVDIA's gtX series? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202144 | ||
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Cyro
United Kingdom20326 Posts
On April 25 2015 03:15 PrOsperity wrote: Okay, looking to finalize the selection on the graphics card and go ahead and purchase it today. What do we think about this card? Seems to be at a pretty good price right now, although from what I've read about the stock cards the 980 should outperform this right? Or this this similar to NVDIA's gtX series? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202144 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202143&cm_re=r9_290-_-14-202-143-_-Product Price/performance is over 1.35x better on that card. 290 to 290x difference is extremely small if you clock them the same (less than 5% usually) 970 is their rival, 980 is ~1.2x faster. That's for gaming purposes - you should check if your software can utilize any GPU's for something useful, and if so, which ones | ||
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mantequilla
Turkey781 Posts
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Cyro
United Kingdom20326 Posts
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mantequilla
Turkey781 Posts
for about 18 dollars | ||
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Myrmidon
United States9452 Posts
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mantequilla
Turkey781 Posts
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Cyro
United Kingdom20326 Posts
not worth IMO. Buying a bad PSU is cheap, but buying a bad PSU and then buying a good PSU a year later is more expensive than just buying a good PSU. | ||
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Craton
United States17278 Posts
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Cyro
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