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System Name | Is rly gud |
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Processor | Intel Core i5 11600kf |
Motherboard | Asus Prime Z590-V ATX |
Memory | (48GB total) 16GB (2x8GB) Crucial Ballistix Sport 3000MHZ and G. Skill Ripjaws 32GB 3200MHZ (2x16GB) |
Video Card(s) | GIGABYTE RTX 3060 12GB |
Storage | 1TB MSI Spatium M370 NVMe M.2 SSD |
Display(s) | 32" Viewsonic 4k, 34" Samsung 3440x1440, XP Pen Creative Pro 13.3 |
Power Supply | EVGA 600 80+ Gold |
VR HMD | Meta Quest Pro, Tundra Trackers |
Software | Windows 10 |
Well I do I would not want some thing running at 110c in my case that is high enough to melt the solder ! And plastic parts on the mobo .
And comparing a dual GPU to a single GPU is just moot , If it takes a dual GPU card to perform 10% better than a single GPU card then that speaks volumes to me . I care . and for the best BANG for the buck the GTX260 is the only way to go IMHO. I care that is why !
110c is barely a third of how high the temperature needs to be to melt lead, and lead isn't always used in graphics cards. (327C melting point) Sometimes it's silver which has a much higher melting point, but inaccuracies aside...
Just because you made the decision to buy it and it was good enough for you doesn't mean it's good enough for everybody. I know you're defending your purchase...
What card performs better depends on the drivers. In all tests, some drivers are better than others. Other than choice of RAM, CPU, and motherboard, that's why you see differences between tests. I believe he should go ATI because it'll support more games and it's not going to EOL as fast as most Nvidia cards so he can expand when he wants to.