lokistar09
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Processor | Intel e8400 Stock at 3.0 GHZ |
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Motherboard | ASUS P5N-d i750 sli |
Cooling | Some Aftermarket Thermaltake |
Memory | 8 GB DDR 2 Corsair XMS2 @800mhz |
Video Card(s) | EVGA gtx 560 ti |
Display(s) | Dual Monitor Samsung 226BW |
Power Supply | Corsair 650 |
Software | Windows 7 Ultimate x64 |
Hey, I've been trying to do some research on my current 8800 GTS 512 SLI vs. a GTX 460 SE. Been researching that the SE (sucky edition) isn't super great, but it's on sale for like $100 and was wondering if it's worth replacing my 8800 GTS 512 in SLI for several reasons:
1. Current setup is having limitation. I don't think I should have dropped frame-rates in League of Legends with it, but it is. (I have an EVGA i750 w/ e8400 and 8 gb of ram, 650 Corsair PSU w/ Windows 7 x64.) If you have any suggestions on this problem, it will be appreciated as well.
2. The second card is actually blocking and bending my SATA cables for harddrive connects.
3. Reduce power consumption (as well as heat and noise, the second card is so close to the first that it seems there isn't sufficient airflow). Since I no longer play so much games on the comp and don't really need the SLI performance it might be better to reduce all the unneeded power consumption. Although I watch blu-rays, but don't believe SLI helps that from the research I did a year ago.
I also heard that 8800 gts 512 sli is comparable to the specs of a gtx 280 (not so sure about that either). Since I can't find any direct comparison of my set up, I was comparing the gtx 280 to the gtx 460 se on hwcompare.com and the 460 se gets somewhat blown out by the 280. If that's true, maybe I should just save my $100 and wait for something better next year.
Would like some direct input from the gurus on this forum; thanks.
Sorry if this is already somewhere on the forum/google. I've checked but didn't see anything from my search.
1. Current setup is having limitation. I don't think I should have dropped frame-rates in League of Legends with it, but it is. (I have an EVGA i750 w/ e8400 and 8 gb of ram, 650 Corsair PSU w/ Windows 7 x64.) If you have any suggestions on this problem, it will be appreciated as well.
2. The second card is actually blocking and bending my SATA cables for harddrive connects.
3. Reduce power consumption (as well as heat and noise, the second card is so close to the first that it seems there isn't sufficient airflow). Since I no longer play so much games on the comp and don't really need the SLI performance it might be better to reduce all the unneeded power consumption. Although I watch blu-rays, but don't believe SLI helps that from the research I did a year ago.
I also heard that 8800 gts 512 sli is comparable to the specs of a gtx 280 (not so sure about that either). Since I can't find any direct comparison of my set up, I was comparing the gtx 280 to the gtx 460 se on hwcompare.com and the 460 se gets somewhat blown out by the 280. If that's true, maybe I should just save my $100 and wait for something better next year.
Would like some direct input from the gurus on this forum; thanks.
Sorry if this is already somewhere on the forum/google. I've checked but didn't see anything from my search.