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System Name | Brutus |
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Processor | i5 4690k @4.7Ghz (Watercooled) |
Motherboard | z97 MSI Gaming 5 |
Cooling | NZXT Kraken x61 AIO watercooler |
Memory | Gskill Ripjaws 8gb (2x4gb) 1600mhz 7-8-7-24 |
Video Card(s) | MSI Gaming GTX 980ti x2 (sli) |
Storage | 1 SSD 64GB (OS) + 2x500GB WesternDigital RAID 0 |
Display(s) | YAMAKASI Catleap q270 SE 27inch Glossy 2560x1440 |
Case | NZXT Phantom |
Audio Device(s) | ASUS Xonar DX |
Power Supply | Antec TPQ 1200w |
Software | Windows 7 (64 bit) |
1. There are "single" cards that have "dual GPUs" on em, do they use Crossfire/SLI drivers or normal drivers?
2. For instance, which would be better? 2x 6970 in CF? or 1x 6990?
3. I see PCI-E 3.0 on some new Graphics Cards label, are there mobos with 3.0 PCI-E out there yet? and is there a performance difference when using the same card on a PCI-E 2.0 vs PCI-E 3.0 ???
4. I have 1x radeon 6950 2gb (I sold my second one...) WHAT would be the best GPU upgrade I could do on my system? (look @ my specs please) I'd like to sell my remaining 6950 2gb and get something with a "after market" cooler on it, so I don't deal with the crappy ones that often come with the reference models... they're often very loud...
5. - NVIDIA seems to have better GPUs in general (better driver support too I hear...)
- NVIDIA cards go better with intel CPUs and AMD cards go better with AMD CPUs
Are these statements true?
2. For instance, which would be better? 2x 6970 in CF? or 1x 6990?
3. I see PCI-E 3.0 on some new Graphics Cards label, are there mobos with 3.0 PCI-E out there yet? and is there a performance difference when using the same card on a PCI-E 2.0 vs PCI-E 3.0 ???
4. I have 1x radeon 6950 2gb (I sold my second one...) WHAT would be the best GPU upgrade I could do on my system? (look @ my specs please) I'd like to sell my remaining 6950 2gb and get something with a "after market" cooler on it, so I don't deal with the crappy ones that often come with the reference models... they're often very loud...
5. - NVIDIA seems to have better GPUs in general (better driver support too I hear...)
- NVIDIA cards go better with intel CPUs and AMD cards go better with AMD CPUs
Are these statements true?