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DVA7899
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Posted onPost created on
September 26 2010 12:11 ET by Skylar Macminn
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Okay so I have the option to upgrade my two 460's to two 470's, or get a 128gb SSD. The more ram is better for FS as well as my massive resolution (3470x1680) so I am really stuck on what I should go with >.<
Opinions needed !:D
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DVA1933
Senior Captain, B727-200
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Posted onPost created on
September 26 2010 12:13 ET by David Eugenio Gomez
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So first of all, what's your current specs?
I'm guessing 460 and 470 are video cards? To see a big difference, both you'd need to double up the RAM in video...
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DVA7899
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Posted onPost created on
September 26 2010 12:14 ET by Skylar Macminn
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the VRAM goes from 1gb to about 1 1/4 -- but there are more processor cores, etc in the 470s.
I7 920 D0 at 4.0Ghz
6GB DDR3 RAM (1600Mhz)
GTX460 1GB External Exhaust (with a sizable overclock)
Seagate barracuda 1TB 7200RPM Drives.
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DVA7899
Captain, B737-800
Joined on October 29 2009
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Posted onPost created on
September 26 2010 12:17 ET by Skylar Macminn
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460
Performance
NVIDIA GTX 460
763 MHz GPU
336 CUDA Cores
400 MHz RAMDAC
Memory
1024 MB, 256 bit
3800 MHz (effective)
121.6 GB/s Memory Bandwidth
Interface
PCI-E 2.0 16x
DVI-I, DVI-I, Mini-HDMI
SLI Capable
Resolution & Refresh
240Hz Max Refresh Rate
2048x1536 Max Analog
2560x1600 Max Digital
470
Performance
NVIDIA GTX 470
607 MHz GPU
448 CUDA Cores
400 MHz RAMDAC
Memory
1280 MB, 320 bit
3348 MHz (effective)
133.9 GB/s Memory Bandwidth
Interface
PCI-E 2.0 16x
DVI-I, DVI-I, Mini-HDMI
SLI Capable
Resolution & Refresh
240Hz Max Refresh Rate
2048x1536 Max Analog
2560x1600 Max Digital
It's a matter of deciding if the vram and processor cores are worth the upgrade cost, or if the SSD will provide better performance. The cost is about the same to get the SSD or upgrade both GPU's (it's actually about $50 less to upgrade the gpu's)
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DVA1933
Senior Captain, B727-200
Joined on September 19 2004
Triple Century Club
Monterrey, NL Mexico
357 legs, 860.4 hours
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Posted onPost created on
September 26 2010 12:20 ET by David Eugenio Gomez
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OK found the specs for the cards... I wouldn't really bother with spending that money right now... might as well save some more money and upgrade to the 480!
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DVA7899
Captain, B737-800
Joined on October 29 2009
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Posted onPost created on
September 26 2010 12:21 ET by Skylar Macminn
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well I have 30 days to upgrade my 460's to another better card. EVGA has a step-up program, so I just pay the difference + shipping, send back my old ones, and get brand new cards.
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DVA1933
Senior Captain, B727-200
Joined on September 19 2004
Triple Century Club
Monterrey, NL Mexico
357 legs, 860.4 hours
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Posted onPost created on
September 26 2010 12:25 ET by David Eugenio Gomez
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Oooh, in that case, I'd go with video then... the difference should be less than a couple hundred bucks right?
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DVA7899
Captain, B737-800
Joined on October 29 2009
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740.0 hours ACARS 30 legs,
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Posted onPost created on
September 26 2010 12:26 ET by Skylar Macminn
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The difference is about $65 with shipping per card.
The problem I have is will the cost be worth it, or would the SSD benifit me more?
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DVA1933
Senior Captain, B727-200
Joined on September 19 2004
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Monterrey, NL Mexico
357 legs, 860.4 hours
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Posted onPost created on
September 26 2010 12:34 ET by David Eugenio Gomez
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The thing is... you don't get money back from the 1TB HD which is already a big investment, and the SSD would probably help load things a little faster, but it wouldn't increase your FPS the way the video cards should.
Personally, I wouldn't spend the money at all, but I'm cheap
If you will spend it, I'd say go with the video cards.
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DVA7899
Captain, B737-800
Joined on October 29 2009
Online Double Century Club
Long Beach Century Club
Triple Century Club
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"PMDG or go home :)" Springfield, MO USA
304 legs, 743.8 hours
283 legs,
682.2 hours online 303 legs,
740.0 hours ACARS 30 legs,
47.9 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
September 26 2010 12:36 ET by Skylar Macminn
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well the money is from selling an old laptop on craigslist. the 1TB HDD was really only about $50 so isn't a huge loss. Not to mention the SSD would be for the windows OS and a few games -- everything else would go on the 1TB drives.
Edit: I know what I can do. Get the 470's, try and sell my old GTS250 (not being used) and then get a 60GB SSD for boot That'll have to do.
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DVA1933
Senior Captain, B727-200
Joined on September 19 2004
Triple Century Club
Monterrey, NL Mexico
357 legs, 860.4 hours
72 legs,
132.3 hours online 255 legs,
668.3 hours ACARS 1 legs,
1.9 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
September 26 2010 13:20 ET by David Eugenio Gomez
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There ya go
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