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Anything out there worth the performance of 3-way SLI at an 'affordable' price?
basically just 3-way cause I can... Not really necessary... which is why I dont want to go all out and 3-way the top of the line card.
I have 3 460GTX but found out the hard way that they are only 2-way SLI capable (just dove into the scene without doing much research) so I have one for just physX.... the problem with those is a lot of people with the 460 seem to be having issues with them running too hot.. i have noticed that with mine aswell, in fact it causes my video output to shut off (monitors go into power saver mode) I assume this is the GPU quitting out because they are too hot [the PC still stays on with audio but just no video output]. The temps on one of my GPUs gets to 90+C (using speedfan 4.44) , i dont know at what point it finally craps out.
Specs for my rig:
Intel Core i7-950 Bloomfield 3.06GHz LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Processor BX80601950
EVGA 131-GT-E767-TR LGA 1366 Intel X58 SLI3 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 24GB (6 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model F3-10666CL9T2-24GBRL
ABS Aplus ABS-CS-Monolith Black SECC Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case
Cooler Master Silent Pro M1000 Series Modular 1000W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified Active PFC Power Supply RSA00-AMBAJ3-US
3x EVGA GeForce GTX460 SSC+ Graphics Card w/ Backplate (01G-P3-1380-KR) [all exactly the same]
3x Dell S2409W
Windows 7 64-bit
CPU is not overclocked, RAM is at default (or should be). [I don't ever tinker with any of the voltages for anything]
Any suggestions for new cards or how to possibly resolve this issue would be appreciated
P.S. Anyone know the specifications of the 250mm fans in my case (RPM, etc..)? I cant seem to dig that up anywhere... wondering if I buy 3rd party ones if they would be the same or different... or maybe something a little smaller with more OOMPH using an adapter... or just a new case that is not too pricey (I guess it would be better than 3 new GPUs ) I dont know what to do!! ah!
basically just 3-way cause I can... Not really necessary... which is why I dont want to go all out and 3-way the top of the line card.
I have 3 460GTX but found out the hard way that they are only 2-way SLI capable (just dove into the scene without doing much research) so I have one for just physX.... the problem with those is a lot of people with the 460 seem to be having issues with them running too hot.. i have noticed that with mine aswell, in fact it causes my video output to shut off (monitors go into power saver mode) I assume this is the GPU quitting out because they are too hot [the PC still stays on with audio but just no video output]. The temps on one of my GPUs gets to 90+C (using speedfan 4.44) , i dont know at what point it finally craps out.
Specs for my rig:
Intel Core i7-950 Bloomfield 3.06GHz LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Processor BX80601950
EVGA 131-GT-E767-TR LGA 1366 Intel X58 SLI3 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 24GB (6 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model F3-10666CL9T2-24GBRL
ABS Aplus ABS-CS-Monolith Black SECC Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case
Cooler Master Silent Pro M1000 Series Modular 1000W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified Active PFC Power Supply RSA00-AMBAJ3-US
3x EVGA GeForce GTX460 SSC+ Graphics Card w/ Backplate (01G-P3-1380-KR) [all exactly the same]
3x Dell S2409W
Windows 7 64-bit
CPU is not overclocked, RAM is at default (or should be). [I don't ever tinker with any of the voltages for anything]
Any suggestions for new cards or how to possibly resolve this issue would be appreciated
P.S. Anyone know the specifications of the 250mm fans in my case (RPM, etc..)? I cant seem to dig that up anywhere... wondering if I buy 3rd party ones if they would be the same or different... or maybe something a little smaller with more OOMPH using an adapter... or just a new case that is not too pricey (I guess it would be better than 3 new GPUs ) I dont know what to do!! ah!
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