can you do this with SLi and PhysX?

[cm123]

company close enough to me to do will call order for 8800GTX - I have 2- 285's in SLi already, so can I add this 8800GTX as PhysX card then?

the card is click HERE

$45 seems as really good price for 8800GTX for PhysX is my thinking.


also then anyone have the 120Hz 22" VX2265WM monitor - $279.99 is it worth it or is that good price/good monitor?

HERE vx2265wm

 

[Schmide]

Get a 9600gt for PsychicsX, I can't find the review, but I remember it was more than enough to do the calculations at about half the power and heat.

found it

You can get new 9600gt for ~$65AR with the newegg code.

 

[cm123]

Originally posted by: Schmide
Get a 9600gt for PsychicsX, I can't find the review, but I remember it was more than enough to do the calculations at about half the power and heat.

found it

You can get new 9600gt for ~$65AR with the newegg code.

thanks - would be interesting to see performance measured with couple of different cards in there for PhysX.

I'm not really rebate guy, and the $45 price on the 8800GTX is $20 less (plus local pickup for me, so no shipping) if that can cut the PhysX - none the less the 9600gt is good price.

What do you think about that 120Hz Monitor - really make a difference or no?

 

[Schmide]

Originally posted by: cm123
What do you think about that 120Hz Monitor - really make a difference or no?

I love my 26" I could never go back to a 22", I recuse myself.

 

[cm123]

Originally posted by: Schmide

Originally posted by: cm123
What do you think about that 120Hz Monitor - really make a difference or no?

I love my 26" I could never go back to a 22", I recuse myself.

heheh -

I use on my main system the Asus 26" and on the other Hanns 28" (no near as nice as the Asus 26") - however thinking on other system to grab one of the 120Hz 22" to replace 19" on it - seems good price, about all that system does is game - just not sure if the 120Hz thing is worth the bit of extra price???

 

[aka1nas]

Are you overclocking that i7? You won't be able to reliably power an 8800GTX along with the rest of your setup on an 850watt PSU if so.

 

[MagickMan]

Originally posted by: aka1nas
Are you overclocking that i7? You won't be able to reliably power an 8800GTX along with the rest of your setup on an 850watt PSU if so.

Horse hockey. That 850 won't have any problems at all. Arguably, it's the best 850 money can buy, better than 1000W PSUs from just about any other company.

 

[TurtleCrusher]

Originally posted by: MagickMan

Originally posted by: aka1nas
Are you overclocking that i7? You won't be able to reliably power an 8800GTX along with the rest of your setup on an 850watt PSU if so.

Horse hockey. That 850 won't have any problems at all. Arguably, it's the best 850 money can buy, better than 1000W PSUs from just about any other company.

Horses playing hockey?

That sure would be incredible.

 

[cm123]

Originally posted by: MagickMan

Originally posted by: aka1nas
Are you overclocking that i7? You won't be able to reliably power an 8800GTX along with the rest of your setup on an 850watt PSU if so.

Horse hockey. That 850 won't have any problems at all. Arguably, it's the best 850 money can buy, better than 1000W PSUs from just about any other company.

Normally I never over-clock - however so easy to with this setup and runs perfect and easy change for 3.6GHz and yes I know goes higher with ease, I can go around 4GHz with no problems, however I'm just not that interested in keeping it clocked so high.

these are really good power supplies - however my setup with the ssd drives really do not pull that much power, and I do not over volt my system at all.


I did grab the card (will call/local pickup for me), they said they have just a couple more left at $45 -

thinking of going for the monitor today, guess only few of those as well at that price- if I'm going to do it, get it before they are all gone.

 

[MagickMan]

Originally posted by: Scholzpdx

Originally posted by: MagickMan

Originally posted by: aka1nas
Are you overclocking that i7? You won't be able to reliably power an 8800GTX along with the rest of your setup on an 850watt PSU if so.

Horse hockey. That 850 won't have any problems at all. Arguably, it's the best 850 money can buy, better than 1000W PSUs from just about any other company.

Horses playing hockey?

That sure would be incredible.

Yes, it's called Polo.

 

[aka1nas]

Originally posted by: MagickMan

Originally posted by: aka1nas
Are you overclocking that i7? You won't be able to reliably power an 8800GTX along with the rest of your setup on an 850watt PSU if so.

Horse hockey. That 850 won't have any problems at all. Arguably, it's the best 850 money can buy, better than 1000W PSUs from just about any other company.

Add up the components, the GTX285s will use 140+watts each under load and an 8800GTX is going to be close to that, too. You're looking at another 100'ish watts for the CPU at stock.

You're close to 500w under load with just those components. Add in the rest of the system and some middling-to-heavy overclocking and you could easily exceed 80% of the PSUs rated capacity. Even on a quality unit, I wouldn't be comfortable doing that long-term as my system doesn't stay idle all that much.

 

[MagickMan]

Originally posted by: aka1nas
Add up the components, the GTX285s will use 140+watts each under load and an 8800GTX is going to be close to that, too. You're looking at another 100'ish watts for the CPU at stock.

You're close to 500w under load with just those components. Add in the rest of the system and some middling-to-heavy overclocking and you could easily exceed 80% of the PSUs rated capacity. Even on a quality unit, I wouldn't be comfortable doing that long-term as my system doesn't stay idle all that much.

http://extreme.outervision.com/psucalculatorlite.jsp

That's a conservative calculator, and it says 480W is what his entire system is pulling now, under load. Factor in a hefty overclock (4.2GHz), and the additional 8800GT, and he's still just shy of 600. Now, that 850 Signature will handle it's full load easily, under harsh conditions, without any difficulty.

It's the best made consumer PSU for a reason, and there's no way that his system can strain it.

 

[cm123]

My power supply not having any troubles at all with this system - however was not sure could have 3 cards and one be PhysX - that is working fine as well, think going back though as I need the slots for my killernic and sound card.

I also tried the 22" 120MHz monitor for $279 (see its only $259 now) - it does in fact look a bit different than a normal LCD I'll give it that...

Looks as they still have some 8800GTX left at $45 - Tripple SLi for only $135, how fast would 3 8800GTX be price/value? any reviews of 3 of them in SLi vs current cards in that price range?