I have a home theater with a BENQ W6000 (1080p projector). Its only 1 year old so I don't plan on upgrading anytime soon.
I currently have the following HTPC setup for the home theater:
AMD X3 720 BE (unlocked to X4)
4GB RAM
2x Sapphire AMD Radeon 4850s crossfired (I believe they are each 512 mb memory)
Windows 7
Corsair 650W PSU
One of the most annoying problems that I have is that I cannot leave the HTPC on. If the HTPC is already on when I turn on the projector I get "popping" noises (almost like fireworks). I am guessing that maybe it has something to do with the 4850 cards because that doesn't happen on any other A/V device that I have. And it happens with any A/V receiver. I always have to turn on the projector first and then the PC to avoid getting the popping noise.
Anyway, I got some great deals last month on an EVGA Nvidia GeForce GTX560 ($80) and an EVGA Nvidia GeForce GTX660 ($170). Besides being power hungry, I am hoping that the updated card may correct the "popping" noise issue as an added bonus. I have to think about returning one of these and not sure which one.
My uses
(1) Heavy gaming (Call of Duty MW3, Crysis 2, 3)
(2) Movies
Since its only 1080p projector, will the GTX 560 be more that sufficient? Would my current system setup be a bottleneck for the GTX 660? Or should I go for the GTX 660?
And to throw a curveball, I may upgrade the system to an i5-2500k in the very near future. (already have the cpu).
I currently have the following HTPC setup for the home theater:
AMD X3 720 BE (unlocked to X4)
4GB RAM
2x Sapphire AMD Radeon 4850s crossfired (I believe they are each 512 mb memory)
Windows 7
Corsair 650W PSU
One of the most annoying problems that I have is that I cannot leave the HTPC on. If the HTPC is already on when I turn on the projector I get "popping" noises (almost like fireworks). I am guessing that maybe it has something to do with the 4850 cards because that doesn't happen on any other A/V device that I have. And it happens with any A/V receiver. I always have to turn on the projector first and then the PC to avoid getting the popping noise.
Anyway, I got some great deals last month on an EVGA Nvidia GeForce GTX560 ($80) and an EVGA Nvidia GeForce GTX660 ($170). Besides being power hungry, I am hoping that the updated card may correct the "popping" noise issue as an added bonus. I have to think about returning one of these and not sure which one.
My uses
(1) Heavy gaming (Call of Duty MW3, Crysis 2, 3)
(2) Movies
Since its only 1080p projector, will the GTX 560 be more that sufficient? Would my current system setup be a bottleneck for the GTX 660? Or should I go for the GTX 660?
And to throw a curveball, I may upgrade the system to an i5-2500k in the very near future. (already have the cpu).
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