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Mamajuanauk
Master Cruncher United Kingdom Joined: Dec 15, 2012 Post Count: 1900 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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I'm building a new system it will be Crosshair based with 2 HD7970 3Gb
----------------------------------------shed loads of RAM and 2 spare GPU slots! My question is - Which Nvidia GPU is comparable to the HD7970? The Crosshair can take both with Crossfire and SLI enabed on their respective cards. I want to play Fable 3 that I was given as a present ages ago (or it seams like it!) I also want to be able to do Nvidia crunching What would you guys recommend?
Mamajuanauk is the Name! Crunching is the Game!
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Dataman
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Mamajuanauk
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Thanks Dataman!
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Mamajuanauk
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The Geforce GTX 770 looks like a good candidate...
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ThreadRipper
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Just to make sure you are aware....currently there are no GPU-enabled projects active on WCG at least...
----------------------------------------But anyway, aren't the older GTX5xx "Fermi" based cards a lot better suited for GPGPU (crunching)? Nvidia removed a lot of GPGPU resources when they moved on to consumer GTX6xx series, unfortunately. Games though, is another matter. Also to keep in mind if overclocking is that generally the AMD 7950 and 7970 are better percentual overclockers than the GTX 670/680 from the reviews I've read. On the other hand Nvidia cards don't draw equally much power as AMD cards...although AMD cards have really good OpenCL/DirectCompute capabilities in comparison to GTX6xx series. Have a look at this chart and you'll see a tendency at the top: http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/forums/wcg/viewthread_thread,34078 Good luck in building your machine! :) EDIT: some spelling corrected...  Join The International Team: https://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/team/viewTeamInfo.do?teamId=CK9RP1BKX1 AMD TR2990WX @ PBO, 64GB Quad 3200MHz 14-17-17-17-1T, RX6900XT @ Stock AMD 3800X @ PBO AMD 2700X @ 4GHz [Edit 1 times, last edit by flodisar at Jun 27, 2013 10:18:07 PM] |
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Mamajuanauk
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Many thanks Flodisar, yes, I'm aware there are no GPU projects on WCG at the moment. The primary reason for looking at an Nvidia card is the game I was given some time ago secondary is the crunching in this case
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BladeD
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Does that game work on the HD7970 GPU?
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Mamajuanauk
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@BladeD - no mate the system doesn't like it on an HD7850, then looked at the box, requirements list Nvidia GPU
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BladeD
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@BladeD - no mate the system doesn't like it on an HD7850, then looked at the box, requirements list Nvidia GPU Everywhere I look it lists both. What version of Windows are running? Fable 3 on a HD7850. ---------------------------------------- [Edit 2 times, last edit by BladeD at Jun 29, 2013 8:16:53 AM] |
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Mamajuanauk
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Delays, delays, delays, the company I ordered from hasn't come up with the goods, while it was the cheapest, they didn't even tell me there was a delay! I've now cancelled the order, currently awaiting a refund. I will name and shame after the refund is completed!
----------------------------------------So have to find another supplier and good price. Watch this space, I think I may rethink the specs too!
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