[madalin]

Hey guys . Due to some financial problems in my family , i had to sell as much as i could from my sig rig . I managed to sell my 480 , my cpu, ram and the mobo . Anyway , now i have to use my old rig . which is dual core e5400 oc'd to 3.28 ghz an asus p5kps al-se 3gb ddr2 and 9800gt 1gb. Now i have some money again .the thing is . i could buy a gtx480 and a mb that would let me use the 480 as primary card and the 9800gt for physx . but wouldld't there be a bottleneck?

I could also get a ph2 925 ,the crosshair 4 and here's another problem .. could i sli 3 9800gt 's on it ?

Please answer and feel free to add any sugestions .

thanx .

 

[beers]

Why would you sell a 480 just to buy a 480

 

[madalin]

my friend , my little brother had to do an expensive surgery , so i had to sell them . now i have some money again , but not much enough to re-buy those i sold.

 

[Aniket]

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Originally Posted by madalin Hey guys . Due to some financial problems in my family , i had to sell as much as i could from my sig rig . I managed to sell my 480 , my cpu, ram and the mobo . Anyway , now i have to use my old rig . which is dual core e5400 oc'd to 3.28 ghz an asus p5kps al-se 3gb ddr2 and 9800gt 1gb. Now i have some money again .the thing is . i could buy a gtx480 and a mb that would let me use the 480 as primary card and the 9800gt for physx . but wouldld't there be a bottleneck? I could also get a ph2 925 ,the crosshair 4 and here's another problem .. could i sli 3 9800gt 's on it ? Please answer and feel free to add any sugestions . thanx .

no you cant do tri sli with 9800gt on crosshairIV(890fx chipset) until you flash the bios,which is not at all recommended because it can damage your mobo.
I've seen that you have financial problm,so I wont suggest you phenomII x6,
but rather than getting phenomII x4 925,get a phenomII x6 955,
asus crosshairIV formula is a very good mobo,but you can also try asus crosshairIV extreme(coming soon)/gigabyte ga 890fx a ud7
for the gpu get a gtx480 or wait for ati 6850/6870
hope you like my reply

 

[madalin]

yes,thank you . But what about the first version ? would the dual core bottleneck the 480 + 9800gt(physx)?

 

[obsidian86]

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Originally Posted by madalin yes,thank you . But what about the first version ? would the dual core bottleneck the 480 + 9800gt(physx)?

yes

 

[Aniket]

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Originally Posted by madalin yes,thank you . But what about the first version ? would the dual core bottleneck the 480 + 9800gt(physx)?

yah,
a dual core cpu will bottleneck a single gtx 480 also

 

[M1nUrThr3t]

just save up what you have now and do it right all at once.

 

[listen to remix]

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Originally Posted by M1nUrThr3t just save up what you have now and do it right all at once.

This...

I read so many threads like this and it makes me wonder why people would spend so much money on a video card when they do not even have money saved up for emergencies.

 

[M1nUrThr3t]

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Originally Posted by listen to remix This... I read so many threads like this and it makes me wonder why people would spend so much money on a video card when they do not even have money saved up for emergencies.

Thank You.

 

[madalin]

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Originally Posted by M1nUrThr3t just save up what you have now and do it right all at once.

So I did . Brand new Core i5 760 , Sparkle GTX480 (the cheapest 480 here in Romania) , 4GB of Corsair xms3 1330 and a p7h55/usb3 . Still saving for a OCZ ssd and 4 more gb of ram .

I also might use the 9800gt for physx but i don't know if it's got any use (except in highly physx depending games like mafia II . I may also sell it here on ocn . Thank you guys and thank you M1nUrThr3t for your advice. I'm much more happy now .

 

[AusPC]

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Originally Posted by madalin So I did . Brand new Core i5 760 , Sparkle GTX480 (the cheapest 480 here in Romania) , 4GB of Corsair xms3 1330 and a p7h55/usb3 . Still saving for a OCZ ssd and 4 more gb of ram . I also might use the 9800gt for physx but i don't know if it's got any use (except in highly physx depending games like mafia II . I may also sell it here on ocn . Thank you guys and thank you M1nUrThr3t for your advice. I'm much more happy now .

wow~nice Build

 

[madalin]

Thank you .

First one wasn't bad either . But i had to sell the best of it . But , i keep saving up on money , i think the following week ill be able to buy 4 more gb of ram and a SSD . So do you think that using the 9800GT for Physx would worth the extra bit on the electricity bill ?

 

[strawhatthien]

+rep for being a good human being

 

[M1nUrThr3t]

see, now how does that feel.
You only waiting a few more weeks and look at you now. LOL

Nice setup and i do get that we have bills and financial issues, it sucks, but we do still have to treat ourselves

Also its much more satisfying to be able to get things at once than to have to buy each things in time intervals.

 

[madalin]

Thank you

 

[mastical]

Your a good brothers

 

[madalin]

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Originally Posted by M1nUrThr3t see, now how does that feel. You only waiting a few more weeks and look at you now. LOL Nice setup and i do get that we have bills and financial issues, it sucks, but we do still have to treat ourselves Also its much more satisfying to be able to get things at once than to have to buy each things in time intervals.

Yes , you're right . I wouldn't have had to sell my other components if my little brother's surgery wasn't 4 times the money we had for emergencyes . Anyway , i think that when ill get the ram and ssd this will be a better sistem than the other one .

It's allways good to look for other opinnions than do what you're thinking and get a ****ty result . Thanx again

 

[M1nUrThr3t]

no problem, glad to help.

SSD and Mem will be nice.

 

[chuckycheeze]

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Originally Posted by madalin Thank you . First one wasn't bad either . But i had to sell the best of it . But , i keep saving up on money , i think the following week ill be able to buy 4 more gb of ram and a SSD . So do you think that using the 9800GT for Physx would worth the extra bit on the electricity bill ?

you only need 4gb of ram. there are loads of benchmarks out there showing that you only need 3 to 4gb of ram. More ram is only going to make a performance difference if you are doing video editing or something like that, not gaming.

definitely get an ssd

sell the 9800gt b/c you aren't going to get a noticeable performance boost from it imo