Cooling solution and warranty service are more important to me than that though.
My last build was in 08, it is amazing that 5 years later I don't really have any problems.. or need for a faster setup.. I just want one. Back then I bought two Asus Radon 4870 cards and within 18 months both of them had died from bad fans. When the first fan went bad I sent it in under warranty. A month later I got it back with a new fan that lasted just 24 hours... no joke.
I sent it in again ...another month went by and I got it back with a replacement fan, and that one lasted just a week. I gave up on Asus and put my own fan on but the card had been over heated too many times and died a slow miserable blue screen death. The second one followed a few months later. I called ASUS and they said I would have to go through some kind of special last chance three times RMA process. I didn't even try to RMA it ... I spent five bills on those cards, and got nothing in return but headaches. And I wasn't the only victim. I eventually went back on the Newegg product website and it was full of similar stories.
I finally replaced the Asus 4870s with a couple of Sapphire 5750s and had no further problems. I will still buy Asus motherboards, but that is just about the only Asus products I want to own.
Keep in mind at least one of your displays will have to be a DP output - do any of your monitors have native DP?
yes, one does, I am using it now, although I believe adaptors are available. I also have HDMI on two of my monitors. I want to be able to plug two in as DVI, and one as DP, which is what I have now, but also use the HDMI. My 30 inch is a scaleable Gateway/Samsung X3000 that can switch over to a 30 inch HD display ... actually it is capable of 1650p. Once I am driving the 3 monitors I plan on using HDMI from video card to the X3000 to display media center HDTV just by switching the input.
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-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Winterlight Sent: Monday, August 26, 2013 4:49 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [H] how to compare Thanks Greg, I have looked at the 660 and I guess I will spend the extra hundred. Why do different video cards of the same number have different core speeds ... are they over clocked.. what is the difference.. is all about the speed and amount of RAM At 02:24 PM 8/26/2013, you wrote: >No, there is no quantitative specification that's meaningful to compare >except between two models within a single series/generation from the >same manufacturer. You'll have to look at reviews and benchmarks. > >I still think evga is among the best on the nvidia side. > >Something like a 650Ti would be about double a single 5750, but I'd >probably opt for the 660. > >-----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] >[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of >Winterlight >Sent: Monday, August 26, 2013 2:30 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: [H] how to compare > >I want to replace my two ATI 5750 cards Crossfire with a single Nividia >card that is capable of driving three large monitors plus the HDMI. >Gaming is not an issue as long as I keep the performance I have now. > >So what is the best way to compare...Core clock? So if my 5750 cards >run at 650Mhz times two...can I say a comparable card with be a GTX >650 which runs at 1058Mhz core clock. Does that make any kind of sense? > >What are the best, most reliable manufactures for Nvidia video cards? >right now I am focusing on EVGA
