MY +$10,000.00 rig ...

[Dreakoth]

Read the thread and though man how can u accidently spend that much made me tally up my pc.. I was thinking 3k MAX seeing as i just got new gpu

Turns out i have $2k in HDD's alone :S

Would easily total $5k to replace it all i was surprised. And thats hardware in my main pc rig, plus monitor ect.
Scared to think about the other media / server pc's left over hardware old hdds ect.

I think its an interesting thread just for making me think about pc values.

If u took an average of 2.5k for a 'gamers' pc and you take the 400 people who attend RFLan in WA thats $1,000,000; One million dollars of pc hardware.

Never would have thought that.

[Carcin0Genic]

Originally Posted by Dayzfan

The 11 has 2x PLEX chips, so can offer 16x16x16x16, rather then using native lanes which is 16x8x8x8

My god. WOW. I wonder if they have had issues with that or if it has been running smoothly.

There you go OP, your next upgrade

[mr_death44]

Originally Posted by Carcin0Genic

All the slots are picex16. BUT still has a maximum of 32 (or 40) pcie lanes the same as every other x79 chipset. In that department there would be no difference.

Phwoar, made me second guess myself there... but yeah this

Originally Posted by Dayzfan

The 11 has 2x PLEX chips, so can offer 16x16x16x16, rather then using native lanes which is 16x8x8x8

But yeah, if you throw into the equation the time that some people have spent on creating custom cases against their normal hourly wage...

Try to think of how much time you've invested into building and troubleshooting your pc with your normal hourly rate and figure out how much your hobby costs haha, you might be pleasantly scared.

Originally Posted by t8y

would some GPUs with more vram perhaps be of more benefit, over increased clocks?

you should find that cards with more vram should handle multimonitor setups better, i think there are some new 7970's with 6gb vram on each card

[elvis]

Rig will be worth $1K next year, $100 the year after, $10 the year after that.

[tr1cky271]

Originally Posted by t8y

curious, whats the vram usage like at that resolution in bf3?

A FULL 2GB is used; GPU vram is maxxed out

Originally Posted by t8y

would some GPUs with more vram perhaps be of more benefit, over increased clocks?
like 7970 3gb cards (which scale better in multi card configs anyway - also OC very well) or the higher vram nvidia versions?

Without investigation for proof, I suspect 2x 4GB GTX 680's would serve a better purpose.

[tr1cky271]

Originally Posted by Carcin0Genic

There you go OP, your next upgrade

Sure, I love ASRock boards - but a no thanks to an upgrade

[walker_2003]

since june patch 6 seris nvidia fall asleep in BF3, hopefully be fixed in next patch.. heaps of people on guru3d with 680/690 not running as they should in the game and its bf3 the issue not the driver.

[issa2006]

20+ years of pc(high end-cust) 80g+ 1 person, first computer c64+ extra 2500$, 2nd 386-dx 33(10000+) next one was 9000 $ back in 1993?, etc,....(4x raptors (then vr 300)in raid 0 2000$ for boot c:\) etc...4x ssd in raid 0 etc gigabyte i-ram....list goes on iv hit over hundred thous..easy..but im single-no children.

i was using 3d tech + 120z 20" crt monitor back in 2000 via vga (way before nvidia bought company out).. vibration chairs+ 3d head tracking/ flight sticks/ touch sceen(older models)-xp....modding pc when it was not cool(oc as well)

oc chips like xt 8mhz + 286 from 16mhz to 20mhz via christle change, first x1 cd burner 500mb $8000 yamas scsi..nurner (blanks where 100$ each)(windows for workgroups 3.11etc(8000$ pc in 1993-4)....first colour ink jet (personal 4000$)....2000$ scanner (scsi)(1993)..list goes on......................air con oclocking on cel 233/533 cpus back in 2000

iv spent buckt loads.. but i also make my income from it as well


well its all worthless as a few years pass, iv learned to but slightly lower models, n oc them, as long as your happy with system..

[Camm]

I'm chasing much the same with very similar specs; except I'm running 3xS27A750's @ 5760x1080@120hz; and went with 3xGTX680's. Performance still isn't where I want it to be, but I'm blaming the recent patch atm.

.... On another note, Swans M60 5.1's sound bloody amazing with BF3. Worthwhile upgrade :P.

[tr1cky271]

Originally Posted by Camm

I'm running 3xS27A750's @ 5760x1080@120hz; and went with 3xGTX680's. Performance still isn't where I want it to be, but I'm blaming the recent patch atm.

This is interesting data and I am in the same predicament; performance isn't anywhere near what I want expect it to be.

Are your GTX680's on a 16x 16x 16x PCIe 3.0 motherboard? Are they 4GB models? What patch are you talking about?

I think, without conclusive evidence to back it up though, people running crazy resolutions like us need 4GB cards to ensure the VRAM isn't being maxed out.

[ewok85]

My reasonably priced rig which gets occasional upgrades is still trucking along after 4 years of use.

All up I've spent 3k (excluding monitor - which is a 6-year old Dell 30") and it plays everything at max settings without raising a sweat.

[issa2006]

yep big monitor worth keeping till it dies

i got my first 27" back in 2007, can never go back to small screen. but my new samsung 120z 3d great, white is white+ writing clear + sharp+ motion is smooth

was thinking of getting 2x 21" and putting them on sides (90deg ), but you need more graphic power for faster fps, if i do that, it slow frame rates to much

[Camm]

Originally Posted by tr1cky271

This is interesting data and I am in the same predicament; performance isn't anywhere near what I want expect it to be.

Are your GTX680's on a 16x 16x 16x PCIe 3.0 motherboard? Are they 4GB models? What patch are you talking about?

I think, without conclusive evidence to back it up though, people running crazy resolutions like us need 4GB cards to ensure the VRAM isn't being maxed out.

GTX680's are on 16x\8x\8x @ PCI-E 3.0. Considering I'm only pushing 1 GPU thru each lane, and that still equals 4GT/s (but admittedly is a bit of an issue with the GTX690's since they are memory bandwidth dependent). GPU commit generally sits @ 1.7GB (AA/AF is non-existent), but in hindsight, 4GB models were probably a better choice. Considering your resolution is another 33% higher, I'm really not suprised your breaking 2GB commit, and might even be half the reason your not seeing the performance your after (since these cards are memory bandwidth dependent, and your swapping in and out of cache constantly). In regards with latest patch; alot of us are seeing negative sli scaling and other general issues.

[ewok85]

Originally Posted by issa2006

was thinking of getting 2x 21" and putting them on sides (90deg ), but you need more graphic power for faster fps, if i do that, it slow frame rates to much

I have 2x20" either side (dot pitch+res+bezel design is a perfect match) and it is great for general use - for gaming its very meh, so I just don't bother.

Notable exception - flight sims. It makes a huge difference!