Multi Monitor Gaming System

[Extreme Gamer]

wtf?

The GTX 590 is actually a bad card.its 1.5GB per GPU or SLI on a single board really and OC's like **** and barfs on overvoltage.i said to get 580 3GB SLI (thats 3 Gigs per GPU).

And 6970 CFX is faster by a small margin than 6990 in locked mode (mode 1).

 

[neeku]

You can also unlock AMD Radeon 6950 to 6970 (But you will loose warranty)

 

[Extreme Gamer]

yes,you can with a high success rate too.but in case you did not know,there have been failures too,especially with sapphire cards.

for your setup i'd recommend 2x 6970.the warranty is important

 

[neeku]

Hi Extreme Gamer

Radeon 6970 is only 10-15% faster in comparison to 6950 and it will cost me 14,000/- extra...

So performance difference is not significant to buy higher priced 6970 card.....

 

[Skud]

Is the price difference so large? Lynx have the MSI 6950 Twinfrozr II/OC for 15-16K and the MSI Lightning/Asus DCII 6970 for 21-22K. But you have rightly pointed out the performance difference. A 6950 CFX setup would be just awesome.

 

[neeku]

Hi SKud

For Single card price difference is around 6,000 to 7,000/-
And I need 2 card in crossfire configuration so it will increase my cost to (6,000 x 2)....

 

[asingh]

Did not SMC have Corsair SSDs' with the SF controllers. I remember people getting them.

Also for multi-GPU, get a full tower case. And please no CM PSU. Stick to Corsair. Do show us the images (clicked) when you set up this Goliath.

If possible move to 2600K

 

[Extreme Gamer]

neeku,then make sure you get the 2GB variant

asingh only the F series have SF controllers

 

[Skud]

Hi SKud

For Single card price difference is around 6,000 to 7,000/-
And I need 2 card in crossfire configuration so it will increase my cost to (6,000 x 2)....

Oh oh, got your point.

 

[neeku]

Hi Singh

Thanks for feedback... Please check my reply in Bold....

Did not SMC have Corsair SSDs' with the SF controllers. I remember people getting them.
SMC has SATA2 Corsair SSD, I am waiting for SATA3 Interface with 6Gbps bandwidth

Also for multi-GPU, get a full tower case. And please no CM PSU. Stick to Corsair. Do show us the images (clicked) when you set up this Goliath.
I Know but Corsair SMPS has 850 Watt rating, and APC UPS (1500VA) can take only 865 Watt and I also have to connect 3 LCD Monitor.... 750 Watt SMPS is not enough

If possible move to 2600K

I have I7 980X in Home PC ( I wasted 52,500/- for it, bought it from SMC, Delhi ) In most of the online reviews, I found no significant performance gain by moving to 2600k.... I can overclock 2500k to match the performance

and Save around 5,000 ~ 6,000/- for SSD ?

Corsair 600T is Excellent Case and I love its design (Subjective)....

 

[abhidev]

I can multitask with 3 Monitors - Gaming on 1, Movies on another and Web Browsing on 3rd LCD .

Unless you are using them other than for entertainment then they would be useful...coz seriously you are not going to watch movies simultaneously while playing games and surfing the net....right ?

Well all the best and post some pics of your config once you get them.

 

[neeku]

Sure, will post the Images from unboxing to Final setup.....

 

[Extreme Gamer]

be sure to get 2GB 6950s and unlock them.(warranty wont be an issue.make sure you save the BIOS of each card).if any wont unlock/gets bricked you can revert it back because they always have 2 bioses(so that you can reflash the old one back).tech support will never know.

also give ultra widescreen gaming a try.Im sure you will enjoy it,although you will want to reduce the quality in metro 2033 and crysis 1(not sure about 2)

 

[neeku]

Final Price Quote

I Got the final price quote in Delhi..

Please let me know it is good or bad....

1. Intel Core i5 2500K: Rs. 10800/-
2. GIGABYTE GA-Z68X-UD7-B3: Rs. 20500/-
3. Corsair Vengeance 8gb (2X4 GB): Rs. 5200/-
4. MSI R6950 Twin Frozr II/OC x 2 for crossfire : Rs. 30,000/-
5. 1TB WD Caviar Black 6Gbps SATA3: Rs. 4500/-
6. Dell UltraSharp U2311H X 3 = Rs. 42,600/-
7. SATA DVD Writer LG/HP/Lite-On: Rs. 1000/-
8. Cooler Master Silent Pro Gold 800W: Rs. 10400/-
9. Corsair Graphite Series 600T Case: Rs. 9400/-
10. APC 1500VA UPS: Rs. 9250/-
11. Razer Mamba: Rs. 6500/-
12. SteelSeries SX mousepad x 2: Rs. 2700/-
13. Genuine Windows 7 Professional 64-bit: Rs. 8400/-
14. Corsair H70 Liquid Cooler: Rs. 5500/-

So Final Damage 1,66,000/- ...

 

[Skud]

Looks good. You are still left with 9k for SSD.

 

[Jaskanwar Singh]

be sure to get 2GB 6950s and unlock them.(warranty wont be an issue.make sure you save the BIOS of each card).if any wont unlock/gets bricked you can revert it back because they always have 2 bioses(so that you can reflash the old one back).tech support will never know.

also give ultra widescreen gaming a try.Im sure you will enjoy it,although you will want to reduce the quality in metro 2033 and crysis 1(not sure about 2)

msi 6950 TFII dont have dual bios switch.

TFIII has it.

 

[Skud]

Then OP has to proceed with extreme caution. Anyway with 2x6950, there will be little practical need at this moment.

 

[Extreme Gamer]

dont get TFII get reference models.

 

[Jaskanwar Singh]

^is there a need of unlock?
TFII is cool running, silent. you can oc the 6950 to match 6970.
and 6950 cfx has enough muscle to handle that high resolution.

 

[Skud]

@Jas

unlocking may be fun, the bios switch just make it risk-free.