Hi, im fed up with my 4870 churning out such low pdd and watching people overtake me so i want to upgrade my gpu and want some advice. Looking at the this months mag would it be safe to say best bang for buck would be the GTX260 rev 2? Also i currently have a maximus formula mobo, would i be correct in thinking i could put two nvidia gfx cards to fold but just not have the sli performance? Thanks
Im not expert but that sounds about right. That card is probably the best folding card you could get. Running them non SLI give your more PPD I think.
The GTX260 rev 2 is a great folding card. You can put 2 in the maximus formula but you can't SLI them (folding doesn't work in sli mode anyway)
Great thanks for the help, i'll need to now hunt down some cheap card/s what kind of power requirements will i need to run two + oced e8400 750+w?
Excellent thats a good price...... OK another question....how about mixing different nvidia cards. ie 1x gtx 260 and 1x gtx 280.. will that matter or is it better having two of the same cards?
You need to have cards that have the same number of shaders & same architecture for the best results.
Or this http://www.videocardshop.co.uk/prod...797-0UTCQS@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@&prodid=GX-260N-ADB factory overclocked, although not greatly on the shaders (which affects the folding rate most) but good for gaming. You can turn SLI on and off as required for gaming or folding, but don't try to do both at the same time
Shaders are overclocked from 1242 to 1404 on the Black Edition. In my experience, you wont push it much higher before seeing EUE's.
Sound advice, thanks for that. I was thinking about mixing cards but thought that something like this applied.
Me - I'd pay the extra tenner for the Black Edition. Look at it this way - you're getting a 'binned' card, guaranteed at 666/1440/1150. Sure, you can overclock on your own and save a tenner, but if you have any problems (EUE's) with the Black Edition factory overclocked card, at it's pre-overclocked speeds - send it back under warranty and request one that does run at those speeds without an issue. Luck of the draw with a 'stock' card, really. Do you need a 'binned' card, probably not. Chances are you'll overclock a 'stock' card just fine. But for a tenner, I'd take the card guaranteed to run at those speeds. YMMV.
