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Discussion in 'Hardware' started by Seglespaan, 21 Mar 2012.

  1. Seglespaan

    Seglespaan What's a Dremel?

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  2. MrDomRocks

    MrDomRocks Modder

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    Firstly whats your budget and screen resolution? 560 ti's are ok but instead of going sli why not go straight for a GTX 570 though general consensus is to wait for Kepler 600 series nVidia cards. Price drops on current 500 series.
     
  3. Seglespaan

    Seglespaan What's a Dremel?

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    Sorry should have been more informative in my question.

    I currently have the gtx 460 ssc in my sig rig.

    My employer just bought 4 gtx 560's (not ti though i don't think) It says Asus GTX 560 Direct CU on the box. These however are no use to us in the office as our psu's have no additional power

    so I was wondering if I was to speak nicely to my boss would I see any real benfit by replacing my current gtx 460 with one or two of these.

    Res is 1960 x 1080

    Cheers
     
  4. noizdaemon666

    noizdaemon666 I'm Od, Therefore I Pwn

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    Yes there will be a performance increase, however the 560 standard is based on the 460 I believe so it won't be a night and day difference. Getting two however, will bag you loads of extra performance.
     
  5. Seglespaan

    Seglespaan What's a Dremel?

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    Ok cheers,

    I'm trying to think though, I'm not sure my PSU has enough 6 pin connectors, you don't happen to know if it'll cut it do u? Or will a psu upgrade be required to run two plus the rest of my rig? The psu is listed in my sig.
     
  6. Parge

    Parge the worst Super Moderator

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    I'd say even if you do have enough PCIe connectors, I'd think you'd need something with more wattage.
     
  7. noizdaemon666

    noizdaemon666 I'm Od, Therefore I Pwn

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    Agree with Parge on that, 650W (624 over the 12V rails) isn't going to leave a lot of power spare. Be better of with a Corsair 750/850.
     
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    I agree, anything 750 or above wattage is best. Corsair PSU's are :rock: solid.
     
  9. Seglespaan

    Seglespaan What's a Dremel?

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    Ok thanks guys.

    I'm going to "tidy" these cards away into a dark corner and hopefully my boss will forget they ever existed!

    If so I'll pick myself up a new corsair 850
     
  10. Cei

    Cei pew pew pew

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    If I can run a GTX 580 off an Antec 650W with no problems, don't see why this guy can't run a 560...
     
  11. noizdaemon666

    noizdaemon666 I'm Od, Therefore I Pwn

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    2 560s ;)

    And it should be fine, but the closer a PSU is to its rated maximum, generally the shorter its lifespan becomes. So instead of running a 650W at 90% load, it'd be better to run an 850 at ~69% load.

    Edit: random load value on the 650 was used to demonstrate :)
     
  12. Cei

    Cei pew pew pew

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    Oh reading comprehension fail :(
    So yes, I agree, 750W needed, if you even have the connectors on a 650W for SLI...
     

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