Dell New Super Gaming Computer

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  1. ViolentJ

    ViolentJ Well-Known Member

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    cool Lol.... sorry didnt know there was others =( thought this was the first
     
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    Home grown computers > Dell
    Also you can repair the computer yourself because it would void your warranty so you have to send it back and you'll be left computer-less for weeks <_<
    Also its not currently possible to run a four card SLI setup, but I think it's possible to have 4 video cards run separately on a Gigabyte Quad Royale so long as you have the money, well looks like four card SLI is on its way to us ^_^
     
  3. xlink

    xlink GR's Tech Enthusiast

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    spectre, it's a four GPU sli setup, each card has two GPUs in it, sort of like a dual core card, but not quite.
     
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    I don't see any point of having four GPUs in one machine. With one graphics card is fine. I don't need all the GPU power to make the graphics worthwhile. :D
     
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    Lol i whant that case :P.
     
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    xelink, the motherboard itself has 4 PCI-E slots which you can actually mount 4 graphics cards on though you cant run a 4 card SLI setup (for now I guess)
     
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    ehh i think we should leave the gfx card tech to Nvidia
     
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    wow this has been posted many times before. its a horrible setup.
     
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    google is your friend my tech-unsavvy compatriot.

    http://www.google.com/search?q=quad+SLI&st...:en-US:eek:fficial
     
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    Actually, Xelink, CPU has a next-to-nil effect at those kinds of resolutions. But whatever benefit AMD's K8 cores have in gaming translates across the board. Netburst is all in all obsolete tech, and it was from the day of its release. Hopefully the new Intel parts will be better.

    Also, it is quad-card SLI, not dual-core SLI.
    http://www.legitreviews.com/article/285/1/
     
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    If you havnt see a motherboard with Optic Cable Devices then you aint seen nothing yet my motherboard holds up to 3gbs of ram and i have 2 7800s lol i got a good deal from ebay brand new still in factory stealed rap and i got it for the price of one
     
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    xlink GR's Tech Enthusiast

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    i meant that each "card" had two seperate gpus. not that it was dual-core. I could be wrong though, but I know for a fact that you can't have more than two PXI-x16 slots, you'd have to go down to x8 to have more.

    EDIT: see I am right

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    Seems like a waste now, but that computer rpolly will last many years at least for gaming. Just cus it is too much for today doesnt mean it will be a waste for tommorow ;)
     
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    actually, it won't because it won't have technologies such as pixel shader 4.0 and due to the fact that SLI gets the biggest performance boost at higher screen resolutions, not harder enviroments.
     
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    no because of direct x10 and ps4.
     

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