^^ha ha...no way...^^ im saying that SLI 512's score 1K more points (on my rig) than SLI 8800gt(s)
i just re-read my first post...it sounds like this is the 512 in my sig, but it is not. this is my second one, an ECS...sorry for the confusion.
in any event...lol no way im selling the case. worse case scenario, i sell the 5000 and 590, and buy an intel. i would keep the case and put the old old OLD AMD system in it and put it to folding. or, i still have my brisbane 3600, just need a mobo (i have multiples of everything else, lol). i can get one cheap, with o/b and put it to fold (can you fold with o/b graphics?). this case will never house anything but an AMD...to do otherwise would be blasphemous.
guru, your idea is interesting. i can wait for awhile. you think that chip at 3.8-4ghz is enough to keep BOTH cards from bottlenecking?
as far as testing games, i have tested crysis and GoW (both *ahem* unofficial copies, so i am not angry about lack of SLI support), COD4 (slight difference as i stated above), fuel of war (no support to my knowledge..maybe with the new patch that recently came out, i have it, but have not applied it yet...so no difference there), and i plan to test WiC, earned in blood, the patched version of FoW, BF2, BF2142, BFSF, BF1942 (and all expansions), FEAR, C&C, Blazing Angels 2 (should be a MARKED difference in this one), and any other games i have on the "supported" list from nvidia (lol i have 2 bookshelves full of games i cant remember them all...many of them a SINGLE 512 will max with 150+ frames) tommorow. couldn't do it today cos i got a usb bay panel that i had to install (PITA!!! i had to further mod the case cos the only BLACK usb panel i could find was for a 3.25 bay, not a 5.25....WTF?)to give me front USB ports and my rig is torn apart ATM.
v-dogg i am indeed thinking of buying a quad heh heh. i cant get the chip to stabilize much over 3.325 without cranking up the voltage, so that really is about it for the old 5000 BE. i can boot at 3.4, but it just dont like it.
my mobo is getting old, anyway. i've started to notice that it doesn't like the high ext clocks it used to (when i first got it, i could do 320+..which is basically...well, amazing
).
good ideas , gentlemen. any more?
maybe i should get a bigger monitor heh.