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[Alex]

I'll bet that you won't get anything except shitty cheap stuff for free. It costs money to run a business, and if your dads friend is giving shit away for free he's a horrible businessman.

He just gave us Windows Vista Ultimate and a copy of XP for free.

I think this guy's rig is the best.

[Cortexian]

He just gave us Windows Vista Ultimate and a copy of XP for free.

I think this guy's rig is the best.

I thought that quad SLI with GTX 295's was impossible... What motherboard was he using in that video? Either way, anything more than two of those graphics cards is pointless, and the performance increase would be negligible. That PC right there is nothing but a hardware e-peen extravaganza, and it has no real-life purpose.

Software is fairly cheap at cost, like I said, try getting a 1TB hard drive or a good graphics card for free. If he's any kind of competent buisnessman it won't happen.

[Xetsuei]

You know, for that really high end build, I'm not so sure 2x GTX 295s are the way to go. I know they beat the HD4870 X2 in quadfire, but the dual GTX295s also have a record for not working at all at certain settings in certain games. Crysis at 2560x1600 comes to mind.

How new is this to you? Because the last I heard it's been fixed.

Either way, anything more than two of those graphics cards is pointless, and the performance increase would be negligible. That PC right there is nothing but a hardware e-peen extravaganza, and it has no real-life purpose.

Someone's jealous.

[InnerGoat]

Its you, you're jealous

That rig is more suited for crunching than it is gaming lmao. Probably capable of 50k a day depending on the WUs it gets. Fucking impressive power there.

[Cortexian]

Someone's jealous.

Well of course I'm jealous, that's a killer rig in itself. Except I'd never BUY all that shit, because like I said, the performance increase once you go to three or four cards is negligible. If I was given all those components for free I wouldn't hesitate to use them all.

[Warsaw]

It's necessary if you want to play at resolutions of 2560x1600 with maximum settings; it's not so much for the performance increase at that point as much as it is for opening up new options.

[Cortexian]

It's necessary if you want to play at resolutions of 2560x1600 with maximum settings; it's not so much for the performance increase at that point as much as it is for opening up new options.

Two GTX 295's can handle that just fine.

[Warsaw]

That's my point...you need those uber setups like Quadfire and Quad SLI to get that performance. I was responding to your statement about negligible performance gains...it's not about the performance gain as much as the ability to do things that lesser setups can't.

[Cortexian]

Question related to graphics card bios flashing... Most factory overclocked graphics cards use the same physical hardware that the regular cards do right? For example, an eVGA GTX 285 FTW and/or eVGA GTX 285 SSC use the same hardware as a regular eVGA GTX 285 don't they?

[Xetsuei]

Question related to graphics card bios flashing... Most factory overclocked graphics cards use the same physical hardware that the regular cards do right? For example, an eVGA GTX 285 FTW and/or eVGA GTX 285 SSC use the same hardware as a regular eVGA GTX 285 don't they?

Yes.