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Mist · Oct 18, 2015

I would much rather have one 980ti than 2 970s SLI.

But at this point, pascal can't be more than like 7 months away.

Assuming I can get keep ridiculous amounts of overtime, I think I'm going to build a pretty fucking sweet PC sometime next year.

Killswitch · Oct 18, 2015

I have this monitor currently:ASUS VS278Q-P Black 271 Built-in Speakers - Newegg.com
I have this graphic card:ASUS GTX760-DC2OC-2GD5 G-SYNC Support GeForce GTX 760 2GB 256-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card - Newegg.com

I want to pick up another monitor (same) but whats the best way to run a 2 monitor setup? No DVI on the monitors just HDMI, VGA and displayport. Just one HDMI, 2 x DVI and a display port on the VC.

Killswitch · Oct 18, 2015

Double post

Mist · Oct 18, 2015

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Killswitch · Oct 18, 2015

Mist_sl said:
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So hooking one up HDMI and then using a displayport to HDMI for the other monitor will work? Just wanted to make sure I wasnt going to run into issue's never ran more than one monitor at a time.

Intrinsic · Oct 19, 2015

Nah, not in that configuration. It really only gets "tricky" when you start trying to drive multiple 120/144 Hz monitors at 1440p+ and/or across SLI configurations. But multi monitors at 1080p60 a single card can put out these days (for the most part I'm not looking at every damn card out there).

Big Phoenix · Oct 19, 2015

Ronne_sl said:
How much cheaper is a pair of 970s though? An EVGA or something reference is what, like 320$ still? It comes out almost exactly the same price as a TI with a factory OC, and the TI benchmarks almost identical to the SLI setup (usually a few frames lower on max fps, few frames higher on minimum from what I've seen). Just seems like a lot less hassle to never have to deal with SLI issues in games to get basically identical performance and price.

It's a trade off;

No stuttering/frame issues
Lower power consumption
No driver/sli issues

V

Cheaper setup
Slightly better performance most of the time

slippery · Oct 19, 2015

I had a GTX 570 that died (fans stopped working, overheated after like an hour and shut off) so I got a 960.

After putting it in and booting up I tried to update NVidia drivers but it kept failing. I tried to restart and it would only boot directly into bios. When I take out the card and go back to onboard video it boots fine.

Any suggestions? Is it just a dead card? Is my mobo dieing? HD dieing?

If it matters, I'm on win 8.1 64bit, Z77 Sabertooth, 250gb M4 SSD, 1TB WD Blue HD

Mist · Oct 19, 2015

Did you plug in the additional power connector(s) correctly? It should be 1x 8-pin I think.

slippery · Oct 19, 2015

It was 2x 6 pin ones, and yes. I even tried a different pair of power cables (I have TX 850 or something like that with plenty of juice and modular cables so was able to try spares easily).

Mist · Oct 19, 2015

Just take it as a sign from the Almighty GabeN that you should have bought a 970.

slippery · Oct 19, 2015

Mist_sl said:
Just take it as a sign from the Almighty GabeN that you should have bought a 970.

If it wasn't 50% more I probably would have tbh. I'm not sure I'd really get use out of the extra performance for the extra $100 though.

If only I could get the 960 to work

Eomer · Oct 19, 2015

Is Driver Cleaner still around? Maybe try that or something similar to purge any trace of your old drivers or settings?

Mist · Oct 19, 2015

If it's not booting its probably DOA.

Joeboo · Oct 19, 2015

Try a different PCIe slot

Joeboo · Oct 20, 2015

They've officially dipped below $150...first time I have seen that

500GB Samsung 850 EVO 2.5" SATA III Solid State Drive $144

Mist · Oct 20, 2015

After the 1st they come with AC:StabbyTophatsInLondonTown for free.

ronne · Oct 20, 2015

Does ram timing matter at all for dd4, or can I just buy this crap and be done with it?

CORSAIR Vengeance LPX 16GB Desktop Memory Model CMK16GX4M2A2666C16 - Newegg.com

Mist · Oct 21, 2015

Based on benchmarks, I wouldn't buy lower than 2666, that's for sure.

Alkorin · Oct 21, 2015

Slippery: Try a different PCI-E slot. If it works, that's your cue to start looking for a motherboard. If not, I'd RMA the card.

(Also, oops, someone else already said this, but it's still a good idea.)

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