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MorningWood

MorningWood

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Looking on ibuypower.com and building a gaming desktop. Which DUAL graphics card is superior for insane gaming?

The "x2 - ATI Radeon HD 4890"

or

The "x2 - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295"

or

The "x2 - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 (2GB)"


All cards running SLI



Any help would be appreciated.
 
Is it two GTX 295 or a single GTX295? As the GTX295 is a dual gpu card... Or, better, what model are you looking at?
 
Im building a custom pc on Ibuypower.com




MY CUSTOM BUILD THUS FAR


Case ( [New !!!] Zalman GS1000 Full Tower Gaming Case w/420W Power Supply Black )
Case Lighting ( Cold Cathode Neon Light Red )
Power Supply ( [= Gaming Edition =] 1000 Watt Extreme Power Supply [Gaming Series] --- Quad SLI + Active PFC + 80 Plus Ready )
Processor ( [== Quad Core ==] AMD Phenom™ II X4 955 Black Edition Quad-Core CPU w/ HyperTransport Technology AM3 & AM2+ support )
Processor Cooling ( Coolermaster V10 Hybrid TEC CPU Cooling Fan System Full cover of DRAM & CPU cooling for best cooling performance )
Motherboard ( [SLI] Asus Crosshair II Formula NVIDIA nForce 780a SLI Chipset w/7.1 Sound, Gb LAN, S-ATA Raid, IEEE 1394, USB 2.0, 3-Way SLI PCI-E/HDMI MB 3-Way SLI )
Memory ( 8 GB [2 GB X4] DDR2-1066 PC2 8500 Memory Module Corsair Dominator )
Video Card ( 2x NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295 1792MB w/DVI + TV Out Video - running SLI mode )
Video Card Brand ( Major Brand Powered by NVIDIA )
Free Game for ATI Video Card ( None )
Hard Drive ( 1.5 TB HARD DRIVE [Serial-ATA-II, 3Gb, 7200 RPM, 32M Cache] )
2nd Hard Drive ( None )
External Hard Drives [USB 2.0/eSATA] ( None )
CD/DVD Drive ( [Lightscribe Technology] LG 22X Dual Format/Double Layer DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW Drive Black )
CD-RW/DVD-RW Drive ( [Lightscribe Technology] LG 22X Dual Format/Double Layer DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW Drive Black )
Sound Card ( Creative Lab Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer )
Speaker System ( iBUYPOWER 2.1 Channel Stereo Super Bass Subwoofer Speaker System )
Network Card ( Killer M1 - Online Gaming Accelerator - w/ 400Mhz Network Processing Unit + Lag Reduction Technology )
Floppy Drive ( None )
Monitor ( None )
2nd Monitor ( None )
Keyboard ( Logitech G15 Gaming Keyboard )
Mouse ( Logitech G9 Laser Gaming Mouse Black )
USB 2.0 Accessories ( Add External USB 2.0 Hub (4x USB 2.0 Ports) )
USB 2.0 Accessories ( Built-in USB 2.0 Ports )
Meter Display ( Thermal Temperature LCD Display Black )
Flash Media Reader/Writer ( 12-In-1 Internal Flash Media Card Reader/Writer Black )
Extras ( [Free T-shirt] iBUYPOWER / ARCHLORD Black )
Operating System ( Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate + [Free 60-Day !!!] Microsoft Office 2007(Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Access ....) 64-Bit )
Software/Game ( [Free Game] - Halo 2 Free with purchase of Microsoft Windows Vista operating system )
USB Flash Drive ( None )
MP3/MP4 Player ( None )
Video Camera ( None )
Headset ( None )
Power Protection ( None )
Advanced Build Options ( Professional wiring for all cables inside the system tower Achieve exceptional airflow in your chassis )
Advanced Build Options ( Tuniq TX-2 High Performance Thermal Compound The best interface between your CPU and the heatsinks )



And I cant decide which graphics card is better. ATi or NVIDIA....
 
Nvidia is better, but which system are u customizing? Eg- Gamer Paladin XXX. BTW, for cooler go with the xigmatek or the V8, the V10 is more of a gimmick than anything else, only a 50watt or so tec. Also notice the power supply seems kinda off brandish... might wanna go with the Corsair, 850W corsair would power that rig and be better than an unknown brand 1kw. Also, instead of going with 2 GTX 295's, maybe go core i7 and get a single GTX295, as its two gpu's on one card and tears through any current games out there anyhow. Those "killer" network cards arent really that good either, again money would be better spent towards an i7 system or more mem.
 
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I was told the AMD was better used for gaming than the Intel...

So I shouldnt worry about dual graphic cards?


BTW its a Gamer Paladin F950
 
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MorningWood said:
I was told the AMD was better used for gaming than the Intel...

So I shouldnt worry about dual graphic cards?


BTW its a Gamer Paladin F950
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Intel is more powerful, therefore it is better for gaming and basically anything. As far as dual graphics cards, with a GTX295 you essentially are running dual graphics cards, as it is two graphics cards in SLI onto one physical card. If you have two GTX295's you would be running quad SLI which doesnt provide as much a performance gain as you would hope. So essentially you would want the evga X58 mobo, i7 920, 6gb of memory, corsair power supply, and a single GTX295 for a comp from ibuypower. Also, as far as keyboard/mouse if you plan on buying one, the G15 and G9 are excellent for gaming. For the money....you are far better off building your own though vs purchasing from a place like ibuypower.
 
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