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UltimaBoB

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I just got a new machine:

*E6700
*2 x x1950XTX 512 MB in Crossfire
*Asus P5W DH Deluxe Wi Fi Mobo
*2 x DDR 800 1 GB Ram Hynix
*Antec P180 Case
*Enermax Liberty 620W PSU
*Creative X-FI Extreme Music Sound Card
*150 GB W/D Raptor HDD
* LG DVD Drive
*HP p1230 22" Diamondtron CRT

My goal is to upgrade to DX 10 in about 10 months to 1 year. Will I need to upgrade motherbaord and PSU to handle DUAL DX10 cards? Will people be using DX10s two at a time in crossfire?
 
nice system...

I wouldn't waste money on a new processor unless of course quad cores get used in games...

I would sell 1 of those 1950xtx but that's me... those are going to drop in price really fast when the dx10 cards arrive.
 
I dont want to buy DX10 until very mature so I will wait until Q4 2007.

I'll have the cash then to buy new DX10 cards even if I cant sell my 1950s. I want crossfire power for the next year so I'll keep them.

Will my PSU handle crossfired DX10s? Will they crossfire ATI DX10 cards?
 
i meant 1 normal and 1 crossfire- its all good, running ~11,000 3dmark06 w/o OCing
 
UltimaBoB said:
I dont want to buy DX10 until very mature so I will wait until Q4 2007.

I'll have the cash then to buy new DX10 cards even if I cant sell my 1950s. I want crossfire power for the next year so I'll keep them.

Will my PSU handle crossfired DX10s? Will they crossfire ATI DX10 cards?
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nobody can say when the power envelope will be a few generations from now. nvidia is recommending 800W for their SLI config and the whispers are that R600 will be even more power hungry. if you had a 700W i would say maybe, but with 620W i am not sure.
 
Will my PSU handle crossfired DX10s? Will they crossfire ATI DX10 cards?
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You're most likely going to want/need an auxillary PSU for the GPU. Thermaltake makesn a 300 Watt one for roughly $50 with dual PCI-E connectors.

Honestly, you'll probably need two of these (one for each GPU) in order to run SLI/CrossFire if the power consumption rumors are true.
 
Can a P180 case hold TWO auxillary PSUs and my Enermax Liberty 620?
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They're standard 5.25" drives, so if you have two drive bays open, then sure.

The other thing is that the PSU have a breakout connector for external power, so you either need two expansion slots open, or find some way to get a plug inside of your computer.

Here's a link B.T.W: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817153037
 
Sell the 2 1950s and get one 8800GTX (in a couple of weeks) I think I read it will break 12000 in FM06 somewhere
SLI 8800GTXs hurt me hurt me

yes and pick up a small generator to run them :eek:
I have CF1900s and thats what I plan to do
 
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