Recommend a graphics card

[mac_shinobi]

Now if they would just hurry up and make SATA 5, PCI-E 4.0 X64 with a 1000 core CPU - we may be able to make some terminators , a T1000 ?? Hopefully not made by Lenovo

[sonofsanta]

Now if they would just hurry up and make SATA 5, PCI-E 4.0 X64 with a 1000 core CPU - we may be able to make some terminators , a T1000 ?? Hopefully not made by Lenovo

 

It'd be indestructible! We best hope that Skynet achieves sentience in an Acer factory so we have a chance to fight back (or hide out for a couple of months until they all break of their own accord).

[3s-gtech]

It'd be slightly less dramatic if the war with Skynet was not won with the leadership of John Connor; but simply because some hinges broke, an important plastic blanking plate was not secured with threadlock, and the Atheros wifi was bricked by a dodgy firmware update.

[featured_spectre]

It'd be slightly less dramatic if the war with Skynet was not won with the leadership of John Connor; but simply because some hinges broke, an important plastic blanking plate was not secured with threadlock, and the Atheros wifi was bricked by a dodgy firmware update.

 

We should give up now, that post wins

[mac_shinobi]

It'd be slightly less dramatic if the war with Skynet was not won with the leadership of John Connor; but simply because some hinges broke, an important plastic blanking plate was not secured with threadlock, and the Atheros wifi was bricked by a dodgy firmware update.

 

And trying to claim on warranty would take an absolute age by which point you could of destroyed them repeatedly before they get repaired

[Arthur]

Now if they would just hurry up and make SATA 5, PCI-E 4.0 X64 with a 1,000 core CPU - we may be able to make some terminators, a T1000? Hopefully not made by Lenovo

We're kind of almost there already.

 

• SATA 4 or 5 = 12Gb/s SAS
  
• PCIe 4.0 (x64) = 128GB/s (I think the Dell PowerEdge R920 has 10 x PCIe 3.0 x16 slots which add upto 160GB/s)
  
• 1,000 Core CPU = 32 x Intel Xeon E7-8890 v2 (960 Cores) or 1 x nVidia GeForce Titan Black (2,880 Cores)
  

[mac_shinobi]

We're kind of almost there already.

 

• SATA 4 or 5 = 12Gb/s SAS
  
• PCIe 4.0 (x64) = 128GB/s (I think the Dell PowerEdge R920 has 10 x PCIe 3.0 x16 slots which add upto 160GB/s)
  
• 1,000 Core CPU = 32 x Intel Xeon E7-8890 v2 (960 Cores) or 1 x nVidia GeForce Titan Black (2,880 Cores)
  

 

So an enterprise SSD with two black edition Titans and the above spec - you building a T1000 then lol @Arthur

[ICTDirect_Dave]

So an enterprise SSD with two black edition Titans and the above spec - you building a T1000 then lol @Arthur

 

No can do. He might have some luck with a T800, but the T1000 uses a lot a nanotech. In fact all it's processing is done at the cellular level. No wonder the damn things are so hard to kill!

[mac_shinobi]

No can do. He might have some luck with a T800, but the T1000 uses a lot a nanotech. In fact all it's processing is done at the cellular level. No wonder the damn things are so hard to kill!

 

What metal does the T800 use on the walking terminators ? Adamantium lol ( although that is from wolverine so different movie altogether ) lol

[Arthur]

you building a T1000 then

I would build a T-1 to start with because it looks like you might be able to fit a 1U rackmount server on the back of it.

[mac_shinobi]

I would build a T-1 to start with because it looks like you might be able to fit a 1U rackmount server on the back of it.

 

For your T2 - you will use an Intel NUX lol

[Arthur]

What metal does the T800 use on the walking terminators?

Hyper-alloy? I think someone needs to invent it before 2015 / 2026 though.

Edited February 19, 2014 by Arthur

[hawc]

You could use a BOINC project to do it. I have a thread running on BOINC

[mac_shinobi]

Hyper-alloy? I think someone needs to invent it before 2015 / 2026 though.

 

Presume its similar process to how they make aircraft grade aluminum but using stainless steel or a stronger metal that is maybe carbonized etc ?

 

For the T-4 - presume you will use a raspberry pi lol

Edited February 19, 2014 by mac_shinobi

[featured_spectre]

Well agreed with the mrs. No savings fund for the month.

 

Will be buying the following

 

850W PSU

GTX 770

250GB Samsuing SSD

[sonofsanta]

Well agreed with the mrs. No savings fund for the month.

 

Will be buying the following

 

850W PSU

GTX 770

250GB Samsuing SSD

 

Now that is a Happy Birthday. You'll be like a pig in poop with that lot

[featured_spectre]

Awwwwh yis!

 

We agreed it because I wont upgrade anything for 3 years unless things go bang or what have you. So I am extremely happy! Better GFX Card than my budget allowed initially (by a massive margine)

[sonofsanta]

To be honest there's not much need to upgrade more these days, my PC is coming up 5 years old (AMD Phenom II X4 965, Samsung 830 128GB, 4GB RAM) and I bought a new GTX 680 for it for my birthday in October, and I reckon that'll do me for another five years. It takes about that long for graphics cards to get twice as good, and there's not much point in upgrading before that mark.

 

And what with having the GTX 680, the same as your 770 bar a clock bump in your favour, I feel confident in saying it is a very lovely card indeed a big improvement over the Crossfired 5770s I had before. What model have you gone for? I am a little bit in love with the Asus DirectCU II cooler on mine, so bloody quiet and shiny looking.

[featured_spectre]

Thats exactly the model I am going for! I like things to run quietly!

[sonofsanta]

Thats exactly the model I am going for! I like things to run quietly!

 

Ensure you have Kleenex to hand when it arrives. Even unboxing it may cause issues with excitement.

 

The 680 was the first top-end card I'd ever bought as well (though it was a generation old when I got it, but still, it was only £240), and hot-damn that thing is big.

[featured_spectre]

Well I have crossfired 5770's at the minute, well, no, thats a lie, one is now unplugged and on its way to my stepdad. The other will be going up for sale (still in very good condition).

 

This is the exact card http://www.amazon.co.uk/GeForce-DirectCU-Graphics-Express-Display/dp/B00CY5GP08/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1392975869&sr=8-1&keywords=gtx+770

[sonofsanta]

Well I have crossfired 5770's at the minute, well, no, thats a lie, one is now unplugged and on its way to my stepdad. The other will be going up for sale (still in very good condition).

 

This is the exact card http://www.amazon.co.uk/GeForce-DirectCU-Graphics-Express-Display/dp/B00CY5GP08/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1392975869&sr=8-1&keywords=gtx+770

 

Looks like about 40MHz of extra chip speed, and a jump from 6GHz to 7GHz on the memory clock (which will make the bigger difference). And not quite as stupidly gigantic as the 680. Other than that, though, pretty much the same card for an incredible price that will melt your face with the pretty. Congrats

[featured_spectre]

From what I have now, this will be a massive massive jump (that said I got the 5770s when they were brand new, and they have served me well)

[sonofsanta]

Aye, likewise - but if you compare the 5870 to the 770 on Anandtech (as an analog for 5770 CF vs. 770) you'll get that double-the-performance jump. And if you compare a single 5770 to the 770... well, I'll let you work that one out yourself

[Domino]

Well I have crossfired 5770's at the minute, well, no, thats a lie, one is now unplugged and on its way to my stepdad. The other will be going up for sale (still in very good condition).

 

This is the exact card Asus GTX 770 Nvidia GeForce DirectCU II OC 2GB GDDR5 Graphics Card (PCI Express 3.0, HDMI, DVI-I, DVI-D, Display Port, 256 Bit, 3D Vision Ready, GPU Boost 2.0): Amazon.co.uk: Computers & Accessories

 

Pretty similar to mine actually: http://www.amazon.co.uk/MSI-Nvidia-Gaming-TF-Graphics/dp/B00D3XW8MO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1392976758&sr=8-1&keywords=msi+gtx+770