Graphics Card

[bragor]

Graphics Card
1GB ATI RADEON™ HD 6870 PCI EXPRESS - DirectX® 11, Eyefinity 3 Capable

What will be a good dual graphics card for this baby?

 

[Tom DWC]

Another 6870 - you can't spec a different card in a multi GPU setup, it doesn't work that way unfortunately. Don't select two lower end cards because of this though. Get the 6870, overspec the PSU and add another 6870 further down the line when the prices have dropped.

 

[bragor]

umm, whats the difference in buying two 6870s?

 

[Tom DWC]

What's the difference in buying two 6870s?

At the moment, not alot. One 6870 is already plenty of horsepower let alone two. In a few years, when the 6870 has been superceeded, adding another will give you a performance boost and bring it up to the level of the next generation card that replaced it.

This isn't exactly concrete, but say AMD released a 7870 in 2011...

2x 6870 = 1x 7870.

If you catch my drift.

 

[bragor]

i have another like,200 to spend on phoenix's build, any improvements?

 

[Tom DWC]

Possibly stick an Intel Core i7 in there, or add any other extra bells and whistles you feel you might like - maybe a custom cooler.

 

[bragor]

he said that the cooler would be enough? or dont u think.

 

[Tom DWC]

It's enough - you don't really need to spend much more but if you wanted to then it would be an added bonus.

 

[bragor]

so nothing pops out to you? for the extra money i could spend to improve it much?

 

[Tom DWC]

There's nothing there that concerns me no. Phoenix knows his AMD - it's a solid spec.

 

[bragor]

thankyou mate should easily handle wow full graphics?

 

[Tom DWC]

It could run WoW on full graphics in its sleep.

 

[bragor]

Last question, it says i cant have the speedy delivery because some items our out of stock at the moment.
COOLERMASTER HAF 932 FULL TOWER GAMING CASE
AMD PHENOM II X4 970 (3.50GHz/8MB CACHE/AM3) - BLACK EDITION
640GB WD CAVIAR GREEN WD6400AARS, SATA 3 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
1 x 2 METRE GOLD PLATED V1.4 HDMI CABLE (£8)

any alternatives?

 

[PCS]

There are lots of alternatives to the items you have listed. However, most of these items are due into us in the next few days, so you could either wait a little longer or order a standard build.

 

[bragor]

do u know exactly how many days?

 

[PCS]

Unfortunately not, but we have daily deliveries of stock. Best thing is to place your order on a standard service, unless you're desperate for the computer, in which case select alternative products.

 

[bragor]

would u be able to change the products listed above? into the same, or better stuff, for a little more rpice or same kind of amount? for me.

 

[Phoenix]

would u be able to change the products listed above? into the same, or better stuff, for a little more rpice or same kind of amount? for me.

It's not really possible to retain the same price with parts that are either equal to or better than the things already in the build. You could upgrade the parts which would cost you more money like HAF-932 --> HAF-X and Caviar Green ---> Caviar Black or you could downgrade the parts which would save more money like HAF-932 ---> HAF-922 and Phenom II x4 970 --> Phenom II x4 965. I'd just go for the standard build time though, it won't take that long.

 

[bragor]

it says 10-13 days to build, let alone deliever

 

[bragor]

is that correct? or not.