we have the H70 water cooler, and I play on the server when I'm their on the weekends, so I wanted a dedicated video card to play with. No need for a controller with our motherboard...we plan on placing a raid soon, but funds are short for little upgrades like that right now. We wanted mainly to get the server back up and running.
i agree with that logic, just watch out the server doesn't exceed your max bandwidth allowed from your isp.
hmm, maybe added to bf3?
oh, also 
"Got that motherfucker!!!!"
i can't wait!
first time i see evil with his mouth full
that all means, lower cpu usage, mine was 0% average since the raid card handled all the ops.
lower latency, faster throughput (not ssd level), the graph shows average, max, and min read times, displayed in latency (ms), lower is better.
think of it like ping, lower is better, higher RPM = lower latency.
that is the concept for the velociraptor, but SAS drives are meant for high load, mission critical operations, resulting in higher quality, ideal for servers.
RAID
That, and it enable other features for drives, such as SAS compatibility, since it is a different interface.
it takes stress of the cpu and processes all hdd i/o operations with a dedicated chip.
it enable battery back up for drives, drive caching, up to 10 levels of raid, 256 hdds, Etc.
i own an Dell sas 6i/r, trust me the difference between 15k and 7.2k drives is outstanding. 5ms average read time, vs a 7.2k drive's 12ms.
Pink = 15k.6 Drive
Yellow = 7.2k Drive
Those are my 2 drives, AHCI mode, No BBU.
That's what i was saying, there is one DX11 release for all gfx cards ATI, Nvidia, Intel, Matrox, and others, DX is the same for all manufacturers, and all gpu's, therefor it will look exactly the same on all of them.
Now, tessellation is another matter, i assume you are all aware of what it is and how it works, the more powerful tessellation engine will yield smoother meshes with more polygons.
As for color, all monitors, as do gfx cards work with 32 bit color, simply because there is no advantage to producing more colors, in other words we've reached the limit of color reproduction.
If you really care about visuals that much, you it would be easier to justify the purchase of an S-IPS monitor, rather than a GTX580 vs a HD6970. my PVA panel is a million time better and brighter than my TN, if you are interested i will recommend you an HP LP2475w, or you can go all out and purchase a LaCie or an NEC.
Crysis 2 will looks great on any video card, but will be optimized to use Nvidia cards that are DX11 capable. Yes, you will want DX11, and you will want Nvidia's version of DX11.
There is ONE version of DX11, sorry, just like there's one version of openGL 4. (version does not mean revision, But rather variation)
ATI and Nvidia share tiny engineering differences and slightly different micro-coding, but ultimately you get what you pay for. you can have the most advanced hardware on the planet but, never take advantage of it due to poor drivers (look at the optimus 2x). no doubt will crysis 2 be optimized for nvidia due to sponsorship.
If you modify the DX11 application extensions or configuration settings, games will probably never run.
Think of it like this, although all intel and AMD processors are cisc based they have extremely small variations in coding, no matter how small they still result in performance change. However, both Amd and Intel both follow the cisc architecture, kind of like DX11, if DX11 is non-standard the architecture of the chip would need to change based on the different variations,
due to the way pixels and vertices are tessellated. (cisc vs risc)
Aesthetically there are no differences between "ATI's DX11" and "Nvidia's DX11".
in the end 3 factors come into play:
1. Tessellation engine, and number of them.
2. Drivers
3. Hardware/Architecture/micro-code
I told them to skimp more on the gpu...do you even need a dedicated video card with sandy bridge? I thought the new generation of cpus do graphics as well.
yes, the new sandybridge chips have gpus. i have seen modern servers, they use rage pro embedded chips, also i would have skimped on the gpu and went for hdd upgrade. one of these to be more specific
http://www.newegg.com
you will also need a controller in that case
http://www.newegg.com/
and a cable
http://www.amazon.com/5M-Mini-sas-SF…s/dp/B000GTW684
i share the same case with you, i see you mounted the front intake fan on the top, lol. great case, i have never been able to clean the metal mesh out completely.
what coolant are you guys using?
Great build guys, some great hardware, personally i would have chosen a redundant psu, but eh, also watch for recalls on your p67 board they have south-bridge problems. care to share what hdds you purchased (hopefully 15k.7 seagate sas drives :))
P.S. good to see you shelling out for ic diamond like me too, word to the wise, use very little and apply as much pressure as possible to the heatsink.
Edit: it appears your mobo is listed as affected http://pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=2589
Edit2: i would also look into ocz revo drives there was a price drop recently, also consider product lifetime 24 hours a day for 365x2 days = a hell of a lot of usage hours. (17,520)
USA DOMINATE , F*CK YEAH B!TCHES!
some kid in my school was talking about this today, i didn't intervene, he said it was pretty good.
I don't believe him, nor will i ever play that, simply because i hold standards (well that and i value my vision[and sanity])
hmm, that video of the xbox guy sucking ass was awful, they could have filmed someone good.
no it's my result from vantage, you must use the "submit saved" button in the results tab.
is it wrong of me to think that it might have been good for the rails to just lead off a cliff?
population control people, come on...
Evil, can you do a soft voltage adjustment?
haha nice, did you switch it just now for me?
nope it's been like that for a good 5 months now, i can't post my 3dmark due to "FM driver unapproved" error.
my 5870 Vapor-x maxes out at 61 degrees on furmark stress test.
evil, i switched my cpu cooler around, and applied I.C. Diamond, it now blows out of the back, not sure if you could see it but i added fans on the top (which broke on me).
