gaming computer with a budget of 1200-1300

[Phyxius]

i remember back in my gaming days of America's Army & BF2, JK-2 that the razr was a really good competition to everyone else... especially the keyboards when there were the new saitek and the lg kb, i forget the name of it.

i might as well get the razr gaming pads just to complete the set lol.

[ultraman7k]

Originally Posted by Phyxius

i remember back in my gaming days of America's Army & BF2, JK-2 that the razr was a really good competition to everyone else... especially the keyboards when there were the new saitek and the lg kb, i forget the name of it.

i might as well get the razr gaming pads just to complete the set lol.

are you referring to the logitech g13 and not sure what the saitek one was called. but the Razer has the Nostromo which used to be made by Belkin, but has since been taken over by Razer.

I bought one a few weeks back, and it took a few hours to get used to...but since then i haven't looked back at all. Totally changed my life lol. I imagine it must be the same with the g13.

[southbay]

Originally Posted by Phyxius

can someone explain to me whaat realy is the difference between all these evga 560 card? they all have different prices, and some are the same price but 1 has 2gb the other has 1gb....

Search Results for evga gtx 560 ti superclocked at TigerDirect.com

help me choose!! lol

2gb dedicated ram can always be better but has it's price differences. Usually the more money a certain card costs the cooler and faster it'll run. For example, a Twin Frozr from MSI is the most expensive 560ti out. Yet it'll stay much cooler than other 560's because of the fans etc which means you'll get more performance out of this and more headroom to overclock if you decide to.

[Russ_T]

Some of the cards listed there are standard 560s (not Ti). You want to watch out for that because there's a somewhat significant difference. There are also differences in the bundle, memory amount, clocks, etc in that list.

I'm a big fan of MSI's Twin Frozr cards myself. They run much cooler then their respective reference designs, and the noise they generate can be controlled by messing with the fan profile in MSI Afterburner. My GTX570 TFIII, for example, runs about 15c cooler then the reference 570 I had with the fan speeds capped at 50%. At full load the reference EVGA 570 was entirely too loud for my tastes. There are other manufacturers, like Gigabyte, that make nice coolers as well.

I've never dealt with a reference 560 Ti before though so YMMV.

[Russ_T]

BTW, if you're going with a 19'' monitor then 1GB vs 2GB is a non issue. It isn't until you get to the 1080p range that this starts to matter. Even then, it's only with a handful of games with textures on high and lots of antialiasing.

[Phyxius]

is this card: EVGA 01G-P3-1563-AR GeForce GTX 560 Ti SuperClocked Video Card - 1GB, GDDR5, Overclocked, PCI-Express 2.0 (x16), Dual DVI, HDMI, DirectX 11, SLI Ready good enough for my needs? it is 229$ atm

[Phyxius]

hi guys, i was in a conversation with someone earlier and he told me that to SLI the 560 is a waste of money that i should just invest instead in the570-580 single gpu.

i would like your thoughts on this... will not an SLI help?

i think i am more undecided than when i started this build lol...

[ultraman7k]

IMO probably better off buying single fastest GPU you can than going Crossfire/SLI.

[Phyxius]

ok...why though? will slow my the computer? heat it up, not see a significant difference vs a single 570 gpu?

[Phyxius]

i found this thread in the video cards section Battlefield 3 single monitor, GTX 560 TI SLI, HD 6950 CFX?

they were talking about SLI 560 TI or 580 and people were saying SLi the 560 over the 580... so i am seeing a lot of controversy, but what do the specs say? anyone know?