 badtripI heart the East BayPremium
join:2004-03-20
Albany, CA
1 edit | reply to kpross
Re: Build review please You should certainly look into a higher tier card. Like you, I'm all about bang for the buck and milking the system until it chokes on new games. But consider this, when you are ready to go SLi when vid card prices drop, the price differential between a 260 and a 285 will be a lot closer than they are now. Depending on how long you wait, the price differential may be trivial.
Thus for a $100 extra investment today (and you're probably dropping a good grand or more on this build), you will enjoy a large positive performance differential between a 285 SLi setup compared to a 260 SLi setup. Your rig will be viable longer in the long run for a small increase in cost.
I chose to spend the extra $$ on a 285 when I rebuilt in sept. because I get a performance boost now, I can wait longer to go SLi (allowing vid card prices to drop further before I buy) and when I do go SLi, I will have a 285 SLi setup.
EDIT: I say $100 increase over your $190 because I was able to find a gtx 285 for a couple bucks over $300 at Micro Center. There's deals out there if you're vigilant. Plus take a look at the tomshardware chart you linked to comparing the gtx285 and the 260 SLi setup. The 260 Sli only gives you 1.9 FPS more than the single gtx285  |
