Recent content by incognito31

Sounds like you are definitely leaning towards a quadro and the professional performance is more important than the gaming aspect, so I would say you should definitely go with the K4000. With the improved driver support on professional graphics cards t improve things like 3d rendering I'm sure...

LOL, don't sweat it. Yeah, you are overthinking it, but without the experience I would be too. :) ASRock is 4th because the other major manufacturers overclock better, with ASUS being number 1, and most people on places like Tom's OC, so that's why they will be most popular around here, but my...

Honestly, you may be able to do this within your budget if you went with a Titan X which performs similarly to a Quadro 5200 in terms of professional graphics performance, and then sacrifice on some of the other components like going with a 4690K, only one SSD (do you really need a 512GB RAID...

Seems like cost and reliability are both important to you, and I've never had a ASRock Mobo fail. In fact, I was just going to do a video on how the ASRock boards need more love. ASUS are great boards, but they are more expensive and typically used more for stable overclocking. If you are just...

The last non beta release was 8 months ago. I don't think they will stop competing, but that's hard to explain. Games are changing all the time - new releases, updates, etc. That's where driver support is really helpful. Specs may be better on the 390, but that doesn't translate into reliable...

I've been really pleased with the EVGA FTW editions, and here is the 970 version for you: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487077 Honestly, yes, the 980 performs better than the 970, but it's not worth the extra cost. As for the .5GB memory difference, I don't believe...

I would try to sell the 560ti on CL or Ebay as you should be able to get a decent chunk that you can apply to the 970. As mentioned, you can't set these cards up in SLI. Another much more affordable option for you would be the GTX 960. 2 GB version is around $190 and 4GB is $220. Unless you...

There are lots of advantages to the 980ti in your situation. First, you will have 6GB vs 3, which will be important if you want to run those resolutions and maintain high performance. Driver support is already a significant issue for AMD, and it's worse for Crossfire configurations, so improved...

Sorry, I don't want to get in the whole green v red debate, but it's hard to ignore the issues as it relates to this discussion. The last stable driver release from AMD was 12/9/14. Really? To me it's almost like they gave up trying to compete because they know they can't, at least on the driver...

This card falls in your budget at $220 and is an excellent card with 4GB DDR5 Memory. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487133 This one is $180 after rebate right now, but it only has 2GB of memory, and if you are looking for a long term investment I'd go with the 4GB...

If you can't get your graphics card OR his to work on either PCI slot on this motherboard AND you have replaced the power supply AND the GPUs work in your build, then it is definitely the motherboard. Only other thing I can think of before returning it is to clear CMOS and update BIOS to most...

Absolutely. Nvidia cards have excellent driver support, and the RIVE BE is one of the best motherboards I've ever worked with. Since it was released a while ago, however, I'd recommend flashing the BIOS to the most current version. Looks like the last update was 6/23/14...

People should try to be a little less emotional about this debate. You can show me all the synthetic benches and FPS tests you want, but my real life experience using both GTX 780, 770 and 7970 Vapor X, etc, is that the Nvidia cards are more reliable higher performing over time. I've had all...

I know it was older, but felt like commenting as it's a common question. I didn't even think PS would be an issue for most as you could run a 7770 xfire with a $50 Corsair PSU. Obviously there are clear advantages to a single card as you point out, but I think the xfire configs take a bad rap...

This is the exact model: F3-2133C9Q2-64GZH It's actually rated for 2133 so I'm not overclocking it. Just loaded the XMP profile. I actually tinkered around with it initially at standard 1600 without any XMP profile (increased voltage) and dropped down to 2 sticks and that didn't make a...