Recent content by JakeAlmighty

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    do i need a higher wattage PSU? 3rd Titan X incoming

    Stuff you didn't plan on happens, my 3rd Titan X is now on it's way to me in the mail. I currently use an Antec High Current PRO platinum rated 1000w PSU in my main rig. link currently two overclocked Titan Xs and the cpu is an overclocked Gulftown 980X. Fancy extras drawing power include many...
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    SLI bridge spacing - which size bridge? ASUS Rampage III Formula board

    hello, I'm buying one of the fancy EVGA SLI bridges for use on my ASUS Rampage III Formula board - stock picture of the board is attached below. http://assets.overclock.net.s3.amazonaws.com/4/48/4889926e_vbattach173629.jpeg I am supposed to use pcie slots 1 and 3 for x16/x16. (the top and...
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    X58 system - triple channel or no?

    I need an additional set of ddr3 for an X58 system - should I buy a triple channel kit or will it be 100% compatible with faster, more modern ddr3? (there would be no correctly sized single kit though - need 6 dimms in total) The motherboard for the system is the ASUS Rampage III Formula. an...
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    installing Win8.1 from USB gets stuck on black Windows screen

    hello - thank you in advance for any help you can give me. the situation is this - I am trying to install Win8.1 from a (confirmed) working boot USB on the machine I've cobbled together for my wife but it is getting stuck every time at the following screen. I can enter the bios fine, this is...
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    Mantle Vs MaxWell Vs DirectX 12

    Can you clarify what exactly your question is? I think you have a few things confused.
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    AMD R9 295x2 or TITAN X Superclocked

    It just depends what kind of total performance you're looking for. If it's just as simple as a) buy a 295x2 or b) buy a Titan X, then you should probably buy a 295x2 as it's stronger and much cheaper. (after you check that none of the games you want to play have issues with Crossfire or...
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    What Graphics Card for 3 ROG Swift's in Surround

    You're going to need SLI Titan Xs.
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    144hz Monitor looking horrible at everything below 100FPS

    If your fps is less than your monitor refresh rate, it has to display some of the frames twice to fill in the gaps. Unless you're sitting at 72fps (in which case every frame would be displayed twice) you're going to get inconsistencies in the picture because some of the frames are being...
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    Couple of questions regarding the TItan X

    "Nvidia’s CEO went on to state that pascal will be 10 times faster than Maxwell and he arrived at this conclusion via what he calls “CEO math”. Obviously this was just a humorous way to impress the crowd at GTC 2015 and is based on “very rough estimates”." The things that ARE worth noting...