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Would VR gaming benefit from any of the new features? I have a GTX 1080 running with the 3960X

Is there a compelling reason to upgrade from the 3960X?

Well I'm not seeing that but the fans seem underpowered now, in fact a couple stopped spinning completely until nudged with a finer.. Would that be a sign? These are some little fans that came with the RAM so I didn't give it much thought until now

I recently had the opportunity to purchase a third GTX 680 for a decent price so I grabbed it. Currently have it installed with my original 2 to make it 3 total in my gaming rig. One thing I forgot about was extra draw the third card would place on the system and while I haven’t seen any issues...

Yes that is exactly right. Comparing apples to oranges here but it's all I have for comparison and hopefully the CPU difference shouldn't skew it too much. Here is what I see: Gigabyte UP7 board I5 3750K, bios reset, optimized default settings (except for RAID) w/ single 680 3dmark11 Basic...

Sorry for my late reply, I was called out of town to a customer site... There must be something wrong with that Gigabyte board, I just don't know how to prove it. After trying EVERYTHING I went ahead and grabbed another 3930K and a P9X79-PRO. Dropped the two 680s in and BAM! Back to where it...

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Gigabyte z77x-up7 Ran through the steps above but unfortunately no difference. Posting requested screenshots now.

The single monitor was for testing purposes. I actually run three 24 inch BENQ 3D gaming monitors with a 30 inch HP ZR30w overtop for good measure. I really appreciat the feedback as this is driving me crazy. I just got home from a day of family birthday parties and will post the results of the...

Dropped a single 7970 in it and it came in at 6500. So the gtx are faster on in this setup but not by much....

So that is a something I am not sure of. I've tried it both ways. Nvidia has an optimize guide that say no, they should be divided: http://www.geforce.com/optimize/guides/how-to-correctly-configure-geforce-gtx-680-surround#3 but elsewhere on their site it does say they should all be on the...

I recently purchased a second rig for gaming and I am having a heck of a time figuring out what is going on. Now that I write this, it seems to me that it may be more appropriate in the graphics forum but I just can't seeing that be the cause. Recently bought a 3570k, 16 gigs of g skill pc3...

HOORAY!!!!! So I thought to myself, very rarely have I heard of a bad box cpu, but I had heard of unstable or broken MOBOs. So I went back and after confirning I could bring both or one back, depending on the results, bought the P8Z68-V. I took it home and put that sucker on it with the very...

I'm going out to buy a fan to be sure. It's cheap insurance and I'll know where I stand. I'm not so sure 76 C is "absolutely fine". But maybe it is. I freaked cuz the boot stopped due to temp warning

Ok, I can do that. When the bios starts beeping, and the boot stops because of thermal warning I kinda freak out. If you're saying to ignore that and run the test, I might need a little more convincing though. With a large window fan ( guessing 16 inches ) point directly into the case, my avg...