Hi,
I have been assured that sli certification is not an issue with a dual-gpu card like the GTX690, but another issue has come up - will the card even run on my older hardware?
I have a 775-slot Q9450 oc'd to 3.6 ghz, on an asus p5e motherboard, 8 gigs DDR2 Ram, pci-e 2.0, and a toughpower 750 psu that I have been assured will run a card like the GTX690. I realize I will likely be cpu bound.
I run a 30" dell 2560x1600 monitor, and one game I am looking at in particular is BF3 on ultra settings. I am okay with 30-35 fps, and less on occasion if I can keep the minimums at least in the mid 20s - let's say if a mortar goes off nearby or if there is a lot of heavy fire.
But a forum participant, smorizio, brought up a good point - he mentioned that the GTX690 might not even boot.
So my question now is, not if the dual-gpu card requires sli certification, which I understand it doesn't, but - has anybody heard of it running on an older platform like mine? Thanks in advance.
Rich
I have been assured that sli certification is not an issue with a dual-gpu card like the GTX690, but another issue has come up - will the card even run on my older hardware?
I have a 775-slot Q9450 oc'd to 3.6 ghz, on an asus p5e motherboard, 8 gigs DDR2 Ram, pci-e 2.0, and a toughpower 750 psu that I have been assured will run a card like the GTX690. I realize I will likely be cpu bound.
I run a 30" dell 2560x1600 monitor, and one game I am looking at in particular is BF3 on ultra settings. I am okay with 30-35 fps, and less on occasion if I can keep the minimums at least in the mid 20s - let's say if a mortar goes off nearby or if there is a lot of heavy fire.
But a forum participant, smorizio, brought up a good point - he mentioned that the GTX690 might not even boot.
So my question now is, not if the dual-gpu card requires sli certification, which I understand it doesn't, but - has anybody heard of it running on an older platform like mine? Thanks in advance.
Rich