So I currently have an old Dell xps 420 that I use for casual and lite gaming. It has been a workhorse over the years but I need to upgrade soon in expectation of a few games that I'd like to play next year. I REALLY want to avoid building a gaming machine from the ground up.
I use another PC built around a Tyan S7012 server board for audio production. The thing is a complete beast and it would be interesting to see what it could do with a proper GPU. Unfortunately, it only has x8 PCIe 2.0 lanes. I am aware that x16 cards should be able to run on these lanes (I'll have to cut out the end of the lane to accomplish this) and I was wondering what you folks might recommend as far as a GPU goes. I was thinking SLI would make up for some of the bottle necking I expect to see but in all honesty I know very little about SLI and when to use it. Furthermore, I am basing this inquiry under the assumption that my current CPUs and other hardware will be enough and that PCIe 2.0 will be sufficient in handling my gaming needs as opposed to a CPU with a faster core speed and PCIe 3.0. Graphics wise, I don't care much about running things on Max settings but I don't want them to look like crap either. I would like to be able to run Witcher 3, No Man's Sky, Star Citizen (if it ever gets completed), ESO, possibly the new Metal Gear Solid and some newer FPS titles, etc etc. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Below is the link to the owners manual for the mobo as well as my current specs:
-Tyan S7012
-Windows 7 x64 ultimate
-72 gigs DDR3 800 ECC registered RAM
-2x Intel Xeon x5650's - 6 cores each @ 2.66 GHz
-2 Samsung 850 Evo's SATA 3 (scaled down to SATA 2 due to the Mobo limitations) running at RAID 0 for the OS drive
-A crap ton of other SSDs/HDDs in either Raid 10 or stand alone for backups and storage
-Current GPU is a Zotac Nvidia Geforce GT 730 1 GB (which admittedly I haven't tried to push at all)
-Rosewill 1000w bronze series PSU
-Corsair Carbide 540 ATX case
http://www.tyan.com/manuals/S7012_UG_v1.1_06212012.pdf
I use another PC built around a Tyan S7012 server board for audio production. The thing is a complete beast and it would be interesting to see what it could do with a proper GPU. Unfortunately, it only has x8 PCIe 2.0 lanes. I am aware that x16 cards should be able to run on these lanes (I'll have to cut out the end of the lane to accomplish this) and I was wondering what you folks might recommend as far as a GPU goes. I was thinking SLI would make up for some of the bottle necking I expect to see but in all honesty I know very little about SLI and when to use it. Furthermore, I am basing this inquiry under the assumption that my current CPUs and other hardware will be enough and that PCIe 2.0 will be sufficient in handling my gaming needs as opposed to a CPU with a faster core speed and PCIe 3.0. Graphics wise, I don't care much about running things on Max settings but I don't want them to look like crap either. I would like to be able to run Witcher 3, No Man's Sky, Star Citizen (if it ever gets completed), ESO, possibly the new Metal Gear Solid and some newer FPS titles, etc etc. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Below is the link to the owners manual for the mobo as well as my current specs:
-Tyan S7012
-Windows 7 x64 ultimate
-72 gigs DDR3 800 ECC registered RAM
-2x Intel Xeon x5650's - 6 cores each @ 2.66 GHz
-2 Samsung 850 Evo's SATA 3 (scaled down to SATA 2 due to the Mobo limitations) running at RAID 0 for the OS drive
-A crap ton of other SSDs/HDDs in either Raid 10 or stand alone for backups and storage
-Current GPU is a Zotac Nvidia Geforce GT 730 1 GB (which admittedly I haven't tried to push at all)
-Rosewill 1000w bronze series PSU
-Corsair Carbide 540 ATX case
http://www.tyan.com/manuals/S7012_UG_v1.1_06212012.pdf
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