Hi all im new here

Hi All

I have just joined this site but dont need any help atm so i thought i would say hiya to everyone.

I am no expert but have built 4 systems so far so may be able to help others but i do need advice now and again myself hence i decided to join you lot.

If your interested or have any sugestions my currant rig is

Antec 1200 gamers case
XFX 790ultra mobo with an E8600 cpu,
4Gb OCZ sli cert 1800Mhz ddr3 ram(2x2),
2x XFX GTS250, 1045mb g/cards (couldnt afford the 3rd one)
Jeantec Modular 650w psu
320Gb WD raptor as main hard drive
2x 400GB Hitachi hard drives for storage
I run Xp pro 64 bit for my sins


Dont know if ive put this in the wrong place but hey im sure no one will mind me saying hiya all.


Oh one question would a 3rd graphics card realy inprove my system that much IE is it worth me doing?

Insufficient data to calculate answer to your question!

well my fav games are the total war series playing (or was tilll the patch killed it) empire total war
Resaloution is 1680x1050


Yes that sugestion would be nice ie one better card but im a disabled family man on limited income (state benifits) if i was still able to work im sure i would have an i7 with latest g/cards etc by now
I can get anothe 250 for less than £90


oh ps How do i get the frame rates for you not something ive ever done


"Edit" oh and i didnt know you could mix diff g/cards in sli config thought you had to have matching cards so something learnt allready

You're obviously a gamer as you've gone to the SLI w/raptor rig. Your weak spot are your twin GPUs, 256 bit cards. At your resolution, a cheaper, cooler, quiter solution is a single GTX 275 or HD 4890 which will give about the same performance, maybe slightly faster. A better question is how to improve your system, not whether you should add a 3rd card which IMO would be a complete waste other than for the appearance factor than only a noob would appreciate (no offense but no one should be allowed to have a 3rd card, it's so unfriendly to the environment.

Hi and welcome to TH.

What ATI card did you have before, some older ones did have crap drivers?
It's also worth knowing that the chips are made by the same company. It is possible that card was of poor quality, for instance I purchased 12 Abit (X700) cards and 12 Sapphire (X700) at the same time, and all the Abit ones developed faulty fans after about a year, but all the Sapphire ones still work now (about 5-6 years later), I've had lots of Sapphire ones and never had a single issue.

Also XFX do ATI/AMD cards as well as nVidia, if you prefer/trust that brand. The reason i mention this is that the 5850 is better than the GTX 285 in every respect, especially on the higher graphics settings.

But it is up to you, that's just my advice.

You wouldn't be able to crossfire (multiple ATI GPU's) on your motherboard but a 5850 is a better card than the GTX285 by some way. I am an Intel/Nvidia user too, but there is nothing wrong with ATI cards at all, in fact they are in front by some way at the moment. Either that or you could get the GTX285 and use a single GTS250 for physx.....although no DX11 support.

Do you overclock at all? You're wasting that E8600 if you're not!

just out of interest what sort of mederate gains could i get out of my E8600?

new here~!

Hi I’m Paul Robert new to this forum. Seems like a good place with lots of quality posts and enthusiastic people. Hope to get to know more people in this forum and learn new tricks and do some networking at the same time.

Hello I m David Mark from New York , 20 years old. I m new to this forum. I m here to get the assistance of senior members and I also would like to share my ideas and some useful information. I hope all of you would like my presence here.

lol looks like i started a visitors book for new users

dibs Executioner.

And (I'm guessing from your last post) you don't like, or see the need for, being polite to idiots?

Are you a full-fledged misanthrope, or still only in training?

True, but 10,000 parcels suddenly got delivered by FedEx, crime rates in Liverpool rocketed, roads across Birmingham were miraculously repaired. Just think of the good that closing the other really did.... then look at the Irish economy. Bet Wingy wishes he still had Riser to rely on for Financial guidance....

Did you or did you not get your end away whilst you have been away from the other?

Ill give you that one, It was an off the cuff comment that went down like a lead ballon . But i will note that your question wasnt being nice either it was designed to Take the mickey out of someone a little greener than myself! I mean come on we all know you would have had a good laugh at my expence if I had said yes, maybe just maybe my reply should have been "Ha-ha yeh right".

Mugz, do I call people names? No it’s childish. Do I say/insinuate derogatory things about other people in my posts or threads that have nothing to do with the thread you are referring to? No it’s childish. Oh hang on I don’t even do that in the thread when I’m being called names and having derogatory things said to me (unjustifiably)! Please do the same for me or I may just not be able to hold my tongue!

To answer your question tho well OFC that all depends on the context and you bringing it here out of that thread is taking it out of context. I will reserve the right to defend myself or my standpoint if I believe it’s correct, until proven otherwise. I will defend myself or standpoint without name calling or saying/insinuating anything derogatory in most cases about other people on this forum. Even when people are calling me name's saying/insinuating bad things about me!

Think about it your original post in the thread is plain and simple trolling!

Okay, someone's skin's just a little thin...

I ASKED if you identified yourself as a misanthrope, although if I DID call you one then in my view it would be vaguely complimentary, given that a misanthrope is someone who has a low opinion of others. A low opinion of others is justifiable, and in fact plain good common sense. Yes, I myself AM a misanthrope, and for good reason.

And what is the actual difference between an adult and a child? Based on what I've seen to date, puberty.

I guess mine was also an off-the-cuff remark that Hindenburged... although you have bigger problems now, like getting a photo of a cat dry-cleaned, exorcised, and possibly reupholstered, given what my colleague has just done to it.

Now if you'll excuse me, I have a vat of boiling metal that needs my attention.

You may have been better off humping the bitch that Freddie is beating up! Unless OFC you are gay and like humping males.

...semi conscious...

...mentally disturbed, half-vegetable.......

There's more chance that RobD will grown intelligence than that happening.

Do I give you points for the pedantry, or for the pun?

Not even your foot capable of finding the mark, Eh Wingy?

100% arsehole, guaranteed.

Only RC can deliver a proper Whistlin' Foot of Doom. Despite his scrawny legs.

Yeah... would love to know how he does it.

I think I broke two toes...

*limps off*