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Okay, I'm looking into changing a few elements of my PC.

I'm running an Asus P5NE-SLI mobo at the moment.

I'm looking to get a Intel i7 Quad Core 2.66

Well, here is the main question:

I cannot decide if I want a 285GTX, or, Dual 9700GT

For those of you who could speak from certainty, please, help me out.

Generally I play:

Call of Duty 4
Call of Duty: WAW
Left 4 Dead
Arma 2

I'd like to be able to run games like these, "High end games" on maximum settings..
 
9700 GT SLI no way, not even a 9800 GTX SLI can compare to the GTX 285. Dual card technology still isn't where it should be (SLI and Crossfire), so I would always recommend a single card solution, especially one as able as the GTX 285.
 
In this case, yes go for the GTX 285.
genpatton7 9700 GT SLI no way, not even a 9800 GTX SLI can compare to the GTX 285. Dual card technology still isn't where it should be (SLI and Crossfire), so I would always recommend a single card solution, especially one as able as the GTX 285.
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I dont totally agree with you though, SLI and Crossfire are a cheap way of getting some good FPS if your tight on cash. In Call Of Duty the SLI and Crossfire scale incredibly well, 2x4850 destroy the GTX 285 and even in Left 4 Dead, a decent SLI or Crossfire solution will beat most single card solutions. The problem is all about driver support and how well the games scale, they may not be doubling your frames like they theoretically should but they get pretty damn close to it at times.
 
1. Get the GTX 285. It performs better with games not optimized for SLi and Crossfire.
2. For the Core i7 920 (The i7 quadcore 2.66) you need a motherboard with the 1366 motherboard socket. I would recommend the Asus P6T (Deluxe) I have it myself and I really enjoy the performance and overclocking capabilities.
 
You really need to consider alot of things here. Upgrading to an I7 and a 285 or an SLI setup is going to require a large amount of power and those compenents might turn your PC into a furnace.

I used to have a 285...seriously it heats up like no other. Post your case and PSU


Yeah, also what JV said. It doesn't fit in a lga 775

Actually you might as well post all your specs because you might want to bump up your RAM a little bit to so it doesn't bottleneck all of these high performance components.
 
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Please do post your whole rig so we can help you pick out the best components.

Also, consider the gtx275. It is rated very highly, and is only a couple fps off of the gtx 285, but costs half as much. The 275 will play all of those games at max setting on high resolutions. It is WAY WAY WAY better performance for the price.
 
personally i've never heard of the 9700GT so i cant say any thing about it, but i could guess its performance would be between the 9800gt and the 9600gt

if you want bang for your buck then go with the 9700GTs as i could imagine they are cheaper than the GTX 285

but if you want to have 299FPS in every source game you play, and 150fps every where else i'd go with the GTX 285

hope that helped PM me if you need clarification

also maybe consider a ATi 4870 X2 as it preforms better than the GTX 285 and costs about the same

but be sure you have a PSU to support the massive GPUs we are talking about here

hope that helped PM me if you need clarification
 
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PewPewBangBang said:
In Call Of Duty the SLI and Crossfire scale incredibly well, 2x4850 destroy the GTX 285 and even in Left 4 Dead, a decent SLI or Crossfire solution will beat most single card solutions. The problem is all about driver support and how well the games scale, they may not be doubling your frames like they theoretically should but they get pretty damn close to it at times.
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I agree with you, I own a 4870x2 for a reason. What I meant by "not where it should be" is exactly what you mentioned, driver issues. It's taken close to 5 months for the 4870x2 drivers to get ironed out to the point where they work in most games without bugs/crashes. If there was a single card solution available which out-powered the 4870x2, I would be on it in a hot second.
 
Okay well I'm currently running 4gb of Ram, dual 8800GTS, but I think one of them is fried because when I turn SLI on, games crash.

I'm not sure what kinda PSU I've got because when I open the case I don't see anything on it, it's black all the way around.

I used to be really good at building/configuring computers, but over the past few years I haven't been following new technology.

If anyone, would be kind enough as to maybe link me to things to build a new rig via newegg or what have you, I'd be forever grateful.

Also as for the case I have, it's big but it doesn't seem like a 295GTX would fit, it's rather cramped inside. I'm going to search for a picture of it and post a link when I find it.

A link to my case:
http://www.nzxt.com/products/zero/
 
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hehehe okay genpatton, nice card tho.

If your going to get a LGA 1336 mobo then dont get the deluxe, it is overprices, get a P6t or an MSI X58 platinum. They both will do CF and SLI and are cheaper.
 
PewPewBangBang said:
In this case, yes go for the GTX 285.


I dont totally agree with you though, SLI and Crossfire are a cheap way of getting some good FPS if your tight on cash. In Call Of Duty the SLI and Crossfire scale incredibly well, 2x4850 destroy the GTX 285 and even in Left 4 Dead, a decent SLI or Crossfire solution will beat most single card solutions. The problem is all about driver support and how well the games scale, they may not be doubling your frames like they theoretically should but they get pretty damn close to it at times.
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of course your going to get more power out of two cards...and no the two 4850's dont destroy the card per say, its a two on one fight. the GTX285 is by far the best bang for your buck graphics card on the market right now.
 
-Jv- said:
1. Get the GTX 285. It performs better with games not optimized for SLi and Crossfire.
2. For the Core i7 920 (The i7 quadcore 2.66) you need a motherboard with the 1366 motherboard socket. I would recommend the Asus P6T (Deluxe) I have it myself and I really enjoy the performance and overclocking capabilities.
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I agree, you need a 1366 socket motherboard along with that processor. have you taken a look at the MSI Eclipse motherboard yet? Its a little pricey, but definitely worth the money your going to spend on it. by the way, you will need to get ddr3 ram with the i7 setup.
 
phalanx2157 said:
I agree, you need a 1366 socket motherboard along with that processor. have you taken a look at the MSI Eclipse motherboard yet? Its a little pricey, but definitely worth the money your going to spend on it. by the way, you will need to get ddr3 ram with the i7 setup.
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Oh yeah, I forgot the RAM :p then X58 chipset uses tripple channel ram :) (fancy for using 3 sticks of ram in a bunch then 2)
 
To be honest, I'd always recommend the GTX 285. That baby would easily kill SLI 9700GT
 
high end single card solutions are better than middle to low dual card solutions

gtx285 all the way
 
Coach Hines said:
Okay, I'm looking into changing a few elements of my PC.

I'm running an Asus P5NE-SLI mobo at the moment.

I'm looking to get a Intel i7 Quad Core 2.66

Well, here is the main question:

I cannot decide if I want a 285GTX, or, Dual 9700GT

For those of you who could speak from certainty, please, help me out.

Generally I play:

Call of Duty 4
Call of Duty: WAW
Left 4 Dead
Arma 2

I'd like to be able to run games like these, "High end games" on maximum settings..
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You can only run LGA 775 CPU's on that board. I always say get the better single card, you can always add another later if you PSU can handle. If you get two now, you can't add another later on and your stuck with the performance of the single card you COULD of got and doubled by now.

FYI: There is NO such thing as a 9700 GT.
 
I meant 9800. Sorry.

So, basically I'm going to need a new motherboard if I want to support the i7 cpu and and a new card?
 
My thoughts... if you have an SLI board, buy a high end card now. Later, prices will come down (and you need the horsepower) the second card will be cheap. I picked up a 9800gx2 back when they came out. (outch) Picked up the second 9800gx2 for about $400 less, so now running quad SLI.

One gotcha, however, is the heat. Make darn sure your case has good airflow, or your box can double as an easy bake.
 
Coach Hines said:
I meant 9800. Sorry.

So, basically I'm going to need a new motherboard if I want to support the i7 cpu and and a new card?
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Yeah, you'll need an LGA 1366 motherboard (X58 chipset) as well as DDR3 RAM (preferably 3 sticks for triple channel). All X58 boards have PCI-E 2.0 slots which will get you the most out of the GTX 285.
 
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