I am amazed I managed to fit that power supply and the card in the tiny case I have. It took some cramming but holy crap I did it lol. Took about 90 minutes figuring out how to run the wires....cutting my hands on the edges of various things getting all the wires hooked in between the PSU and the Docking area for the DVD drive ect....
Cards working like a charm. Bullet Storm now runs everything at max settings with no hiccups what so ever. And let me tell you that game is just freaking beautiful. The card is not as mammoth as I thought it would be. It certainly is huge and it fit nice and snug.
Testing it out on various other games (Yes I am aware its not going to run at its fullest potential yet.) But all the high end games I do have are running at full settings and smooth.
Testing NS2 out now...I am pretty sure there won't be much of a performance increase but I am expecting some.
Actually quite a large performance increase. Playing on high settings (which I was never able to do) I am seeing a solid stable 30-45 FPS. Much better then the 8800GTS. I am happy for now until I get the new processor and Motherboard.
<!--quoteo(post=1835931:date=Mar 4 2011, 06:06 AM:name=OPIE)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (OPIE @ Mar 4 2011, 06:06 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1835931"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->I am amazed I managed to fit that power supply and the card in the tiny case I have. It took some cramming but holy crap I did it lol. Took about 90 minutes figuring out how to run the wires....cutting my hands on the edges of various things getting all the wires hooked in between the PSU and the Docking area for the DVD drive ect....
Cards working like a charm. Bullet Storm now runs everything at max settings with no hiccups what so ever. And let me tell you that game is just freaking beautiful. The card is not as mammoth as I thought it would be. It certainly is huge and it fit nice and snug.
Testing it out on various other games (Yes I am aware its not going to run at its fullest potential yet.) But all the high end games I do have are running at full settings and smooth.
Testing NS2 out now...I am pretty sure there won't be much of a performance increase but I am expecting some.
Actually quite a large performance increase. Playing on high settings (which I was never able to do) I am seeing a solid stable 30-45 FPS. Much better then the 8800GTS. I am happy for now until I get the new processor and Motherboard.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
and did you zipcord all your wires properly to allow for maximum air flow? no? open it back up and do it right..
If you had done your 'research' you would realise that you would get a better immediate performance increase across the board in games by buying a New CPU/Mobo and a GeForce 560 instead of a whoppingly expensive 580.
Glad you have a new shiny GFX card, but really, that Pentium is holding you back. I have a GeForce 470 and an i7, and I'm getting 60fps+ in NS2.
Yes I know but if you read my post earlier about the timing of it all. It's working out how I want it to in the long run. The FPS never dips below 25 even under highly extreme circumstances. Thats perfectly playable and still appears smooth. So it's not hindering my skill or gameplay at all.
And yes everything is zip corded. Wire Management I am really really big on.
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Cards working like a charm. Bullet Storm now runs everything at max settings with no hiccups what so ever. And let me tell you that game is just freaking beautiful.
The card is not as mammoth as I thought it would be. It certainly is huge and it fit nice and snug.
Testing it out on various other games (Yes I am aware its not going to run at its fullest potential yet.) But all the high end games I do have are running at full settings and smooth.
Testing NS2 out now...I am pretty sure there won't be much of a performance increase but I am expecting some.
Actually quite a large performance increase. Playing on high settings (which I was never able to do) I am seeing a solid stable 30-45 FPS. Much better then the 8800GTS. I am happy for now until I get the new processor and Motherboard.
Cards working like a charm. Bullet Storm now runs everything at max settings with no hiccups what so ever. And let me tell you that game is just freaking beautiful.
The card is not as mammoth as I thought it would be. It certainly is huge and it fit nice and snug.
Testing it out on various other games (Yes I am aware its not going to run at its fullest potential yet.) But all the high end games I do have are running at full settings and smooth.
Testing NS2 out now...I am pretty sure there won't be much of a performance increase but I am expecting some.
Actually quite a large performance increase. Playing on high settings (which I was never able to do) I am seeing a solid stable 30-45 FPS. Much better then the 8800GTS. I am happy for now until I get the new processor and Motherboard.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
and did you zipcord all your wires properly to allow for maximum air flow? no? open it back up and do it right..
Glad you have a new shiny GFX card, but really, that Pentium is holding you back. I have a GeForce 470 and an i7, and I'm getting 60fps+ in NS2.
And yes everything is zip corded. Wire Management I am really really big on.