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Blazing through to 2019...

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  • Windows XP
  • xp ram
  • XP gaming
August 18, 2014 11:29:29 PM

My Rig: Intel Core i7-4790 Haswell Refresh 3.6GHz LGA 1150 84W on a MSI Z97-G41 with 2 x Crucial Ballistix Tactical 2GB DDR3 and a GeForce GTX 560 SE (Fermi) 1GB 192-bit PCI-E 2.0 x16 left over from my i3, powered by a Rosewill Green RG530-S12 ATX12V & EPS12V Power Supply - ATI CrossFire Supported - NVIDIA SLI Supported 530w/630w peak(60sec) 80 plus bronze. All except is brand new equipment. Running win8.1coreNx64 in dual boot with my primary OS winXP pro sp3 - I do not overclock anything now or ever

Likely Addition: EVGA GeForce GTX 760 4GB PCI-E 3.0 x16, Core Clock: 1085MHz, Boost Clock: 1150MHz, CUDA Cores: 1152 - or GTX 770.

1) Offloading physX to CPU is an obvious slow down. I have one 3.0 x16 and one 2.0 x4(75% the 3.0's speed) slots. Will the GTX 760 achieve higher frame rates from this trick if I offload to the 560SE, or SLI with it??

The GTX 760 comes in 2GB and 4GB formats. I do all of my sub DX10 gaming on XP, for obvious compatibility reasons, that is at sp3's 4GB system ram limit.
2) Is there a notable benefit to doubling my GPU ram?
3) Does XP sp3 have any limitations on GPU ram? or combined total ram that differs or is governed by its system ram 4gb limit?

I'm not a huge gamer. I don't live anywhere insanely hot. My background processes are nil. I play a few hours a day at most. Is my 530w enough power to run the GTX760? with, if needed the 560, while keeping my i7-4790 well-powered?

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