finickyrealist :
Dylan Smit :
The best option for a bit more money would be the r9 390 but for that budget a gtx 960 4g would be a good choice
How much more capable, in practice, would you say the r9 390 is compared to mine? I'm hoping to get close to doubling the power.
finickyrealist,
On Passmark, the relevant average 3D scores:
GTX 750 Ti : 3687
GTX 960 : 5953
R9 390:
6867
There are 3 Precision T3500's on Passmark baselines using the R9 390. These all have 6-core CPU's. The System with the W3670 3.2GHz has a 2D score of 458 and the 3D is 7250.
The W3565 system with the best 3D score uses a GTX 970 which scores 7949- which is more than double the 3687 average for the GTX 750 Ti.
[b
]ASUS STRIX OC Nvidia GTX 970[/b] > sold for C $292.64
There were only a couple of GTX 970 sold under $300CAD- mostly they are $350 or more
The GTX 770 at 6162 is not bad either. I find it odd that of the 83 T3500's with a W3565, there is not one with GTX 750 or 750 Ti as that seems such a natural choice. The GTX 770 appears to be good value:
EVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 (02G-P4-2774-KR) 2 GB GDDR5 SDRAM PCI Express 3.0... sold for $156 CAD (8 March 16).
The least expensive R9 390 on Ebahhh CA was $266 CAD, another was $299 and quite a number for about 350-400 CAD.
So, if you're patient and lucky a GTX 970 or an R9 390 is
possible in the budget, or a GTX 770 might shift the pixels for quite bit less.
Cheers,
BambiBoom
3. Dell Precision T3500 (2011) (Rev 2) Xeon X5677 4-core @ 3.46 / 3.73GHz > 12GB (6X 2GB) DDR3-1333 ECC > Quadro 4000 (2GB) > PERC 6/i + Seagate 300GB 15K SAS ST3300657SS + WD Black 500GB > 525W PSU> Windows 7 Professional 64-bit > 2X Dell 19" LCD
[Passmark system rating = 2751, CPU = 7236 / 2D= 658 / 3D=2020 / Mem= 1875 / Disk=1221]
My T3500 is seeing 2020!
List of CPU 's for the T3500:
LGA1366 CPU’s:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intel_Xeon_microprocessors
http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu_list.php
http://ark.intel.com/products
4-Core: Passmark CPU Average Ebay_12.13.15
_W-3500 series / 45nm / 8MB cache / 130W / 24GB > 800,1066 / HT
I. W3520
II. W3530 2.8 / 3.06GHz _5372 _$11 > $65
III. W3540 2.93 / 3.2 _5492
IV. W3550 3.06 / 3.33 _5761
V. W3565 3.2 / 3.46 _6083
VI. W3570 3.2 / 3.46 _6261 _$25 > $50
VII. W3580 3.33 / 3.6 _6586 _$50 > $95
_X-5500 series (8MB cache / 45nm / 95W_ 2009)
I. X5550 2.67 / 3.06 _5422
II. X5560 2.8 / 3.2 _5442
III. X5570 2.93 / 3/33 _5638 _$14 > $45
IV. X5590 3.33 / 3.6 _9216 _$37 >
_W-5500 series (8MB cache / 45nm / 95W_ 2009)
I. W5580 3.2 / 3.46 (130W) _5718 _$21 > $50
II. W5590 3.33 / 3.6 _6314 _$32 > $200
_X-5600 series 32nm/ 8MB/ 95W_ 2011)
I. X5647 2.93 / 3.2 _5996
II. X5667 3.07 / 3.46 _4655 _$16 > $40
III. X5672 3.2 / 3.6 _5148 _$45 > $87
IV. X5677 3.46 / 3.73 (130W)_7046 _$33 > $80
V. X5687 3.6 / 3.86 _7217 _$70 > $130
6-Core
_X-5600 series 32nm / 12MB / 95W_2011)
I. X5660 2.87 / 3.2 _7587 _$68 > [$100] > $180
II. X5675 3.07 / 3.46 _8584 _$78 > [$112] > $215
III. X5680 3.33 / 3.6 (130W) _9011 _$113> [$140] > $274
IV. X5690 3.47 / 3.73 (2011) _9216 _$182 >[$220] > $291
_W-3600 series / 32nm / 12MB / 130W > 24GB >
I. W3670 3.2 / 3.46 (1066) _6261 _$90 > $160
II. W3680 3.33 / 3.6 (1333) _9398 _$140 > $208
III. W3690 3.47 / 3.73 _9703 _$160 > $400
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