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gonesy   10-14-2009 at 05:15:58 PM

Hi all,

Sorry to go over old ground but I wanted to ask a very simple question. If I wanted to run 3 GTX260 GPU's what would the requirements be and I am thinking more along the lines of CPU, RAM and PSU requirements. I have an ASUS Striker II Formula 780i MoBo that can take 3 cards so that should not be an issue. Why do I want to run 3 GTX260's? Because I already have 2 and want to add a 3rd for the hell of it!

I have a Samsung 23" Widescreen 1080P Monitor, an E8600 CPU @ 4GHz, 1000watt Corsair PSU with 3GB of OCZ Reaper 1066MHz Ram, is this enough?

All advice gratefully received..........as usual

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gonesy   10-15-2009 at 06:38:33 PM
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Nobody have any idea? Thanks

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Maziar   10-15-2009 at 06:57:41 PM
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Hello and welcome to the forums :)
Well i think 2xGTX 260 are fine for 1080p is there any game u can't max out :D ?
Your system is however ready for 3-way SLI,u have a good CPU and a good PSU too so yes it's enough for running 3 GTX 260s

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chef7734   10-15-2009 at 07:11:19 PM
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Truthfully you will not notice a difference. If you are benchmarking you will notice between 0 to 20 fps more depending on the game. I completely understand wanting a third one just because.

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gonesy   10-15-2009 at 08:54:18 PM
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Thanks very much, its good to know that my system is up to running 3 cards.

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Maziar   10-15-2009 at 08:58:38 PM
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Yes its mostly because of your decent PSU :)

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