General Computing

[hoppingpulse]

I am planning on building a new gaming rig once the Ivy Bridge comes out, and I was planning on picking up a GTX 680 and adding another for SLI later in the year near Christmas time. But I have read about its terrible general computing capabilities, and I don't quite understand what that entails. All I really plan on doing is gaming and web use, i.e. videos/music. Is this something I should worry about, or will it not really affect what I plan on using the computer for? Thanks.

 

[jsc]

If your primary purpose is gaming, don't worry about it.

Anything, including embedded (built in) graphics, will work for general computing. Any graphics card costing more than $50 is overkill. Modern 3D games, however, will use just about all of the graphics horsepower that you have available.

 

[hoppingpulse]

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