A few questions?

[1Cane]

I currently have a  1tb 7200 RPM hard drive and its starting to act up.  I was wondering if I went to a 2tb 10000rpm hd would i see any noticable difference?I also have 2 1gb 6850 cards"I can only use one to run my triple moniter set up" and have been thinking of going to a 2gb 6950 or even a higher series.Any suggestions?
Is there a site where you can check compatibility ?

[MrRiplEy[H]]

I currently have a  1tb 7200 RPM hard drive and its starting to act up.  I was wondering if I went to a 2tb 10000rpm hd would i see any noticable difference?I also have 2 1gb 6850 cards"I can only use one to run my triple moniter set up" and have been thinking of going to a 2gb 6950 or even a higher series.Any suggestions?
Is there a site where you can check compatibility ?

Higher capacity + higher rpm = faster hdd compared to your old one. Which hdd has 2Tb with 10k rpm? New velociraptor? Note that high rpm usually means higher operating noise too, you'll hear that drive spinning. If you want speed you should get SSD instead.

Your current 6850 cards in crossfire should work just fine with triple screens. You plug them to only one card just as you plug your current monitor.

[gyrene81]

you won't see any performance increase with the 2TB drive...(unless it's an enterprise class drive with a faster interface)...as Ripley said, if you want faster drive performance, go ssd.

is ah working better with crossfire than it use to? running triples on crossfired 6850's is just spreading the load out across the resources of 2 gpu's...not really accomplishing much in the way of performance, may even take a hit on frame rates. if you have the cash, an upgraded video card would be a better option and you would want to go 78xx or 79xx.

[1Cane]

Thank you for the input. I have been told by Cyberpower that 6850's cannot run 3 moniters in x- fire that is why I only use one.

[Skuzzy]

I am pretty certain this is still no ATI/AMD Cross-Fire profile for Aces High.

The NVidia SLI profile, for Aces High, is antiquated and never did setup SLI correctly.

[1Cane]

Wow I ordered new drive from newegg friday after 6pm PST and I almost tripped on it this morning at 8:30 am when I went to walk the dog!
Would still like to find a site that will confirm  new componets will work together without bottle-necking. I am looking at a 2gb 7870, I have a I5 2500k,Asus P8Z68-VLx and a 800 watt power supply.

[MaSonZ]

Wow I ordered new drive from newegg friday after 6pm PST and I almost tripped on it this morning at 8:30 am when I went to walk the dog!
Would still like to find a site that will confirm  new componets will work together without bottle-necking. I am looking at a 2gb 7870, I have a I5 2500k,Asus P8Z68-VLx and a 800 watt power supply.

Always wondered this... I know, you can look at games and determine if they're more CPU or GPU intensive and go from there, but what if I dont want to spend hours figuring out the right setup for a game or program?

[Bizman]

Always wondered this... I know, you can look at games and determine if they're more CPU or GPU intensive and go from there, but what if I dont want to spend hours figuring out the right setup for a game or program?

It's a good question, but the answer can be surprisingly simple. You see, it's not about having a perfect setup for a certain game, it's about building a balanced rig. If your CPU is weak, the best GPU in the world can't do any better than a cheaper one. Neither can a top CPU perform brilliantly with an Intel onboard video chip. DDR3-1600 RAM isn't worth the price if the motherboard only supports 1066.

So the thing is to find out the requirements for your favourite games, add some headroom, set a price level you can afford and start comparing certain values of the components. A cheap but balanced rig can outperform an expensive but imbalanced one. The computer speed is very much dependent on the slowest bus.

[MaSonZ]

It's a good question, but the answer can be surprisingly simple. You see, it's not about having a perfect setup for a certain game, it's about building a balanced rig. If your CPU is weak, the best GPU in the world can't do any better than a cheaper one. Neither can a top CPU perform brilliantly with an Intel onboard video chip. DDR3-1600 RAM isn't worth the price if the motherboard only supports 1066.

So the thing is to find out the requirements for your favourite games, add some headroom, set a price level you can afford and start comparing certain values of the components. A cheap but balanced rig can outperform an expensive but imbalanced one. The computer speed is very much dependent on the slowest bus.

always knew this.... but never looked at it this way. Thanks biz.