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your starting to give me a headache. you do not need to run sli to play wow. each monitor will have it's own video card. sli will not be a benefit for you if you want to multibox. sli is for crysis and conflict, not wow.Quote:
Originally Posted by 'XtremeDream',index.php?page=Thread&postID=162050# post162050
any raid0 setup with 8gb+ ram will help keep your FPS up, but you may still lag a little in dalaran... put that depends also on what realm you are one, high pop realms lag a little more.
i know..you misunderstood me.....i know i dont need to run sli to play wow.......what i was trying to say is will i beable to MAXIMIZE the graphics sliders if i allocate one gpu to each monitorQuote:
Originally Posted by 'Tsunami',index.php?page=Thread&postID=162057#post 162057
Maximize the slider? Probably. I run 4870s, but only one 30" monitor. I have zero issues in dalaran. 4870s are so overkill, I'm not sure what the minimum would be though. If anything you want the fastest drives you can find and SSD is most likely it (which I saw in your original post). In fact I think you might go one 4870x2 and save some money for raid intel x25s(which are spendy). 2 of those in raid 0 should be insane.
I run a 4870x2 and five clients on a 30" monitor. By default the catalyst drivers only use one core and lower gpu/graphics clockspeed in "2d mode" with windowed clients. You can fiddle with the driver to make it use both cores in windowed mode but I haven't needed, nor wanted, to do this.
Dalaran runs at 60fps on the main while the slaves are limited to 10fps in the background. To be honest, the real benefit and contributor to my high fps in Dalaran is my 2x 60GB SSDs in raid0 and core i7 with a custom affinity configuration.
The 4870x2, let alone ANY high end graphics card, is not the main contributor to enjoying a smooth gaming experience in wrath.
Im extremely new to 5-boxing, so my setup is pretty unimpressive. I run 5 WoW clients on what I would consider to be a mid-range PC. I have a Core2Quad Q6600, 4GB DDR2 (PC6400), single SATA hard drive, Radeon 4850 using 2 monitors and a single keboard & mouse. I run all of them from the same WoW folder, main client on one screen and 4 clients on the extended monitor, all in Windowed mode. Keyclone is the only software I use to make it happen, and I have yet to tinker with CPU affinity. All 5 toons seem to do fine as far as framerate, in fact I think most of the time they hover around 40fps. Hope your project goes well!
I'm running:
Q6600 @3.0 ghz.
Vista Home Premium, 64-Bit.
8gb, 800mhz 4-4-4-12 Patroit Ram.
1x 4870 X2 video.
5x WoW SymLinked on a 10,000rpm Diamond Raptor.
Killer NIC, SB-Live Gamer.
I play on a 30.5" widescreen monitor.
I divided the width of my screen by four, and maintained the default ratio of 4x:3y.
So I have four slave screens across the top of my monitor. These have been reduced to 8 (Background) FPS, in Keyclone.
The slave accounts run on minimal graphic settings.
My main screen stretches from the taskbar upwards to the bottom of my slave screens.
It maintains the 4x to 3y ratio, but has maximum effects on; everything is cranked to the maximum.
It runs smoothly, ranging from 25 fps in cities to 60 fps outside. Raids and BG's are somewhere between these extremes.
When farming, I can run a dvd smoothly in the lower right of my screen and not impact my wow noticeably.
I have made my Decision. My New System is now ordered! I got what I originally decided to get, dual 4870x2 ..........my reasons? Too much thinking is not good for your health :D 8)
and to end this............ i give you all a year 2009 treat to watch ...................... oh adorable humans............. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8mTuAVe-pYQuote:
Originally Posted by 'XtremeDream',index.php?page=Thread&postID=162380# post162380
So....Quote:
Originally Posted by 'XtremeDream',index.php?page=Thread&postID=162380# post162380
You posted a thread asking for advice.
Got a ton of advice saying "Don't get the 2x4870x2"
Then went and did it anyway.
What was the point of even asking for advice if you were just going to ignore it?
Or are you just trying to brag about how much money you are spending on your computer in a round about way?
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Originally Posted by 'Clanked',index.php?page=Thread&postID=162757#post 162757
I don't understand the ignorance and possibly arrogance of some people.