Getting back into WoW / Boxing, need hardware advice.

[spher0boom]

1080x810 seems like an odd aspect ratio (1.33), you would get better visual quality on those screens if you tried to keep the AR as close to your main client's resolution as you can (1920/1080 = 1.78). Not to mention, if you ever felt like disabling ISBoxer's instant swapping and wanted the mouse cursors in each window to sorta line up, then the AR would need to be close to identical on each screen.

I didn't think about that ... I'll scale them to the same aspect ratio. I'm using 16:10 (1920x1200) so I'll get a little extra vertical space out of it any way.

I think you need to just get your new GPU and see how it handles five clients @ 1920x1080 and then go from there.

Well, Amazon delivered me a used card today instead of the new one I purchased. I'm a little hesitant to install it and play with it while waiting for the new one to arrive since I don't know if it was returned because it was defective. I'm not very happy about this since I had planned on trying it tonight

My 6870 couldn't do a single 1920x1200 session with all ultra settings without it being 'jerky' when I ran. In the human starting area I was only getting 45fps.

This site (http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/high_end_gpus.html) lists the passmark ratings, and the 670 is rated at 5,349 compared to the 6870's 2,555 rating, so I'm hoping for a vast improvement. The 680 was only rated at 5,682, which is why I didn't grab it ... seems like a small improvement for $100.

Yes, you can disable instant swapping and scale your mouse cursor to fit to the windows.

I started going through the ISBoxer tutorials last night after I posed. You did a very nice job on them, and make the settings easy to understand, so thank you. My 7-day trial was activated today so I can play with it tonight no matter which card I have installed.

Thanks!

[MiRai]

This site (http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/high_end_gpus.html) lists the passmark ratings, and the 670 is rated at 5,349 compared to the 6870's 2,555 rating, so I'm hoping for a vast improvement. The 680 was only rated at 5,682, which is why I didn't grab it ... seems like a small improvement for $100.

If you can tell me what those numbers mean then I won't entirely discredit that site. How do those numbers pertain to FPS in World of Warcraft while multiboxing? Actually, how do those numbers pertain to FPS in any game?

The answer is... They don't. I'm not being a dick or calling you out, but too many people rely on that site to make their next big purchase and it really doesn't tell you much of anything except that the GTX 670 gets 5,349 points. Points for what?

No review site that I know of uses Passmark in any of their benchmark compilations -- I would suggest sticking to looking at gaming benchmarks at high resolutions (1920x1080 and up) in order to make future purchases.

I started going through the ISBoxer tutorials last night after I posed. You did a very nice job on them, and make the settings easy to understand, so thank you.

Thanks. My video tutorials are mostly out-of-date at the moment because ISBoxer 41 just came out and a lot of things don't match up, but I'm working on it.

[spher0boom]

If you can tell me what those numbers mean then I won't entirely discredit that site. How do those numbers pertain to FPS in World of Warcraft while multiboxing? Actually, how do those numbers pertain to FPS in any game?

The answer is... They don't. I'm not being a dick or calling you out, but too many people rely on that site to make their next big purchase and it really doesn't tell you much of anything except that the GTX 670 gets 5,349 points. Points for what?

Feel free to call me out, and I wouldn't consider you a dick in doing so. You are trying to help me meet my gaming needs. If i did something dumb you should tell me. A dick wouldn't have replied 4 times with pages of text

I agree that those are not real world numbers, and I would never make a purchase on the passmark score. I only looked there to try and get a rough quantifiable idea of how much better the 680 was compared to the 670, given the 680 was 25% more as far as cost. The primary decision point in selecting that card were the reviews I read and the forum posts that said the 670 was close to a 680, and that you could OC a 670 to reach 680 performance easily if you bought the right card. However, most of the data I could find as far as 670 vs 680 was forum posts and not actual game reviews from reputable sources, so I was looking for some confirmation. I found the performance of my 6870 very disappointing, and just wanted some quantifiable reference to the new cards as the reviews that I found for 6870 were done at different resolutions, so I had a harder time comparing performance.

My intent is to do exactly what you indicated. Get the card installed and try it for my self. I'll start with full 1080p and work my way down if necessary. I've actually decided to try the card amazon sent, which could work out well. Tomorrow I'll have 2 cards for a few day, so I can try SLI and a variety of configurations across my two primary workspaces. I also have a standing workstation with a 24" Landscape and 23" portrait monitor, which I hadn't thought about using for gaming. However, it may work out better for boxing in the end. It's attached to the secondary workstation with the i5, so I grabbed an ivy bridge i7 on the way home tonight based on the results I saw in your hyper-threading numbers and your reccommendation to use the 2600K system.

Thanks. My video tutorials are mostly out-of-date at the moment because ISBoxer 41 just came out and a lot of things don't match up, but I'm working on it.

Ok, I'll start complaining to you tomorrow then

I do appreciate the time and effort you put into posts on this site, it has helped me immensely, so thank you very much!

-spher0boom.