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<blockquote data-quote="BoraMurdar" data-source="post: 296992" data-attributes="member: 2291"><p>This is an alternative also with 3 way SLI of GTX980</p><p></p><p>PCPartPicker part list: <a href="http://pcpartpicker.com/p/vXtN23" target="_blank">http://pcpartpicker.com/p/vXtN23</a></p><p>Price breakdown by merchant: <a href="http://pcpartpicker.com/p/vXtN23/by_merchant/" target="_blank">http://pcpartpicker.com/p/vXtN23/by_merchant/</a></p><p></p><p>CPU: Intel Core i7-5960X 3.0GHz 8-Core Processor ($969.99 @ NCIX US) </p><p>CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Nepton 280L 122.5 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($99.99 @ Newegg) </p><p>Motherboard: MSI X99S GAMING 9 AC EATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard ($404.98 @ SuperBiiz) </p><p>Memory: G.Skill Value Series 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($499.99 @ Newegg) </p><p>Storage: Samsung 850 Pro Series 512GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($357.99 @ Amazon) </p><p>Storage: Western Digital Green 4TB 3.5" 5900RPM Internal Hard Drive ($146.06 @ Amazon) </p><p>Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GB Twin Frozr Video Card (3-Way SLI) ($586.13 @ Newegg) </p><p>Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GB Twin Frozr Video Card (3-Way SLI) ($586.13 @ Newegg) </p><p>Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GB Twin Frozr Video Card (3-Way SLI) ($586.13 @ Newegg) </p><p>Case: Cooler Master HAF Stacker 935 ATX Full Tower Case ($99.99 @ Newegg) </p><p>Power Supply: Cooler Master V1000 1000W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($194.99 @ Newegg) </p><p>Optical Drive: LG WH14NS40 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer ($56.57 @ OutletPC) </p><p>Keyboard: Genius Manticore Wired Gaming Keyboard ($57.83 @ Amazon) </p><p>Mouse: Genius Gila Wired Optical Mouse ($58.78 @ Amazon) </p><p>Headphones: Sennheiser HD 598 Headphones ($199.95 @ Amazon) </p><p><strong><u>Total: $4880.50</u></strong></p><p>Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available</p><p>Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-11 04:22 EST-0500</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.guru3d.com/index.php?ct=articles&action=file&id=7285" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>With four times the pixels, a new level of immersion can be created for gamers on a single display. Gamers will be able to experience richer details and a new sense of realism with the next generation of gaming on Ultra HD displays. </p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.guru3d.com/index.php?ct=articles&action=file&id=12895" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">DirectX 11</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">High Quality settings</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">2x MSAA</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">16x AF</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Internal benchmark</li> </ul><p>Again, for the single GPU cards, if you disable AA you will gain up-to a third in performance making the games playable enough. SLI or Crossfire however, bring it on. What we'll see continuously is that in Ultra HD the 970/980 SLI setups are not as fast as say two 780 Ti cards or a Titan-Z. This is due to a more limited 256-bit memory bus mostly. The higher clocks alone won't save the performance, for the 980 that does change a little as they have a little more rendering power under the hood. The results overall are a bit of a mixed bag really.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.guru3d.com/index.php?ct=articles&action=file&id=12893" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">DirectX 11</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Ultra Quality mode with DDOD enabled</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">FXAA enabled</li> </ul><p><img src="http://www.guru3d.com/index.php?ct=articles&action=file&id=12894" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Medal of Honor Warfighter is set at Ultra image Quality</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">4x MSAA enabled (deferred) </li> </ul><p><img src="http://www.guru3d.com/index.php?ct=articles&action=file&id=12892" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">DX11</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Ultra Quality mode</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">FX AA enabled</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">16x AF enabled</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Hair Quality Normal (TressFX disabled)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Tessellation On</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">SSAO Ultra</li> </ul><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.guru3d.com/index.php?ct=articles&action=file&id=12897" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Depth of Field effects</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Full Tessellation on character models</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">DX11 mode</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Image quality settings are maxed out</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">AAA anti-aliasing </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">16xAF, Motion Blur and Tessellation at normal</li> </ul><p>As you can see 2-way scales nicely, 3-way did not kick in properly as we get 2-way perf there.</p><p><img src="http://www.guru3d.com/index.php?ct=articles&action=file&id=12899" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">DirectX 11</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Very High Quality settings</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">FXAA Enabled</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Welcome to the Jungle level</li> </ul><p><img src="http://www.guru3d.com/index.php?ct=articles&action=file&id=12896" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Image Quality Settings:</p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">DX11</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Very High Image Quality</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">8x Anisotropic Filtering</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Screenspace reflection on</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Parallax Occlusion mapping on</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">FXAA on</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Contact Hardening Shadows on</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Tessellation on</li> </ul><p>Thief looks pretty nice in Ultra HD. The 40+ FPS range at 3840x2160 does require a very powerful multi-GPU solution. But yeah GTX 970 SLI or R9-290X Crossfire would perform extremely nice value for money wise. The 980'ies kick in nicely though.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.guru3d.com/index.php?ct=articles&action=file&id=12898" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>For Battlefield 4 the test run has enabled:</p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">DX11</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Ultra mode</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">2x MSAA enabled</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">16x AF enabled</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">HBAO enabled</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Level: Reach the VIPs</li> </ul><p></p><p></p><p>Performance differs from game to game <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite109" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BoraMurdar, post: 296992, member: 2291"] This is an alternative also with 3 way SLI of GTX980 PCPartPicker part list: [url]http://pcpartpicker.com/p/vXtN23[/url] Price breakdown by merchant: [url]http://pcpartpicker.com/p/vXtN23/by_merchant/[/url] CPU: Intel Core i7-5960X 3.0GHz 8-Core Processor ($969.99 @ NCIX US) CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Nepton 280L 122.5 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($99.99 @ Newegg) Motherboard: MSI X99S GAMING 9 AC EATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard ($404.98 @ SuperBiiz) Memory: G.Skill Value Series 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($499.99 @ Newegg) Storage: Samsung 850 Pro Series 512GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($357.99 @ Amazon) Storage: Western Digital Green 4TB 3.5" 5900RPM Internal Hard Drive ($146.06 @ Amazon) Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GB Twin Frozr Video Card (3-Way SLI) ($586.13 @ Newegg) Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GB Twin Frozr Video Card (3-Way SLI) ($586.13 @ Newegg) Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GB Twin Frozr Video Card (3-Way SLI) ($586.13 @ Newegg) Case: Cooler Master HAF Stacker 935 ATX Full Tower Case ($99.99 @ Newegg) Power Supply: Cooler Master V1000 1000W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($194.99 @ Newegg) Optical Drive: LG WH14NS40 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer ($56.57 @ OutletPC) Keyboard: Genius Manticore Wired Gaming Keyboard ($57.83 @ Amazon) Mouse: Genius Gila Wired Optical Mouse ($58.78 @ Amazon) Headphones: Sennheiser HD 598 Headphones ($199.95 @ Amazon) [B][U]Total: $4880.50[/U][/B] Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-11 04:22 EST-0500 [IMG]http://www.guru3d.com/index.php?ct=articles&action=file&id=7285[/IMG] With four times the pixels, a new level of immersion can be created for gamers on a single display. Gamers will be able to experience richer details and a new sense of realism with the next generation of gaming on Ultra HD displays. [IMG]http://www.guru3d.com/index.php?ct=articles&action=file&id=12895[/IMG] [LIST] [*]DirectX 11 [*]High Quality settings [*]2x MSAA [*]16x AF [*]Internal benchmark [/LIST] Again, for the single GPU cards, if you disable AA you will gain up-to a third in performance making the games playable enough. SLI or Crossfire however, bring it on. What we'll see continuously is that in Ultra HD the 970/980 SLI setups are not as fast as say two 780 Ti cards or a Titan-Z. This is due to a more limited 256-bit memory bus mostly. The higher clocks alone won't save the performance, for the 980 that does change a little as they have a little more rendering power under the hood. The results overall are a bit of a mixed bag really. [IMG]http://www.guru3d.com/index.php?ct=articles&action=file&id=12893[/IMG] [LIST] [*]DirectX 11 [*]Ultra Quality mode with DDOD enabled [*]FXAA enabled [/LIST] [IMG]http://www.guru3d.com/index.php?ct=articles&action=file&id=12894[/IMG] [LIST] [*]Medal of Honor Warfighter is set at Ultra image Quality [*]4x MSAA enabled (deferred) [/LIST] [IMG]http://www.guru3d.com/index.php?ct=articles&action=file&id=12892[/IMG] [LIST] [*]DX11 [*]Ultra Quality mode [*]FX AA enabled [*]16x AF enabled [*]Hair Quality Normal (TressFX disabled) [*]Tessellation On [*]SSAO Ultra [/LIST] [IMG]http://www.guru3d.com/index.php?ct=articles&action=file&id=12897[/IMG] [LIST] [*]Depth of Field effects [*]Full Tessellation on character models [*]DX11 mode [*]Image quality settings are maxed out [*]AAA anti-aliasing [*]16xAF, Motion Blur and Tessellation at normal [/LIST] As you can see 2-way scales nicely, 3-way did not kick in properly as we get 2-way perf there. [IMG]http://www.guru3d.com/index.php?ct=articles&action=file&id=12899[/IMG] [LIST] [*]DirectX 11 [*]Very High Quality settings [*]FXAA Enabled [*]Welcome to the Jungle level [/LIST] [IMG]http://www.guru3d.com/index.php?ct=articles&action=file&id=12896[/IMG] Image Quality Settings: [LIST] [*]DX11 [*]Very High Image Quality [*]8x Anisotropic Filtering [*]Screenspace reflection on [*]Parallax Occlusion mapping on [*]FXAA on [*]Contact Hardening Shadows on [*]Tessellation on [/LIST] Thief looks pretty nice in Ultra HD. The 40+ FPS range at 3840x2160 does require a very powerful multi-GPU solution. But yeah GTX 970 SLI or R9-290X Crossfire would perform extremely nice value for money wise. The 980'ies kick in nicely though. [IMG]http://www.guru3d.com/index.php?ct=articles&action=file&id=12898[/IMG] For Battlefield 4 the test run has enabled: [LIST] [*]DX11 [*]Ultra mode [*]2x MSAA enabled [*]16x AF enabled [*]HBAO enabled [*]Level: Reach the VIPs [/LIST] Performance differs from game to game :) [/QUOTE]
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