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BloodBath wrote: »

Well that's what I was thinking. An overclocked 4770k would surely be up to the task. I'll have a separate 4TB drive for recording. Would it struggle to write 1440p@30fps without too much compression? Maybe 2x2TB in raid would be better?

At that resolution I would suggest staying away from green drives, the compression is not the problem here, in fact the more you compress, the less you are BTed by speed of HDD. 4770k is capable of recording 1080p@60fps no problem, which means 1440p@30 should be a breeze, but that definitely rules out fraps and leaves you with frame limiting recorder like Dxtory. You still get to play at full framerate, just that video is limited to 30fps.

I don't have 1440p monitor yet and there's not much I can help from personal experience. There are 2 options with Dxtory tho - built in Dxtory codec or Lagarith codec. Lagarith one uses bit more CPU power, but makes file size much smaller, which means you can choose between the two depending on your needs.
For 1080p it's easy - there's not much stress on CPU at all, so doing less strain on HDD is a better idea. I've used 50MB/s, 60MB/s and 120MB/s drives at 29.97fps just fine, just to give you a hint.

I'd be getting WD Reds. I'd record 1440p at 60 fps if possible. I don't want to compress the source material much as it's going to get compressed again by whatever video service I upload it to.

I'll look into it more anyway. Thanks for the info.

Squaredude wrote: »

I'm losing about 15 fps when using Dxtory. Would using a slower hdd be causing this?

There are few factors why that happens:
The game itself and it's resource usage, quad core CPU, HDD and codec you use.
Dxtory is capable of using all cores of CPU for encoding, which makes Fx-8xxx and i7 series so desirable. It also uses GPU for encoding. So if you are playing GPU-bound game, I would suggest turning this setting on. You can benchmark your HDD speed within Dxtory, too. Not sure how accurate it is tho, I prefer AS SSD one.

Why not use a small SSD as a recording drive, then transfer it to a larger drive for storage afterwards?

Gumbi wrote: »

Overvolting those bad does cause huge increases in power draw. An 850 gold should be OK though. You had 740w power draw when gaming at1.3v?

I was just checking to see if the cards were voltage locked. I cranked the volts up in AB and loaded Heaven for about a minute and then checked max volts in GPUz. I had 1.3v on both cards but my power monitor was reading 700w+ being pulled form the wall.

BloodBath wrote: »

I doubt there will be much overclocking on the gpus for crossfire. Heat is going to be an issue. I'll be looking to bring them to 290x levels though.

How did you measure the power consumption? The psu always draws more from the wall than the parts actually use. It's down to the efficiency of the psu and how much load it's under.

I would say average gaming loads wouldn't use much more than 600w of power. For proper efficiency I should probably go for 1000w gold or platinum though. Not cheap

I use a power monitor to measure draw from the wall. You're dead right, at stock I typically pull between 550w and 650w whilst gaming (3570k, Asus 290 DCU II crossfire). But again, that's stock. I wouldn't be happy with my PSU (XFX 750W) running at 90%+ load all the time gaming.

1000w doesn't have to break the bank either. You can get a CoolerMaster V1000 for about €185 delivered from HWVD using Skinflint which is arguably the best 1000w PSU on the market! So for the sake of an extra ~€50 over an RM850 for example, it's probably worth.

COD is also easily fixed by uninstalling it

How do you find it for gaming compared to 16:9?

Depends on what you are after, I guess. For me personally vertical space is as important, especially when working with CGI apps. For multitasking and extra horizontal screen estate i'd rather go dual or tripple monitors.
I'm actually thinking of getting 1440p and rotating current 1080p 90 degrees and use it for websites or PDF files, keeping 1050p besides for movies/youtube/benchmarking tools, whatever the case.
Gaming at 21:9 would be interesting tho, it's like having dual monitors without a bezel in middle. It would be a thing to consider if gaming was the only thing I'd plan to do.

Not sure yet to be honest. I'll look into it closer to ordering.

Kinda hoping HIS do a version of their blower cooler for the 290.

TerrorFirmer wrote: »

If I was doing more than gaming, not sure it'd suit. I do editing as well, and the screen space is OK, sometimes I wish I had more though. I'd only recommend it entirely based upon gaming really though.

Cheers for all info m8. Looks like I decided now and will go the same monitor. Way too good value to miss out on.

I just realised,that my both 2312hm's will work perfect I'm portrait mode too thx to amazing dell stands. It will look word but **** will it be good lol.
Just one more thing, could you measure the length of it, and I am not talking about your eGentelman sausage m8. I want to see will it fit fine on my desk.

Guys, I was just wondering. When I get that new monitor, will I still needto have active display port adapter to be able to have 3 monitors connected? Or I will be able just use any connection spare and have non surround 3 monitor setup?

Pretty sure it has to be DVI-D or mini display port for 1440p.

BloodBath wrote: »

Pretty sure it has to be DVI-D or mini display port for 1440p.

I will use DVI-D for new monitor all right, though i got my 2x2312hms that need to be connected too. Can I just use another DVI and Displa port to Display Port connection. Or I will still need and active adapter?

Monotype wrote: »

I think BloodBath was responding to ShadowHearth? The DVI-I connection should be fine.



You don't need an adapter if one of the connections is displayport to displayport.

Great. Ill get one of those cables too and Connect one of the Dells so. the other one with normal DVI and the main Monitor with Dual DVI. I hope they will give dual one with a monitor.

Edit: I can connect 2560x1080 through Display port too, right? I might just leave both Dells on DVI then.

Monotype wrote: »

The AOC one? I don't see why not. It has a displayport connector on it.

I was just wondering if display port supports that resolution. Cheers.

Monotype wrote: »

Ah yeah, it would, why not if they didn't have the connection? Now your monitor configuration won't allow you to game on them as one, but I don't see any issues with having 3 separate monitors from the one card.

Don't you have a GTX 680 SH? nVidia did away with that needing specific connections/SLI in their 600 and 700 series. The high end cards, at least.

Its going to be wide enough as it is lol. I think I will put my other 2 monitors in portrait mode too as my awesome antique table wont fit in all 3! :pac:
As long as I can have all 3 monitors working and use them as one big desktop etc, I am happy enough. I am playing on one monitor even now.

Need to bring bad news to misses now. I found my birthday Present! :pac: