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    Shack Hardware question.
    I'm looking to do some holiday updates to my rig and I'm thinking of going with a gtx 260 and using my current 8800 as a PPU. That is if they ever release a game that takes advantage of this feature (I'm looking at you Empire: Total War) but i have a few questions before i pull the trigger, specifics in reply.
    Nov 24, 2008 4:28pm PST
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    Shack Hardware question. I'm looking to do some holiday updates to my rig and I'm thinking of going wit... : RetroRedEyeJr

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      My current specs are as follows --e6600 @ 3.0 Tuniq tower 120 cooler (fucking waste of money) --2 gb ... : RetroRedEyeJr
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        Man that OC sucks. I got lucky with mine (new to me) that is hitting 3.4 stock voltage (and still going u... : whoreThis person is cool!
        • I can get it to 3.4 stock voltage i believe (been about a year since i tinkered with it) it just seemed l... : RetroRedEyeJr
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      The 8800GT is probbaly a bit overkill if you are just gonna use it as a physX processor, especially consi... : Pilmar Khin-Kari
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        I'm not certai of the 260GTX specs but if it has less than 1GB of VRAM, don't bother. 512Mb VRAM is s... : Pilmar Khin-Kari
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          896MB. and the 8800 won't be put into the box until there are some games that support it so im hoping by ... : RetroRedEyeJr
          • fair enough, go with what you intended. If you can deal with the 8800GT being in your system solely as a ... : Pilmar Khin-Kari
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            It should also eat less power when being used as a physics card. Probably overkill as they say, but if y... : Johnny LawThis person is cool!
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              yeah this is really the only reason I'm even considering it, it would be a hassle to sell on ebay and wha... : RetroRedEyeJr
              • Don't know personally, but a bit of Google seems to say... signs point to yes? http://physx.cwx.ru/ : Johnny LawThis person is cool!
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      I would overclock your e6600 some more. Buy 4gb of ddr800 ram since its so cheap and will help with the ... : ant_hillbilly
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        Also the Antec will fit the card fine. I would also opt for 2-2gb sticks of the ddr800. Your 600 watt s... : ant_hillbilly
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          The ram i have is ddr 800 but i underclocked it to 667 to get a stable 1-1-1 1t and maybe i could push my... : RetroRedEyeJr
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            Yah man put that tuniq tower to use and overclock that chip higher. That antec case is fairly big and sh... : ant_hillbilly
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              Yeah, the Tuniq Tower is a beast if you use it for it's purpose (I.E. supreme overclocking prowess) and i... : Pilmar Khin-Kari
              • When i do finnaly get it I'll start doing some temp measurements and see how far i can take that bitch ca... : RetroRedEyeJr
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              i think im going to do it like right now cause they have a deal for the 216 and 4g (2x2) of corsair ddr80... : RetroRedEyeJr
              • Yah the GTX260 216 is a beast of a card.. I got mine clocked at 700Mhz without a problem as is just as ... : ShadowdaneThis person is cool!
          • lol @ underclocking ram to get better timings! I have my E6600 @ 3.4Ghz with DDR2-800 at CAS 5. I not... : ShadowdaneThis person is cool!