If you do SLI, you'll still only have a total of 1GB of VRAM.

1GB of VRAM is basically all you really need these days for resolutions of 1920x1200 and under.

Now for anything above that, that is when your going to start looking for SLI setups with multiple cards of 1GB or even the GTX 285s that have 2GB of VRAM per core.

Well, all future i7 and i9 CPUs should be compatible with the current X58 market because the memory controller isn't on the motherboard anymore, it's on the CPU. Which I believe was the cause of newer CPUs not being able to function on older chipsets with previous Intel CPUs.

HyperTransport is an AMD only thing, so unless your in the market cor AMD CPUs, you don't read much on it. It's AMD's way of getting rid of the Front Side Bus. I believe I was mistaken on saying it was the thing that let AMD's CPUs talk directly to the RAM though.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HyperTransport

Hmmmm, I thought the 32nm for i7 was going to be Lynnfield... wrong there was well. They are calling it Gulftown.

But still, Intel is NOT removing HyperThreading from their CPU line up.

ALSO, the removal of the 920 and 940 from the market was because the i5 CPUs perform so closely to the i7 CPUs, so they are releasing new CPUs that will be faster in their stead.

And your asking for help when you can't provide any informationthat could help your situation.

My advice ask for help when you get home, because we can only make guesses which don't help you at all.

A Packard Bell from like 97 or 98, played Command and Conquer: Red Alert and StarCraft on it.

TechPowerUp's GPU-Z will tell you.

What is the exact ratings for the power supply or do you have a link for it?

How much VRAM do you video cards have as well?

What resolution are you playing at?

Good news, DX11 is compatible with DX10, which means your won't need a new video card to run DX11 video games.

But you should wait until newer the newer generation is released before buying a new card.

the thing 04DCarraher pointing out is that is saying ? that all new core i7 ? excluding 920 / 940 / 965 / 975 would have no HT !? I mean if 975 Give Better Result then 965 it must have the HT also ? but newest example if they make a 985 / 995 : it would have no HT !

and that the Westmere (32nm shrink) *NEW Downgrade Feature Hyper-therading Removal Read spec Below The removale of Hyper-threading allow Slower multi-tasking and less performances per wat : but Better game Performances

I mean it would be nice if it was Writen on the box. :D instead of *NEW FEATURE * it would say * Removed Feature *
Cause You know when you read a motherboard box / spec / review every 6 to 12 month you see *NEW FEATURE* on motherboard : improved mosfet / capacitor /Better Overclocking/ Voltage & Phase Improvement / Tweaking Stuff / you alway see such as Gigabyte P45 UD3R Vs Gigabyte P45 Extreme

I bet X58 next Year will have lot of new Great Feature that Precedent motherboard didn't have + Compatible with 32nm Processor Core i7 With out Hyper Threading

marcthpro

Like I said, Carraher is pulling smoke out his butt. THey aren't removing Hypterthreading, in his first post he was talking about Hyper TRANSPORT, which is the method AMD's CPU uses to talk to the RAM.

Intel, isn't going to remove Hyperthreading from the i7 or i9 series CPUs especially since they spent a lot of time perfecting it.

Intel Product Placement

Westmere is NOT NOT NOT NOT NOT NOT i7. Westmere is for the iFIVE CPU line. The 32nm i7 line is Lynnfield which WILL have Hyperthreading. i5 will NOT have Hyperthreading.

The i5 is also NOT LGA-1366 it is LGA-1156.

The 6-Core CPUs that Intel is coming out with will be for LGA-1366 ONLY and WILL have Hyperthreading for a total of TWELVE threads.

There will be i7 CPUs though for LGA-1156 that will have Hyperthreading though.

Basicly you pay more for intel because your paying for the name, not necessarily better performance.04dcarraher

What is happening is that back in 2001 or so AMD and Intel signed a tech sharing agreement allowing AMD to use intel research and the other way around. But shortly after Intel started to do its monopoly practices cornering AMD in the market because intel was stealing most of the buisness with the large pc makers. For example is intel tells dell that if they buy from them they will give a bonus ie discounts and buy 4 get one free type of thing. And just in the last 3-4 months AMD was acussing intel of monopolying and Korea and Europe looked into the ordeal, and found out that intel was backing AMD into the corner, and was breaking the law so the fined intel and giving them bad PR. So now the US is looking into it too so who knows whats going to happen. But its sounds like Intel is out of the agreement so they cant use AMD's hyper transport tech which gives the current i7's the lead over the phenom 2's, this is partly why intel is cutting down the i7 series and i5 etc.

04dcarraher