Fitting SLI + sound card + RevoDrive - Page 2

Goku · 2012-04-18, 05:24 PM

Did you order two GTX 680s already?

Really · 2012-04-18, 05:25 PM

Ooooorrrr just use a really fast-writing SSD instead of a Revodrive. Saves costs and eliminates problems! Wonder if 500MB/s is enough for 120Hz 1080p... or 5760x1080!

Really · 2012-04-18, 05:27 PM

Nah can't afford that yet

Gonna give it a while, they're all out of stock in the UK right now and I can't even run SLI on my current mobo. Upgrade path is looking like this:

Motherboard + CPU (Z77 and IB)
2nd 680
SSD
Maybe 2 more monitors for Surround :P

I love having no commitments and living in a student house!

Quick aside: do you reckon an i7 would be better for things like Dxtory/FRAPS? They have to record/encode on the fly and Dxtory at least is multithreaded...

Goku · 2012-04-18, 05:36 PM

I thought you actually needed the revodrive for specific task. You will not notice any difference between a revodrive and a SSD like the Intel 520 playing games. You are not going to double your performance for example with a revodrive vs even a normal HDD. A Crucial M4, Samsung 830, or Intel 520 will be a great SSD for what you need, so scrap the revo. Too much $$$ anyway. From what people said even streaming won't be a issue when I was looking up HT and that program you want to use.

I didn't find anything going either way with HT and that program you want to use. Maybe try getting a hold of the company who made it and see what they say.

Really · 2012-04-18, 05:40 PM

Oh yeah it was for a specific task: recording using FRAPS etc in HD needs a ridiculous transfer rate since there's so much data at once, so the revodrive was to take care of that. Only I'm not sure whether I need 1500MB/s, or whether 500MB/s will suffice.

Got a Crucial m4 already and it's amazing, wouldn't bother upgrading just for gaming

Goku · 2012-04-18, 05:43 PM

I saw one person saying even with 3 screens using that program @ 5760x1200 at most you will be 180 MB/s. I think a regular SSD is fine, but you will be eating up a lot of space won't you? May need a bigger one. Unless you are only streaming.

Really · 2012-04-18, 05:46 PM

Yeah, was hoping 256GB would be enough but I'm fairly sure I'll run out of room in, like, 3 minutes. Sigh. The idea of recording at 120fps for slow motion is getting less and less attainable

Goku · 2012-04-18, 05:50 PM

Lol. Well keep this in mind. If you are uploading this somewhere most people do not have 120Hz screens, so that isn't going to be really any kind of benefit.

I think it takes longer then 3 minutes to fill up 256GB. @ 180 MB/s a minute with tripple monitors at 60 FPS will take 25 minutes or so. Oh my. Would a raid setup with like 2 TB drives be a better option?

This is a very expensive project. And you are going to college at the same time? Wow.

Really · 2012-04-18, 06:05 PM

The 120Hz would be so I can slow it down 4x for slow-motion shots. Pretty specific need but it looks cool!

Hmm raid could work; actually, Dxtory has a feature where it can split the file between two hard drives/SSDs while recording, so they might not even need to be raid-ed. I've tried it with my current setup and it struggled, as did the M4 on its own, but I'm sure there's a way!

Yeah expensive :/ Needed an upgrade anyway though, determined to run PS2 on max settings

I got quite lucky though, I got a fellowship to do an MSc in Statistics over 2 years while working and it pays quite well (for a first job at least) - figured I'd blow some on this!