Any faults in this configuration (video card)?

[Gamehendge Jazz]

Just thought I would post this to see if anyone noticed any compatibility issues. No decision has been made between the two video cards - not sure which to go for.


Case: LIAN LI PC-V2000Bplus II Black Aluminum Server Computer Case - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811112062

Power Supply: PC Power & Cooling Silencer 610 EPS12V EPS12V 610W Continuous @ 40°C Power Supply 90 - 264 V UL/ULC/CE/CB/TUV
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817703005

Case Fan: Thermaltake A2018 120mm 1 Ball, 1 Sleeve Blue LED Light Case Cooling Fan - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811999122

Heatsink Fan: ZALMAN CNPS9500 LED 92mm 2 Ball Blue LED Light Cooling Fan with Heatsink - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835118223

Motherboard: ASUS P5B Deluxe Socket T (LGA 775) Intel P965 Express ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16813131045

CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Conroe 2.4GHz 4M sharing L2 Cache LGA 775 Processor - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819115003

RAM: CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16820145590

Main HD: Western Digital Raptor X WD1500AHFD 150GB 10,000 RPM 16MB Cache Serial ATA150 Hard Drive - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822136011

Storage HD (6): Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD5000KS 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822136014

DVD-R Drive: Pioneer DVR-111D
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827129001

Video Card: eVGA 512-P2-N635-AR Geforce 7950GT KO 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130061
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Video Card: eVGA 512-P2-N571-AR Geforce 7900GTX 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card
https://usm.channelonline.com/rtech/storesite/Products/Overview/?id=M003224853

[rond36]

Your motherboard is Crossfire ready and both of your video card choices are SLI ready which is fine if you don't ever intend on installing two video cards.

If you decide to use the Crossfire features of your motherboard you would need to remove the Nvidia card, and buy two ATI Crossfire ready video cards.

If you don't intend on using two video cards save $32 by getting the
ASUS P5B-E Socket T (LGA 775) Intel P965 Express ATX Intel Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131070
which only has one video card slot.

Those 7 hard drives are going to suck some serious power when they all spin up at the same time I hope your PSU is ready for it LOL :D

[saphalline]

If you want to spend that much money on a vid card, you might as well get the new GeForce 8800! The 7950 is cheap enough, but the 7900 GTX? No longer an option! For the same amount of money (street price) you can get the 8800 GTS (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814133188), which is D3D 10 compliant among many other things.

Or if you want to go the CrossFire route, a couple of X1900 GT's or XT's would be nice. You don't have to worry as much with ATI since their R600 isn't due out for awhile yet. Even so, think about moving up to D3D 10 hardware as soon as you can.