th0rshamm3r

Thanks to Darrin Lynch for joining us today.

Now that you know the card is being recognized by the OS, when you are running off the integrated graphics, have you tried completely removing the Drivers for your new card? It's worth a shot there may be something wrong with the drivers.

2 correct and solid responses.

Why do you want to switch to NVIDIA?

I agree. Use what you have now and if you find there is a performance hit then shell out for the newer gpu's or wait and see what NVIDIA and AMD have to offer in the next few months. Or just get a 670 SLI...or screw it all and get an Ares II.

I have no personal experience with 2560 resolution but I can tell you that you would definitely benefit from getting a card with 4GB of VRAM. 670 vs 680 probably is not a massive difference but you would get a smoother experience with a 680 at that resolution due to the extra power. I love my 670 and it is a beast at 1080p. I can not speak to AMD offerings due to lack of experience.

Just a comment towards SLI. From what I have seen rumbling around the internet, spending the extra money for a 16x/16x lane setup instead of 8x/8x doesn't really add any real world performance currently, just a few points in benchmarking. In case you were wondering.

IMHO, motherboards from reputable dealers. They really don't have bottlenecks anymore. If you just want a good solid board to plug components into and you don't want to be doing any crazy overclocks, or you don't need 4 PCI-E lanes or anything like that you are fine. The more money you spend on boards the more features you get. Board looks pretty solid to me and I haven't had any crazy issues with Gigabyte boards in the past. They are a good company. Plus you can usually hackintosh gigabyte boards the easiest if you really wanted too.

(I don't have a ton of laptop experience but have looked around a little) Again I know you want a laptop, but personally you can EASILY make a desktop config with these settings for $1,500 but you probably already know that :) To get a 680 and that kind of specs your going to have a very hard time finding something for less then $1500 from what I have seen. I would look around at some of the boutique guys like Origin. http://www.originpc.com/configurator...spx?SYSTEMID=3 Sadly with a 680 and 16GB of ram and a basic i5 you are looking at $2,100 from Origin. $1,500 is going to be really tight.

With modern CPU's like the 3770 or a 3570 you aren't going to get any bottlenecks honestly. Hyperthreading is good for rendering and encoding but either way you can get basically equal performance and you can spend more money on your GPU if gaming is important. Both processors are overkill/will be fast for a few years if you are simply gaming.

Cuda with Premiere Pro is great. I believe Adobe added the acceleration for Cuda in CS5 or 5.5. The GPU rendering helps a ton with effects and not waiting around for render times and you don't need to spend a ton of cash on a Quadro. You will likely however have to add it to a notepad file in Premiere's files to allow it to be used for Cuda support. You can find it online really easy with a quick google search.

Changing out 4 ram sticks while the PSU was still plugged in. Static took care of the motherboard.