Build Your Own - Step by Step ( i7 2600k)
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@ Bolimomo,....well i understand that could be an issue with mixing chipsets and honestly that wasn't what i was thinking of doing, i just was thinking to try the fx3500 and compare it to the NVS 295 cards and see for myself how they looked as far as picture quality, in other words try the NVS 295 out in the system first,
then pull it out and try the fx3500 card and see what the difference might be.
But what i was asking in my first post , was would the fx3500 be worth buying for $75 and using it for Trading purposes, i don't want to spend more than i need to on this build, but i was very interested in seeing what that card could do as far as picture quality.
as far as i know from Nvidia site it is no longer produced, but i have found a source that claim they have New ones?
you know how it is when you get interested in something and if it's not to much $$$ you can be tempted to try it, i just wanted to see from others what they may have read/heard or know about this card for trading purposes being it is older type card, but has some good technology built into it.
@ Bolimomo, Thanks for responding to this post, knowing me if i had both types of cards while building, i might have tried running them both, and i'm sure based on what you said i would have problems, i won't try it as you have confirmed of possible issues with mixing.
then pull it out and try the fx3500 card and see what the difference might be.
But what i was asking in my first post , was would the fx3500 be worth buying for $75 and using it for Trading purposes, i don't want to spend more than i need to on this build, but i was very interested in seeing what that card could do as far as picture quality.
as far as i know from Nvidia site it is no longer produced, but i have found a source that claim they have New ones?
you know how it is when you get interested in something and if it's not to much $$$ you can be tempted to try it, i just wanted to see from others what they may have read/heard or know about this card for trading purposes being it is older type card, but has some good technology built into it.
@ Bolimomo, Thanks for responding to this post, knowing me if i had both types of cards while building, i might have tried running them both, and i'm sure based on what you said i would have problems, i won't try it as you have confirmed of possible issues with mixing.
(Unless you connect monitors via analogue interface like VGA), the card doen't make any difference to picture quality whatsoever. If you are having issues with "refresh rate", disable Aero. It serves no useful purpose except for eye candy and forcing people to pay through the throat for an expensive graphics card they don't otherwise need.
Super nice board. Great price
Look into Ivy Bridge to utilize the PCIe 3.0 x16
( You could get something with only PCI e 2 for now )
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http://semiaccurate.com/2011/03/28/latest-intel-roadmap-confirms-pci-express-3-0-for-ivy-bridge/
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/article.cfm/2011/03/30/intel_ivy_bridge_chips_feature_pci_express_3_0
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You are not going to see a picture quality difference in just displaying digital photos. Because all that takes is to fill in the frame buffer with a pixel bitmap.
I don't think you will see a picture quality difference when playing a video either. Because the MPEG-x compression is decoded by the CPU not the graphics card (I believe... though maybe wrong).
I don't think you will see a picture quality difference when you run your trading platform and display price charts.
The one app to see a picture quality difference is when you play a video game like Grand Theft Auto or other shooting game to see how fast the card draws up the animated stuff - the bad guys shooting at you, the car wrecks, the explosions, etc..
@ Bolimomo, Thanks for response , being i don't know much about what will produce a better quality picture in 2d like what is for trading, i was just curious about some of the quadro cards i found for cheap.
it seems based on everyone's response that it want make a difference what card i will use.
my plan was to try both the fx3500 card in the new build, then pull it out and try the NVS 295 cards x2 for 4 displays, if the fx3500 had any advantage as far as picture quality or any noticeable improvement i would buy another and use those 2 to run 4 displays, the new build will only be 4 displays powered by 2 cards.
i do have 2 other computers here both are dell gx620's i could use the extra cards in for a dual display setup with the extra cards.
like i said i was just interested to see how the fx3500 card might perform for trading application based on some of the specs, it seemed to me it might be a good choice.
anyway, i really am not sure to even try it at this point now, just wanted to see what you guys thought.
Thanks for everyone's replies about this matter.
it seems based on everyone's response that it want make a difference what card i will use.
my plan was to try both the fx3500 card in the new build, then pull it out and try the NVS 295 cards x2 for 4 displays, if the fx3500 had any advantage as far as picture quality or any noticeable improvement i would buy another and use those 2 to run 4 displays, the new build will only be 4 displays powered by 2 cards.
i do have 2 other computers here both are dell gx620's i could use the extra cards in for a dual display setup with the extra cards.
like i said i was just interested to see how the fx3500 card might perform for trading application based on some of the specs, it seemed to me it might be a good choice.
anyway, i really am not sure to even try it at this point now, just wanted to see what you guys thought.
Thanks for everyone's replies about this matter.
@ TIKITRADER, Thanks for replying on the board, that board seems to be a decent choice like you said for the price, and it looks to be overkill if using sandybridge cpu, i have basically downgraded my plan to use only 2 cards running 4 displays for now, so it seemed to be all around good choice, i can tell you at the moment i am confused to what i will be using in the area what board, i did decide on the on the cpu- i5 2500k it is $ 179 at micrcenter.
i guess i will get it all figured out soon and like you said the ivybridge is due out in the near future and 3.0 will be the way to go, it's not easy deciding on what to do.
i guess try and put together what components to buy and see from there.
i guess i will get it all figured out soon and like you said the ivybridge is due out in the near future and 3.0 will be the way to go, it's not easy deciding on what to do.
i guess try and put together what components to buy and see from there.
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