I'm dramatically upgrading my PC. It's new enough to warrant the upgrade versus buying a new PC. Despite that it is almost 4 years old, all modern games (that I have bought) run well on it, probably because new games are generally made to run on 6 year old consoles… so there is no real need for a brand new machine.
Last week I upgraded my Mouse and Keyboard. I was in desperate need of an upgrade in that department for a long time. But it's so easy to put off that kind of purchase as mice and keyboards are somewhat unexciting, at least to me. But thanks to the help of some of you, I have a brand new Logitch G19 keyboard and Logitech G700 mouse - and so far they are both working great!
Next on my agenda is adding a second video card to run in SLI mode. Buying a second card was easy enough since you have to buy an exact duplicate of what you already have for SLI to work. But it's been an interesting experience finding and buying an SLI bridge. I couldn't find this at any of my local computer stores. Searching the net it seems you can only buy them from E-Bay and Amazon. I don't mind buying it from either of these sources but find it very strange that I couldn't find this anywhere else. I'm not sure why all the mystery with these cables. Even searching NVIDIA's own website I couldn't find any information about buying an SLI Bridge. I finally posted a message on their forums and, you guessed it, I was directed to look for one on Ebay or Amazon. Just about anywhere I can find a parallel to USB adapter to make a 1980s dot matrix printer connect to a modern PC but an SLI bridge - that's relegated to Amazon and Ebay? Very weird. More curious, where do the people who sell these on Ebay and Amazon get them from? Are they leftovers from mobo purchases?
Once my SLI bridge and second video card arrive (thank you Amazon), next will be a 3D monitor. I spent a few hours researching these monitors. I want a 27" 3d monitor. It seems none of the current 3d monitors at 27" offer an IPS variant. That said, two offerings, one from Asus and one from Acer look promising. There is the Asus VG278H and the Acer HN274H bmiiid. I'm leaning toward the Asus model at the moment.
Do any of you have opinions on 3d monitors? I would love to hear them if you do.
Last week I upgraded my Mouse and Keyboard. I was in desperate need of an upgrade in that department for a long time. But it's so easy to put off that kind of purchase as mice and keyboards are somewhat unexciting, at least to me. But thanks to the help of some of you, I have a brand new Logitch G19 keyboard and Logitech G700 mouse - and so far they are both working great!
Next on my agenda is adding a second video card to run in SLI mode. Buying a second card was easy enough since you have to buy an exact duplicate of what you already have for SLI to work. But it's been an interesting experience finding and buying an SLI bridge. I couldn't find this at any of my local computer stores. Searching the net it seems you can only buy them from E-Bay and Amazon. I don't mind buying it from either of these sources but find it very strange that I couldn't find this anywhere else. I'm not sure why all the mystery with these cables. Even searching NVIDIA's own website I couldn't find any information about buying an SLI Bridge. I finally posted a message on their forums and, you guessed it, I was directed to look for one on Ebay or Amazon. Just about anywhere I can find a parallel to USB adapter to make a 1980s dot matrix printer connect to a modern PC but an SLI bridge - that's relegated to Amazon and Ebay? Very weird. More curious, where do the people who sell these on Ebay and Amazon get them from? Are they leftovers from mobo purchases?
Once my SLI bridge and second video card arrive (thank you Amazon), next will be a 3D monitor. I spent a few hours researching these monitors. I want a 27" 3d monitor. It seems none of the current 3d monitors at 27" offer an IPS variant. That said, two offerings, one from Asus and one from Acer look promising. There is the Asus VG278H and the Acer HN274H bmiiid. I'm leaning toward the Asus model at the moment.
Do any of you have opinions on 3d monitors? I would love to hear them if you do.
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