What (little) I've read about it, GD65 has better power management, making it more stable if you're planning to OC. And there's no such thing as GD45, only G45.
But yes, not much difference really, sticking to G45 is ok to save a few bucks.
The other old chestnut is that AMD still refuse, as far as I know, to allow you to customise your experience based on the executable name. With Nvidia I can create a custom profile based on the .EXE i.e. Trilinear for this and Bilinear for that.
With AMD the only way to fudge the system and get better performance was to rename the .EXE to something else that used the builtin, and inaccessible, profile that ATI/AMD created so that you can use it.
Is that still the case or have they loosened the reigns somewhat?
AMD or Nvidia - it's all down to personal experience/preference.
I had lots of problems with AMD drivers, which is why I swear by Nvidia now (especially for OpenGL).
If you install a new anti-virus program it always finds a virus the old one didn't.It's funny the old driver thing. For every Nvidia owner that says AMD drivers have problems there's a AMD owner that says they're fine.
If you install a new anti-virus program it always finds a virus the old one didn't.
Interesting... It's a shame they hadn't released this years ago as it would have been a huge help for me back then. Ho hum.Yeah you can do that with Radeon Pro
http://www.radeonpro.info/2010/12/radeonpro-amd-radeon-unleashed/
Oh reallyIt's funny the old driver thing. For every Nvidia owner that says AMD drivers have problems there's a AMD owner that says they're fine.
Me too.<nods sagely> Yeah, but I was an AMD owner who had problems with AMD drivers.
My last 2 cards are/were AMD - no issues with drivers. Before that I had 2 nvidias - no issues with drivers. Next card will be whatever offers best bang for buck in the £350 - £450 bracket (at the time I build my new PC) - Whether that's AMD or nvidia I don't really care.![]()
Wouldn't that push it over budget?
How about 1 8GB DDR3, then buy a 2nd when budget allows and, finally, two more later on?
oh, and one other suggestion, the mobo/cpu both have integrated graphics. Could you put up with on-board graphics until Elite is released then buy a graphics card? If you still end up with the same choice, there's a chance it might be cheaper allowing you to budget for that extra RAM.
Wow that system will fly.
I saw in my mailbox yesterday that Scan have the Nvidia 780 Ti cards in stock now. From what I have read they are Titan stompers and at least 200-300 quid cheaper. Seriously considering buying one of these to upgrade by 580 GTX.
Replaces a veteran of more than 4 years,
Intel Core2 Quad Q8200 (2.33GHz)
4GB
GTX260
WinXP
Let the alpha begin!!!
Now that I think of it, the last time I bought a brand name PC instead of building one myself must have been april 1993, and the computer was an Atari Falcon030![]()