Very High Graphics Setting: Who is this for, NASA computers?

Just for crits and giggles I turned off SLI and dedicated the second 780 to Phyx proc. Doesn't seem to make that much of a difference.

My rig is:

AMD phenom 2 6 core cpu
12 gbs ram
GTX 680 video

I can run the game everywhere on max settings. The only caveat is that I use my card's AA instead of the game's. Something's screwy with the ingame AA. Lags me out.

Uh, NVidia isn't "the very top" anymore.

GTX 680 < HD 7970 -- AND the 7970 was cheaper.
GTX 670 < HD 7950 Boost -- AND the 7950 was cheaper.

With AMD now backing ATI -- the two are leap-frogging. ATI has been able to put out more power for less of a cost, generally -- but not always.

With the two listed above (original pricepoint of $300+) ATI was by far the best option. At the time, however, Nvidia was best anwhere from $200-300 (GTX 660, GTX 660 TI), with ATI taking the $150-200 (HD 7850) and Nvidia taking the $100-150 (GTX 650 TI).

In other words -- people who actually pay attention to specs realize that the two companies are actually competing with each other now. Prior to AMD backing ATI -- I was 100% Nvidia. With ATIs drivers being exceptionally stable and bringing big improvements -- they've made quite the comeback.

http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/high_end_gpus.html

Not really.

Rather surprising -- mainly because SLI generally decreases performance in SWTOR. Worth a shot, at least!

This game is *certainly* not the best benchmark for computer quality. I'd recommend trying other games, or using actual benchmarks (FFXIV has a benchmark out that you could use, or 3D-Mark [they have a free version]).

Quite often with SWTOR, we've seen lower-end computers beat out some really nice rigs -- just because the engine is fairly bad.

http://www.techspot.com/review/603-b...ds/page12.html

Look, I can show links too! This one, however, has 12 pages of various benchmarks, not just one.

I'm running a system with a single GTX 780, a single SSD, 16 GB of ram, and a comparable CPU and I run on all high settings with almost no issues. I also run on 3 monitors, often running Netflix/Hulu on one of the other monitors. Not sure what to tell you.

As a rule I tend to stick to buying the core components for the maximum price of around £300-£400 in total, once every 24 months and i'm always running everything on max.

The market moves so damn quick but the software is years behind. Before you know it you would of spent a few thousand on the "top of the range" system only to find out you can plug into the matrix a month or two after.... you never know

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Sorry, it needed to be said.

Well the good part about the matrix is that it's free for everyone. Those socialist robots and their VR technologies...

New drivers are 320.something. Maybe you should try updating? It doesnt guarantee help, but sometimes they manage to fix some things