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texasboy:
 ::) Any thoughts ??

TechnologyMake ntlworld my home page  05 January 2007
 
Cyberpower Infinity SLI KO
The best two grand you'll ever spend

Time was, if you wanted high-end gear in an off-thepeg unit, you paid upwards of £3,000. Well, this rig flicks the bird to that concept. No PC we’ve ever tested has run games as well as this one. Fact.

So fire me for stating the obvious here, but games are important to us. Really important. It’s why we do this; the endless benchmarking, the ceaseless hunt for the best kit, the tweakery… we do it all because we love games, and we want them to look better and run faster, plain and simple.

And when all that good stuff comes in a single package, it’s a beautiful, beautiful thing. Partly, this is down to Cyberpower’s choice to go simple with the extras. You get a reliable 19-inch Viewsonic panel, a basic wired desktop set and a set of Creative 7.1 speakers. The few extra quid saved here goes into the very best internal components money can buy. We’re still reeling here from the cutting-edge spec-list: quadcore CPU, Corsair Dominator memory, GeForce 8800GTX, and an NFORCE 680SLI motherboard. As if that wasn’t enough, there’s even a pair of WD Raptor hard drives in RAID configuration. And then there’s that gorgeous custom paint-job. Surely this is some kind of joke?

But no. And neither is the performance. At the panel’s 1,280x1,024 optimal resolution, you get 64FPS in Oblivion with all the shiny wound up, 12,119 in 3DMark06, and a stammerinducing 194FPS in Half-Life 2: Episode 1. This rig reduces games that have been available for less than a year to chum, and is the most Vista-ready PC we’ve met, given its DX10-compatible card. I only wish I’d taken a photo of James’ face when he installed the immensely demanding ArmA: Armed Assault beta code on it. “No PC has ever played it this smoothly” he stammered, wearing an expression like Santa, the tooth fairy and Kylie had just sprung him with a group hug. Bless him!

Al Bickham

Price: £2199

Verdict
The fastest rig we’ve seen, and the best all-in-one investment you can make right now. Joy!

cheers

kyopedlr:
You can't go wrong with Sli Boards... some are expensive but other really aren't that bad...

-kyopedlr

texasboy:
 ;D Thats great. Its good to know that my NI8 SLI GR MOBO will support this system. Now where did I leave my credit card.lol
cheers

kyopedlr:

--- Quote from: texasboy on January 22, 2007, 07:51:22 am --- ;D Thats great. Its good to know that my NI8 SLI GR MOBO will support this system. Now where did I leave my credit card.lol
cheers

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What do you mean by that?

I don't understand... Sli boards are motherboards... how would it not support the system? it basically is the system...

-kyopedlr

texasboy:

--- Quote from: kyopedlr on January 22, 2007, 07:56:47 am ---
--- Quote from: texasboy on January 22, 2007, 07:51:22 am --- ;D Thats great. Its good to know that my NI8 SLI GR MOBO will support this system. Now where did I leave my credit card.lol
cheers

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What do you mean by that?

I don't understand... Sli boards are motherboards... how would it not support the system? it basically is the system...

-kyopedlr

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Basically because all I have heard on the forum is that SLI figures will never match up to latest cards,or in plain words are a thing of the past, Very confusing.
cheers

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