Yes, I worry about that. I had the same configuration in my Dell XPS, and the top card typically ran 5-10 degrees hotter.
Unfortunately, the Asus motherboard calls out those two slots, specifically, for twin-SLI.

I see. I guess there's no workaround that. I have same card liquid cooled as well as chpset and CPU.

I haven't played with overclocking and probably won't.

I haven't found a game yet that has brought my rig to it's knees. :haha:

Ya try Crysis in dx10 mode running 100% max detail & resolution

No Bill the score doesn't go any higher than that. It used to be 5 only but MS upped it to 5.9 to reflect the hardware progress since. That is one MONSTROUS gaming rig. Never ever buy branded PC they are a rip off. I must ask this the new gaming rig is obviously not built just to play DW or SH3 what new games are you planning to run with that rig? I must say that If I were you I would try to avoid fans on my casing since no matter how quiet they do make a sound. Getting that exotic non fan cooling casing would be great but as it is it is already a one luxurious desktop PC . Congrats on the buy.

Crysis? Not my type of game. Try empire Total War instead. Truth is that rig seems to be able to eat anything Bill throws at it. I don't think there's a PC game coming soon or available now that can slow that machine down. Unless Bill wants to play his games with multiple monitors or very large screen or with a few hundreds trojans and worms running or something like that.

My friend has it. Put it on my rig and, as he's familier with the game. I let him have at it at your specs.

IHHO my rig screwed Crysis in the arse. :D

My hats off to you Bill That rig rocks :rock: Now you need a big screen for your rig

Awesome build Bill! How do you like the mounting system in that Coolermaster case? I am thinking of doing a new build this summer (old one is going to be 2 years old and I would be time to mid-life it with a new CPU ect but I am really liking the cooler master cases and really considering Core i7) EVGA is a great name for video cards, I always keep saying I am going to get one and never get around to it (went with BFG and XFX on my last video cards and they were always good). You should put Windows 7 beta 64bit on a spare HDD just to see how it runs. I have been using the beta for a few months now (it still a bit rough around the edges but I was really amazed at how well it works for a beta).

I love EVGA cards. I have had two and both are still performing. They have a great forum as well. One of the forum gurus made a overclocking program for their cards specifically. It is super nice.

I'm just loving this machine.

Last night, I installed n-hancer and set up SH3 for best graphics, per a post I found in the SH3 forum area at Subsim. B-U-T-Ful!!!

Today I discovered how to get my RAM running at full spec speed (1600 MHz) instead of the default 1033 that the motherboard is set at.

:sunny:

Sounds like you are really enjoying the computer Bill. That is what it is all about. Nothing like picking a game and not having to look at the requirments to run it. Just buy, load and go:up:

Bill,
How did you get SH3 to run under vista 64?
Regards,
U2222

SH3 will run under Vista 64.

I have a good question for you Bill that nobody has asked yet. :DL


How doe's " Dangerous Waters " run ? :haha:

Hey Bill, how come you forgot the flux capacitor? :haha:

I'd llike to see satellite view of your city when you turn that beast on, I'm sure the lights in the neighbourhood go down a lot!

Happy gaming :salute:

What is n hancer??

I just got a bundle of the SH3/SH2 disks from amazon, I wanna see that SH3 stuff too.

http://www.nhancer.com/

its and advanced Control panel for your Nvidia card.

HunterICX

Actually, I'm having a wee bit of problems with DW. First, every time I start up, Windows puts up a dialog that wants me to install voice recognition. If I clear the dialog, it just pops up again.

Second, I'm getting ugly banding effects in the sky. Maybe I had those before, but I was hoping for a graphic improvement. (Nvidia control panel is set to its default settings.)

Nice
 

Very nice build, wish I had the funds avaliable for a build like that!

When Vista prompts you to configure the voice rec, you can just go through the process and record dead air. The nagware will cease to interrupt you from that point forward.

I have a coolermaster case and mounted the bottom case fan so that it blows downward, sending the dust bunnies tumbling away. I never understood why they would have been installed otherwise, as it turns the system into one giant dust magnet. I have 13 case fans in total and have the air blowing from top to bottom, front to back, and inward toward the motherboard from both sides. The machine runs extremely cool, with CPU temp seldom going over 80 degrees. Perhaps that is overkill, but it is the order of the day, no? :salute: