Nvidia Question
 

Ok, I've got a friend that's asked me to install a pair of 460's in sli so he can use the 3-D vision, personally I could care less but he's willing to shell out the money for the cards. Problem is this guy is extremely stubborn, to make this work properly he needs at least a new proc/motherboard; which he is reluctant to replace. He thinks his 5 year old amd fx-62 (a good proc, just not enough juice for newer games) is still top shelf.

Since I can't get him to do the right thing and buy an i5 and new board, I'm stuck trying to figure out what he can use with what he has - amd fx-62 and asus M2N32-sli deluxe. He is obsessed with SLI, his rig must have sli regardless of whether it actually is giving him any performance gain; not the smartest thing to do but its what he has to have.

To try and get 1 460 to run on his machine would be a miracle in itself, with what he has what would you estimate is the max his machine could handle (in SLI of course) with some of the older cards? My best guess is a 9800 gtx. Can anyone comment on how a 200 series might perform on his machine? Would the pcie 1 & proc create too much of a bottleneck to run any of the 200 series?

Walk Away. If his rig takes a dump it, will all be your fault in his mind.

Wish I could, its a friend of one of best friends that I owe some favors to, he's calling in one his markers on this one in order to help his friend out. What is even more annoying is that this guy has plenty of money, he could easily afford the $1000-$1500 to replace the parts that are pulling it down and do it the right way.

The guy is obscenely stubborn, it should be able to handle a pair of 9800 gtx's? beyond that I'm inclined to think the gpu to cpu bottleneck will end up burning out proc.

There are times when you walk away from a 'favor owed'.
I 'owe' lots of favors to many people.
And I will always repay those favors in kind.
That means I won't kill some one to repay a favor for loaning me a Car.
Use your brain and judgement.

Point well taken, thanks.

Btw, did you ever land that job you were talking about in connection with your mg34 model?

Hi Tessa :DL I see your online. How is it working out ?

I didn't mean to sound cold but, when a friend ask's your help then dictates the terms, who wins ? NO ONE.

I hope he listens to you and has a happy experience all around. :up: