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I run the Trainz 2009 rail simulator which is much more demanding on pc resources than a video game. The thing you notice when you install an SSD as the boot drive is that loading times on the game decrease dramatically and everything runs smoother. Plus your Windows Experience Index increases to about 7 out of a possible 7.9
Have a look on Youtube for "Windows 7 boot up with SSD" :eek:
 
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I have gotten over the initial teething problems with my build and am now able to access the great features of the MSI Big Bang Xpower II. Here is Live Update running with indicator top right showing the live CPU speed - with 6 cores it rarely rises above minimum!
 

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Actually it was OEM so I got it nearly £200 less than RRP. I don't think I have too much money, simply that I prioritise it differently; for instance I don't have a car. If I did get a car, a mates daughter has paid £11, 000 for a decent one. But £11, 000 would buy you a mind boggling computer. I was in a pub talking to a mate who is a hard core biker and he agreed that you should spend money on things you like. BTW the performance of the GTX 690 is STAGGERING - in Unigine Heaven on max settings it gets 84 FPS as opposed to 35 for my Radeon 7950 :beer:

Fair enough I guess. £200 less makes it a reasonable price . I didn't mean to be rude or anything like that :p Reading what you've written makes a lot of sense .... I don't know much about the rest of your rig, but if you have multiple monitors and actually use the graphics card - I've got nothing to say against that. ;-)

I was just wondering how much of an actual difference in performance you'd get over an i7 and , say a 670 / 680 .

At least you haven't gone OTT and gone for a quad 690 SLI with Nitrogen cooling or anything like that.

It is a jolly good card though , and you're rig is now a best of a machine :) Have fun with it !

M.
 
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My previous card, a Radeon 7950, was the equivalent of a 670 or 680 and it achieved 35 FPS in Unigine Heaven benchmark with my current cpu. This one achieved 86 FPS without the cpu overclocked and the GTX 690 automatically overclocks itself based on the workload. Temperature wise it barely breaks into a sweat.i intend to have it permanently connected to my 32 inch TV and of course the extra power will give great resolution. Also I will not have to buy another GPU for a LONG time :)
 
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