The Glade 4.0

Ok since I can't run the hangar module on my current video card (Raden 4300 series) I'm looking to upgrade so I can at least run that. I've settled on a GTX 660 TI I think though I only have a PCIE 2.0 I want something that I could also use in my next system and the price isn't that bad. I was just wondering exactly how throttled back this card would be in a 2.0 slot?

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"...but there exists also in the human heart a depraved taste for equality, which impels the weak to attempt to lower the powerful to their own level and reduces men to prefer equality in slavery to inequality with freedom." - De Tocqueville

PCIE 2 vs 3 is a matter of bandwidth, primarily. Unless we're talking about using the GPU for stuff like CUDA applications, the bandwidth is mostly under utilized in 3 anyways buy normal graphics loads. You simply don't swap that much data in GPU memory when the bulk of the GPU's RAM is being used as a frame buffer and texture storage, particularly if you get a card with a healthy amount of VRAM. Finding a 660Ti with 2GB of RAM shouldn't be hard, and I'd say you'll be fine.

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"Aaaah! Emotions are weird!" - Amdee
"... Mirrorshades prevent the forces of normalcy from realizing that one is crazed and possibly dangerous. They are the symbol of the sun-staring visionary, the biker, the rocker, the policeman, and similar outlaws." - Bruce Sterling, preface to Mirrorshades

Cool, a little more conversation and digging and it seems a Radeon HD 7870 is 100 cheaper and beats the 660 Ti in a lot of categories.

I think I'll be in my hanger soon, well in my hanger that I can see and hear instead of just listening to me walk around in the darkness.

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"...but there exists also in the human heart a depraved taste for equality, which impels the weak to attempt to lower the powerful to their own level and reduces men to prefer equality in slavery to inequality with freedom." - De Tocqueville

FWIW, I just picked up a 7870 (upgrade from a 4870) and I am quite pleased.

How does the hanger module run with it?

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"...but there exists also in the human heart a depraved taste for equality, which impels the weak to attempt to lower the powerful to their own level and reduces men to prefer equality in slavery to inequality with freedom." - De Tocqueville

Runs fine and doesn't stress it at all (fan doesn't kick into high gear). Seems to start a bit slowly, but that is likely the fault if the rest of my system...which is 4 years old.

The hangar module loads slowly for me, too. I think it's just a lot of data to pull off the hard drive.

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"Aaaah! Emotions are weird!" - Amdee
"... Mirrorshades prevent the forces of normalcy from realizing that one is crazed and possibly dangerous. They are the symbol of the sun-staring visionary, the biker, the rocker, the policeman, and similar outlaws." - Bruce Sterling, preface to Mirrorshades

Ok I think I'm just gonna build a new rig this is what I have so far (exluding fans).

Mobo Gigabyte GA-X79-UP4 (bundled with below cpu)
CPU Core i7 4820K 3.7ghz
Cooler Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO
Ram Ballistix Elite 16GB DDR3-1866
HD1 OS SDSSDP-064G-G25 64GB SATA 6.0
HD2 WD 1 TB drive 7,200
Vid card GTX 770 3 gig
Sound Card Xonar_DG_51
OS Windows 7 Pro
Power Supply CX Series CX750M 750 Watt 
Case Carbide Series 200R Mid Tower

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"...but there exists also in the human heart a depraved taste for equality, which impels the weak to attempt to lower the powerful to their own level and reduces men to prefer equality in slavery to inequality with freedom." - De Tocqueville