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Good deal Saucy, I think you'll be very happy with that card and how it helps out the performance of your system in games.

And Heat, while that was true years ago with the X58 it doesn't matter since then. I've got the Haswell and 4x4GB DDR3 2400 and my max OC hasn't changed one bit from running 2x4 gb DDR3 2133 and it's rock solid with or without an overclock.
 
Zappypants said:
http://www.wisegeek.org/what-are-the-advantages-of-usb-30.htm#slideshow No point.
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USB 2.0 is useless for moving large files. Mechanical drives are faster than the 30 to 45 MB/s your going to get out of that and when moving 1TB of files even double the speed is worth it to me. My phone can write at 150 MB/s but sadly is stuck on 2.0. I am kinda bummed about what 3.0 would mean for phone connectors (See the GNote 3) but at the same time when I am trying to move 10GB on my way out the door it would be nice lol.

I move 500 GB a daily from my record array to 3 TB USB 3.0 externals which in sequential write might be 3 times faster than 2.0... no garuntees though. 2.0 never gets near its theoretical speeds unless of course you do it over a 3.0 controller. Funny enough many USB 3 controllers make better USB 2.0 controllers. For some of us 3.0 or something like it (Multiple eSATA please :p) has a point unless of course you have all day.
 
Obviously the newer things are faster (second link threw some kinda certificate warning so I didn't see it), but really, what IS the point?

If I were connecting a hard drive or a fast flash/ssd drive (which really is the only excuse for having USB 3.0), I would probably be using SATA, not USB. I guess if you want to connect a smartphone or something to transfer files fast, it could be useful, but I'm not even sure if most support 3.0 (my new used Nokia 920 is 2.0). In any case, my x58 mobo actually has usb 3.0 ports which I've never used and don't foresee any need for even in the distant future. I have a hard drive drawer with direct SATA to mobo to connect HDDs to.

PCIe 3.0... again, no devices that really NEED that much speed today, unless you have some extremely ridiculous RAID card and setup to cap that. That's the only thing I can think of. AFAIK, the benefits for current and foreseeable video cards are little to none.

That displayport thing, again it's probably okay, but it originated from Apple which instantly makes it gay in my eyes at least. I'd rather some other standard succeed like HDMI 2.0 and then 2.0a/2.1 for 120hz over 4K than Apple shit.

I mean, again, those things are nice to have, but what's the point of pushing standards and tech which I personally don't even need right now, and won't need for the foreseeable future, and paying a shitload of money for them? (displayport aside, SOMETHING is really needed very quickly for 4K displays at least at 60, ideally at 120Hz or more IMO, hopefully with cheap chinese 42" TVs to follow that I can buy).
 
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HeatSurge said:
Obviously the newer things are faster (second link threw some kinda certificate warning so I didn't see it), but really, what IS the point?

If I were connecting a hard drive or a fast flash/ssd drive (which really is the only excuse for having USB 3.0), I would probably be using SATA, not USB. I guess if you want to connect a smartphone or something to transfer files fast, it could be useful, but I'm not even sure if most support 3.0 (my new used Nokia 920 is 2.0). In any case, my x58 mobo actually has usb 3.0 ports which I've never used and don't foresee any need for even in the distant future. I have a hard drive drawer with direct SATA to mobo to connect HDDs to.

PCIe 3.0... again, no devices that really NEED that much speed today, unless you have some extremely ridiculous RAID card and setup to cap that. That's the only thing I can think of. AFAIK, the benefits for current and foreseeable video cards are little to none.

That displayport thing, again it's probably okay, but it originated from Apple which instantly makes it gay in my eyes at least. I'd rather some other standard succeed like HDMI 2.0 and then 2.0a/2.1 for 120hz over 4K than Apple shit.

I mean, again, those things are nice to have, but what's the point of pushing standards and tech which I personally don't even need right now, and won't need for the foreseeable future, and paying a shitload of money for them? (displayport aside, SOMETHING is really needed very quickly for 4K displays at least at 60, ideally at 120Hz or more IMO, hopefully with cheap chinese 42" TVs to follow that I can buy).
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Oh I agree, most of this fancy schmancy crap we don't need or use. Still cool :)
 
..... any 4gb 760 sc will play any game if the card is lacking then it the rest of the computer
 
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