Need new Graphics Card
- Sulley
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Need new Graphics Card
My two year old 9800GTX is consistently overheating and falling over of late, so think its time to replace it,
Looking at Radeon 5850, what do others have in DX11 cards and what do you recommend? money is an object
Looking at Radeon 5850, what do others have in DX11 cards and what do you recommend? money is an object
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- steve
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Re: Need new Graphics Card
For ya money dude i highley recomend Ati Radeon HD4890s 1 GiG Gddr5 ..
They are pricey but if you shop around may be able to pick 1 up at a resonable price..
Currently running 2 ov these in crossfire and they certaintly gt sum grunt..
2nd option
ATI Radeon HD 4670 1 GiG Gddr3 these are a excellent card for your mony good fps low power consumption and a all round great card hese you can get at a resonable price brand new from shop retail $165 These new modle cards have higher core and memory clocks then the earlier 4670s and gt easy 350 fps on rfactor
They are pricey but if you shop around may be able to pick 1 up at a resonable price..
Currently running 2 ov these in crossfire and they certaintly gt sum grunt..
2nd option
ATI Radeon HD 4670 1 GiG Gddr3 these are a excellent card for your mony good fps low power consumption and a all round great card hese you can get at a resonable price brand new from shop retail $165 These new modle cards have higher core and memory clocks then the earlier 4670s and gt easy 350 fps on rfactor
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Re: Need new Graphics Card
I just got a 5830 last week, pretty happy thus far.
Same board and cooler as the 5870 so its very BIG!! However this is good as the fan is only usually at about 60% speed due to the lesser GPU so its quiet, power consumption is also down on many of its competitors.
~$450 I think
Same board and cooler as the 5870 so its very BIG!! However this is good as the fan is only usually at about 60% speed due to the lesser GPU so its quiet, power consumption is also down on many of its competitors.
~$450 I think
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Re: Need new Graphics Card
I just bought a new PC only a few weeks old and I run a two ATI Radeon HD5770 1GB GDD5 PCI-E Video card, Dual cards Crossfire and I'm happy with the results that I see on the monitors.
Here's some links which has all the details on what the card/s can do and costs:
http://www.hisdigital.com/un/product2-503.shtml
http://www.ifocus.co.nz/Video+Cards+%25 ... etail.html
Hope that helps mate
Here's some links which has all the details on what the card/s can do and costs:
http://www.hisdigital.com/un/product2-503.shtml
http://www.ifocus.co.nz/Video+Cards+%25 ... etail.html
Hope that helps mate
- Sulley
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Re: Need new Graphics Card
I've not got crossfire or SLI cabable mobo so only single card solutions are viable at this stage, unless I later upgrade to a crossfire capable USB 3.0 board...
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Re: Need new Graphics Card
I take it I'll be sending this to you sulley?? I sorted munis out with a 58 series card and he loves it and one day I'll be sorting me out with one too
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- Sulley
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Re: Need new Graphics Card
Yes I'll be ordering it online, just gotta decide which one, stock seems a bit low overall, tossing up between 5850 and 5830 at the moment, 470 and 480 too hard to get and too expensive and they run quite hot i understandugmo wrote:I take it I'll be sending this to you sulley?? I sorted munis out with a 58 series card and he loves it and one day I'll be sorting me out with one too
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Re: Need new Graphics Card
Yeah stock is on a go low at the moment for some reason, no idea why but the cards just seem real hard to source.Sulley wrote:Yes I'll be ordering it online, just gotta decide which one, stock seems a bit low overall, tossing up between 5850 and 5830 at the moment, 470 and 480 too hard to get and too expensive and they run quite hot i understandugmo wrote:I take it I'll be sending this to you sulley?? I sorted munis out with a 58 series card and he loves it and one day I'll be sorting me out with one too
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- Sulley
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Re: Need new Graphics Card
5850 ordered today, new toy at weekend if lucky
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