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Offline IrishReloaded

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graphic card
« on: 06-09-2011, 12:09:31 »
Hey guys, im planning to spend some euros for a new graphic card.

Atm Im still using a Gefore 8800GT which is running out of steam.

I dont want to spend more then 150-200€

My other system is:
Intel Core quad Q6660, 2,4GHz
6GB Ram
64 Bit Win 7.


What can you recommend?
Cheers :D
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Re: graphic card
« Reply #1 on: 06-09-2011, 13:09:24 »
Well always make sure that your motherboard can follow up with the new graphics card. Dont make the same mistake i once made
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Re: graphic card
« Reply #2 on: 06-09-2011, 13:09:42 »
Have a look here:

http://www.videocardbenchmark.net

The only reasonable choice is the Radeon 6850.
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Re: graphic card
« Reply #3 on: 06-09-2011, 15:09:31 »
6870 is perfect for you
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Re: graphic card
« Reply #4 on: 06-09-2011, 16:09:31 »
hey guys, thanks
going to get it now
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Re: graphic card
« Reply #5 on: 06-09-2011, 16:09:16 »
Quote from: THeTA0123 on 06-09-2011, 13:09:24
Well always make sure that your motherboard can follow up with the new graphics card. Dont make the same mistake i once made

mother board will not be a problem. but the processor might become so what of a bottleneck, as it is not on par with the current generation.

Anyway I agree that ATI offers the best quality/price ratio these days. Nvidia seems to become more and more  high price performance ..
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Re: graphic card
« Reply #6 on: 06-09-2011, 16:09:45 »
what  process and motherbord would you suggest.
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Re: graphic card
« Reply #7 on: 06-09-2011, 17:09:53 »
Quote from: eXavs IrishReloaded on 06-09-2011, 16:09:45
what  process and motherbord would you suggest.

If I were you I'd hold on to that Q6660, get a good cooler and bump it up a notch, it will still do fine until the newish SandyBridge motherboards and processors get a bit cheaper (or if you want you can go with AMD)...
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Re: graphic card
« Reply #8 on: 06-09-2011, 17:09:16 »
I also have a Q6600 .

Its a ok processor, but I can notice it becomes slightly outdated. I wouldn't buy a new one, but it's something you need to keep in mind when you buy a GFX card. The question is : are you planning to keep updating your system or will you buy a new system from scratch in the future ?

If it's the latter one, there is no reason what so ever to buy a top notch card, you'll have to look on the cards performance in relation to your  processor and go for the best preformance/ price ratio for the card your system can handle.

I can tell you that it feels like my system with a GTX275 seems to start hitting the roof of what I graphically can squeeze out of games. For me, I don't think mounting any better card would do me any good, as the processor seems to be the bottleneck on my system   
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Re: graphic card
« Reply #9 on: 06-09-2011, 17:09:03 »
ok, well my card is running hot even at 5 min fh2.
so ill buy a new card, and due to the fact that im a pretty noob at pcs I thought I also need new cpu, if thats not the fact thats pretty cool :)
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Re: graphic card
« Reply #10 on: 06-09-2011, 18:09:34 »
Quote from: Stefan on 06-09-2011, 15:09:31
6870 is perfect for you
This.

Wall of text if you're doubting: I have i5-650 processor which (according to the PRICELESS benchmarks of tomshardware) is only about 10% faster in 3D apps, and my ATI5850HD still does not use the processor's full capacity, even when playing MWLL (Crysis Wars mod that's heavier on the computer than vanilla Crysis!) or other hard-on-hardware games, the CPU use never hits 100% when running at 1920*1080 (though framerate could be better at times) even though it is quite high. Of ATI's current lineup. 6870 is the closest equivalent GPU - 6850 is actually ~10% slower than 5850!
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Re: graphic card
« Reply #11 on: 06-09-2011, 18:09:42 »
Quote from: Kelmola on 06-09-2011, 18:09:34
Quote from: Stefan on 06-09-2011, 15:09:31
6870 is perfect for you
This.

Wall of text if you're doubting: I have i5-650 processor which (according to the PRICELESS benchmarks of tomshardware) is only about 10% faster in 3D apps, and my ATI5850HD still does not use the processor's full capacity, even when playing MWLL (Crysis Wars mod that's heavier on the computer than vanilla Crysis!) or other hard-on-hardware games, the CPU use never hits 100% when running at 1920*1080 (though framerate could be better at times) even though it is quite high. Of ATI's current lineup. 6870 is the closest equivalent GPU - 6850 is actually ~10% slower than 5850!

Because 6850 is equivalent to 5830. 6870 is for 5850. Got this information from nerd when i was thinking about new computer.
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Re: graphic card
« Reply #12 on: 07-09-2011, 00:09:15 »
Cooling cooling cooling. I almost learned te hard way.
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Re: graphic card
« Reply #13 on: 09-09-2011, 09:09:46 »
about the cooling of the cpu: I almost learned it the hard way too, had around 80°C, and my PC started to autoshutdown.
Now i have a tower cooler which is made of cupper pipes with alu lammels.


just wondering, does anyone have a SSD?
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Re: graphic card
« Reply #14 on: 09-09-2011, 10:09:29 »
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