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| 660547 | 2008-04-21 02:17:00 | Ok say I save some money and get the GTX, what PSU (original question hehe) do I need for that? | DeSade (984) | ||
| 660548 | 2008-04-21 02:23:00 | Pretty sure it requires 475watt, BUT keep in mind this is a combined system wide guide, so depends on what you have in your rig. If yours is a TRUE 500watt with one HDD and one CD etc with a 9800GTX, you should be fine, prob running around 400watt or less allowing some overhead. Just to clarify, its the Multi SLI type GPUs that make the GX2 faster than a 9800GTX not the ram. |
Battleneter2 (9361) | ||
| 660549 | 2008-04-21 02:29:00 | This time around I want a graphics board that can handle anything I throw at it any game due in the next year at least. GTX can do this? |
DeSade (984) | ||
| 660550 | 2008-04-21 02:34:00 | Yes And sorry about the massive derail... Makes the tangiwai disaster look small in comparison... :p |
Thebananamonkey (7741) | ||
| 660551 | 2008-04-21 02:37:00 | Ok guys you have changed my mind GTX it is I like the look of the XFX XxX anyway :) Can you suggest a new PSU to go with it thou, I can spend pretty much whatever it takes now keeping in mind the upgrades to come. |
DeSade (984) | ||
| 660552 | 2008-04-21 02:41:00 | The 9800GTX will handle almost all games pretty effortlessly, Crysis will not run well at very high settings on 1920x200 for example, but my advice is get over it and lower your resolution like the rest of the world lol. Also the G200 GPU parts are set for release "some time" in q2/q3 of this year, so it probably pays to do cheaper upgrades more often than blowing a grand on a GPU now. |
Battleneter2 (9361) | ||
| 660553 | 2008-04-21 02:42:00 | This is all I have access too right now ------------------ System Information ------------------ Time of this report: 4/18/2008, 07:51:07 Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.070227-2254) Language: English (Regional Setting: English) System Manufacturer: System manufacturer System Model: System Product Name BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 3800+, MMX, 3DNow (2 CPUs), ~2.0GHz Memory: 2048MB RAM Page File: 427MB used, 3512MB available Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904) DX Setup Parameters: Not found DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.2180 32bit Unicode This will be a serious bottleneck for you!. I would imagine you will lose 20 - 25% performance as your CPU is not fast enough to supply data to the card! |
SolMiester (139) | ||
| 660554 | 2008-04-21 02:45:00 | This will be a serious bottleneck for you!. I would imagine you will lose 20 - 25% performance as your CPU is not fast enough to supply data to the card! yep I second that, didn't notice his specs in the thread, your talking about bottlenecking a 9800GTX between 20-25% is about right on the money i would say. |
Battleneter2 (9361) | ||
| 660555 | 2008-04-21 02:49:00 | Yes I know this is a problem but I need to upgrade my CPU with my Mainboard and ram at the same time to ensure compatibility. I cant afford that right now. I might be able to do a processor only thats what I will check out next, what my board can handle. But I am thinking more of going intel core 2 this time around. |
DeSade (984) | ||
| 660556 | 2008-04-21 03:09:00 | Do you mind overclocking? | Battleneter2 (9361) | ||
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