which graphics card should i get?
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That entirely depends on your personal budget. If you are interested in seeing some BF3 Beta performance metrics check out this article:
http://www.hardocp.com/article/2011/10/03/battlefield_3_open_beta_performance_image_quality/2
Make sure you pay attention to the settings when comparing graphs.
In increasing order of cost from both brands (which are for all intensive purposes equal):
560/6870
570/6950
580/6970
http://www.hardocp.com/article/2011/10/03/battlefield_3_open_beta_performance_image_quality/2
Make sure you pay attention to the settings when comparing graphs.
In increasing order of cost from both brands (which are for all intensive purposes equal):
560/6870
570/6950
580/6970
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It also depends on your system specs.
CPU?
RAM amount/type
power supply
Operating system
CPU?
RAM amount/type
power supply
Operating system
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CPU: AMD Phenom ii x6 1055T
RAM: 8GB of ram
power supply: not sure(how do i find out?)
OS: Windows 7 64 bit
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Open up your case and look. It will be the box that your power cord plugs into.
Also, if this is a pre-built computer, could you please tell us who makes the computer and what model it is?
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Uh I have my pc open and I'm not really sure where the power supply is. What exactly do you want?
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It's the box that the power chord is plugged into inside of the computer. Do you know which wire is the power chord out the back of the computer?
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Yes I think I found it. But what do you need from it? The name? I just took a picture of the label on it, I hope its good enough.
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It's a 300 watt PSU...you need to buy a new one
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IF you want, you can spend about $100 on a Case, which will provide excellent airflow, and you wont have to worry about fitting high end cards.
As I have observed, Im guessing that you havent built a custom PC, its fairly easy and fun.
So here's my advice: Get a new PSU, Video card, and case.
All should cost between $300-$500 depending the products.
As I have observed, Im guessing that you havent built a custom PC, its fairly easy and fun.
So here's my advice: Get a new PSU, Video card, and case.
All should cost between $300-$500 depending the products.
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19a 12v rail
pretty good PSU if you ask me.
should really run anything up to about a 6850/GTX460 without issue. The stuff HP and most OEMs use is generally pretty high quality, so it shouldn't have a problem delivering it's rated wattage.
I wanna slap the idiot in this thread that said his 1055T was "maxing out" the OP's power supply.....:thumbdown:
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125-watt max CPU maxes out a 300-watt continuous PSU? :blink:
I guess I shouldn't have said CPU alone, but:
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/amd-phenom-ii-x6-1055t-overclocking_9.html#sect0
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OC'd to 4GHz (almost 50% OC) with maxed safe voltages and not taking into account PSU efficiency or the power draw of an idle 5870. I'd say even with the 4GHz OC the chip itself is still only pulling 150W at load. In all seriousness, read the text.
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