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Windows 7: Need help picking out a new graphics card
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17 Feb 2013
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#21 | |
Windows 7 Home Premium x64 |
Quote: Originally Posted by AddRAM  Thanks for the reply but I dont have any TigerDirect stores in Canada, only Target is coming into my city this year or so. BestBuy and FutureShop is the only two biggest electronic stores in my city. | My System Specs |
| System Manufacturer/Model Number Acer Aspire AM3400-E2212
OS Windows 7 Home Premium x64
CPU AMD Athlon II x4 635 Quad-Core
Motherboard AMD 880G
Memory 4GB DDR3
Graphics Card ATI Radeon HD 5670
Monitor(s) Displays Samsung SyncMaster 740B
Screen Resolution 1280 x 1024
Keyboard Acer
Mouse Acer
PSU Crosair CX500 Builders Series
Case Acer
Hard Drives 1TB Hard Drive
500GB Iomega Desktop Hard Drive
3TB Toshiba Desktop External Hard Drive
Internet Speed 100 Mbps
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17 Feb 2013
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#22 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Southern California |
All this GPU talk has me ordering a new one for myself and using a X-Mas gift card that was laying around for TigerDirect. It's XFX 7870 with 110.00 instant savings and a 20.00 usd MIR, with my gift card and (2) 9.00 TigerDirect AMEX MIR card it came to $190.00 delivered. So I'm waiting for it to ship and then install. Jumping from from crossfired 5770's then to a 6870 and now to a 7870. I'll be placing the 6870 in another build coming together via upgrades and then sell or give away to someone lucky. XFX FX-787A-CDFC Radeon HD 7870 Double D Video Card - 2048MB, GDDR5, PCI-Express 3.0 (x16), 2x DVI, 2x Mini DisplayPort, 1x HDMI, DirectX 11, Dual-Slot, CrossFireX, Eyefinity at TigerDirect.com | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number A blend of brains, brawn and dumb luck, ask me about rig #2 !
OS Windows 7 Ultimate 64
CPU i7 3770k OC'd 4.6 @ 1.17v, still love my FX 8120
Motherboard MSI P67A-GD80 b3
Memory 16 gb Crucial Ballistix Tracer DDR3 9-9-9-27 @ 2000
Graphics Card XFX Radeon 7870
Sound Card On board HD audio with lossless 24 bit/192 sample rate
Monitor(s) Displays (2) LG LED 23" 1920 x 1080 2ms Monitors via mini d-port
Screen Resolution 1680 X 1050 p
Keyboard (2) Logitech Illuminated Keyboards (1) usb (1) wireless K800
Mouse Logitech G9x & T-BC21 - nano nx for the laptop
PSU Ultra X4 modular 1050 watt 80% silver rating & APC 1200 RS
Case CoolerMaster Storm Styker
Cooling 6 case fans 140mm & 120mm, Thermaltake h2o extreme
Hard Drives Samsung 256 gb 830 SSD sata III
(2) 1 tb Hitachi deskmates/sata II
(1) 1 tb WD green/sata II
(2) 2 tb WD My Book/esata
(1) 500 gb Sea. Freeagent/esata
(2) 250 gb Sea. Freeagent go's/usb
(1) WD 2 tb Green 64 sata III
(1) 120 gb OCZ Vertex SS
Internet Speed Upgraded from bottom of the barrel to bareable
Other Info 4 Noctua case fans + 3 Noctua in p/p on H100 cooler
Integrated hot swap drive bays for 2.5" Drives
(2) Lite-on dvd/cd optical 22X
Integrated fan controller and led on/off
HP Officejet Pro L7680 all-n-one
HP 4 laserjet (the beast)
Hot swappable 3.5" hard drive bay
Belkin Play N600 HD router
Asus USB 3 & sata 6 PCIe card
Vantec IDE to sata adptr./Ultra sata adptr
HP Probook i3 laptop
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17 Feb 2013
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#23 | |
Windows 7 Pro X64 SP1 Danbury, CT |
Quote: Originally Posted by Razor505
Quote: Originally Posted by bobkn
Quote: Originally Posted by Razor505 But one more question, would it work on my cpu? I just dont want to bottleneck it. It'd work. Sniffing around the Web, I see people happily running a 6850 with an Athlon II X4 635.
One possible worry: I'm not sure about that card, but I see that a similar model is 238mm (9.37") long. Will that fit in your case? (I expect so, but it'd be worth checking.) My computer case is 180 (W) x 401.8 (D) x 379 (H) mm (7.08 x 15.81 x 14.92 inches)
but I have 3 slot space left in my computer beside the PCI-E If you want to be sure, you'll need to open the case. (I don't expect a problem.) | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number homegrown
OS Windows 7 Pro X64 SP1
CPU Intel Core I7-3930k
Motherboard Asus P9X79 Pro
Memory 16 GB Gskill DDR3-2133
Graphics Card eVGA GTX680
Sound Card Creative X-Fi Titanium
Monitor(s) Displays As PA246Q
Screen Resolution 1920 X 1200
Keyboard cheap Logitech USB
Mouse Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer (old optical) USB
PSU PCP&C Silencer 750 Crossfire
Case Silverstone FT02
Cooling Noctua NH-D14
Hard Drives Corsair Force GT, 120 GB
WDC 1.5TB Caviar Black
Internet Speed 6Mb cable
Other Info Pioneer BDR-205
Samsung SH-203B
Monsoon 5.1 speakers
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17 Feb 2013
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#24 | |
Windows 7 Pro X64 SP1 Danbury, CT |
Quote: Originally Posted by AddRAM 8800 GTX? A high-end card, from 2006. Are you serious? | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number homegrown
OS Windows 7 Pro X64 SP1
CPU Intel Core I7-3930k
Motherboard Asus P9X79 Pro
Memory 16 GB Gskill DDR3-2133
Graphics Card eVGA GTX680
Sound Card Creative X-Fi Titanium
Monitor(s) Displays As PA246Q
Screen Resolution 1920 X 1200
Keyboard cheap Logitech USB
Mouse Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer (old optical) USB
PSU PCP&C Silencer 750 Crossfire
Case Silverstone FT02
Cooling Noctua NH-D14
Hard Drives Corsair Force GT, 120 GB
WDC 1.5TB Caviar Black
Internet Speed 6Mb cable
Other Info Pioneer BDR-205
Samsung SH-203B
Monsoon 5.1 speakers
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17 Feb 2013
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#25 | |
Windows 7 Home Premium x64 |
So I have ordered the Gigabyte 7750, that I have mentioned at the start from Bestbuy, so now that I might get the ASUS Nvidea 650 Ti card, I might as well return it. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Acer Aspire AM3400-E2212
OS Windows 7 Home Premium x64
CPU AMD Athlon II x4 635 Quad-Core
Motherboard AMD 880G
Memory 4GB DDR3
Graphics Card ATI Radeon HD 5670
Monitor(s) Displays Samsung SyncMaster 740B
Screen Resolution 1280 x 1024
Keyboard Acer
Mouse Acer
PSU Crosair CX500 Builders Series
Case Acer
Hard Drives 1TB Hard Drive
500GB Iomega Desktop Hard Drive
3TB Toshiba Desktop External Hard Drive
Internet Speed 100 Mbps
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17 Feb 2013
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#26 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Southern California |
Excellent choice Razor505. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number A blend of brains, brawn and dumb luck, ask me about rig #2 !
OS Windows 7 Ultimate 64
CPU i7 3770k OC'd 4.6 @ 1.17v, still love my FX 8120
Motherboard MSI P67A-GD80 b3
Memory 16 gb Crucial Ballistix Tracer DDR3 9-9-9-27 @ 2000
Graphics Card XFX Radeon 7870
Sound Card On board HD audio with lossless 24 bit/192 sample rate
Monitor(s) Displays (2) LG LED 23" 1920 x 1080 2ms Monitors via mini d-port
Screen Resolution 1680 X 1050 p
Keyboard (2) Logitech Illuminated Keyboards (1) usb (1) wireless K800
Mouse Logitech G9x & T-BC21 - nano nx for the laptop
PSU Ultra X4 modular 1050 watt 80% silver rating & APC 1200 RS
Case CoolerMaster Storm Styker
Cooling 6 case fans 140mm & 120mm, Thermaltake h2o extreme
Hard Drives Samsung 256 gb 830 SSD sata III
(2) 1 tb Hitachi deskmates/sata II
(1) 1 tb WD green/sata II
(2) 2 tb WD My Book/esata
(1) 500 gb Sea. Freeagent/esata
(2) 250 gb Sea. Freeagent go's/usb
(1) WD 2 tb Green 64 sata III
(1) 120 gb OCZ Vertex SS
Internet Speed Upgraded from bottom of the barrel to bareable
Other Info 4 Noctua case fans + 3 Noctua in p/p on H100 cooler
Integrated hot swap drive bays for 2.5" Drives
(2) Lite-on dvd/cd optical 22X
Integrated fan controller and led on/off
HP Officejet Pro L7680 all-n-one
HP 4 laserjet (the beast)
Hot swappable 3.5" hard drive bay
Belkin Play N600 HD router
Asus USB 3 & sata 6 PCIe card
Vantec IDE to sata adptr./Ultra sata adptr
HP Probook i3 laptop
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17 Feb 2013
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#27 | |
Windows 7 Home Premium x64 |
| | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Acer Aspire AM3400-E2212
OS Windows 7 Home Premium x64
CPU AMD Athlon II x4 635 Quad-Core
Motherboard AMD 880G
Memory 4GB DDR3
Graphics Card ATI Radeon HD 5670
Monitor(s) Displays Samsung SyncMaster 740B
Screen Resolution 1280 x 1024
Keyboard Acer
Mouse Acer
PSU Crosair CX500 Builders Series
Case Acer
Hard Drives 1TB Hard Drive
500GB Iomega Desktop Hard Drive
3TB Toshiba Desktop External Hard Drive
Internet Speed 100 Mbps
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17 Feb 2013
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#28 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Southern California |
Flip a coin and if you sign then go with the other, if not then stick and don't look back. In some cases like my choice I go with the best warranty, but this is why I went with BFG and they went BK and took my lifetime warranty with it ! lol. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number A blend of brains, brawn and dumb luck, ask me about rig #2 !
OS Windows 7 Ultimate 64
CPU i7 3770k OC'd 4.6 @ 1.17v, still love my FX 8120
Motherboard MSI P67A-GD80 b3
Memory 16 gb Crucial Ballistix Tracer DDR3 9-9-9-27 @ 2000
Graphics Card XFX Radeon 7870
Sound Card On board HD audio with lossless 24 bit/192 sample rate
Monitor(s) Displays (2) LG LED 23" 1920 x 1080 2ms Monitors via mini d-port
Screen Resolution 1680 X 1050 p
Keyboard (2) Logitech Illuminated Keyboards (1) usb (1) wireless K800
Mouse Logitech G9x & T-BC21 - nano nx for the laptop
PSU Ultra X4 modular 1050 watt 80% silver rating & APC 1200 RS
Case CoolerMaster Storm Styker
Cooling 6 case fans 140mm & 120mm, Thermaltake h2o extreme
Hard Drives Samsung 256 gb 830 SSD sata III
(2) 1 tb Hitachi deskmates/sata II
(1) 1 tb WD green/sata II
(2) 2 tb WD My Book/esata
(1) 500 gb Sea. Freeagent/esata
(2) 250 gb Sea. Freeagent go's/usb
(1) WD 2 tb Green 64 sata III
(1) 120 gb OCZ Vertex SS
Internet Speed Upgraded from bottom of the barrel to bareable
Other Info 4 Noctua case fans + 3 Noctua in p/p on H100 cooler
Integrated hot swap drive bays for 2.5" Drives
(2) Lite-on dvd/cd optical 22X
Integrated fan controller and led on/off
HP Officejet Pro L7680 all-n-one
HP 4 laserjet (the beast)
Hot swappable 3.5" hard drive bay
Belkin Play N600 HD router
Asus USB 3 & sata 6 PCIe card
Vantec IDE to sata adptr./Ultra sata adptr
HP Probook i3 laptop
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17 Feb 2013
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#29 | |
Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit sp1 Laguna Hills Southern California |
I'll throw something out there for ya i picked these babies up last summer for 349.00 a piece at Microcenter might still be there they have refrence cards in stock for a good price and these are overclocked at 1125/1575 well over Ghz ed standards from stock 925/1050 so they are good to overclock Diamond 7970PE53G AMD Radeon HD 7970 3072MB GDDR5 PCIe 3.0 x16 Video Card 7970PE53G - Micro Center is not my version i dont think they carry it anymore but this is a good brand 7970
this is a gigabyte 7950 for alot cheaper and possible unlock a good overclock Gigabyte GV-R795WF3-3GD AMD Radeon HD 7950 3072MB GDDR5 PCIe 3.0 x16 Video Card GV-R795WF3-3GD - Micro Center | | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Built by me FX - Series Scorpious
OS Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit sp1
CPU Vishera FX 8350 Oc' 4.812Ghz 1.488 V-core full load 50c
Motherboard Asus Sabertooth 990fx rev 2.0
Memory 16gb Corsair Vengeance ram 1600mhz Oc'ed to 1750mhz
Graphics Card VisionTek HD7970 Ghz.ed Bios Crossfire 1150/1560 power 10%
Sound Card AC97
Monitor(s) Displays 27" ViewSonic 1920/1080dp hdmi 37in vizio hdmi dual monitors
Screen Resolution 1920x1080 27"- 1920x1080 37"
Keyboard Logitech wireless keyboard
Mouse Logitech wireless mouse
PSU HX1050w Corsair Silver 80plus certified crosfire/sli
Case Thermaltake Element V
Cooling Antec 620 Water cooling system and 4 120 mm LED fans
Hard Drives Ocz Agility 120Gb SSD Seagate baracuda 500 Gb WD Mybook 500Gb
Internet Speed Cable 25+ mb
Antivirus WebRoot Spysweeper with Antivirus
Browser IE-9, Chrome, Opera
Other Info I have 2 systems FX AM3+ 8350-K15 Oc'ed 4.812Ghz AM2+ 965 BE Stock 3.4 Ghz Both stable Both Gaming Rigs Also Hp Notebook 1.65 ghz Dual core amd E-450 8gb Patriot Ram DDR3 Discrete Gpu Hd6320 dedicated ram 1973 mb 15.5 screen
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18 Feb 2013
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#30 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit SP1 New Jersey |
Quote: Originally Posted by Razor505
Quote: Originally Posted by AddRAM Thanks for the reply but I dont have any TigerDirect stores in Canada, only Target is coming into my city this year or so. BestBuy and FutureShop is the only two biggest electronic stores in my city.
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That ain`t right ! | | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom Built by Me !
OS Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit SP1
CPU Intel Core i5 3570k @ 4.0 GHz
Motherboard MSI Z77A-G45
Memory 16GB Corsair Vengeance @ 1600 MHz 10-10-10-27
Graphics Card MSI GTX660 Twin Frozr3 OC
Sound Card Realtek HD
Monitor(s) Displays Dell 19" HP 23" Sony Bravia 40"
Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080
Keyboard Fellowes KWD 855
Mouse Microsoft Wireless
PSU Corsair HX750 80+Gold
Case Corsair Vengeance Series C70 Gun Metal Black
Cooling Cooler Master Hyper N520, Arctic Alumina Thermal Compound
Hard Drives OCZ Vertex 4 119GB SSD,
WD Black 500, Blue 500, Caviar SE 320 x 2
Internet Speed Download 25.81 Mbps Upload 5.07 Mbps
Antivirus MSE MBAM
Browser Chromium
Other Info Boston BA745 2.1 Speaker System, Lightscribe Dual Layer DVD Burner
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