Can ATI 4670 run on a 300w Power Supply?

[saroy94]

Found out it doesn't have a 6-pin connector, but i'm still unsure whether it would work with my power supply

any help?

 

[thefabe]

This one states 400w or greater power supply under specs. Newegg.com - HIS H467PS1GH Radeon HD 4670 iSilence4 1GB 128-bit DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card A google search produced this http://www.google.com/search?source...EA_enUS348US348&q=ATI+4670+power+supply+specs Fabe

 

[PooMan UK]

According to ATI the minimum requirements is a 400W PSU

ati-radeon-hd-4600 series system requirements

 

[saroy94]

Alright thanks ahh I was trying to avoid buying a PSU so I can buy a motherboard -.- oh well. Think I could do good enough on crysis with this card + my processor & with 2GB DDR2-5300 & 400watt power supply?

 

[thefabe]

I deleted the review with the 4670 and crysis because it didn't say what CPU was used in the testing. Crysis is a graphicaly demanding game. So from what I've been able to find about the E6600 and 2gb and Crysis and the reviews with the 4670 would lead me to guess you would achived a satisfactory game play. Looked like quite a few high settings and some middle to high. All depends on playing the game and trying different settings to find the best settings to achive what your happy with in terms of FPS and eye candy. IMO. Fabe

 

[whs]

It is generally not a good idea to skimp on the PSU. I would not run that on 300W and if you get a new PSU anyhow, go for e.g. 550W from a reputable make (e.g. Antec). The price difference is minimal.

 

[neo101]

Original 'Crysis' game

I have 4670 AGP card - requires 430watt min "otherwise serious damage may occur to your card" (on box)

You are going to tax your 4670 card to the max with Crysis so def. need good power supply!

I have a Barton 3000+ cpu, 2gb memory @ 400

Crysis runs fine at all settings on 'medium' except 'physics' (set to 'low' due to to CPU taxation!)
4x anti aliasing - looks great on 26" monitor!

Set it to run "Vista service pack1 compatability" - on Win7 to 'minimise' the sound crackling problems which seem to happen to everybody!

I don't use this setup for online serious gaming or anything like that!

 

[saroy94]

alright thanks guys

Might be getting the 4670 and in need of a power supply. I've got £100 to spend & the 4670 i'm buying is £59.99, but I still dont know what power supply to get :\

& i've got question on RAM. I've only got 1GB RAM installed, came with the PC, and I'm going to buy another stick. Does it have to be exactly the same as the current RAM installed, or can it be any make, as long as it's PC2-5300?

 

[whs]

alright thanks guys

Might be getting the 4670 and in need of a power supply. I've got £100 to spend & the 4670 i'm buying is £59.99, but I still dont know what power supply to get :\

& i've got question on RAM. I've only got 1GB RAM installed, came with the PC, and I'm going to buy another stick. Does it have to be exactly the same as the current RAM installed, or can it be any make, as long as it's PC2-5300?

If it were exactly the same stick, that would be preferable. If it is another make, it should at least have the same specifications. If not, you risk to slow down your system.

 

[saroy94]

Yeah I know that it can slow it down. According to my friend, who thinks he is a 'Genius' at computing, he said that if I want to get another RAM stick, it must be same make, serial number, model number and specs. I don't really believe him because he's so full of himself. I know the specs (DDR2-667 & PC2-5300) must be the same, but other than that is he right?

 

[whs]

Also check the latencies.

 

[saroy94]

Also check the latencies.

which are?

 

[bobkn]

Also check the latencies.

which are?

They are also known as the "timings". Here's a moderately opaque discussion:

SDRAM latency - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

In principle, you can mix RAM. I've had trouble with that on notebooks, though. On a desktop PC, you may be able to set the memory timings manually, in the BIOS setup. That can avoid the problems that can occur when relying on the SPD detection.

 

[saroy94]

hmm.. are there any guides on how to do this?

 

[Darician]

Yeah I know that it can slow it down. According to my friend, who thinks he is a 'Genius' at computing, he said that if I want to get another RAM stick, it must be same make, serial number, model number and specs. I don't really believe him because he's so full of himself. I know the specs (DDR2-667 & PC2-5300) must be the same, but other than that is he right?

They don't technically have to be the same. When it comes to speed, it's recommended that you get the same speed because if you a memory stick with a different speed, it will always run at whatever the slowest stick of memory's speed is.

For example, if you have DDR2 667 and you buy a stick of DDR2 800, then that will only work at 667 speed as your original stick is slowing the new stick down. If you have DDR2 667 and buy a DDR2 533 stick, then the DDR2 667 stick you had originally will run at 533 speed due to the new slower stick of RAM.

But no, although it is recommended they be the same for consistency's sake, it doesn't have to be. As long as it meets the specifications supported by your motherboard, you should be OK. As far as CAS Latency, I hear that term from my colleagues all the time. To be perfectly honest, I've bought memory modules with higher and lower CAS Latencies and I haven't really noticed a huge difference but the general rule is the lower the CAS Latency, the better.

As far as the 4670 goes, you'd probably be able to run it just fine as it doesn't consume all that much power. The 4650 has the same 400W requirement and I've run it on far lower without issues for months.

 

[saroy94]

Ok thanks for the info. I don't know a thing about CAS latency :L I'll just buy another DDR2-667 & then put it in, see if it makes a difference. If it don't i'll just refer back to this thread

 

[saroy94]

Not gettn a 4670 now, going to get a 4870 :L

 

[MiMA]

I have tried my HD 4870 (wich requires 500W PSU) on my friends computer wich has 400W PSU and it ran everything well. I have been playing MW 2 on very high settings and the computer didn't shut down or anything. He is using HD 5770 (wich requires 450W PSU) for half a year now and he didn't have any problems so far.

 

[saroy94]

Oh well, i'm going to get a 600W power supply/ Hopefully it will last long xD

 

[MiMA]

Well, nothing to be scared then.