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New video card for skyrim

Old 11-15-2011, 10:11 PM
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Default New video card for skyrim

for you techie people im looking for a new video card for skyrim (old one faned died a day ago) 130 cap think ive got it down to

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814150560
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814161387

i know theres a few better cards but im not a heavey gamer my dead card is a 4670 but id like to save some money if i can
Old 11-16-2011, 07:05 AM
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What do you have for a power supply?
Old 11-16-2011, 07:20 AM
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Wow, video cards getting beefier and beefier every time I look at 'em (every year or two). Soon we'll just have an external case the size of a cinder block that houses the Gfx card, and wires into the main PC tower.
Old 11-16-2011, 07:32 AM
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i have a 500w ps

PS- APEX AL-D500EXP 500W ATX12V
MOBO- GIGABYTE GA-EP43T-UD3L LGA 775 Intel P43 ATX
RAM- G.SKILL 4GB DDR3 1333 F3-10666CL8D-4GBHK(OCto 1500)
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You might be cutting it close with those 6xxx cards with a 500w PSU.

And I cant remember, does that 775 board support PCI Express 2.1?
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813128414

it just 2.0 but it shouldn't matter
Old 11-16-2011, 09:23 AM
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Wow, video cards getting beefier and beefier every time I look at 'em (every year or two). Soon we'll just have an external case the size of a cinder block that houses the Gfx card, and wires into the main PC tower.
You should see my 580, it's a monster.
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Wow, video cards getting beefier and beefier every time I look at 'em (every year or two). Soon we'll just have an external case the size of a cinder block that houses the Gfx card, and wires into the main PC tower.
You should see my 580, it's a monster.
Show off I miss my GTX 295+. That was a monster.

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Wow, video cards getting beefier and beefier every time I look at 'em (every year or two). Soon we'll just have an external case the size of a cinder block that houses the Gfx card, and wires into the main PC tower.
You should see my 580, it's a monster.
Show off I miss my GTX 295+. That was a monster.

Looks like a freakin' VHS video tape with a motherboard connector attached to it.
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ORIGINAL: Foxy


ORIGINAL: Eman77

Wow, video cards getting beefier and beefier every time I look at 'em (every year or two). Soon we'll just have an external case the size of a cinder block that houses the Gfx card, and wires into the main PC tower.
You should see my 580, it's a monster.
Show off I miss my GTX 295+. That was a monster.

I still have my 295! If I remember correctly it fitted in the packaging of the 580 with room to spare. Man the noise that graphics card used to make. lol, good memories.
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I have a pair of 285s in SLI in my rig, going to build a new PC maybe in Jan with a pair of GTX 590s in SLI or Radeon 6990s in Crossfire, along with a 3960X 6 core 3.3ghz CPU and 16GB of RAM, going to be a monster.
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Nice.

I'll buy your old parts for $50.
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I have a pair of 285s in SLI in my rig, going to build a new PC maybe in Jan with a pair of GTX 590s in SLI or Radeon 6990s in Crossfire, along with a 3960X 6 core 3.3ghz CPU and 16GB of RAM, going to be a monster.
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I have a pair of 285s in SLI in my rig, going to build a new PC maybe in Jan with a pair of GTX 590s in SLI or Radeon 6990s in Crossfire, along with a 3960X 6 core 3.3ghz CPU and 16GB of RAM, going to be a monster.
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You might be cutting it close with those 6xxx cards with a 500w PSU.

And I cant remember, does that 775 board support PCI Express 2.1?
The 6770s are just 5770s. Even a really, really bad 550W supply will run one fine.
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It's a bit more than the others, but I have the ASUS one and it runs Skyrim at almost all high details at 35-45 fps.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814102908

BTW I have a 600W PSU, but I don't think it draws nearly enough to be a concern. I may be wrong though.
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i went ahead and got the XFX 6770 tho its 128bit its still alot better then my http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814161315 that lasted 13 months
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That Sapphire one looks good.
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I'd wait sheo if your doing it in January with the 7xxx's on the way and with the new ram interface and pci-e 3.0 it would be wise to wait and see how the new cards stack up. To spend that kind of money with such new cards on the way it would be a shame, also i would stick away from the 590's, and instead get 2x 580's. The 590 is nothing more then 2x 570's. The 6990 is a true 6970x2 and still the fastest gpu out atm.

On topic: the 67xx's should have no issue with a 500w, and as noob pointed out it doesn't matter about the slot. You can put a 2.0/2.1 in a 1.0 slot it just won't run as fast as it would in a 2.0 slot. You'll enjoy the 6xxx's, I'm loving my 6950.

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I have a pair of 285s in SLI in my rig, going to build a new PC maybe in Jan with a pair of GTX 590s in SLI or Radeon 6990s in Crossfire, along with a 3960X 6 core 3.3ghz CPU and 16GB of RAM, going to be a monster.

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