Graphics Cards related queries here.

[yogesh89]

core-i5 2450M / 4GB / 500GB / 1GB ATI 7670M

Thanks a lot for your prompt reply.
Also please let me know the decesion between 1st and 2nd option as there is a price difference of Rs.8000. Whether there will be any improvement in gaming if i move from i3 to i5 (remaining config will b same).

[arjun123100]

Hi guys,I have almost finalised on the Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 6770 but at nearly extra Rs.200 HIS has the same card,same config but with the cooling and heatsink fan..In flipkart most people have bought the sapphire and the reviews are fine with the sapphire one.What should I go for..?

Also Do anyone know about this card price in Chennai?

[insaneYLN]

Hello everyone!

A friend of mine intends on purchasing an AMD Radeon graphics card but he is confused between the HD 6xxx and HD 7xxx series.

He intends on purchasing a graphics card manufactured by Micro Star International.
His initial choice was the R6950 Twin Frozr but within this itself, he is further perplexed whether to opt for the Twin Frozr II/OC or the Twin Frozr III Power Edition/OC.

Does the 6950 have an equivalent in the 7000 series? If so, then what is it?


Awaiting your replies.

[koolent]

Actually HD 6950 being a pretty nice GPU., consumes really huge power. The 7xxx series is basically AMD's latest arcitecture and the bet yet. It has the right amount of power consumption and performance..

For 6950 go for the Twin Frozr III/OC as it has a freaking great cooler and unlocked stuff for you to OC it.

[masterkd]

Or better get 7850..which will deliver similar/better performance with half the power consumption!!

[Cilus]

I don't know why to consider HD 6950, especially the custom PCB cards which cost around 16K where HD 7850 is available within 15.5K. Apart for lesser power consumption (It consumes power euqal to HD 6850), it also performs better, specially in DX11 titles where it is very close to HD 6790 or GTX 570.

[Tenida]

Recently installed Nvidia 301.42 driver for MSI GTX560Ti



But other than adaptive vsync, whats the other benefit I can get from this new driver. I want smoother game-play without any tearing.

After enabling Adaptive Vsync, I am getting more smooth game-play than before.

[prateek007391]

MoBo GA-M68MT-S2P.

Suggest Some Starter Graphic Card. I don't want to do a lot of gaming as the PC belongs to office however a lot of programs runs simultaneously and the PC goes slow because of Low Memory, Already installed 4GB ram but still
I think Graphic Card would be required to speed it up a bit more.

[koolent]

^^ Please mention your rigs Processor and your Budget too..

[prateek007391]

^^ Please mention your rigs Processor and your Budget too..

I have Phenom II X4.

About Budget something below 10K would be good, something that can give more value for Money.

[koolent]

I have Phenom II X4.

About Budget something below 10K would be good, something that can give more value for Money.

PSU too.. Power will be needed to power the guy if you want it to be about 10k.

[prateek007391]

PSU too.. Power will be needed to power the guy if you want it to be about 10k.

PSU is Corsair vs450

[koolent]

Get the HD 7770 or of you have margin of wattage, get HD 6850..

[Allu Azad]

Guys , if i install and run games from my external hdd ( which has single usb 2.0 connection ) will it reduce performance ?

[tkin]

Guys , if i install and run games from my external hdd ( which has single usb 2.0 connection ) will it reduce performance ?

Awful long load times, even level load times.

[Allu Azad]

Awful long load times, even level load times.

Other than load times , any other performance problems ?

I mean after loading a level , will it run fine ?

[tkin]

Other than load times , any other performance problems ?

I mean after loading a level , will it run fine ?

No, I think, just give it a try.

[$ilver[-]EAD]

Hi guys, I need some basic or entry level graphics card that would be fine to do moderate and light gaming but my system is old (4 years old) so, suggest me something good.

Compaq Presario SG3470IL
MoBo: MS7525 ver1.0 (have PCIe x16 slot but that's 1.0)
Intel Core2Duo E4700
Have 2x1GB RAM installed

and the PSU is Bestec ATX 250 12z. Please also let me know if i need to upgrade this PSU to a better one, after all it's just 250watts.

My budget is upto 5K but can consider upto 8k if needed.

[NitrousNavneet]

Please suggest a descent graphics card under Rs 5k

My config.. Dual core E2200
Asus p5gcmx/1333
And 450 Watt PSU
What about this one..

And I want to buy a 2gb ddr2 ram too .While I have kingston 2Gb 2RX8 PC2 6400U 666 12
RAM attached in one slot Can I attache this ram in 2nd slot.
My motherboard supports 667mhz RAM

[Saaby]

@Alluazad....yeah give it a try Allu.... btw nice avatar

[NitrousNavneet]

yeah give it a try Allu.... btw nice avatar

I Can't understand..
What are you saying ?

[thetechfreak]

Please suggest a descent graphics card under Rs 5k

My config.. Dual core E2200
Asus p5gcmx/1333
And 450 Watt PSU
What about this one..

And I want to buy a 2gb ddr2 ram too .While I have kingston 2Gb 2RX8 PC2 6400U 666 12
RAM attached in one slot Can I attache this ram in 2nd slot.
My motherboard supports 667mhz RAM

Well although the PSU is not that good you can make the card work. Just dont overclock either card or processor. There might be a bit of bottlenecking but in most scenarios the performance you will get should be good.

edit: RAM should work fine too .

[NitrousNavneet]

Well although the PSU is not that good you can make the card work. Just dont overclock either card or processor. There might be a bit of bottlenecking but in most scenarios the performance you will get should be good.

edit: RAM should work fine too .

What bottlenecking ??

I am asking because after lots of try my father is agree to buy a new GC and RAM...
Will they both work fine ???

or please suggest a GC which will perform best in my config. ,

[thetechfreak]

What bottlenecking ??

I am asking because after lots of try my father is agree to buy a new GC and RAM...
Will they both work fine ???

or please suggest a GC which will perform best in my config. ,

They will work fine. You shouldn't feel any performance problem. In short bottleneck means that the Graphic Card might not perform to it's full potential.
But games will work flawlessly nonetheless

[Saaby]

@NitrousNavneet... I was talking to Alluazad

For around 5k, check HD5670 or GT240. both r gud performance cards for the given price.

[tkin]

Get 6670.

[sam_ir]

HEy,
nvidia just launched 600 series cards,
so when will it be available to buy like GT 640 card?

[ALIEN'D]

Can anyone tell me a good card which can run with 180W PSU ?

[tkin]

Can anyone tell me a good card which can run with 180W PSU ?

A credit card

Seriously, nothing.

HEy,
nvidia just launched 600 series cards,
so when will it be available to buy like GT 640 card?

Few more months. Or never. No news yet.

[sam_ir]

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