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Graphics Card Advice

  • 08-09-2013 4:29pm
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8


    Hey guys
    I am looking for advice on what graphics card I should get for my gaming pc I have:
    A Intel i7 3770 cpu 4 cores
    A benq 1080p monitor
    16 gb of ram

    looking to spend in and around 250 on this for the best quality you can get thanks in advance :)


Comments

  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,399 ✭✭✭dwighet




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,767 ✭✭✭SterlingArcher


    What is your power supply.

    What part of the country are you from.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,191 ✭✭✭uncle_sam_ie


    dwighet wrote: »
    :eek::eek: Nice price.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,644 ✭✭✭✭nesf


    dwighet wrote: »

    Wow. That's really good value.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,399 ✭✭✭dwighet


    nesf wrote: »
    Wow. That's really good value.

    IT is...Delivered to the door for under 250e... Were would ya be:cool:


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,644 ✭✭✭✭nesf


    dwighet wrote: »
    IT is...Delivered to the door for under 250e... Were would ya be:cool:

    If I didn't already have a 6970...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,634 ✭✭✭Gehad_JoyRider


    dwighet wrote: »

    id snap that up my self but I have to wait till december before any more pc parts :eek:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,767 ✭✭✭SterlingArcher


    Did any of you bother to read the reviews? On the site.

    A lot of problems with the fans on the card.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,644 ✭✭✭✭nesf


    Did any of you bother to read the reviews? On the site.

    A lot of problems with the fans on the card.

    They sound fixable. Manual fan profiles and so on.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,399 ✭✭✭dwighet


    nesf wrote: »
    They sound fixable. Manual fan profiles and so on.

    Im going to chance my arm by getting 2 of them at the end of the month(if there still on sale)


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,698 ✭✭✭Gumbi


    They are supposed to be high-ASIC, good clocking cards too. Not the best VRM cooling though, AFAIK. One if the best 7950s if you are willing to mod a bit.

    Also guaranteed to have Hynix RAM, I think.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,399 ✭✭✭dwighet


    Gumbi wrote: »
    They are supposed to be high-ASIC, good clocking cards too. Not the best VRM cooling though, AFAIK. One if the best 7950s if you are willing to mod a bit.

    Also guaranteed to have Hynix RAM, I think.

    What excactly do you mean by mod gumbi???


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,698 ✭✭✭Gumbi


    dwighet wrote: »
    What excactly do you mean by mod gumbi???

    Mounting some aluminium heatsinks onto the VRMs (which have no dedicated sinks on them at all in this card IIRC). I'll get some pics in a while of it, I'm at work at the mo :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,399 ✭✭✭dwighet


    Gumbi wrote: »
    Mounting some aluminium heatsinks onto the VRMs (which have no dedicated sinks on them at all in this card IIRC). I'll get some pics in a while of it, I'm at work at the mo :)

    No worries...Thanks for that


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 241 ✭✭Brazzill




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,698 ✭✭✭Gumbi


    Brazzill wrote: »

    It is a Direct CU II cooler, so yes it's nice, but I've seen 660tis go as low as 170 pounds, so not the best value IMO. 670s have been 174 on overclockers.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,455 ✭✭✭Dave_The_Sheep


    dwighet wrote: »

    Would an 800W PSU be sufficient to run that card? Considering getting one, but I'd like to be sure first. Fairly sure it will but I'm a bit of a novice at this stuff...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,864 ✭✭✭uberpixie


    Would an 800W PSU be sufficient to run that card? Considering getting one, but I'd like to be sure first. Fairly sure it will but I'm a bit of a novice at this stuff...

    A good quality 500W psu would be more than enough for this card....

    A good quality (emphasis on GOOD QUALITY) 800W power supply is SLI territory....


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