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Slugsnack · Posted: Wed May 26, 2010 5:02 am Post subject: Buying Graphics Card

Hey guys

So my graphics card right now is sort of dying, nvidia 7900GS. I need a new graphics card and minimum requirement is that it supports 2 digital ports for the monitor, so the white ones ( DVI ).

The card I'm looking at right now is ATI Radeon HD5750.
http://www.overclock.co.uk/product/XFX-512MB-GDDR5-ATI-Radeon-HD5750-DVI--HDMI--VGA-PCI-E_24975.html

That is pretty much the top price range I am gonna go for at this point. I just want to know whether that is a good card to get or not. I'm not looking to do much heavy gaming, maybe a few hours every few weeks or something. But I do want something that I won't have to replace for maybe a few years. I do not really want something that is gonna need heavy cooling, take up a lot of power and be really noisy.

Advice I'm looking for is sort of stuff like if there is a better graphics card in approximate same price range or another one that is only a little more expensive but a lot better or something.

Also if anyone is able to find that same card from a reputable retailer at any cheaper that would be great too.

One thing I'm a bit worried about is whether my current PSU can handle this card. How do I check that without opening up the case ?

// edit : just found this :
http://www.kikatek.com/product_info.php?products_id=146276&source=froogle

is that legit.. ? seems stupidly cheap

hcavolsdsadgadsg · Posted: Wed May 26, 2010 5:23 am Post subject:

in regard to your edit, 5570's exist.

MSI R5570-MD1G GIGABYTE ATI RADEON HD 5770 1024MB 128BIT DDR3 DVI D-SUB HDMI CROSSFIRE PCIE GRAPHICS CARD

it's a 5570, not a 5770. the site has the description wrong.

Slugsnack · Posted: Wed May 26, 2010 5:43 am Post subject:

oh okay that makes sense. yeah i was looking through this table actually :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_AMD_graphics_processing_units#Evergreen_.28HD_5xxx.29_series

it's weird how the release dates don't actually correspond to their version numbers eh..

// edit : okay i changed my mind about my requirements. i figure i don't need such a nice graphics card. all i want is one now that can support dx11 and has 2 DVI ports. HDMI does not matter.

urgh all so expensive. considering going for HD4650. is dx11 important.. ?

Domoo · Posted: Wed May 26, 2010 6:55 am Post subject:

No its not. Well for right now anyways but I don't doubt gaems are going to start making people buy DX11 vidya cards.

kls85 · Posted: Wed May 26, 2010 9:00 am Post subject:

Games will not, but Windows 7 so of the current thing that makes people get into DX11.

And this most likely.

Slugsnack · Posted: Wed May 26, 2010 9:11 am Post subject:

kls85 · Posted: Wed May 26, 2010 10:10 am Post subject:

Once you click on the link, change the "joe" to "mark".

Hero · Posted: Wed May 26, 2010 11:50 am Post subject:

DB censors the weirdest things. Having dual monitors on DVI isn't a requirement. Like all new gfx cards do that. Some have 4 dvi ports and can quad monitor. I find it hard to believe the first link is priced right. a 57xx should be around 160 USD. Shouldn't that still be higher in pounds? 90 pounds is like 130USD right? The price sounds way off for a 57xx series card.

Slugsnack · Posted: Wed May 26, 2010 4:48 pm Post subject:

hero, read slovach's post. also i'm not necessarily buying a 'new' gfx card.

okay thanks all. just bought a 4850

Hero · Posted: Wed May 26, 2010 5:22 pm Post subject:

Slugsnack · Posted: Wed May 26, 2010 5:37 pm Post subject:

Hero · Posted: Wed May 26, 2010 5:54 pm Post subject:

Good luck with that. XFX fans suck and they voltage lock it so don't expect to OC it.

Slugsnack · Posted: Wed May 26, 2010 6:00 pm Post subject:

Which of my posts led you to believe I have any intention of overclocking ?

hcavolsdsadgadsg · Posted: Wed May 26, 2010 7:20 pm Post subject:

dx11 supports fallbacks all the way back to dx9 hardware, software wise.

it breaks it up into featuresets. while with a 4850 you cannot access dx11 specific features, the api will work without a problem if the application actually bothered creating a fallback.

so yes, you can write code using the dx11 api and it can work all the way down to dx9 level hardware. you don't need a dx11 hardware card to actually use the api.

Slugsnack · Posted: Fri May 28, 2010 5:20 am Post subject:

oh ew. overclockers.co.uk suck cock. they sent me the right graphics card but instead of dual dvi, it has dvi + vga. now i need to call their premium number -.-

edging back to 5750 now.. arghhhhhh