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badcompany

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What card to put in my Shuttle XPC SX38P2?

I have a Q9650 & 4GB ddr2 and would like to play fallout NV and a few other older games on it. Which card should i get for under a ton thats easy on the noise and power?


Many thanks.
 
Some info on the PSU would be good.

It would probably be either a 2nd hand 5870 (require two PCI-E 6pin), 6850 (require one PCI-E 6pin), or a 7750 (which is current fastest bus-powered card that require no additional power).
 
valkynaz said:
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 550Ti OC 1024MB

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Looking at some reviews on youtube, it can run Battlefield 3 on ultra fine so you should have no problem with other games. If noise is a problem you can use MSI Afterburner to turn the fan speed down.
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BF3 Ultra with that card! Really?:eek:

My 670 plays BF3 Ultra nicely. My previous overclocked 480 used to struggle. I think you may be being a little optimistic with your statement!;)
 
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Avoid 550ti like the plague, the best £100 card WAS the HD6850 but they are not selling them here anymore. 550s are slow, power hungry and overpriced.

So basically, aim to get a 6850 for £100, failing that the 7770 is a little slower than the 6850 but is bus powered and very quiet. The 7750 is only about 4% slower than the 550ti so is also a good choice and uses half the power.

I will repeat, do NOT buy a 550ti. I'm fairly certain those ultra runs on BF3 are probably single player at 720p with about 25FPS, because I never tried it on my 6850 for that reason, which is a significantly faster card, especially the OC power edition I use which is currently running 20% faster than a stock 6850.

EDIT: BF3 performance @ 1080p link: http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2011/11/10/battlefield-3-technical-analysis/4
 
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On second thoughts yes, the 7750 may be a better choice given the price and no additional power needed. However in the benchmarks I just looked at the 550ti beats the 7750 in all of them.

You could have course buy a better card 2nd hand in the members market as well if there are any available for cheap.
 
JonSmith said:
So basically, aim to get a 6850 for £100, failing that the 7770 is a little slower than the 6850 but is bus powered and very quiet. The 7750 is only about 4% slower than the 550ti so is also a good choice and uses half the power.
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Hate to point this out, but it is the 7750 that's bus-powered...whereas the 7770 require one PCI-E 6pin.

But even between the 7750 and the 550Ti, I'd go for the 7750 any day. 550Ti was pretty much just 5770/6770's rival, and now 7750 can deliver the same performance but at a lower price point and lower power consumption.
 
Marine-RX179 said:
He didn't say at what res and at what frame rate though :D

1280 res or 20-30fps? :p
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OK Marine, 720p or 20fps.:p

If the TV is 1080p i would NOT want to run BF3 Ultra preset on a 1GB 550ti. Thats madness in a fast paced shooter where speed and accuracy is vital.;)

Drop to medium settings and things will run nicely!

Those Yuk Tube vids are NOT full Ultra settings if you check.;)
 
My vote is for saving a little more and buying something better since the 6850 for 80quid isnt here... which would have been job done. Or go second hand as said above.
 
BrianB said:
assuming you have two 6 pin PCI cables - can just get molex to PCI-E adapters in that case.
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I see you have a 7970 with a Q6600 (same cpu as me). How are you finding the performance? Does it bottleneck less than you expected? Also, what is the AA performance like with regard to frame rate? :)
 
badcompany said:
What card to put in my Shuttle XPC SX38P2?

I have a Q9650 & 4GB ddr2 and would like to play fallout NV and a few other older games on it. Which card should i get for under a ton thats easy on the noise and power?


Many thanks.
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You probably have the 400W Shuttle PC70. AFAIK,even an HD6870 should be fine with that PSU from what I have gathered of people using that system. I ran an 8800GTS 512MB off the earlier 400W PC55 fine, and an overclocked HD5850 1GB off the 450W PC55 fine with an overclocked Q6600 in an SD37P2. The PC70 is a more modern design though.

However,as the PSU is probably getting on a bit,I would suggest an HD6850 1GB.
 
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