Hello All,
I had a quick question regarding gpu's and dedicated power.
My 8800 ultra recently broke, and I was in the dilemma of purchasing an ATI 5700 series or a new nvidia.
The ATI card had 1gb ddr5 but no direct power from the psu and the nvidia had 1gb also but it was ddr3 and had 2 x 6 pin connections to the psu (like the the 8800 ultra).
My question is are gpu's that have dedicated power routes better / faster than those that do no?
I ask because I purchased an ATI card and havent been impressed with the performance so far. Its slower than my ultra and im wishing I had stuck with nvidia.
ps.
on boot up, it now takes a long time to get even to the boot screen. my cpu fan seems to do this intermittent whirring thing but finally boots up. Also games such as counter strike source and bad company 2 take a durating to boot, and the fps ratings are worse than the 8800 ultra
appreciate your insight
I had a quick question regarding gpu's and dedicated power.
My 8800 ultra recently broke, and I was in the dilemma of purchasing an ATI 5700 series or a new nvidia.
The ATI card had 1gb ddr5 but no direct power from the psu and the nvidia had 1gb also but it was ddr3 and had 2 x 6 pin connections to the psu (like the the 8800 ultra).
My question is are gpu's that have dedicated power routes better / faster than those that do no?
I ask because I purchased an ATI card and havent been impressed with the performance so far. Its slower than my ultra and im wishing I had stuck with nvidia.
ps.
on boot up, it now takes a long time to get even to the boot screen. my cpu fan seems to do this intermittent whirring thing but finally boots up. Also games such as counter strike source and bad company 2 take a durating to boot, and the fps ratings are worse than the 8800 ultra
appreciate your insight
