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Graphics card upgrade - from an 8800 GTS

CookieRocks

CookieRocks

CookieRocks

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Hi guys

Had my current rig about 2 and a half years old now (though some parts are newer than that) and want to make a few improvements so the latest games actually play reasonably well.

Below is the current spec.

Q6600 @ stock
Corsair TwinX 2GB DDR2 6400
Gigabyte P35 DS3 mobo
EVGA GeForce 8800 GTS SuperClocked 320MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI
Corsair HX 520W ATX Modular SLI Compliant Power Supply

Monitor is a 26" Samsung HDTV, that'll be replaced with a Dell S2409W, so I'll need a new graphics card to finally enjoy a higher resolution than 1360x768 :)

I have ~150 quid to spend I guess, and no preference to ATi or nVidia.
 
4890/275, which ever you prefer, both cracking cards and can be had for £140 ish.

If you want to spend less, 4780's are very cheap right now.
 
Had a similar spec to you except a 8800GTS 640mb and an E6600. Upgraded to a 4890 in spring for a bargain (175 pounds :mad:) price and really noticed the difference when running at 1920x1200.
 
The HD4890 should perform better than the 275 when DX11 becomes available. The DX10.1 support will help it here compared to the DX10 only GTX275.
 
Firstly, get that Q6600 clocked. That alone will make a siginificant difference in some games.

I've just got an ASUS 275 and still game at 1366 x 768, although not for much longer. Even at that res, it's a huge improvement over the 8800GTX both visually and performance wise. The other benefit is that other than at startup, I haven't heard the fan once, not even when I manually sped it up to 60%.
 
Thanks for advice all

Re: OC'ing the Q6600.. I'd love to, but it absolutely will not POST if *ANY* of the settings are touched it seems, no matter how slight the OC, it doesn't even try to boot.
 
^ Looks like it's an issue with the board, seems like other people suffer from it too.

No matter how slim the clock, it doesn't POST and resets itself.

As well as doing the wonderful double reboot too
 
CookieRocks said:
^ Looks like it's an issue with the board, seems like other people suffer from it too.

No matter how slim the clock, it doesn't POST and resets itself.

As well as doing the wonderful double reboot too
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Have you tried updating to the latest bios for the mobo?
 
Did all of that :)

Disabled C1E, TM2 and EIST. Set the Robust graphics whatsit to auto, increased the clock frequency to anything above standard (just to 268x9), SPD to 2.0, upped the memory voltage to 2.1v, increased FSV volts a bit, relaxed memory timings, bumped vcore a bit, and the MCH voltage up too

Still didn't boot :p
 
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