Guys i have 1 quick question real quick :)

JohnnyKush93 · 9 Jan 2012 at 00:17

I was just about to order the 6850 for £115, but i remebered someone saying the 6870 is better, and i found one of them for £108....should i get the 6870 and will the 6870 run with this psu...

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-238-CM&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=

Please let me know asap, dont want someone else buying that 6870

Thanks xx

lomez · 9 Jan 2012 at 00:19

yes it will run easily with that psu.

Subliminal Aura · 9 Jan 2012 at 00:20

Borderline on the PSU but it depends on the rest of your spec.

JohnnyKush93 · 9 Jan 2012 at 00:21

Right, i have a Arctic Freezer 7 pro heatsink, 2 HHDS and my cd drive taking power aswell, its will definatly been ok?

Does the 6870 have a power cable slot? And will that 6870 run in a dell 545?

Thanks in advance x

JohnnyKush93 · 9 Jan 2012 at 00:23

Shall i send a dxdiag?

lomez · 9 Jan 2012 at 00:24

if your mobo is psi-e compatible and ur not over clocking that card will draw around 230 watts under heavy load, it will easily run that gfx card imho, unless your severely overclocking in other areas of ur system.

JohnnyKush93 · 9 Jan 2012 at 00:24

JohnnyKush93 said:
Right, i have a Arctic Freezer 7 pro heatsink, 2 HHDS and my cd drive taking power aswell, its will definatly been ok?

Does the 6870 have a power cable slot? And will that 6870 run in a dell 545?

Thanks in advance x

Minimum Power Supply Requirement 500Watt
is what it says on internet :/

JohnnyKush93 · 9 Jan 2012 at 00:26

lomez said:
if your mobo is psi-e compatible and ur not over clocking that card will draw around 230 watts under heavy load, it will easily run that gfx card imho, unless your severely overclocking in other areas of ur system.

Only thing overclocked is my 8500gt.

System Model: Inspiron 545
BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q8200 @ 2.33GHz (4 CPUs), ~2.3GHz
Memory: 3326MB RAM

CPU is NOT overclocked.

lomez · 9 Jan 2012 at 00:27

i think it would be okay but if your thinking of overclocking the cpu or gpu at all id get a 500w decent make psu, if you are happy to run stock cpu and gpu then you should be fine as you are. like i say if you do plan on overclocking get a new psu, or you will run the risk of bricking your entire system as that gfx card will push your psu to its safe limits without overclocking. and if you fry ur psu youll end up bricking your pc.

JohnnyKush93 · 9 Jan 2012 at 00:29

Well will the stock cpu and gpu run bf3 on high?

lomez · 9 Jan 2012 at 00:31

depends on the resolution you lay at to be honest.

Subliminal Aura · 9 Jan 2012 at 00:31

Total power consumption under full torture should be 350W but I prefer to have a little more overhead than just 100W

Ohhhh btw I've just purchased the last 6870... Thanks mate for the brilliant find

JohnnyKush93 · 9 Jan 2012 at 00:33

You bought the last one from OCers shop? Well do you think i should buy it then? :/

JohnnyKush93 · 9 Jan 2012 at 00:36

Oh ****, do i need a psu with 2 pci connectors for this card?

Subliminal Aura · 9 Jan 2012 at 00:36

JohnnyKush93 said:
You bought the last one from OCers shop? Well do you think i should buy it then? :/

Was pulling your leg

Anyway I suggest you get a tape measure out and find out how much space you have free in your dell and compare to the length of the card

And issues like this

JohnnyKush93 said:
Oh ****, do i need a psu with 2 pci connectors for this card?

JohnnyKush93 · 9 Jan 2012 at 00:38

I have a lot of space long ways, like from rear to front, from pci slot to bottom of heatsink, maybe 6-7cm. Does the 6870 use 2 pci power connectors?

Orcvader · 9 Jan 2012 at 00:40

Do you own that Cooler Master PSU yet? The 6870 should run fine on it.

However I would feel more comfortable with you running the 6870 with this PSU: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=ca-055-oc&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=

as for running bf3 on high: http://media.bestofmicro.com/y/n/313583/original/amd high 1920.png

would be fine but once you add the anti aliasing the fps will drop considerably. here's a link to the bf3 gpu review: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/battlefield-3-graphics-performance,3063-10.html

EDIT: Yes, the 6870 needs two 6 pin connections, while the 6850 only needs one.

JohnnyKush93 · 9 Jan 2012 at 00:43

I already ordered the coolermaster 450w mate, its estimated delivery is tomorrow :/ but the 6870 has 2 PCI-E power connector slots, and the coolermaster psu only has 1 pci-e power connector.

JohnnyKush93 · 9 Jan 2012 at 00:49

20+4 Pin MB x 1
4+4 Pin CPU 12V x 1
6 Pin PCI Express x 1
SATA x 5
4 Pin Peripherial x 3
4 Pin Floppy x 1

Thats what connectors my new psu has. You sure there is enough 6 pin connectors for the 6870?

JohnnyKush93 · 9 Jan 2012 at 00:50

Orcvader said:
Do you own that Cooler Master PSU yet? The 6870 should run fine on it.

However I would feel more comfortable with you running the 6870 with this PSU: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=ca-055-oc&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=

as for running bf3 on high: http://media.bestofmicro.com/y/n/313583/original/amd high 1920.png

would be fine but once you add the anti aliasing the fps will drop considerably. here's a link to the bf3 gpu review: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/battlefield-3-graphics-performance,3063-10.html

EDIT: Yes, the 6870 needs two 6 pin connections, while the 6850 only needs one.

So does the psu i ordered have two 6 pins?