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Need help with purchase

Viscera

Viscera

Viscera

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Hi, I'm looking for a graphics card to help with running TERA Online at a decent 40+ frame-rate on medium graphics.

Here is what I have currently:

Radeon 5550HD
1920x1080 Resolution
i3 Intel Core
4GB RAM

Budget - £50-100

I'm currently interested in the card below:
Asus HD 6770 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card

Anyone have any recommendations?

Thanks.
 
Hi there,

May I ask what make and model number PSU you are currently running?

If your PSU can support it, I would go with the HD 6850 - as it is quite a bit faster than the HD 6770/5770 (see here) and doesn't cost much more.

The HD 6770 will handle the game pretty well and in most instances will keep you at ~60fps. However, when things get busy a more powerful card (like teh HD 6850 will maintain your framerate better).
 
I'm upgrading the PSU to OcUK Swift 750W V2 Silent Power Supply so I should be fine for better cards.

Thanks for the quick responses I'll check the 6850 out.
 
Viscera said:
I'm upgrading the PSU to OcUK Swift 750W V2 Silent Power Supply so I should be fine for better cards.
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NO!

That is a low brand PSU that cannot supply enough power to GPUs. It will blow and and possibly take out your entire system. Get this PSU if you want to run the GPU without no worries. NEVER skimp out on a PSU: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-230-CM&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=
Wattages is not a 100% way to tell you if it's capable of powering a GPU. You need to look at the 12v rail and also need to see if the components it's made of are reliable.
 
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Viscera said:
I'm upgrading the PSU to OcUK Swift 750W V2 Silent Power Supply so I should be fine for better cards.
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Oh god! Think of the children!

Yea, please go for a good quality PSU if you are wanting to run a proper gaming graphics card. I would recommend something like this at the minimum.
 
Orcvader said:

NO!

That is a low brand PSU that cannot supply enough power to GPUs. It will blow and and possibly take out your entire system. Get this PSU if you want to run the GPU without no worries. NEVER skimp out on a PSU: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/productlist.php?groupid=701&catid=123&sortby=priceAsc&page=2

Wattages is not a 100% way to tell you if it's capable of powering a GPU. You need to look at the 12v rail and also need to see if the components it's made of are reliable.
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I got a link to the PSU page but no specific one, can you recommend one? Thanks.
 
I wouldn't go for the CM Elite Power 500W to be honest. It isn't very efficient (even the product description only says "70%") and the Elite Power series doesn't have a very good repuation (here is a review of the 460W version).

In contrast, the corsair CX 430W V2 is a good unit with 80plus Bronze certification and will happily power a PC with an i3 CPU and HD 6850 graphics card (here is a review), plus it costs the same as the Coolermaster.
 
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