9600gt vs 8800gt vs HD 4850

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87dtna

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4850 does beat out a 9600gt slightly, but uses WAY more power and amperage.

4870 is way better than anything else you mentioned, but requires a good PSU for sure. I would find a PSU with atleast 40 amps for a 4850, and atleast 45-50 amps for a 4870. Just to be completely safe.
 
mx344

mx344

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^the 4850 beats the 9600GT, by quite a bit, the 4830 is better than the 9600gt, the 9600 is between my 4670 and the 4830..

I would say you can run a 4870 on a good quality psu wit 500watts/35+ amperage
 
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87dtna

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mx344 said:
^the 4850 beats the 9600GT, by quite a bit, the 4830 is better than the 9600gt, the 9600 is between my 4670 and the 4830..

I would say you can run a 4870 on a good quality psu wit 500watts/35+ amperage
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A 4830 and 4850 are almost the same performance...the 4830 is simply a slightly underclocked 4850.

I'd say a 9600gt is right on par with a 4830, I would not say by quite a bit that the 4850 beats the 9600gt. The 9600gt is very underrated. I was shocked when I got it, a card that doesn't even require a 6 pin connector whipped my 8800gts into next week.

The 4870 takes a quite a bit more juice than my gts250, I had an Antec 500w with 38a 12v rails the PSU and I would hit thermal shutdown after 20 minutes of gameplay. Now, this was with a Phenom II 550 overclocked to 3.8ghz (still a dual core) which consumes a massive amount more energy than a stock clocked Athlon II 240. So, I stick with my recommendations for future upgradeability....you can never have too much power supply. I'd go 600w with 45+ amps if going with a 4870.
 
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mx344

mx344

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Thats interesting, that antec should have ran it just fine... great psu's...

It never hurts to have more power, 45amps is a conservative number.:)

EDIT: wait, i remember, the 9600gt does require a 6 pin, cause i looked into getting one, but didnt have enough connections...
 
gimmigzgy

gimmigzgy

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well, there is a 9600gt that doesnt require a 6pin connector.
But can I play nneedforspeed shift, nba2k10 smoothly there with all high settings, w/ AA and AF.

I'm gonna pair it up with,
AMD athlon II x2 240 (2.8ghz)
2gb ddr2 800
 
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87dtna

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mx344 said:
Thats interesting, that antec should have ran it just fine... great psu's...

It never hurts to have more power, 45amps is a conservative number.:)

EDIT: wait, i remember, the 9600gt does require a 6 pin, cause i looked into getting one, but didnt have enough connections...
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Thats what I thought too, but it wasn't quite enough. From then on I play it safe with PSU's, like I said you can never have too much...so yeah 45 is conservative but then you know for sure there won't be any issues.


Not all 9600gt's have the 6 pin. The older 65nm 9600gt's have the 6 pin, the newer 55nm don't. This is the 9600gt I have....you won't find a 6 pin anywhere on it!

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127434&Tpk=msi 9600gt
 
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87dtna

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gimmigzgy said:
well, there is a 9600gt that doesnt require a 6pin connector.
But can I play nneedforspeed shift, nba2k10 smoothly there with all high settings, w/ AA and AF.

I'm gonna pair it up with,
AMD athlon II x2 240 (2.8ghz)
2gb ddr2 800
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What resolution will you be gaming at?
 
gimmigzgy

gimmigzgy

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87dtna

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gimmigzgy said:
1280x1024
with no AA and AF
settings at high



so does this mean, the 9600 that doesnt require a 6pin performs better?
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I'm not sure, I never owned one that had a 6 pin hookup. I think they are the same performance, just the newer 55nm tech didn't require as much power draw.

At that resolution you will be fine with a 9600gt for any current game, but be aware it doesn't give you any future upgradeability. Meaning if you were to buy an LCD, with 1920x1080 resolution you may not be able to play some graphics intensive games at full 1080 resolution.
 
gimmigzgy

gimmigzgy

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87dtna said:
I'm not sure, I never owned one that had a 6 pin hookup. I think they are the same performance, just the newer 55nm tech didn't require as much power draw.

At that resolution you will be fine with a 9600gt for any current game, but be aware it doesn't give you any future upgradeability. Meaning if you were to buy an LCD, with 1920x1080 resolution you may not be able to play some graphics intensive games at full 1080 resolution.
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I'm using a 17" LCD right now, but not a widescreen one.
my desktop runs at 1280x1024.
 
Aastii

Aastii

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the one without the 6 pin simply draws less power, I think one is on a smaller chip than the other so uses less power, it is a revised model or something.

If there is performance difference, it will be negligable.
 
mx344

mx344

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dude, i would go with the 5570, perfect car for you, 108 watt max draw, its almost as good as a 4870, would max out every game on the market at that res. you have, for around 160$
 
starlitjoker

starlitjoker

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87dtna said:
Decent brand name, and more than 80% efficiency.

This one is really good, and will be way plenty for any need you will have even in the future-

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341017

Although it's $75 now, it has a $25 mail in rebate plus it comes with a 4gb flash drive, and it has free shipping.

I was gonna link you to a $65 OCZ psu with 550 watts, but the 600 had free shipping so they would have been pretty much the same price.
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antec earthwatts 650 Watts, go for it trust me...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...71015&cm_re=earthwatts-_-17-371-015-_-Product
 
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