Posted: 10/30/2009 10:50:24 AM EDT
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I've had my current XFX Nvidia 8600 GT XXX edition for three years now. It has started to not run like it used to, giving me blue screen on Fallout 3 and doing crazy things in Killing Floor and L4D. I was looking at possibly getting a GTX 275. Is there a better card for the money out there? I also heard that Nvidia is coming out with a new series in the near future but don't honestly know anything about them. How important do you think it would be to go with a DX 11 card?
I also am going to need a new PSU because my current one is only a 350W unit. Any suggestions as far as PSUs go? Thanks! |
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PSu: OCZ StealthXStream they have amazing rebates, and have 4 12v rails.
GPU: depends on your screen size. Im running a 8800gt(9800GT) on a 1440x900 monitor and i can easily play crysis on a mix of high/very high settings. Wait until nvidias new cards hit the streets by then you can get a GTX260-275 much cheaper |
| i like nvidia, my 9800gx2 started overheating really bad, like from a resting temp of 87 degrees C to 128 degrees C after 10min of gameplay. it was only about a year old too. i ended up just ordering a new gx 285 by BFG, they have a lifetime warranty so i dont have to worry about another faulty card. i recommend BFG in whatever chipset you get |
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if you're getting a new card, drop nvidia and get a radeon HD5850. especially if you're planning on dropping 220ish on a 275gtx. totally worth the extra money for the better performance. Id personaly switch to a 5850 or 5870 if EVGA started making Radeon cards. I wont buy anything other than an EVGA card due to the customer service they offer. Best in the industry. |
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if you're getting a new card, drop nvidia and get a radeon HD5850. especially if you're planning on dropping 220ish on a 275gtx. totally worth the extra money for the better performance. Id personaly switch to a 5850 or 5870 if EVGA started making Radeon cards. I wont buy anything other than an EVGA card due to the customer service they offer. Best in the industry. xfx. double lifetime warranty. RMA's are a breeze if you're the type to run into trouble. |
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I've had my current XFX Nvidia 8600 GT XXX edition for three years now. It has started to not run like it used to, giving me blue screen on Fallout 3 and doing crazy things in Killing Floor and L4D. have you tried cleaning the card? might be over heating |
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Quoted: PSu: OCZ StealthXStream they have amazing rebates, and have 4 12v rails. GPU: depends on your screen size. Im running a 8800gt(9800GT) on a 1440x900 monitor and i can easily play crysis on a mix of high/very high settings. Wait until nvidias new cards hit the streets by then you can get a GTX260-275 much cheaper There's no way to distribute the load evenly over 4 12v rails. Too, you'd need a 1500+ "watt" power supply in order to get a respectable amount of current on any individual rail. With basically only three types of devices that pull current (motherboard power, hard drives, pci-express video cards) No one wants to run a separate chain from the power supply for each individual hard drive, so they'll all be on the same rail. Same with the video card(s). Something like a Cooler Master 600-750w single +12v rail PS will run machines reliably where a 1000w quad 12v rail PS will choke, and without the worry of not knowing if you have too many devices on one rail with nothing on another. ETA: I've had every brand of video card fail on me, except for XFX (even their OCed models). I'm currently running an OCed 8800 GTS 512 G92 that can handle anything I throw at it. The new ATI offerings are tempting, but until I find something that drops my fps rates below 60 at a reasonable resolution, I'm going to stick with what I got. Heck, I'm pegged on 90fps in CoD5 @ 1680x1050 with antialiasing and anisotropic filtering on max. |