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[URL=http://img532.imageshack.us/i/captureqz.png/][IMG]http://img532.imageshack.us/img532/7566/captureqz.png[/IMG][/URL] I'm about to buy this and was wondering if i'm making the right choice. Anyone have any objections?
What are your current specs and what is your budget?
My budget is about $200. Windows 7 professional Intel Pentium Dual 2.20GhZ 3GB Ram Nvida GeForce 8600 GT Some really old 200W PSU
Your CPU will bottleneck the 5770.
I know. I am going to upgrade my CPU soon but I don't have the money right now.
[QUOTE=hypnotoad6;21849882]I know. I am going to upgrade my CPU soon but I don't have the money right now.[/QUOTE] I don't see what's wrong with your current setup anyway. It can run most games just fine at respectable settings. I have a rig with an AMD 5000+ and an HD4670 that runs everything fine at 1440x900 (even GTAIV).
looks good
Well I would start again if I were you. Try and get some more money. The 8600GT will be fine for a little bit longer. Maybe keep the ram and keep you OS. Thats what I would do. BTW, what speed is your ram?
[QUOTE=ph0ne;21849910]I don't see what's wrong with your current setup anyway. It can run most games just fine at respectable settings. I have a rig with an AMD 5000+ and an HD4670 that runs everything fine at 1440x900 (even GTAIV).[/QUOTE] There is nothing wrong with it. Its treated me great for a couple of years but I want to upgrade a little. EDIT: Also hahaha i got like -20FPS in GTAIV
[QUOTE=ph0ne;21849910]I don't see what's wrong with your current setup anyway. It can run most games just fine at respectable settings. I have a rig with an AMD 5000+ and an HD4670 that runs everything fine at 1440x900 (even GTAIV).[/QUOTE] For once, Ph0ne has actually given good advice. *applauses*
[QUOTE=hypnotoad6;21849923]There is nothing wrong with it. Its treated me great for a couple of years but I want to upgrade a little. EDIT: Also hahaha i got like -20FPS in GTAIV[/QUOTE] I wouldn't buy a 5770 now, since your CPU will bottleneck the most games, besides, when you want to shift that cpu, you're Probably (If you don't want a shit CPU) gonna need a new mobo. With the new mobo, comes new RAM, and at the same time the 200W PSU will die trying to deliver the power needed.. And BAM! You got yourself a new computer...
eh, I would want more than 400 watts.
Last person I talked too about the HD5770 said too go with the XFX version because of the Lifetime Warranty. Just throwing that out there.
double lifetime warranty you mean, so if you sell it.. the warranty transfers. almost all card brands have a lifetime warranty... nothing special..
[url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131327[/url] This card is a better deal as of now. There is a MIR and free DiRT 2
Don't buy it Horrid bottlenecking you have there
I would upgrade the CPU first.
Bottlenecking is not a problem IF he is planning to upgrade his CPU, which he said he is. The problem I see is that if you buy a 5770 now(w/PSU) you will certainly pay more for it than if you had simply waited to buy the GPU and CPU at the same time. So the question is= Is the gain in bottlenecked performance going from 8600GT to 5770 worth spending more than you need to? For a game like GTA I don't think so, since that game needs CPU power more than anything.
[QUOTE=cecilbdemodded;21867704]Bottlenecking is not a problem IF he is planning to upgrade his CPU, which he said he is. The problem I see is that if you buy a 5770 now(w/PSU) you will certainly pay more for it than if you had simply waited to buy the GPU and CPU at the same time. So the question is= Is the gain in bottlenecked performance going from 8600GT to 5770 worth spending more than you need to? For a game like GTA I don't think so, since that game needs CPU power more than anything.[/QUOTE] My goal is not to play GTA its just to play the games I have now a little better. I'm going to upgrade everything else later on.
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