Thanks guys, I think I'll go with the 5870. It has almost identical performance to the 295 minus $ 83 AUD and ms. Plus, I probably won't have to upgrade my PSU. Can anyone tell me the minimum amps required on the +12V rail?
[QUOTE=burninplaces;18660516]Thanks guys, I think I'll go with the 5870. It has almost identical performance to the 295 minus $ 83 AUD and ms. Plus, I probably won't have to upgrade my PSU. Can anyone tell me the minimum amps required on the +12V rail?[/QUOTE]
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[QUOTE=Unreliable;18657008]Don't get a Q8___
GTX 295 is not worth it, you could get a 5870, AND a new monitor, that dual core is fine.[/QUOTE]
What's wrong with the Q8___s?
[QUOTE=ferrus;18661159]What's wrong with the Q8___s?[/QUOTE]
they're shit
pretty much only for prebuilts so they can advertise having a quad to people who don't know better
I don't see how.. [url]http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=3559&p=10[/url]
Seems to be at least on par with all the other good budget quads/duals from both Intel and ATi. Yes it has a small amount of cache, but the benchmarks clearly show it doesn't matter for gaming purposes.
[QUOTE=LOLSPYMOVIES;18598231]I find those resolutions very rare.
I'm stuck on a 14" CRT monitor at 1024x768 :crying:[/QUOTE]
That's nothing. I got dual 19" LCD monitors running at 800x600 each.
[QUOTE=Benie;18664816]That's nothing. I got dual 19" LCD monitors running at 800x600 each.[/QUOTE]
Why are you running them at 800x600?
[QUOTE=Benie;18664816]That's nothing. I got dual 19" LCD monitors running at 800x600 each.[/QUOTE]
most 19" monitors have a native resolution of 1280x1024. why are you doing 800x600?
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[QUOTE=ferrus;18663778]I don't see how.. [url]http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=3559&p=10[/url]
Seems to be at least on par with all the other good budget quads/duals from both Intel and ATi. Yes it has a small amount of cache, but the benchmarks clearly show it doesn't matter for gaming purposes.[/QUOTE]
i think you're not realizing how out of date those charts/benchmarks are. we have i5 and i7, and i3 comes out early next year, and i9 by summer. and only one i7 is listed.
[QUOTE=Benie;18664816]That's nothing. I got dual 19" LCD monitors running at 800x600 each.[/QUOTE]
That defeats the purpose.
[QUOTE=M_B;18668272]most 19" monitors have a native resolution of 1280x1024. why are you doing 800x600?
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i think you're not realizing how out of date those charts/benchmarks are. we have i5 and i7, and i3 comes out early next year, and i9 by summer. and only one i7 is listed.[/QUOTE]
For a budget CPU the Q8400 is still viable for a cheap upgrade (providing the old CPU is crap).
just grab a 4890 and it will seem the same at that res
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