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Looking at the pictures for this GPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130604 It has 2 power cables and 2 ports on the back of the card, does this mean you have to use both of them and then have 4 open 4-pin molex connections to power it with?
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# ¿ Jul 19, 2012 16:19 |
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# ¿ Mar 28, 2024 21:39 |
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My current power supply is new but doesn't have those, I got it on the cheap because I was in a pinch. But thats good to know however. See this is what happens when you don't do anything with PC's for a long time, everything goes and changes on you. Until the past month, the last time I did anything with pc components AGP & regular PCI slots were the only options you had, now I feel like a confused old person!
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# ¿ Jul 19, 2012 16:33 |
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No it runs what I have and thats about it, when I got it that was all I needed though. But it wasn't really meant to be a long term PSU, just one to get me buy until a little later.
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# ¿ Jul 19, 2012 16:41 |
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jink posted:AnandTech recently put out an article with cheap quality power supplies: Thanks, but my next one is going to be a quality one! (Interesting read though.)
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# ¿ Jul 19, 2012 19:36 |
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BLOWTAKKKS posted:I recently bought a GTX 690 and now have two 570s laying around doing nothing. I'd like to throw one into my computer as a physx card just for the hell of it but I'm not sure if my PSU will explode. I have a Corsair HX850 which according to reviews can actually provide up to 1000w. It was running the two 570s perfectly (which drain more power than a single 690) but I'm afraid this might be pushing it over the edge. Since you have two, if you are looking to sell one I might be interested! (I assume its something similar to this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130593 )
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# ¿ Jul 23, 2012 19:51 |
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Perhaps someone could help me understand how this works, because I am not 100% clear. What is the difference between a budget & performance card in the same pixel/resolution category? Are the budget cards just older generations of cards? Also are the resolutions the cards are listed under set in stone? IE: If I got a 550 Ti can I still set the maximum screen resolution to 1920x1080 but just set it lower for games? I ask because Newegg put this on sale: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...-_-14130625-L0D And I have no idea how good it is. I always found video cards to be a complicated affair back when only Nvidia & ATI made them, but now it confuses me even more.
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# ¿ Jul 24, 2012 17:02 |
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unpronounceable posted:As Dogen mentioned, the 550Ti is simply a bad value. You can get better performance with this 7770 for $15 less after rebate. My board only has PCI-E x16 2.0, I assume this would just run at those lower speeds with no issues?
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# ¿ Jul 24, 2012 17:30 |
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Factory Factory posted:That's right. Good to know, thanks. Factory Factory posted:Also, it's still the case that only AMD and Nvidia make graphics cards. Intel only does integrated GPUs that you get "for free" with a CPU that aren't on their own card. Well I meant when they were putting the cards out branded as Nvidia & ATI, before you could get them branded by all of these other companies.
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# ¿ Jul 24, 2012 17:44 |
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Haha well for reference until the past couple of weeks, the last time I did anything with PC parts AGP slots were the ticket and PCI-E hadn't even been introduced yet, so I had had to try and to some catching up. Beware the perils of having only Mac hardware for years!
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# ¿ Jul 24, 2012 19:17 |
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# ¿ Mar 28, 2024 21:39 |
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I just upgraded the sorry cheap video card I had in my computer to a 550 ti, and I didn't realize just how bad my graphics looked/ran until I put that fucker in this afternoon. It may not be a new top of the line card but it works great for my needs, wish I had done this sooner.
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# ¿ Aug 5, 2012 02:44 |