Hi, recently I've been playing AC2, and the screen froze, and after checking my memory and such, I gave my card to a friend who told me that he too gets those weird lines. So I guess I am gonna need a new card. Specs: E6750 @2.66 2GB DDR2 800Mhz 500W Corsair PSU 500GB SataII and broken eVGA 8800GTS 320mb Superclocked. 2 of my friends have eVGA and their GPU's burned out within a year, so I am guess I will avoid eVGA for now. I am on 500W limit and I use Asus P5K vanilla. I was initially thinking about 9800GT, which performs better than 8800GTS and costs, like $100, which is much less than $330 that I paid for GTS (sad ) But then I started looking at ATI's, like HD 4770 and HD 4850... Any suggestions for a budget around $100? Thanks alot, I really appreciate it.
I would go with a 5770 if you could afford it...it is about twice as fast as a 9800GTX, while running on the same hardware. Otherwise, I would either get a 9800GT and a big cooler for overclocking, or I would just get a 9800GTX.
Hi, I think I decided to go with XFX 4850 1GB... opened design one (with HDMI) Yeah, the 5770 is kinda expensive, cause I am already playing around $140 for 4850 for shipping charges and such. I don't think I will be able to overclock with my 500W PSU. Thanks for the reply though.
The 5770 is only $134 shipped. If it is a real 500W power supply from a good brand like corsair, then you should be able to OC with it.
What? That cheap? Where? Cause on newegg, it's usually $10 shipping and some $20 additional fee for the taxes and such. I'd like to see what you're talking about though. I have Corsair 500W PSU, I assume it's pretty good.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131328&cm_re=5770-_-14-131-328-_-Product - $150, free shipping, $15 rebate. I think your 500w corsair should be enough to overclock one video card; at least a mid-range card like the 5770. (Assuming you don't have a dozen harddrives on a hardware raid card or something). As far as I'm concerned, the only thing better than a corsair is a more powerful corsair...they make the best consumer grade power supplies AFAIAC.
Hey, yeah thanks. I was actually at a canadian site and that price is through the roof there, and the brand isn't very well known either. I will get the XFX 4850 cause it has the lifetime warranty, and I will prolly try baking my 8800GTS...
