Best card for 1024 768 res.

[aasifdm]

hi everyone pls suggest me best graphics card for 1024 768 res for my crt monitor i will play games at this res only. and the card should be powerful one so i can play all the future newer games at the same res. i will buy a good power supply and a cpu for it. i havin a m2n sli deluxe board and 3 gb ram.
the card should be a good performance and powerful for the future games.my res would be the same at 1024 768. appreciations.

 

[HostileDonut]

sorry again, i am a novice to overclocking so what its all about ?

What O.C.ing is about: Making your PC run faster at a small risk if you know what yiu are doing. I am kinda of a novice too, but I can still OC just fine. It's is really easy for an AMD CPU. A little harder for an Intel. Basically, you go into the BIOS and you have what is called the multiplier and the Front Side Bus. (FSB) With a non-black edition CPU you cannot mess around with the multiplier unless you want to downclock your CPU and save power. So in your case, you would adjust the FSP (say 220Mhz) and get 3.3Ghz! Amazing, right? Now that is a very minor OC and you will not need to adjust anything else probably. When OCing with 800Mhz RAM, like I suggested for you, turn it down to around 667Mhz. (A lttile slower, but you will get it back to 800Mhz) You might even need to bump up the voltage on the RAM and CPU. If I were you, I would shoot for 3.5Ghz. Here is what you should do: RAM voltage: 2.1v CPU voltage: +3.3% CPU frequency/FSB: 235Mhz RAM speed: 667Mhz HT link speed: x4. That will give you 3.5Ghz, 940Mhz HT link, around 800Mhz RAM speed, and a very small CPU voltage change and RAM voltage change. Download OCCT and Memtest 86+. OCCT will stress your CPU, board and memory, and Memtest 86+ will stress your memory and tell you if it works.

 

[purple stain]

Your saying you keep the same Timings but you just decrease the multiplier for the RAM if you want to O.C. using the FSB?

 

[HostileDonut]

Your saying you keep the same Timings but you just decrease the multiplier for the RAM if you want to O.C. using the FSB?

If you do not set the RAM back you can fry your RAM with the FSB. You set your RAM back, and then OC.

 

[purple stain]

Keep the same timings just roll back the multiplier?

 

[HostileDonut]

Keep the same timings just roll back the multiplier?

No, keep the same multiplier and up the timings of the CPU, not the RAM. You can put down the multiplier for energy saving stuff and keep the same CPU clocks, but that's the opposite of O.C.ing.

 

[HostileDonut]

@purple stank: You do know how to OC, right? If not, learn and take advantage of that Phenom II X4 965B.E. CPU. You could probably get like 4Ghz out of it.

 

[purple stain]

I do and i'm currently at 3.8ghz(limitations of my chip)but i thought you were talking about O.C.ing using the FSB.Not the CPU multiplier.
When you increase the FSB it also increases your RAM speed and other things.

 

[purple stain]

When OCing with 800Mhz RAM, like I suggested for you, turn it down to around 667Mhz.

You are talking about using the FSB right?I'm thinking your turning down the RAM speed and then increasing it with the FSB so that it goes back to 800mhz so you can keep the same Timings.Thats why i asked if you turn it down with the RAM multiplier or what?

 

[HostileDonut]

I do and i'm currently at 3.8ghz(limitations of my chip)but i thought you were talking about O.C.ing using the FSB.Not the CPU multiplier.
When you increase the FSB it also increases your RAM speed and other things.

Yes, that is what I am saying: because it will turn the RAM speed up to higher than it should, you turn the RAM down to say 667Mhz and let the FSB bring it back up to 800Mhz. That is what I did. I do not have a BE.

 

[HostileDonut]

When OCing with 800Mhz RAM, like I suggested for you, turn it down to around 667Mhz.

You are talking about using the FSB right?I'm thinking your turning down the RAM speed and then increasing it with the FSB so that it goes back to 800mhz so you can keep the same Timings.Thats why i asked if you turn it down with the RAM multiplier or what?

Yes, it will bring it back to 800Mhz. With a non-black edition CPU you can only make the multiplier go down, resulting in a DC which is the exact opposite.

 

[purple stain]

Was talking about the RAM Multiplier not the CPU Multiplier.Maybe my mobo is different.It has a Multiplier to set it to x8=1600/x6=1333/x4=800 etc.

 

[HostileDonut]

Was talking about the RAM Multiplier not the CPU Multiplier.Maybe my mobo is different.It has a Multiplier to set it to x8=1600/x6=1333/x4=800 etc.

Oh, yeah, I know some MoBos have that. My MoBo doesn't, it is a piece of junk.

 

[plznote]

A 5770 is pretty overkill imo.
A 5670 should do fine.

 

[HostileDonut]

A 5770 is pretty overkill imo.
A 5670 should do fine.

He wants to be future-proof. Nvidia said that they predict that their GPUs will double in power each year for the next two years, which means games will take more power too.

 

[HostileDonut]

Nvidia also said AMD's GPUs will do the same, not just Nvidia's.

 

[purple stain]

Isn't that with technology as a whole?
Everything doubles every year,from a technology standpoint...

 

[HostileDonut]

No, everything doubles in TWO years, not one.

 

[aasifdm]

purple stank what do u say on comment of shrkbay ?

 

[HostileDonut]

purple stank what do u say on comment of shrkbay ?

That card will not max games out, nor be future-proof at all. Not to mention that 5xxx cards suck for DX11.

 

[aasifdm]

now again m confused ? now hd 6850 is not good for me neither do 5770 ? then what should i do ?

 

[HostileDonut]

now again m confused ? now hd 6850 is not good for me neither do 5770 ? then what should i do ?

NO NO NO! You are on the wrong track buddy..... The hd6850 is better than the hd5670, but at your resolution, you don't need a great card, that is why he suggested the hd5670. You want to be future-proof and play games maxed out, right? It is not about a better card being worse, some cards are just better, but you do not need all that power. In this case, you do not need more than a hd5770, FOR NOW! Later, when DX11 games (which the hd5xxx series suck with) you will be more future-proof with the hd6850. I suggest the hd6850 knowing that you will not be disappointed at all. Apparently you do not know that some cards are just plain better than others, period. At least, that is what it sounds like. The hd6850 blows the hd5670, and the hd5770 away, in like any game. That means that it is a better GPU. right now, a hd5770 would be fine for you, but later, you will need more power like a hd6850. GET AN AMD HD6850, AMD ATHLON II X4 3.0GHZ, AND 4GB 800MHZ RAM! After that, you will be set, despite people saying you don't need it, you will, LATER. Tell me what you think.

 

[HostileDonut]

Good night... 😴 😴 😴 😴 😴 😴 😴 😴 😴 😴 😴 😴 😴 😴 😴 😴 😴 😴 😴 I'll post back tomorrow... 😴 😴 😴

 

[shrkbay]

yeah, in this case HD 6850 will be better

 

[aasifdm]

ok alrighty then. i should go for what hostile donut just said. no need of snooping around more. it all out here. thx buddy.

 

[purple stain]

Finally?Are you doing it?