Best card for an E8500 @ 3.8 ~ 4.0ghz

[ppv]

Hi all,

Recently my GTX295 just overheated and as per ASUS they cannot repair it anymore, which means I will have to get a new card...and in the meantime I want to get a new card which I can use its maximum peformance with my current e8500 at 3.8 ~ 4.0 ghz (i know that my CPU will be a hindering a high end graphic card now, but I still want to get the best for an e8500).... any suggestions please? NVIDIA/ATI will do fine...

My specs:
E8500 @ 3.8 ~ 4.0
8GB ram
Dell 24" @ 1920 * 1080

Please let me know if you need any other inforamtion.

Many thanks!

 

[ppv]

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[ppv]

I think will be trying out an ATI... how are the drivers?

 

[Wisecracker]

You will be fine.

2 things: Be sure to thoroughly remove your old drivers and make sure you purchase a dual-BIOS reference design HD69502GB for around $250.

You will have a high probability of unlocking shaders and creating an HD6970. Your e8500 should not be an issue in the majority of games, and you will pretty much be a gaming monster !!

 

[GreenDutchAlien]

^+1

AMD drivers nowadays are fine.

Use driversweeper to remove all old drivers.

 

[ppv]

Thx u all

 

[ppv]

Guys... I've just bought the ASus 6950 directcuII 2Gb and when I turn my pc on the monitor will be on power save mode.... Just wondering after I plug the power cables what color of the light should I expect? Also I believe my ASus mobo p5q supports it right?

 

[ppv]

I believe it is the power is not enough? But.. I'm using a corsair tx850 psu... Which I was using it to feed my gtx295.....

 

[GreenDutchAlien]

Damn.
Power should be more than enough.
Reading back the thread now i see we never completely made sure your mobo has a 2.0 slot or a 1.0 slot, got distracted by all the 1.0, 2.0, 2.1 discussions.
Have to look in to that. Afraid it's a pcie version problem. Maybe that can be fixed with a bios update but that's not possible now because you have no picture. 🙁

Btw ; what do you mean with ; Just wondering after I plug the power cables what color of the light should I expect. What light ?

 

[GreenDutchAlien]

Is this your mobo ; http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/Intel_Socket_775/P5Q/ ? If so than it has a 2.0 slot. Really puzzeld now.

 

[GreenDutchAlien]

You're sure the monitor is ok ? You said the 295 did die on you, you're sure it was the gpu and not the monitor ?

 

[ppv]

You're sure the monitor is ok ? You said the 295 did die on you, you're sure it was the gpu and not the monitor ?

Yup, that's my mobo, and yea, as per ASUS they said that my GTX295 is dead, so they are willing to refund me some $ (since it is still in warranty).

Furthermore I belive my monitor is fine, since I use it to play my PS3 (HDMI), and after my GTX295 died, a friend of mine lent me his GTX560 which worked fine...

Regarding the light I've mentioned... you know when you plug-in the PCI-e power connectors, the display cards has a light coming out from it? mine is red..

 

[GreenDutchAlien]

Pfffff.

Don't know about that light, maybe someone else here who has this card ?
I believe you have 4 pcie cables, tried them all 4 ?
Could you try the 6950 with your friends pc ?

Can't think of anything that should prevent it working.

Really hate this, advicing a card and than it doesn't work, though it really should.

Hopefully some other forum members can help with this, i'm quite out of ideas.

 

[ppv]

no prob.. thanks man

 

[GreenDutchAlien]

Maybe when you tried my suggestions above and the problem is still there make a new thread with this question.

 

[ppv]

Maybe when you tried my suggestions above and the problem is still there make a new thread with this question.

Yea, thx