Can I game on a ATI FIREGL V8650

[Dynomite54]

Hello, Im building a lan pc its not supposed to be the best and I want older parts so I found this video card I am seeing if I can run games on it also does it need extra power. and wanted to use this card mosly because I admire it, a old ati card big and plastic ait card.

card url: http://www.ebay.com/itm/AMD-GRAPHICS-CARD-2GB-GPU-VIDEO-CARD-ATI-FIREGL-V8650-/191569588585?hash=item2c9a6ff169:g:O7oAAOSwNSxVQU6k

 

[ikaz]

That card is based off R600 and was release in or prior to 2008 not to mention Fire card aren't meant for gaming you would have to find a driver that would work. So short answer would be no.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radeon_HD_2000_series

 

[Dynomite54]

That card is based off R600 and was release in or prior to 2008 not to mention Fire card aren't meant for gaming you would have to find a driver that would work. So short answer would be no.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radeon_HD_2000_series

So I coulnt play games from before 2008

 

[ikaz]

Maybe wouldn't depend if again if you can find drivers for that card on the OS your installing (assuming windows) you probably could play games that came out in that area (would also depend on CPU). So probably some of the older/ealier UE3.0 (maybe 3.5) engine based which there are alot and of course Dosbox games etc. When I see a post about building a PC to run games I tend to assume games made in the last 5 years @1080/low or at least @720/med+. If you state the rest of you PC maybe able to give you a better year selection. That being said there are lots of games that came out in the UE3 days that are quite good.

 

[Dynomite54]

Maybe wouldn't depend if again if you can find drivers for that card on the OS your installing (assuming windows) you probably could play games that came out in that area (would also depend on CPU). So probably some of the older/ealier UE3.0 (maybe 3.5) engine based which there are alot and of course Dosbox games etc. When I see a post about building a PC to run games I tend to assume games made in the last 5 years @1080/low or at least @720/med+. If you state the rest of you PC maybe able to give you a better year selection. That being said there are lots of games that came out in the UE3 days that are quite good.

Alright great like I said its for lan parties so games like quake and cs 1.6 and css halo 1 those. and thanks for the help

 

[Mr_Bigfoot]

What games are you playing? I'm running this card with an FX-8350 CPU. Compared to my R9 270, the answer is definitely no for modern games. Don't use windows 10, or else install drivers using comparability mode from windows 7.

I can't test yet on higher than VGA (HDMI adapter coming soon), but I got 75 FPS on Skyrim at high settings, 125 FPS on Unturned at lowest settings (35-40 on max), it didn't/couldn't even open Fallout 4, but on Warfare you get a solid 50 ish FPS. That is with 60% of the driver installed, it failed around there, but I did get that much on it, otherwise, I got 1/2 FPS Skyrim, 4-5 fps on Unturned lowest settings.

Compared to R9 270: Skyrim capped at 60FPS @ 1080p, fallout 4 usually 60FPS @ 1080p, Unturned 100+ FPS @ 1080p, Dead Island Riptied 200-300 FPS @ 720p All these are at maxed out Ultra settings

So no, its not a gaming card, its terrible for that, its made for 3-D cadding like Solidworks (it does ok, but besides "real view", the R9 is much faster, but features like shadows, reflections, realistic textures, stuff like that is not available live except on a pro workstation card.

You are better off playing with an R9. I picked up one for $90 new (don't buy used, I had a 270x blow up my TV, that's not a joke, it wasn't cool, it blew out all the HDMI's and the audio until I replaced the board, it also sparked nicer than my mig welder).

It takes 1 8-pin AND 1 6-pin power input for the V8650 (a 270 only needs 1 6-pin, a 270x needs 2 6-pins), you will need at least a 500watt power supply (the manual says a 650watt, but I'm running a 500w). The R9 270 overclocked from 925 to 1100 mhz with no CPU overclock lets me draw 455 watts from the wall, but about 20-30 watts are LEDs.

Those are real test results, its so not a gaming card, if your using Intel, you might as well use integrated graphics (oh yeah, I was wearing ear muffs today trying to do homework, so its kind of loud, has the pitch of a Boeing at idle which is cool, until you hear it for 3 hours while you try to do homework). If you need a basic older card, I've heard people like the GTX 750, but I've never used one personally.

Summary: It sucks at games, it needs 2 power connections (250 TDP rating), does feel like a hot air dryer, sounds like a distant jet engine, and is 9 years old.

Pros: It does do "real view" in solidworks, and it looks nice, looks cool (other than the weird metal handle, that makes it almost a 14" long card, so I had to take the SSD bay out of my case, so my SSD is just hanging in the air), and honestly if you mount it on the top of your desk, it should actually be a pretty good way to dry your hands (I've got to test that now).

Oh, no overclock, no under-clock, you can only set a fan curve in MSI afterburner.

 

[Dynomite54]

What games are you playing? I'm running this card with an FX-8350 CPU. Compared to my R9 270, the answer is definitely no for modern games. Don't use windows 10, or else install drivers using comparability mode from windows 7.

I can't test yet on higher than VGA (HDMI adapter coming soon), but I got 75 FPS on Skyrim at high settings, 125 FPS on Unturned at lowest settings (35-40 on max), it didn't/couldn't even open Fallout 4, but on Warfare you get a solid 50 ish FPS. That is with 60% of the driver installed, it failed around there, but I did get that much on it, otherwise, I got 1/2 FPS Skyrim, 4-5 fps on Unturned lowest settings.

Compared to R9 270: Skyrim capped at 60FPS @ 1080p, fallout 4 usually 60FPS @ 1080p, Unturned 100+ FPS @ 1080p, Dead Island Riptied 200-300 FPS @ 720p All these are at maxed out Ultra settings

So no, its not a gaming card, its terrible for that, its made for 3-D cadding like Solidworks (it does ok, but besides "real view", the R9 is much faster, but features like shadows, reflections, realistic textures, stuff like that is not available live except on a pro workstation card.

You are better off playing with an R9. I picked up one for $90 new (don't buy used, I had a 270x blow up my TV, that's not a joke, it wasn't cool, it blew out all the HDMI's and the audio until I replaced the board, it also sparked nicer than my mig welder).

It takes 1 8-pin AND 1 6-pin power input for the V8650 (a 270 only needs 1 6-pin, a 270x needs 2 6-pins), you will need at least a 500watt power supply (the manual says a 650watt, but I'm running a 500w). The R9 270 overclocked from 925 to 1100 mhz with no CPU overclock lets me draw 455 watts from the wall, but about 20-30 watts are LEDs.

Those are real test results, its so not a gaming card, if your using Intel, you might as well use integrated graphics (oh yeah, I was wearing ear muffs today trying to do homework, so its kind of loud, has the pitch of a Boeing at idle which is cool, until you hear it for 3 hours while you try to do homework). If you need a basic older card, I've heard people like the GTX 750, but I've never used one personally.

Summary: It sucks at games, it needs 2 power connections (250 TDP rating), does feel like a hot air dryer, sounds like a distant jet engine, and is 9 years old.

Pros: It does do "real view" in solidworks, and it looks nice, looks cool (other than the weird metal handle, that makes it almost a 14" long card, so I had to take the SSD bay out of my case, so my SSD is just hanging in the air), and honestly if you mount it on the top of your desk, it should actually be a pretty good way to dry your hands (I've got to test that now).

Oh, no overclock, no under-clock, you can only set a fan curve in MSI afterburner.

Oh well I wanted the card because Ati is what was in my good gaming pc in 2008 and I wanted some like I had. Anyways I got the card and the ATI Radeon HD 4850 I put the 4850 in the build and the FireGL as a render card for cad on my main pc.