Hello,
This website is a fantastic resource - this was my go to spot 15 years ago when I built my k5-90 machine so I could play duke nukem with my college mates. good times.
I've been away from PC gaming since 2003 and I'm looking to re-enter the market, primarily to play the new Mechwarrior which they say requires a quad core CPU and 8800GT or equivalent graphics card. After reading wikipedia for a couple days (boy was that fun...) I'm more confident than ever that I am totally lost.
So here's my strategy : get into this game as cheaply as possible. So I'm looking at used Core 2 Quad systems on eBay for $200-$250. The more I read, the more it seems like my problem will be power supply as I plan to add my own GPU.
So what wattage of PSU do I need in order to get 600-1000 GFLOPS of graphics performance?
It looks like I will have to be careful which graphics card I choose as the Radeon 6970 appears to max out at 250 watts but the 7750 maxes out at 55 watts?
Let's assume the CPU needs 95 watts (to the best of my knowledge that's the highest watt rating of the Core 2 Quads).
Can someone guide me here? Do you see what I'm trying to get at?
This website is a fantastic resource - this was my go to spot 15 years ago when I built my k5-90 machine so I could play duke nukem with my college mates. good times.
I've been away from PC gaming since 2003 and I'm looking to re-enter the market, primarily to play the new Mechwarrior which they say requires a quad core CPU and 8800GT or equivalent graphics card. After reading wikipedia for a couple days (boy was that fun...) I'm more confident than ever that I am totally lost.
So here's my strategy : get into this game as cheaply as possible. So I'm looking at used Core 2 Quad systems on eBay for $200-$250. The more I read, the more it seems like my problem will be power supply as I plan to add my own GPU.
So what wattage of PSU do I need in order to get 600-1000 GFLOPS of graphics performance?
It looks like I will have to be careful which graphics card I choose as the Radeon 6970 appears to max out at 250 watts but the 7750 maxes out at 55 watts?
Let's assume the CPU needs 95 watts (to the best of my knowledge that's the highest watt rating of the Core 2 Quads).
Can someone guide me here? Do you see what I'm trying to get at?