My computer is craptastic but I can't get a new one just yet. I have decided to simply upgrade the graphics card and then eventually build a new computer. But not for a good year or so.
So I would simply just go for the 6870 but my concerns are that i only have 420W power supply AND if it would fit, since it is pretty big
I did look in my mobo today and it looks like there is nothing running up close to the PCI-E slot, so I might be good on space.
Suggestions?
These are the two options I forsee:
6770 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150540
or the 6870 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102948
My current setup is:
■ POWER: 420W Power Supply
■ COOLING: CPUCOOL|ARCTIC FREEZER 7 PRO REV.2
■ PROCESSOR: Intel Core 2 Duo Processor E6420 (2x 2.13GHz/2MB L2 Cache/1066FSB)
■ MOBO: Asus P5N-E SLI nForce® 650i SLI Chipset w/6-channel CODEC, Gb LAN, S-ATA Raid, USB 2.0, IEEE-1394 Dual PCI-E MB
■ RAM: 4 gig DDR2-800 PC6400
■ VIDEO CARD: Nvidia GeForce 9500 GT
So I would simply just go for the 6870 but my concerns are that i only have 420W power supply AND if it would fit, since it is pretty big
I did look in my mobo today and it looks like there is nothing running up close to the PCI-E slot, so I might be good on space.
Suggestions?
These are the two options I forsee:
6770 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150540
or the 6870 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102948
My current setup is:
■ POWER: 420W Power Supply
■ COOLING: CPUCOOL|ARCTIC FREEZER 7 PRO REV.2
■ PROCESSOR: Intel Core 2 Duo Processor E6420 (2x 2.13GHz/2MB L2 Cache/1066FSB)
■ MOBO: Asus P5N-E SLI nForce® 650i SLI Chipset w/6-channel CODEC, Gb LAN, S-ATA Raid, USB 2.0, IEEE-1394 Dual PCI-E MB
■ RAM: 4 gig DDR2-800 PC6400
■ VIDEO CARD: Nvidia GeForce 9500 GT