« Reply #3 on: November 09, 2010, 06:36:18 pm »
Hi yes that PSU seems to be a nice one and has a single 12V rail which is best for the newer kit. Actually a good price for what it is I would say. Should be powerful enough to run most graphics cards as long as you aren't thinking of SLI on a couple of 480s or something.
Cool. How about that gigabyte 6850 OOS currently but would it justify me spending that much on a new card. currecntly i have 128bit bus, and 1g ddr5 vid mem. that card carries 256bit and same mem. Would like better fps and want to upgrade to a bigger monitor soon like a 23" instead of a damn 15" dell running 1024*768...
Dave the first thing I want to point out because I feel it's a bit of a con is that the numbering sequence doesn't match the previous series. ie the 6870 is not the next step from the 5870. The 6870 would equate to the 5850 closer. So the 6850 would be more akin to the 5830 in effect. Now don't get me wrong I am not knocking the cards at all but I feel as a marketing strategy it leaves something to be desired.
The 6850 though is still a good card and is 256 bit as you rightly say.
I agree you have GOT to get a bigger monitor though
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