Posts by James Castillo8

Jeffrey Peterson said:...you can definitely find better graphics for that price point: check this out: http://www.newegg.com/graphics-cards...lp)-54091.aspx ...there are plenty more where that came from... 😂

Huh. Why not just go with an 8800xx?... 😲

Roger Phillips82 said:Look, once I see how much cash I actually have sitting around, I'll let you know about that offer...
Just give me the specific model for that 4850 and a photo... thanks.

http://www.craigslist.org/forsale-graphics-card-listing I had one just like it—honestly, too good for a 17" monitor. You could probably still run modern games on high settings at 1280x1024 without any real issues... 👍

Don't try to pull anything with those purchases, but here's an example $150 pretty sure I saw the same one for $117 on Craigslist, though it might be gone by now. Either way, don't overthink it too much—it's got a decent cooler on it.

Yeah 😁 http://www.craigslist.org/forsale-graphics-card-listing if he offered this, I'd bet money I saw it for $350 before they jacked it up to $500 🤷

If you aren't looking for a dedicated gaming rig, maybe try this one:
(goes for $83)—you can run both VGA and DVI monitors... might be ideal if you want passive cooling—so it stays quiet, if that matters to you 😉. If gaming is actually the goal, you’ll need something slightly better , priced at $133 cash. It's nothing special, just enough for low or medium settings... though honestly, it might make more sense to shell out $33 a bit more for a new Radeon HD 5670, or just hunt for a used one on Craigslist.

Roger Phillips82 said:Aspen... What's your take on the 5670 versus the 4850?

Look, the 5670 has SM 5.0 and DirectX 11 support, whereas the 4850 just has DirectX 10—but honestly, for anything running on DirectX 10, that 4850 is more than enough. The 5670 might have the newer tech, but it's actually weaker, and having DirectX 11 doesn't even matter if you can't actually run those games properly... it's just not worth it. Take Dirt 2 on DirectX 10, for example:

http://www.xbitlabs.com/images/video...0/21_colin.png

In this case, the 4850 outperforms two 5670s by maybe 20-30%.

So, you either grab a used 4850 and a decent power supply like we talked about, or you go with a new 5670...🤷 personally, I'd take the 4850 and invest in a better PSU.

The only real perk of a new 5670 would be a two-year warranty, but trust me, even a used 4850 will likely last you just as long... and in a year or two, you could probably flip it for maybe $30-$117 if you pay around $50 for it now.

Nah, it's Memphis, not 😁

You're the only one who really knows what's best for you 🙂

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=seasonic along with a used HD 4850 for maybe 400 bucks--$167 then I can finally relax...

Heh, well, I dumped my GTX 750 for $100 😁 about three months back—pretty solid deal, really—and then ended up swapping an HD 3870 for a 250GB hard drive. So... maybe just wait a bit longer...

Look, if you ask me, I always try to haggle the price down—if it works, great, if not, you just check a few more listings online. But honestly, he’s being just as stubborn about that GTX 460 as Hillary Clinton was about the USA 😁... might be better to just hold off, save up a little more, and make a smarter move. If there isn't an emergency, why grab something mediocre now only to spend the next couple of months regretting it?

Let's hope for some luck http://www.ebay.com/itm/power-supply-listing-example he's looking for $67 maybe I'd offer him $50, and tell him to try dropping that card down to a 650...

Roger Phillips82 said:Hold on a second... So maybe a GTX 460 could work with this 400W power supply I have?

Look, a 400W unit might technically run it—it'll probably even boot—but theory and reality are two different things here. You could plug some cheap, no-name 400W unit into a low-end card and be fine because they don't need extra power cables, but this GTX 460 needs that 6-pin connector... I tried running an old high-end card on a similar setup back in my old gaming rig and it eventually just gave up on me. Same thing could happen to you, or worse, it takes something else down with it. Honestly, just grab a decent new power supply for $30-$$133 or listen to the guys here and pick up a used card instead... it's much smarter than dropping $333 on a brand new GTX 460 that might just fry your system. No point in risking it all...

James Fisher11 said:EVGA vs ASUS
which one's better?

It’s all the same—just different cooling setups... both are plenty good enough, so honestly, you can't really go wrong with either one...

Let's just go ahead and overclock it now 😁—honestly, some benchmarks even show the Nvidia GTX 460 performing better... I really think that xfx Nvidia GTX 460 with DDR5 was the ultimate best buy last year 🙂

PCI-e card
intel core 2 duo E4400
Package: Socket 775 LGA
Core speed :1994.4 mhz
Core2Duo 1333-D667
RAM:4096 mb
gaming at 1280x1240
Stores don't care—it's just a label on the box

With a setup like this, you're probably looking at some cheap MSI 400W power supply... so honestly, I wouldn't even risk an Nvidia 8800 GT. You might get it to run, but what's the point? Playing a game for two or three hours on max settings just to fry your PSU... I doubt there's anything decent in there. Personally, I ran the one from the ad on Call of Duty—the 400W held up, but then it died shortly after🙂 so it's not worth the hassle. For a GTX 460, $167 it’s definitely not worth it; better to just grab an Nvidia 9800GT/X—better for gaming in my book, and I'm using one right now and loving it. As for the Nvidia 8800 GT, $167 it's worth it, though I guess it depends on how hard the previous owner pushed it... I got lucky once and scored a brand new Sapphire 3870 in exchange for a 250GB hard drive😁 complete with the box and everything, haha

Alex Harris32 said:The differences are pretty minor—hardly worth noticing...
Besides, you can't even find an Nvidia GTX 460 anymore, and the Nvidia GT 430 is newer, quieter, runs cooler, and has DirectX 11 (though DirectX 11 isn't exactly a game changer)...

Is upgrading from an HD4650 to an Nvidia GT 430 actually worth it? Honestly, yeah... the Nvidia GT 430 is significantly stronger.

Check out these benchmarks: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/...omputer-handle

4670 < 5670 < 4770 < 4830 < 4850 & 5750 < 4870 & 5770

Here’s a rough power scale—if I were you, I'd just grab a used Nvidia 8800 GT for about $167... it makes way more sense than the Nvidia GT 430. That DirectX 11 stuff is useless on a card like that when the rest of your rig is going to struggle to hit 10 fps anyway...

http://www.craigslist.org/forsale/graphics-cards...listing-12345

I used to run this one myself... it was decent enough...

http://hardwarebase.net/recenzije/41...irectcu-1-gb/9 =)

Sure, someone might pick up a GeForce GTS 450, but honestly—why bother? You’ve got ten different manufacturers making the exact same card, yet they all perform differently... if you ask me, stick with Nvidia for gaming—ATI just isn't it 😁

Paul Miller64 said:One more thing:

I was testing an NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT from Sapphire on Mass Effect—everything set to high—and I'm getting massive artifacts even with just a tiny 30MHz bump over stock (750/873)

What's the deal?

Maybe I need to bump the voltage? Where do I even go for that, and how many mV am I looking at? I've got RivaTuner installed...

thanks

Don't even bother—it's probably just built that way. I once had an old card where a single MHz jump would just brick the whole screen with glitches. You could try using the overdrive option in the NVIDIA Control Panel—there's an auto-tune feature there—but honestly? Don't touch it unless you want to kill the card...

Bryan Evans77 said:not psychic—physics...😬

Damn, Google actually lied to me...🤦

Honestly, I think the Sonic one is better—plus, if you're actually gaming, grabbing that GeForce GTS 450 makes way more sense... especially with all that Psychic stuff and whatever other gimmicks ATI tries to push. Personally, I'd just stick with Nvidia.