ATI Radeon HD 6970 is good for my PC ?

AdyBossul · Dec 15, 2014

Hi guys , i want to buy a ATI Radeon HD 6970 video card for my PC and i want to know if it's compatible with my motherboard or other pc components .
CPU : AMD ATHLON 64 X2 6000+ DUAL CORE 3.0 GHZ
ACTUAL GPU : NVIDIA GEFORCE GT 520 1.GB DDR3
RAM : 2.5 GB DDR2
POWER SUPPLY : 450 W .
MOTHERBOARD: ASUS M2V - TVM
THANK YOU .

Alan Caldwell · Dec 15, 2014

Yes, as long as the mobo has a PCIe slot it is compatible.

AdyBossul · Dec 15, 2014

Alan Caldwell :

the bits doesn't count ? my actual video card have 64 bits and the radeon hd 6970 have 256 bits.

Alan Caldwell · Dec 15, 2014

Nah, it doesn't. But there will be a bottleneck as the system is old.

dominirican3351 · Dec 15, 2014

No bus doesn't matter as long as mobo has pci express slot and your psu is strong enough

AdyBossul · Dec 15, 2014

dominirican3351 :

If i have psu of 450 w is any problem ?

renz496 · Dec 15, 2014

6970 is rated at 250w. the card need one 8 pin and one 6 pin from power supply. even for good quality power supply 450w might be a bit too much. get at least 550w with it per AMD recommendation:

http://www.amd.com/en-us/products/graphics/desktop/6000/6970

anyway how much you pay for it? at this point i think it is better to get at least 7k series.

coozie7 · Dec 15, 2014

The card is compatible with the CPU and motherboard but a few points:
You will have to upgrade the power supply, no 450 Watt unit I know of has the 1x6 pin and 1x8 pin PCI-E power leads a HD 6970 requires and running a power hungry card like the HD 6970 off a 450 Watt PSU with molex/PCI-E adaptors would be plain suicidal.
Why the HD6970? Something like the R7 260/HD7770/GTX750 require a fraction of the power and offer DX11 features-In fact I'd say the GTX750 would be your best bet, most don't use an extra power lead, so no need to worry about the power supply.
Of course there's always the issue of price...

AdyBossul · Dec 15, 2014

coozie7 :

Yeah you are right so instead of buying this video card and a new power supply you recommend to buy these series ? these series will be compatible with my 450 w source ?

coozie7 · Dec 15, 2014

A lot depends on the monitor resolution.
If you are playing on a 1080 monitor I'd go for the GTX750 (not the 'Ti' version) or the R7 260 (not the 'X' version) if the monitor rez is lower or money is tight.
Check the specs carefully, a lot of cards like these use cheaper, and much slower, DDR3 memory, avoid them, and make sure any card you check does not need a 6 pin PCI-E lead.
That old dual core Athlon is going to be a severe restriction, particularly in the current games so don't expect the upgraded system to play super demanding titles at anything more than medium or low settings.

AdyBossul · Dec 15, 2014

coozie7 :

this one is good ? http://www.hisdigital.com/un/product2-775.shtml

coozie7 · Dec 16, 2014

I'd still go for aGTX750.

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