The other day I bought a Sapphire 2900 HD Pro Silent Cool, bollocks is that card silent, it's like a thunderstorm, I put it with my P5W-DH Delxue board, I tried everything to get a signal work on my monitor, nothing did. I ended up building a new system and the card didn't give me a signal on a system that was fresh, lol. I'm going to go to the shop and give the card back and try get a different card and maybe another RaptorX drive, would Raid0 be worth it? It would be pointless to get 2 150GB WD Raptors and just get another 74gb Raptor instead of wasting money, I'm confusing myself big time!
Here's my specs:
Intel Q6600
Asus P5Q3 Deluxe
2GB Corsair XMS-2 DDR3 1066mhz
1 WD Raptor X 74GB
2 Seagate 1TB
Hiper 750W PSU (From my old build but I think it's good enough)
Antec P182 Case (I had the same case in a different color, P180, it's the most easiest and tidiest case I have ever used, would be nice if they had a few extra hard drive slots ^ ^ )
I guess the thread is right about not wasting money on a 4870, especially if the price is £54 cheaper. I will get a new monitor one day when I get the chance but they are so expensive still for hardly a gain, my monitor is only 17"
So I ask, will the 4850 card work on my machine and will the card be good with resolutions higher then 1680x1050 22" monitors?
Is the card noisy?
I hate it when the noise is louder then the music I'm playing, at the moment my PC is quite silent.
I'm going to sleep, will be up at 11 hopefully and out the door to the shop! This board is really nice, it's so convenient. 6 sata ports aswell as an extra 2 for raid, many usbs on the back, the only need for me on the PCI slots is a good sound card for producing music and a graphics card, I'll be set!
Respect to everyone out there