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mf2385   07-22-2008 at 04:27:55 AM

Will a Visiontek Radeon HD4870 run with my ULTRA 600 Watt ATX SLi-Ready Power Supply?

http://www.buy.com/prod/ultra-v-se [...] 21105.html


that one I have now.

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mf2385   07-22-2008 at 04:46:01 AM
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I have atleast 2 6 pin pci connectors, I think just 2 actually

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San Pedro   07-22-2008 at 04:49:54 AM
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You'll need to look at the PSU to see how many amps are on the 12v rail(s).

My guess is you should be to go.

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mf2385   07-22-2008 at 05:01:07 AM
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I should be good to go.

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mf2385   07-22-2008 at 05:07:00 AM
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http://www.pricebat.ca/Ultra-V-Ser [...] .p_106655/


that's my PSU.
will the HD4870 be good to go?

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Gravemind123   07-22-2008 at 05:14:52 AM
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Should work fine, although it isn't the best power supply, it should handle an HD 4870.

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MolotovRuss   10-01-2008 at 12:05:35 PM
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I built a system recently, slapping in a Radeo HD4870, and I'm having a lot of problems with running games @ 1440*900, I think it's down to my PSU?

Some games I play, about 1 minute in (on lowest gfx) will crash, with the screen's graphics going all distorted in little squares all over the screen, and I'll just have to turn the pc off manually.

Other games running full screen and lowest gfx settings will just lag out about eveyr 1 minute for a few seconds, before continuing, but will eventually crash.

I'm usually an old 500w PSU, so I think that's my problem (as this gfx card is a power GUZZLER).

So if I were to buy a CorsAir HX620w, would that suffice?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Corsair-EP [...] 30&sr=1-19

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kaison_gr   10-05-2008 at 03:07:37 PM
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Have
Hec 480W PSU
MSI 4870 OC 512MB
MSI K8N SLI
2x1Gb RAM
AMD 3800+ x2
3 HDDs
1 DVD burner
1 DVD reader

No problems with games like crysis at 1680x1050 res.
Try a smaller resolution like 1024x768 to see if you have the same problems.

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