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TurkzZ   07-03-2009 at 01:30:57 AM

Been a long time since iv investigated graphics cards and i have no idea whats what now.

Im looking for a card that will play good games like fall out 3 etc well and will play games like star craft 2 at a good/reasonable level too.

budget around 100-130 Pound,

any help be much appriciated

thanks :)

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TurkzZ   07-03-2009 at 01:39:00 AM
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also as quite small, energy efficiant as possible without effecting perofrmance, also a card compatible with nvidias hybrid power would be kool

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mactronix   07-03-2009 at 09:52:46 AM
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Can you post what the rest of the system is please and include the power supply, The Amps or Watts specific to the +12V rail/s would be good if you know it or just Make and model and we can google it from there. Also what size/res monitor are you using.
The card recomendation really does depend on these things but i would think you are looking at something like the HD4670 or 4770

Mactronix

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xaira   07-03-2009 at 04:07:32 PM
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i think you need a really weak discrete graphics solution to do hybrid, if you have over 500 w you should be able to run a gtx 260, u might have to get a few power converters

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TurkzZ   07-03-2009 at 04:52:23 PM
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i got the OCZ 500W ModXStream Pro Power Supply (http://www.ocztechnology.com/products/power_management/ocz_500w_700w_modxstream_pro_power_supply) , also im in a m-atx and the case allows cards up to 10"


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ct1615   07-03-2009 at 05:51:20 PM
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I know that some asus 9800GT (like the one in the link) is hybrid, as are a few 9800GT. Your PSU can easily power it, it can run Fallout 3 and most likely SC 2. It should be well within your budget.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] s%209800gt

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] s%209800gt

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TurkzZ   07-03-2009 at 06:12:09 PM
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how about this one http://www.ebuyer.com/product/160748 thw X260 is newer then 9800 right, if its worth going for the better card id be happy to compensate the hybrid power

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TurkzZ   07-03-2009 at 06:14:03 PM
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also does that card have that physics tin included ?? isnt that normally a seperate card,

i was uptodate with this stuff 2-3 years ago, so much has changed lol

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daedalus685   07-03-2009 at 06:18:19 PM
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Do not buy a core 192 260, get the core 216's. Phys X has been integrated into Nvidia GPU's for some time now (at least since the 8000 series).

------------------------------ CPU: Q9550 at 3.6ghz (FSB 425mhz) | MB: P5E3 Premium | Ram: 4*2Gb Corsair DDR3 @1417mhz | GPU: 2 HD4890 1Gb (925core/1025mem) CF | PSU: OCZ ELiteXtreme 800W | Sound: Creative Titanium Fatal1ty Pro | 2*120gb OCZ Vertex SSD Raid0 and 2 500gb Raid0 HDDS
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TurkzZ   07-03-2009 at 06:25:10 PM
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it also seems its a really big card,

http://www.silverstonetek.com/prod [...] SG04&area=

this is the case i got, max 10.5" length

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