Will 4670 HD work on 300w PSU?

[solidpro9]

specs are
core 2 quad 2.33 ghz
4 gigs ram

i think i have a 300w or 350w not sure. i have a dell studio 540. im looking for the 512 DDR3 card i have a 20 inch flat panel monitor

 

[Bluescreendeath]

Yes, you can. Dell PSUs are actually pretty decent, and you can run a 4670 since it has enough amps.

(check your amps on 12v rail and the total watt output for 12v rails)

There are users who are able to run a 9600GT on it without any problems 24/7.



There are even a few who ran a 8800/9800GT on it. (although that is really pushing it and not recommended)

 

[solidpro9]

thanks for your imput BlueScreenDeath. keep the replys coming. yeah i have heard of people running this card and also a 9600GT on this computer.

 

[jennyh]

Yes.

 

[solidpro9]

alright do u think i should go with a 512 DDR4 or DDR3 or a 1gig card?

 

[jennyh]

512 ddr3 will be more than enough.

 

[solidpro9]

alright thanks very much. and where should i buy this card from. like a website or store?

 

[jennyh]

Shouldn't matter. Just shop around and don't pay too much, as usual.

 

[solidpro9]

im thinkin newegg.com they have alot of 4670 cards for good prices just have to find out if i can use a visa gift card because my parents wont let me use there credit card. and i cant get one myself

 

[hunter315]

Try to get one of the ones running GDDR3, it is different from DDR3 and will allow the card to perform better.

 

[jennyh]

You won't go wrong with newegg, it seems very popular with north americans.

 

[jennyh]

They should all be GDDR3 surely?

 

[hunter315]

Nope, there are actually quite a few older designs still based around DDR3, it used to provide a budget option but GDDR3 got significantly cheaper so they all cost about the same.

 

[solidpro9]

aight thanks ill look into that if you look here it shows all the 4670 cards on sale http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Order=BESTMATCH&Description=4670+HD&x=0&y=0 i see some ddr3 and Gddr3

 

[solidpro9]

ok after looking at the cards i have noticed the GDDR3 cards are cheaper than DDR3 cards. which one is better? why are they cheaper?

 

[hunter315]

Because most of the price of the card is no longer the memory, most of it is the GPU, cooler, and PCB itself. Many of the DDR3 ones that are more expensive are the 1GB versions vs the 512MB GDDR3 versions. At any resolution below about 1920x1200 512MB is sufficient.

 

[singingigo]

I just bought a HD4670 from Newegg...works great. Have a look...

Sapphire HD4670-1GB

It's 1GB of GDDR3. I upgraded a GeForce 7900GS-OC and more than doubled my frame rates in Age of the Empires 3. It's quiet too.

 

[Shpati]

you can. i have a 305 watt and use 4670 on a dell e 510

 

[solidpro9]

thanks for the input.