HD 6790

[Djentleman]

Can my power supply run the 6790?

Spec: 420 Watt Turbolink
voltage 115/230v
current 10A/5A
Freq 60/50Ghz

 

[wintermint]

Your power supply sounds janky, no offense lol. You should switch to something more reputable by Seasonic, corsair, or Antec. On the other hand, it should be able to run the 6790 but it will probably die on you. The price of 6790 is close to the 6850.. the 6790 uses more power but offers less performance.

This is good: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371034
You can find the 380W too if you want but 430 will give you more leeway for upgrades.

 

[Djentleman]

It's just that i on a budget. So the 6850 is 40$$ more than the 6790. Is it worth the extra 40$$

 

[wintermint]

What monitor are you using? What resolution do you plan to game on.

 

[wintermint]

6790 138$ after MIR and shipping comes with DiRT3
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161377
6850: 130$ after MIR free shipping also has DiRt3
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150551

If you only plan to be a casual gamer a 5770 or 6770 is more than enough. Get a new PSU first you don't want it dying on you and potentially wreck your system lol.

AND MAKE SURE YOU DON'T USE THE POWER SUPPLY YOU HAVE!

 

[Djentleman]

It's a really old one, The moniter won't be the problem. What's a really good powersupply for the buck though?

 

[wintermint]

Antec earthwatts work fine for me. I linked the 430W I believe for you somewhere in the beginning of the thread.

 

[Djentleman]

Well what about this. I have an old hp computer, no longer in use. Can i use it's power supply to specifically power the graphics card. So like having two ones

 

[wintermint]

Sorry but that's a mad idea lol. Those usually comes with weak PSU. It will cost you around 35-45$ to get a decent Antec EarthWatts.. and you should probably opt for a 5770-6770 for around $100. That saves more money than purchasing a single 6790 anyway...

 

[Djentleman]

And then in the future if i need more video card power just run the card in crossfire? Also with a 6770 would you be able to run it in crossfire with only 500watts

 

[wintermint]

That depends on your motherboard.

 

[Djentleman]

O'k if it depends on my mobo then i'm not going to worry. Because i was planning on upgrading if i have to do crossfire. Here's mine now
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131595&Tpk=m4a785-m
With a six core lol

 

[wintermint]

Your motherboard only has 1 16x pci slot.. you're gonna have to stick with a single graphic haha.

 

[Djentleman]

Yeah, but i plan on upgrading. Do you think i would get any bottling necking with my 1100t six core with crysis? (At stock speed with a graphics card)

 

[wintermint]

Your CPU won't bottleneck your GPU (whichever one you may get) Don't expect to play Crysis on high settings if you're too cheap to upgrade haha

 

[Djentleman]

I've seen people play on the 6770 crysis 2 max settings.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBKp0ITbvxo
He couldn't play at full because of recording. But this is even more of a lower end card

 

[Djentleman]

Actually he does. Sorry but it's laggy because of recording

 

[wintermint]

Go look at benchmark for Crysis 2... if 6770 is enough to play MAX setting (you do know there's updates right?) then why does so many people need to buy 250+ GPU just to play games like metro 2033 and yes.. crysis/crysis 2

 

[Djentleman]

What do you mean by updates? That it looks worse with that card?

 

[wintermint]

http://www.maximumpc.com/article/gaming/crytek_officially_announces_crysis_2_dx11_patch_calls_it_%E2%80%9Cgift_high-end_community%E2%80%9D

Playing it on direct9 doesn't mean *** if you want "max" settings

 

[Djentleman]

But these cards are direct x 11. Like this one, i just saw only a 100$$ Sapphire Radeon HD5670 1GB. Video of somebody playing it with max settingshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbgezlxMivA

 

[wintermint]

At his resolution.. I'll be surprised if he can't run it. I'm sure system spec: gamer isn't the highest it can go. The card is directx11 but the game is being played at direct9 is what I'm trying to say. According to tom's review and benchmark when Crysis 2 released, the 5770 should get around average 20s to mid 30 fps.

http://vr-zone.com/articles/crysis-2-world-s-first-directx-11-video-benchmarks--screenshots/12763.html#ixzz1QUyqgszL

 

[Djentleman]

OOooooh, i get what you're saying yeah. Then would the gtx 560 work then? From what i understand the ti has more cuda cores too. Would that be able to run it dx11 at a passable resolution and on hard core graphics?

 

[wintermint]

If you can drop 225$ on a 560ti then go for it. Otherwise I would go for a 6770 if your budget is around 100 and consider the 6850 around $150 since it performs better than the 6790 at a lower power draw.

 

[geis]

If you can drop 225$ on a 560ti then go for it. Otherwise I would go for a 6770 if your budget is around 100 and consider the 6850 around $150 since it performs better than the 6790 at a lower power draw.

Or he can snatch a cheep gtx 460 1gb like me ^^. 6790 is wayyyyy overpriced he should get a 6850 for 130$. I just bought my zotac 460 for the same price as a 6850, but I would'v got the radeon if I new it was better for crossfiring.