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Cpu:- Amd Phenom II x6 1100t @3.3ghz
Mobo:- Asus M4A88T-V Evo
Ram:- corsiar 8gb 1333mhz ram
Gpu:- Intergrated Graphics Ati Radeon Hd4250
Psu:- Hec 550watt power supply with 17a on 12v rail and 1 pci express 6pin lol

Hi guys

I am going to buy a new psu, was thinking of getting a Xfx 850watt core edtion for £79.99, also i want to run a good sli system, was thinking of a 560ti in sli but the vram is a little short, would a 7850 in sli be better and would the above psu be okay for it?

many thanks

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Graphics card Master

Radeon= Crossfire
Geforce= SLI

Definitely to run crossfire/SLI you need to upgrade your PSU. Yes XFX 850W are decent units.

7850 in crossfire looks like better than 560 ti SLI. I heard that 7000 series crossfire really well.

Oh, just do note you may get a CPU bottleneck, try overclocking it.

it have tried overclocking it to 3.8ghz but it doesn't seem that stable, sometimes it is sometimes it isn't , is the difference in sli 7850 really that better than sli 560 ti?
Graphics card Authority

First thing....... you cannot sli on that board ( no nvidia cards ) the board is made for cross firing ( amd cards ).

secondly, the 1st slot is 16x and the second is 4x........ not something I would cross fire on........

I would go for the best single card I could get.... either nvidia or amd and forget about running 2 cards.
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So your motherboard doesn't support SLI and has x16/x4...? Thanks for telling that swifty_morgan, I did not notice that one :D .

Go for one single card please, 7870/7950/7970, or wait for 670/660
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bucky78 said:
so wait for the new 6 series cards than, because i prefer nvidia, what do you recommend i do?



are you sure it's only 17amps ? If so a power supply upgrade is also in order. Running one card something around 40 or more amps and make sure it has enough power connectors for whatever card you will be getting. ( usually 2 - 6+2 connectors ).

Yes, I would wait a little longer and see what nvidia has in the wings. Have to check the cost and the benchmarks to see what fits your lifestyle.
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