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Upgrade question: Need help from experts
I have a sapphire radeon hd 6790. Im looking at a possible upgrade to a palit gtx 750ti stormx oc for the main reason being to conserve power because my bills are killing me. My question is: In terms of gaming, does the 750ti outperform or at least be on par with the 6790? I dont want to downgrade the performance but I do want to save more power. Thanks for your inputs.
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October 16, 2014 7:57:26 PM

The overall system is very old and bad. Sorry. Very inefficient CPU, and PSU. Added cards will also draw a bit more. From a performance standpoint I'd consider upgraded just because of that. Yes it's a quad core, but one that was so bad it could barely clock at all. And used a lot of power. I'd bet the new A10 APUs are faster then that CPU is. You might want to considering buying a new board, CPU, and PSU that is 80+ gold rated. I doubt you'd recover the money in power savings, but you should see some AND get a big boost in speed depending on the CPU you get. If the performance is fine for you then you might want to consider just getting a better PSU. I know that model is rated for 80%, but I don't really trust it.
October 16, 2014 7:23:59 PM

4745454b said:
What's your system? It's unlikely that swapping to lower power/performing parts is going to save a lot of power/money. (Unless you go really low power.) I've seen articles where people show that leaving a typical system on 24/7 vs shutting it down after 8hrs of use will only drive your bill up by $60 a year. (USA $ and power rates.) Per month that's a difference of only $5.

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HD 6790 - 3060 points
GTX 750 ti - 5620 points


Points? What do those equal in frames? I don't play points, I play games.


This is an abstract method/approach of comparison . GTX 750 ti is a real gaming card . As for the frames : 5620/3060=1.837 , which means 83.7% more frames per second .

The mobo has x16 gen 2.0 PCI-E slot and the processor can handle GTX 750 ti

http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=...
http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu_list.php
October 16, 2014 6:46:31 PM

4745454b said:
What's your system? It's unlikely that swapping to lower power/performing parts is going to save a lot of power/money. (Unless you go really low power.) I've seen articles where people show that leaving a typical system on 24/7 vs shutting it down after 8hrs of use will only drive your bill up by $60 a year. (USA $ and power rates.) Per month that's a difference of only $5.

Edit:
Quote:
HD 6790 - 3060 points
GTX 750 ti - 5620 points


Points? What do those equal in frames? I don't play points, I play games.


processor: phenom 9850
motherboard: GA-MA790FX-DS5
RAM: 6GB generic memory (2x3 2GB)
onboard LAN and sound busted by lightning so i have pci sound card and lan card installed
video: sapphire hd 6790
hard disk: 1TB seagate 7200 rpm SATA
power supply: huntkey hk700-52pp
October 16, 2014 6:27:31 PM

What's your system? It's unlikely that swapping to lower power/performing parts is going to save a lot of power/money. (Unless you go really low power.) I've seen articles where people show that leaving a typical system on 24/7 vs shutting it down after 8hrs of use will only drive your bill up by $60 a year. (USA $ and power rates.) Per month that's a difference of only $5.

Edit:
Quote:
HD 6790 - 3060 points
GTX 750 ti - 5620 points


Points? What do those equal in frames? I don't play points, I play games.
October 16, 2014 6:22:19 PM

HD 6790 - 3060 points
GTX 750 ti - 5620 points

other benchmarks
http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/

as for the power consumption
HD 6790 - 150W
GTX 750 ti - 60W reference one
October 16, 2014 6:14:32 PM

The 750ti is bit faster than the 6790 but you won't be saving that much power. The way you could save more power is to get an APU with a 350w gold power supply like FSP.

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