Finally i decided to buy MSI Cyclone HD6850 PE this weekend. I asked the price in Golcha sp road, it is 8.7k+tax. ITGain - 9k net. Is the ITgain is OK?
Is this run on my mobo as it requires PCI Express x16 2.1
IS MSI Cyclone HD6850 PE and MSI Cyclone R6850 PE is Same? What are differences between them?
Any final advice/change about my decision?
Suggest me a good Gamepad budget will be 1k.
Also let me know the cooling structure for my cabi. Currently i have 3CM 120mm fans running on(one front-inflow, one back-outflow, one side-inflow).
My procy have CM TX3 with one fan, do i need another fan for this?
This is the final buy for my upgrade, so suggest me if i need to buy anything else important?
I am very new to gaming, so please advice me about some good games as well
Buddy @9K its a steal grab it asap i got the xfx one @10K last week don't worry it will run fine ur Mb it supports Pcie2.1 means its backward compatible to 2.0 & 1.0
There are two power edition versions "R6850 Cyclone 1GD5 Power Edition/OC" & "R6850 Cyclone 1GD5 Power Edition" one is overclocked other is at stock
For the game pad please go for the XBOX 360 wired controller nothing else
for the fan config i think better off get rid of the side in flow fan if possible install it as top/side exhaust
yes Amd hd3d a crappy version outsourced to 3rd party i.e u need to purchase additional middleware in addition to the gpu & 3d hardware u can find more info here
AMD HD3D Technology
@OP 6850 Cyclone is probably the best you can get at that price range. Don't be surprised with the crappy AMD drivers. I had to pull my rig apart to find stable drivers. :/ nVIDIA is much better at this, better drivers.
And I wonder why these great drivers fail to give out 1920x1080 on my TV in Windows and Linux. Stuck on 1280x1024. Can't even force 1080p. Sorry, I can't pull my Mac mini apart. Funny thing is, nouveau (third party open-source driver for nVidia with negligible 3D and good 2D) seems to give me the option of 1920x1080 in Linux.
Finally i decided to buy MSI Cyclone HD6850 PE this weekend. I asked the price in Golcha sp road, it is 8.7k+tax. ITGain - 9k net. Is the ITgain is OK?
The only gamepad worth getting is the Xbox 360 Controller for ~1.4k. It's a pleasure to use it. It also works out-of-the-box in most games. No key-mapping required.
The first game which you should play with your gamepad imho should be Super Meat Boy - great platformer. Kinda tough but worth playing. FIFA 12 and Batman: Arkham Asylum (best game of 2009 imho) are also great to play on a gamepad.
If you are a role-playing-game fan, then Mass Effect or Mass Effect 2.
The best games of this year are The Witcher 2, Deus Ex: Human Revolution and Portal 2. The former two are RPG games. I think your CPU will hold you back for TW2, but still it should run fine. Portal 2 will run smooth as butter. It's a first person puzzle platformer. But before playing Portal 2, do play Portal - only an hour long.
If you prefer to play first-person shooter games, then I'll suggest Bioshock and Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. Old, but still the best. If you prefer to play multiplayer FPS games online, then Team Fortress 2 (it's free) or Battlefield: Bad Company 2.
@OP 6850 Cyclone is probably the best you can get at that price range. Don't be surprised with the crappy AMD drivers. I had to pull my rig apart to find stable drivers. :/ nVIDIA is much better at this, better drivers, PhysX, CUDA, etc. You can get the MSI 460GTX Cyclone alternatively if its still on sale.
I just dont understand why didnt i face a single issue till now. Tried 11.6, 11.7, 11.8 and now 11.9 since i got my card. I hope my drivers didnt descend from heaven going by ur comment
dont worry. I too downloaded drivers from amd website.
@ico that toms hardware review is not conclusive both the technologies are new and both of them has certain amount of advantages & disadvantages but do u agree that to deploy nvidia 3d will be less hassle free than amd especially for us in india
Bought the
MSI Cyclone R6850 PE/OC - 9k
Microsoft XBOX 360 Game controller wired - 1.3k
Played
NFS Mostwanted
Resident Evil 5
Great Experience. I was shocked when the controller vibrated. i didn't know that it will vibrate. It is really a surprise for me.(yes i am very beginner to the gaming world)
Installed the drivers from DVD which came with the package.
Do i need to install any new drivers? What else i need to install?
Bought the
MSI Cyclone R6850 PE/OC - 9k
Microsoft XBOX 360 Game controller wired - 1.3k
Played
NFS Mostwanted
Resident Evil 5
Great Experience. I was shocked when the controller vibrated. i didn't know that it will vibrate. It is really a surprise for me.(yes i am very beginner to the gaming world)
Installed the drivers from DVD which came with the package.
Do i need to install any new drivers? What else i need to install?
i have a Sapphire 6850 and its idle temp is near 30-34C(sometimes even as low as 28C) and at full load its b/w 66-69C.............and i have a crappy cabinet without any fans.....maybe its the "shimla" effect....
Install the drivers from the ATI Website, not from the DVD, they would be older. The drivers on the website are the latest and currently it is 11.8, if on the DVD you got 11.8 its fine otherwise download newer one from website.
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