Graphic Card suggestion

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suyashpandit

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Hi Guys,

Let me tell you my short story first, after that I need suggestions for a nice graphic card.

I bought a Compaq Pc with 256mb Ram, P4 2.66 about 4-5 years ago, I played lots of games that time using a 256mb cheap nvidia AGP graphic card, 2 years back my PC failed to run new games because of configuration issues, so my gaming bug dead that time.

Recently I upgraded my PC, I replaced almost every hardware with:
Core2duo 2.93
Asus Motherboard with combo RAM function
24" LG Monitor (1920x1080)
Creative Sound Card + 4.1 sound system
2 GB DDR3
Above things I purchased new
now old things I am using are listed below
Cabinet + SMPS
80 GB Samsung IDE HDD (Master)
160 GB SATA WD HDD (Slave) I purchased it 1 year back



I installed windows XP and i feel that everything is super fast but graphics quality is bit low (I guess i am using VGA, thats why)
I felt happy, but at this point my gaming bug born again so i downloaded Need For Speed Undercover, Game ran without any problem, only graphic quality is bad otherwise game running smoothly.
I downloaded Prince of Persia Forgotten Sands, now I pissed off, What The Hell Man? why this game is running too slow I put lots of money in my PC and its not performing well, why? ...... I realize that Graphic Card is missing :) then I started analyzing thindigit for graphic card suggestions, my journey ends on Redeon HD 5670 because everybody suggesting this card and my budget is 5-6k, while searching GPU's I also seen a PSU issue thats why I opened this thread.

Now my questions are:

1. Which card should I buy in range of 5-6k rupees I can spend bit extra for a good option, I want to say no to VGA and wanna welcome DVI as my monitor supports both. (I live near Nehru Place so i can get whatever I want)

2. Shall I change my SMPS? My Motherboard's power slot is smaller than SMPS's power connector, 16 pins are connected and 4 pins are in air :D I dont know you get it or not.

3. Shall I purchase new HDD? i feel my file transfer is very slow it take 2 mins to move a 1 GB file.

Thanks for you precious time, any other suggestions are welcome.

Regards,
Suyash
 
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furious_gamer

furious_gamer

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suyashpandit said:
Hi Guys,

Let me tell you my short story first, after that I need suggestions for a nice graphic card.

I bought a Compaq Pc with 256mb Ram, P4 2.66 about 4-5 years ago, I played lots of games that time using a 256mb cheap nvidia AGP graphic card, 2 years back my PC failed to run new games because of configuration issues, so my gaming bug dead that time.

Recently I upgraded my PC, I replaced almost every hardware with:
Core2duo 2.93 :D
Asus Motherboard with combo RAM function :D
24" LG Monitor (1920x1080)
Creative Sound Card + 4.1 sound system
2 GB DDR3
Above things I purchased new
now old things I am using are listed below
Cabinet + SMPS
80 GB Samsung IDE HDD (Master)
160 GB SATA WD HDD (Slave) I purchased it 1 year back



I installed windows XP and i feel that everything is super fast but graphics quality is bit low (I guess i am using VGA, thats why)
I felt happy, but at this point my gaming bug born again so i downloaded Need For Speed Undercover, Game ran without any problem, only graphic quality is bad otherwise game running smoothly.
I downloaded Prince of Persia Forgotten Sands, now I pissed off, What The Hell Man? why this game is running too slow I put lots of money in my PC and its not performing well, why? ...... I realize that Graphic Card is missing :) then I started analyzing thindigit for graphic card suggestions, my journey ends on Redeon HD 5670 because everybody suggesting this card and my budget is 5-6k, while searching GPU's I also seen a PSU issue thats why I opened this thread.

Now my questions are:

1. Which card should I buy in range of 5-6k rupees I can spend bit extra for a good option, I want to say no to VGA and wanna welcome DVI as my monitor supports both. (I live near Nehru Place so i can get whatever I want)

2. Shall I change my SMPS? My Motherboard's power slot is smaller than SMPS's power connector, 16 pins are connected and 4 pins are in air :D I dont know you get it or not.

3. Shall I purchase new HDD? i feel my file transfer is very slow it take 2 mins to move a 1 GB file.

Thanks for you precious time, any other suggestions are welcome.

Regards,
Suyash
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Mention the Motherboard Model Number. And for 5-6k, get HD5670 @ 4.5k + FSP Saga II 400W @ 1.7k.

You have to purchase a new HDD with higher cache. SO better get a 500GB or 1TB HDD with 32+ MB cache.

Piyush said:
can you mention the brand and model number of you SMPS
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Cabinet+SMPS = generic PSU,
 
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Piyush

Piyush

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suyashpandit said:
I dont know, but this 160 HDD is worse than my 80 GB one, thats why i made this 160 as slave.
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so now you might need to add a HDD too
you have to increase your budget to 2k so that you can get a good 500gb HDD

go for rajkumar's suggestion for GFX card and PSU and add seagate/WD 500GB HDD @ 1.7k
 
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suyashpandit

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furious_gamer said:
Mention the Motherboard Model Number. And for 5-6k, get HD5670 @ 4.5k + FSP Saga II 400W @ 1.7k.

You have to purchase a new HDD with higher cache. SO better get a 500GB or 1TB HDD with 32+ MB cache.
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Thanks,

I am in office right now, will tell you motherboard model number tonight, I am planing to purchase things you have mentioned.

Piyush said:
so now you might need to add a HDD too
you have to increase your budget to 2k so that you can get a good 500gb HDD

go for rajkumar's suggestion for GFX card and PSU and add seagate/WD 500GB HDD @ 1.7k
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hmmm...
Budget is not an issue for me, all I need is a good gaming pc, i defined 5-6k for graphic card only.

Yes, i am adopting rajkumar's suggestion

furious_gamer said:
^^ Just see the top of the HDD. It will give you all the details you want to know about that HDD.
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will tell you, I planned to buy a new 500gb HDD

here at Nehru place I can get it in 1.4k brand Seagate/WD
 
furious_gamer

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suyashpandit said:
Thanks,

I am in office right now, will tell you motherboard model number tonight, I am planing to purchase things you have mentioned.
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Not needed, it if have a PCIe x16 slot.... :D

suyashpandit said:
hmmm...
Budget is not an issue for me, all I need is a good gaming pc, i defined 5-6k for graphic card only.

Yes, i am adopting rajkumar's suggestion
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If budget is not a constraint, then get HD6850(~9k)+VX450W(~3.6k)

suyashpandit said:
will tell you, I planned to buy a new 500gb HDD

here at Nehru place I can get it in 1.4k brand Seagate/WD
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cheap HDD = low buffer IMO. So try to get a HDD with 32MB buffer atleast
 
Piyush

Piyush

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suyashpandit said:
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Budget is not an issue for me, all I need is a good gaming pc, i defined 5-6k for graphic card only.
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since budget is not an issue
you can check out for these options

FSP sagaII 500W @ 2.2k (will be suited for all gfx cards below)

suited for 1600x900 high settings and 1920x1018 low-med settings
HD 5670 512mb @ 4.5k
GTS 450 1gb @ 6.4k
HD 5750 1gb @ 6.4k

suited for 1920x1018 med-high settings
HD 5770 1gb @ 7.4k
GTX 460 768mb @ 8.4k
HD 6790 1gb @ 9k
HD 6850 1gb @ 9.8k

since you have 24" monitor you need at least 5770 card
better to go for 6850 if possible
 
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furious_gamer

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^^ 6850+FSP SII 500W will be good choice IMO.

@OP

Since you resolution is 1920x1080, just get at least 5770 to get a decent performance, or get a HD6850 (which is just 2k more than 5770) will be good enough to play games in you 24" monitor.

Now Sapphire HD 6850 1gb @ 9.5k + FSP SII 500W @ 2.2k will be good choice. If you can't spend 9.5k on GPU, get 5770 @ 7.4k instead of 6850.
 
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suyashpandit

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furious_gamer said:
^^ 6850+FSP SII 500W will be good choice IMO.

@OP

Since you resolution is 1920x1080, just get at least 5770 to get a decent performance, or get a HD6850 (which is just 2k more than 5770) will be good enough to play games in you 24" monitor.

Now Sapphire HD 6850 1gb @ 9.5k + FSP SII 500W @ 2.2k will be good choice. If you can't spend 9.5k on GPU, get 5770 @ 7.4k instead of 6850.
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I seen on my board its written PCI Express Gate something, i guess its PCIe x16

I am sticking with HD5770 + FSP SII 500W
 
furious_gamer

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TBF HD6850 will be a bit future-proof then 5770 and if you don't mind splurge extra 2k, it will be a sweet deal for you. If you're not hardcore gamer, then 5770 will do the job for you.
 
damngoodman999

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suyashpandit

u played almost all games with P4 & AGP card - thats the fun part !

Raj - am not frustrated , OP just played all games with AGP card !
 
furious_gamer

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^^ lol. i thought Liverpool_Fan hacked your account and started spamming... :D

BTW you can see many users still using AGP card and try to play games like Crysis, GTA 4 with that... :D
 
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suyashpandit

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damngoodman999 said:
suyashpandit

u played almost all games with P4 & AGP card - thats the fun part !

Raj - am not frustrated , OP just played all games with AGP card !
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I played NFS carbon and POP t2t with AGP, when i installed undercover I got shattered.

AGP is history :D really I tried my best to play more with that, LoL one day it finally blasted off

furious_gamer said:
BTW you can see many users still using AGP card and try to play games like Crysis, GTA 4 with that... :D
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Right.. I know some peoples like that :D

1 quick question, How could I find that HDD has 32Mb cache?
 
furious_gamer

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*img.tomshardware.com/us/2007/07/13/should_you_care_about_hybrid_hard_drives/samsung-hm16hji-top.jpg

As i said earlier, all HDD's comes with specs written on top side of the HDD. Just like the above one. Here you can see the details.
 
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