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[aquamatrix]

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i wud not be able to buy a dx10 card as i have heard they are gonna be very costly, i have got 20k with me and will wait till jan to get Gfx and a a gig of ram.

 

[drvarunmehta]

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If you have only 20k then you anyways can't buy the X1900XT or the 7950GX2.
Still you should wai till DX10 cards release so you can buy a good DX9 card at a lower price.

 

[aquamatrix]

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well i could extend my budget to 25k or maybe even more, i just want the best available gpu for my PC.

 

[akshayt]

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To use the best available GPU you need 2GB RAM, in fact to fully use even mainstream cards you need 2GB.

The best bang for buck is 1900xt 24k + 2GB RAM, 7950
GX2 for 33000 is faster but has some drawbacks

 

[aquamatrix]

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well i already have 1 gb and plan to get one more stick when i buy my gpu. but i am really confused on what gpu to get?????? gpu shud be under 20k though.

 

[drvarunmehta]

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Under 20k means you can't get anything better than the 7900GT. You shouldn't even need anything more unless you have a really huge monitor.

 

[sabret00the]

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Under 20k means you can't get anything better than the 7900GT. You shouldn't even need anything more unless you have a really huge monitor.

I got the Samsung 940 BW which is 19" wide and has a resol of 1440 x 900 @ 60Hz and 4ms response time.............dont u guys think one 7600GT shud be good for now and later on when prices come down maybe I can add another 7600GT............

Does anyone know when exactly are DX10 cards gonna be launched?Will they consume more power or less power than DX9 cards?Will they be more or less expensive?Will DX10 cards support SLI?Is SLI gonna stay?Say at this moment what is more prudent given my monitor shud I be waiting for a DX10 card?Is it worth the wait?

 

[aquamatrix]

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1.they will consume more power
2. will cost 30k +
until an unles you have a huge budget, i wud suggest getting a 7900gt right now and add one more later ( even though two 7600 gt in sli wud run almost anything right now quite smoothly)
3. you might wanna get a new smps when you are going for an sli as 500 w may not be enough.

 

[drvarunmehta]

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I got the Samsung 940 BW which is 19" wide and has a resol of 1440 x 900 @ 60Hz and 4ms response time.............dont u guys think one 7600GT shud be good for now and later on when prices come down maybe I can add another 7600GT............

Does anyone know when exactly are DX10 cards gonna be launched?Will they consume more power or less power than DX9 cards?Will they be more or less expensive?Will DX10 cards support SLI?Is SLI gonna stay?Say at this moment what is more prudent given my monitor shud I be waiting for a DX10 card?Is it worth the wait?

DX10 is going to be launched before the end of the year. No sense in waiting for DX10 unless you have atleast 25k to spend. For your monitor a 7600GT would be enough and you can add a second one later. But if you already know that you will be adding a second 7600GT you might as well buy a 7900GT which will give you the performance of 2 7600GT's.

 

[sabret00the]

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you might wanna get a new smps when you are going for an sli as 500 w may not be enough.

Hey thanx to Aqua and Dhruv

well I was calculating my system power requirements at *www.extreme.outervision.com/PSUEngine
and it came to around 290 watts with one GPU(thats 7600 GT though) well with 2 7600 GTs in SLI mode it shud be around 357 watts.Further replacing the 7600 GT with a 7900GT shud push it to 297 watts (wow) which translates to performance of 2 7600 GT cards by consuming the power of 1 and again two 7900 GTs in SLI mode will require around 371 watts.So we may conclude that a 500 Watt smps shud be good enough for now......

 

[aquamatrix]

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first i want to know one thing is the wattage same under idle and load settings??

 

[drvarunmehta]

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Of course not. Under idle settings the power consumed is less than half.

 

[sabret00the]

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@Aqua: which smps do u use?
@Dhruv: Dont u think the Zeb 500 W Platinum is good enough for a SLI system?

 

[drvarunmehta]

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No it isn't. If a Zebronics PSU claims to provide 500W it probably provides only 400W. Better get an Antec NeoHE 550W to be safe.

 

[sabret00the]

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No it isn't. If a Zebronics PSU claims to provide 500W it probably provides only 400W. Better get an Antec NeoHE 550W to be safe.

hmm!!!
If its so then there's nothing much I can do about it as I've already bought a Zeb Platinum.

 

[aquamatrix]

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well i am using a smps that came with my cabby, as i havent bought a GPU yet my 400W smps is working for me now.

better not take a risk it man coz in sli power consumption can be quite high.

i plan to get the antec neohe 550W myself.

 

[deathvirus_me]

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Dont u think the Zeb 500 W Platinum is good enough for a SLI system?

Noop .... for the SLi'ed systems , i can only recommend Antec or CoolerMaster ... even the SmartPower 2.0 series from Antec should do , but it'll be the utmost min. for super stability ...

well i could extend my budget to 25k or maybe even more, i just want the best available gpu for my PC.

Well .. for 20k's u can get a 7900GT ... and for 25k's u should definitely get the X1900XT , 512 MB

 

[goobimama]

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I need some SMPS advice. The 7900GT is soon to arrive and I have just an iBall 400w smps.

My system config will be as follows:
Pentium 4 3.0Ghz
Intel 915
Audigy 2 ZS
2GB RAM
1 7900GT GFX card.

I wont be doing any overclocking so which SMPS would be the minimum that I should buy? I need something cheap but branded.

 

[deathvirus_me]

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Well .. u can get a Antec TP2.0 430W psu ...

 

[goobimama]

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What about the SmartPower 350W? Wouldn't that take the 7900GT? Reason is I hear this is consumes less power, much lower than the 7800GTX...