Hi Again,
Finally got the card, guess what it requires 2 6 PIN Pci Express power connectors, altough i upgraded to new smps (VIP 600watts) it only came with one PCI power connector and the one bundled with the graphic card was missing.
The card was purchased from techshop.in, so i shot them a complaint....they said take a snap overything and mail us but considering the delay i dropped the idea.
Power connector was not available any where so i made my own by cutting 3 rows from and old PSU's motherboard power socket. I refered to a guide that was on digit forum. System was up and running in no time.
And now i have a problem,
System Config
Processor: - Intel Quad Core Q6600 (Running Stock)
Motherboard: - ASUS P5B-Deluxe
Ram: - DDR2 667 MHz 1 GB
GFX: - MSI Radeon HD4870 512mb DDR5 Ram (Over Clocked Edition)
PSU: - 600watts
HDD: - 160GB SATA 2(But its jumper is set to run at less than 3 Gb/sec)
OS: - WinXP Prof SP3
ATI Catalyst: - 8.9
3DMark 06 Build110 gave a score of 12583... which i think is low...correct me if i am wrong.
Changes planned to possibly correct the performance bottleneck
4GB DDR2 800 is planned.
I will also remove the HDD jumper so that it runs at 3 Gb/sec.
Also is the winxp version of Dx10 worth installing? Will i get any performance benifits?
I am able to play Half Life 2 on max setting with (1280x1024, 4xAA, 8xAF, Very High Quality)
Also i was considering changing my mobo to P45 or X48 based mobo, is it worth it considering the launching of x58 chipset?
Please advice.
Regards
Niranjan