4890 Performance 5770 Power Draw

[shackahn]

Hi Everyone.

I am looking to upgrade my ageing 8800GT, and I was decided on a ATI 4890. That is until I read the power consumption.

I have a Hiper 530w type R modular PSU and I dont think it would like the 4890.

So I need a card that gives somewhere around the performance of the 4890 but with power draw of say the 5000 series cards.

I mainly game so that would be its main use. I am easy as to which vendor ATI/Nvidia.

Any suggestions

Budget around £150

[Jay]

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/gra...5770-review/10

Some info there I think

ATI Radeon HD 5850 1GB looks like what you need

[Pob255]

yes for £150 you're sort of stumped, you could get a 4850 or gts250 for a small increase in performance, with low power consumption.

However your psu should be able to take a single 4890, depends on what the rest of your pc is.

[shackahn]

I agree with you but the price is through the roof £255 at scan.

I would have to sell my left kidney to get that kind of cash.

Interestingly on the link though the 4890 doesnt pull that much more than my current 8800GT

EDIT...Rest of PC is...

Core 2 Duo E6420 Running @ 3Ghz
4GB Ram 4x1GB sticks
2 x Sata HDD
1 x Sata DVD Burner
Motherboard is an Abit AB9 Pro
Case is Antec 900 with all case fans connected

[Jay]

sorry didn't notice the £150 at the bottom of your post

[Pob255]

EDIT...Rest of PC is...

Core 2 Duo E6420 Running @ 3Ghz
4GB Ram 4x1GB sticks
2 x Sata HDD
1 x Sata DVD Burner
Motherboard is an Abit AB9 Pro
Case is Antec 900 with all case fans connected

If that's all you've got then the cpu should be fine with a 4890