So I finally got that Celery E1400 out of my System and went to E4500, not great but its a very noticeable improvement and its pretty much the best my bored can handle
Now time to upgrade the 4870 as I've been out of the graphics card game for a while I have no clue on what to get!
I want something that will give me a very noticeable improvement like going from a 9500GT to a 4850 did.
price max of <200 if its worth it il go over by a tenner or so but no more.
Thanks
Originally Posted by snootyjim
scan has a 6950 for £167, looks like it's a stock ati card
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/1gb-s...vi-2x-mdp-hdmi
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I take it you'll be overclocking the E4500?The good news is that technologically it's almost identical to an E6400 (it has a slower FSB but higher multi). Push the FSB up to 533MHz sorry, 1066MHz
What resolution is your monitor? That's going to decide how much difference a new card will make.
I can't my rubbish mobo only supports 800FSB and a 65nm chip that's why I'm limited to an E4 series.
At the minute it's 1440x900 but I'm getting a proper moniter in a few months so either 1650 or 1080.
Also for unknown reasons on the BIOS the standard FSB setting is at 200 and I can only put it up to 250, even 251 would cause my computer to not boot, take the BIOS bat out and it will tell me the overclock failed (it did the same on the E1400) so I can only set it at a max of 2.7Ghz
I though you were going to do a bigger upgrade??
The HD4870 should still do the job in many games IMHO. I would probably consider an HD6870 1GB due to its lower power consumption:
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/244474
http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Compo...roductId=44533
http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Compo...roductId=44608
If you are upgrading the computer gradually I would also get the following PSU:
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/620w-...-fan-atx12v-23
Same owner as Powercolor, looks like a budget version (cheaper cooler, maybe PCB). But I'd hit it
No I dont need a New PSU, I have 2 PSU's one for the system and 1 for the GFX card.
and that was the plan but that plan was crushed when I moved out and started paying rent
Is that a worth while upgrade though CAT?
I want to get something by tonight so it comes for Monday really, is the 560Ti any good?
What is your other PSU BTW??
Also,be careful as there is a GTX560 and a GTX560TI. At stock speeds the HD6950 1GB is faster although a pre-overclocked GTX560TI running at around 900MHZ should be around the same speed.
The GTX560TI and HD6950 tend to around the same price.
There is also the HD5870 1GB:
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/1gb-x...i-2-x-dl-dvi-i
The HD6870 1GB does have better tessalation performance but the HD5870 1GB seems to be faster in almost every game.
My main PSU is a 400W silverpower that you recommended CAT :-)
and I have a X3 booster for the graphics card kindly supplied with the 4870 by someone on Hexus :-)
Basically I want to see a difference BFBC 2 isn't playing so well so I want something that's going to give me a proper jump for around 200.
It may very well be your CPU thats crapping BC2 performance.
Edit: For reference, an i7 920 with only two cores (no Hyper-theading) enabled runs at about 75% CPU utilisation under BFBC2.
Last edited by Terbinator; 10-06-2011 at 05:44 PM.
Kalniel: "Nice review Tarinder - would it be possible to get a picture of the case when the components are installed (with the side off obviously)?"
CAT-THE-FIFTH: "The Antec 300 is a case which has an understated and clean appearance which many people like. Not everyone is into e-peen looking computers which look like a cross between the imagination of a hyperactive 10 year old and a Frog."
TKPeters: "Off to AVForum better Deal - £20+Vat for Free Shipping @ Scan"
for all intents it seems to be the same card minus some gays name on it and a shielded cover ? with OEM added to it - GoNz0.
Oh flaming ellllll! Surely going from a e1400 to a proper dual core e4500 would have sorted that out?
See my edit!
Kalniel: "Nice review Tarinder - would it be possible to get a picture of the case when the components are installed (with the side off obviously)?"
CAT-THE-FIFTH: "The Antec 300 is a case which has an understated and clean appearance which many people like. Not everyone is into e-peen looking computers which look like a cross between the imagination of a hyperactive 10 year old and a Frog."
TKPeters: "Off to AVForum better Deal - £20+Vat for Free Shipping @ Scan"
for all intents it seems to be the same card minus some gays name on it and a shielded cover ? with OEM added to it - GoNz0.
Is it pointless getting a new graphics card then? The best CPU I can get is a E4700. I do plan as CAT said a big upgrade (replace everything) but that won't be for a while. Bfbc2 is the only game so far that runs dishy.
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