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Duhh...
Interesting.
Just a question, what do YOU mean by a 'decent' resolution?
Also, i see on youtube, people running COD 6 and crysis with no lag....
Even with the 5450!!!
EDIT: https://www.corsair.com/power-supplie...-1/tx650w.html
It says it has a pci-e [6 pin + 2 pin]....
5770 needs a 6 pin for power...
halp?
EDIT 2: The 5770 seems to need bigger brackets.... do i just take 2 brackets off of my chassi?
Theres 2 dvi plugs too? why?
EDIT 3: You know PSU's, does it fit all standard cases?
EDIT 4:
https://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Faulty-XFX-ATI...#ht_500wt_1156
Look at that. 'Faulty' 5770 which gives no signal but the fans work. I searched online and you can just fix it by using a dvi to vga adapter
Shame i havent got my debit card yet T.T
Last edited by FangedBeast; 01-18-2011 at 09:44 AM.
Decent is at least 1280*1024 for 4:3 monitors (best would be 1600*1200) or if you have a widescreen (more common) around 1680*1050 (ordinary 20" / 22"). And I doubt the 5450 is "smooth".
@EDIT: yeah, should be okay
@EDIT2: the 5770 needs 1 slot to connect and then requires the space of 1 more slot / spacer lower down as well. The two dvi ports are there in case you ever want more than one screen (you can have a multi-screen setup, some 5770 cards even support the so-called "Eyefinity" - you can play a game on 3 monitors for an "ultrawide" display)
@EDIT3: If you have a "standard" sized case any ATX power supply should fit (practically every PSU)
@EDIT4: never get a faulty card, never use vga if you can use dvi
A fps comparrison of fps (frames per second) for a few cards, "normal" is 60fps, sometimes a game is playable at around 30+ fps but it won't always be smooth, real gamers usually want over 100fps. This is for Crysis at the two "standard" resolutions:
And here is the same game with some AA (antialiasing - a setting that will soften the edges of rendered objects / models so that the game looks better):
As you can see in the AA chart the 5450 doesn't even reach 10fps (completely unplayable) whilst the 5670 ("weakest" "gaming" card from the 5000 series) "rockets" to 30fps on the 4:3 resolution (some consider 30fps to be the lowest "playable" fps, but I really don't like playing at under 60 if it's a fps), but only the 5750 reaches 30fps on the 16:10 resolution (widescreen).
Now the 5770 makes another leap in fps and is therefore what I suggest you would get, but certainly not the 5450. Note that this is Crysis and it's set to high quality meaning that if you use medium quality or a lower resolution you would ofc get better, possibly even great performance at the cost of not-so-pretty graphics. Most other games like CA, CF, PB etc. should have more fps at high settings / some AA than Crysis because they're less demanding, but for nice quality, dynamic shadows, AA, AF and so on (read: nice graphics) in games like CoD you might really want to consider getting at least the 5670 if not the 5770.
I'm Alen on Steam. RIP Skype Friday nights.
I'm Navi's lover 💖
Dave84311: God I've always wanted to eat crayons, with their vibrant colors. Only if they had taste.
Mr. Lonely: @Alen I like making you wet, it makes me hard.
FangedBeast (01-18-2011)
Long + good answer FTW!!!
I have a 19" widescreen LCD HP W****V
So yeah...I usually play at around 1280x1024...
My monitor is a vga so.... yeah... and why not vga??
I wont get a faulty one then i guess?
@Crysis thingy: Interesting. I guess ill AT LEAST get a 5750 :P But still... Its £50 - normal/cheap-ish unless there are other sites than ebay which are good....
19" widescreen's native resolution should be 1440*900 actually, right? Are you sure it's a widescreen (16:10) and not "normal" (4:3) screen?
And if it's a "small" res you should be ok, but dvi is usually better because it doesn't need manual setting of clocks and phases (read this). As for the sites I only buy new stuff (I really push the limits with my hardware, my last PC cost a tad bit over 10 grand euros) so I try to get the best deals with sites like: Scan.co.uk (UK), [url=https://geizhals.at/eu/]Geizhals.at (mainly Germany and Austria, does UK too though), Idealo.de etc.
I'm Alen on Steam. RIP Skype Friday nights.
I'm Navi's lover 💖
Dave84311: God I've always wanted to eat crayons, with their vibrant colors. Only if they had taste.
Mr. Lonely: @Alen I like making you wet, it makes me hard.
My bad... Yeah native is at that but the game settings... And i dunno.... 4:3 is like a square right? my screen is 36 cm sideways starting from when the actual screen starts...
P.S thanks for the sites, ill bookmark them...
EDIT: Yeah, about clock and phase, mine is ok.... and i know how to set it up properly naturally from messing about in school
Last edited by FangedBeast; 01-18-2011 at 12:39 PM.
Sorry for bump... Would my computer run [after upgrade] run mw2 smoothly?
I'm Alen on Steam. RIP Skype Friday nights.
I'm Navi's lover 💖
Dave84311: God I've always wanted to eat crayons, with their vibrant colors. Only if they had taste.
Mr. Lonely: @Alen I like making you wet, it makes me hard.
I'm Alen on Steam. RIP Skype Friday nights.
I'm Navi's lover 💖
Dave84311: God I've always wanted to eat crayons, with their vibrant colors. Only if they had taste.
Mr. Lonely: @Alen I like making you wet, it makes me hard.