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I need an advice for a new graphic card.
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Joran Dravius
Doomheim
#21 - 2012-04-02 12:41:05 UTC
Selinate wrote:
Then that sounds like you might need to look for a better cooling system, maybe...

Also possible he just needs to replace the thermal compound. Plus some cards just run hot. Mine is usually that hot even new, but it's still perfectly safe up to 99 degrees so no worries. Budget is a bit tight for aftermarket cooling right now, but I want to get it upgraded eventually.
RAP ACTION HERO
#22 - 2012-04-02 14:07:27 UTC
What about your drivers OP, should try a clean install of the latest one.

vitoc erryday
Ugljesa
#23 - 2012-04-02 14:14:44 UTC
RAP ACTION HERO wrote:
What about your drivers OP, should try a clean install of the latest one.


If you are referring to drivers of graphic card, they are latest and not really an issue since this card has been acting like this from day one.

Upgrading cooling of graphic card is less expensive and fastest solution.
Herping yourDerp
Tribal Liberation Force
Minmatar Republic
#24 - 2012-04-02 20:08:52 UTC
eve doesn't take much to run, but AMD 6850 or Nvidia 560 would be fine and should be decent prices now.
i know the 6850 is hovering at $150 usd

however, if i read this right your using an ATA hard drive, i think eve benifits from faster HDD speeds... but, you have a socket 1556 could you just get a normal HDD? i'm not sure.

anyways, nvidia 460 gtx, 560, 560ti or AMD 6850/6870 would be fine
then save for new HDD, or worse case scenario new computer.
Herping yourDerp
Tribal Liberation Force
Minmatar Republic
#25 - 2012-04-02 20:17:30 UTC
read through comments, do you have an aftermarket cooler for your CPU? i would get a good one.
also clean out your case and maybe add another fan.
Caleidascope
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#26 - 2012-04-03 00:36:58 UTC
Ugljesa wrote:


Graphic card , as you can see it doesn't have proper stock cooling.

It has heat sink and a fan, that is proper stock cooling.

Life is short and dinner time is chancy

Eat dessert first!
RAP ACTION HERO
#27 - 2012-04-03 03:25:54 UTC
You should not need aftermarket cooler for you card unless you are doing heavy overclocking
one thing you could try is to take off the stock cooler and reapply some fresh cooling paste.

vitoc erryday
Ugljesa
#28 - 2012-04-03 05:54:58 UTC  |  Edited by: Ugljesa
Herping yourDerp wrote:
eve doesn't take much to run, but AMD 6850 or Nvidia 560 would be fine and should be decent prices now.
i know the 6850 is hovering at $150 usd

however, if i read this right your using an ATA hard drive, i think eve benifits from faster HDD speeds... but, you have a socket 1556 could you just get a normal HDD? i'm not sure.

anyways, nvidia 460 gtx, 560, 560ti or AMD 6850/6870 would be fine
then save for new HDD, or worse case scenario new computer.


It's SATA HDD not ATA

HDD is Western Digital hard disk WD6400AAKS
It has interface: SATA 3 Gb/s
Form Factor: 3.5", 7200 rpm
Capacity : 640 GB
Cache: 16 MB

but anyhow that ain't on my list for upgrade just yet. Maybe at the end of year when prices for SSD drop a bit.
Ugljesa
#29 - 2012-04-23 08:35:43 UTC  |  Edited by: Ugljesa
Well, after some research and asking around I've bought this card GeForce® GTX 560 Ti 448 Cores FTW

Here is the link with more details:
http://www.evga.com/products/pdf/012-P3-2066.pdf

Here is the link with hardware comparison:
http://www.hwcompare.com/11194/geforce-gtx-560-ti-448-vs-radeon-hd-5770/

SO in theory this new card should be somewhat better then the card I currently have.
Akita T
Caldari Navy Volunteer Task Force
#30 - 2012-04-23 08:52:59 UTC
In practice it will run almost twice as fast compared to your old card and also run cooler (70C-75C).
Your PSU is already oversized for your needs, a 550W PSU would have already been more than enough.

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Nirnias Stirrum
UberWTFBBQ and Battle Technologies
#31 - 2012-04-23 12:56:34 UTC
Have 2 x ENGTX 560's, good cards.

Dont bother going with the TI version, for the extra bit you pay you get feck all.
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