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22. June 2009 @ 13:21 |
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No, I meant the PC version and the FPS stays the same no matter what settings, even 800x600 RES and low on everything, still 30, it's not capped on 30 or anything, because it goes up to like 40 momentarily, so it's most likely my card and my ram.
If only Graphics Cards could be like a Core 2 Duo, you just buy one and you're set for 5 years.
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22. June 2009 @ 13:28 |
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If the frame rate stays the same regardless of the resolution, then it's either capped, or your CPU is the limit, not the graphics card.
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22. June 2009 @ 16:19 |
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niether is GTAIV....
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22. June 2009 @ 18:26 |
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Well I was running Windows 7 with no programs open except the game, I have a Core 2 Duo E6750 overclocked to 3.2GHz, so I don't see why it should have been that..Hmm...
(Edit : The FPS certainly isn't capped as it would reach frames of 70 and go back down to 40)
This isn't the first time either, it's done this sort of thing on FarCry 2, as well as Shadows looking really dodgy and crappy, and on other games. That's probably my 3850 though.
We'll see what happens when I get my new gear; btw, I just realised something, if the 5800 Series comes out and it demands more power than the 4800 series, I probably will need a new power supply, won't I? I'm going to go googling for a PSU-Z type program. If only PSU's came with S.M.A.R.T. ;).
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22. June 2009 @ 18:27 |
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Don't, they're all over-zealous and rubbish. A 450W Corsair is fine for any graphics card that uses up to a dual 6-pin connector. 8-pin is probably pushing it, simply because I don't trust the adapters. The PSU itself would still be fine.
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22. June 2009 @ 19:30 |
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single 8 pin should be fine
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22. June 2009 @ 19:41 |
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Except no PSU has a single 8-pin, it's single 6, 6+6 or 6+8.
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22. June 2009 @ 20:19 |
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u can get molex convertors. some GTS 250s and 4850s haev a singel 8 pin
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22. June 2009 @ 20:21 |
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I've never seen one, nor do I see the need. A single 6-pin is ample power for an HD4850 or GTS250.
Edit: As far as I can see it is only the GDDR5 HD4850s that require the 8-pin.
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22. June 2009 @ 20:50 |
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well the 2870 and 4890 only need 1 8 pin aswell.
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22. June 2009 @ 20:54 |
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2870?
The HD3870 if you mean that, only needed a 6-pin. The HD4890 needs two 6-pins.
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22. June 2009 @ 21:06 |
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4870
i mean, 1 8pin = 2 6 pins.
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22. June 2009 @ 21:08 |
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Yeah but that's hardly the point. If you only have two six pins (I'm pretty sure there are PSUs out there like that, correct me if I'm wrong) then a single 8-pin needs a molex adapter regardless. Dual 6-pin is more universally accepted. That GDDR5 HD4850 remains the only card I've seen single 8-pin on.
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22. June 2009 @ 22:25 |
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought 8 pins supplied the same power as 6 pins - I thought they both had the same number of pins supplying power and the 8 pins just had more grounds or something...
Though I am trying to remember this from I diagram I saw a long time ago, so don't shout at me if I just mumbled utter rubbish ;)
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22. June 2009 @ 22:37 |
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Nope, it's an extra live and extra ground, not only that, it's actually rated for 37.5W per wire, not 25W like standard connectors, so it's actually double the power. One 8-pin replaces two 6-pins.
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22. June 2009 @ 23:32 |
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I think you know far too much :P Ah well, I'm still relatively new to all this :)
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23. June 2009 @ 05:00 |
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I thought 8 pin = 150w 6 pin = 75w?
4870x2 = 1x 6 Pin - 1x 8 Pin
4870 = 2x 6 Pin
3850 = 1x 6 Pin
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23. June 2009 @ 05:17 |
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yep.
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23. June 2009 @ 10:29 |
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So let's say tomorrow I bought a 4870 1GB and installed it into my system.
I fit it into my PCI-E socket, and I connect a 6 Pin in, I look for a second one and I don't find one, what happens next?
I've never used an adapter before, so I'm pretty new to it.
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23. June 2009 @ 11:14 |
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Welcome to my shoes :D
The adapter is just two 4 pin (molex) to one 6 pin. I used two individual unused cables for it and it works perfect - i don't know if you could use two molex connectors from the same cable to provide all the power or not, since i didn't try it (two of my unused cables have three molex connectors (the two i used), the other has one molex and two sata)).
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23. June 2009 @ 12:44 |
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Using one adapter is fine. Two is pushing it, really, but unless you use crossfire that should never be necessary.
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23. June 2009 @ 14:27 |
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Sounds good.
I've been tweaking my Overclocking on my CPU and RAM while I wait for the graphics card.
Since I have a lot of hidden potential in the Core 2 Duo E6750, I decided to read a lot of guides and eventually this is the result :
I get av Core temp of 68-69 never exceeding 70 when doing the Prime95 Duo Stress Tests..
I've lowered the voltage, lowered the DDR Timings and changed the multiplier to normal so it stays at 800MHz rather than auto-overclocking to 960 because my CPU FSB is 400.
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23. June 2009 @ 15:47 |
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whats ur mobo?
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23. June 2009 @ 15:53 |
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shaffaaf - most of your latest posts have been atrocious, either text speak or virtually illegible. Please sort out your keyboard...
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23. June 2009 @ 16:04 |
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I wasn't going to say anything but I agree. Pretty much every post I have to work out what the real world is from the sea of typos.
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