Hardware & Technical is this GPU good?
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My experience of PSU's is if you dont get high quality and give yourself some headroom you invite problems - maybe not always short term but a couple of years down the line. My father was heavily into electronics (he had spell in the services working on radar maintenance) and his advice was never skimp on a psu.
Nvidia 7x series cards are about to have a price slash to make way for the 9x series which replaces them and are quite a bit better overall.
So with that budget I'd wait for the 7x series. I didn't read all your specs, if you have a weaker power supply you may have to replace that too. In which case it might be worth trying to stretch to a 9x series which use 100w less than the equivalent 7x card.
I don't know how much the 9x's are, I believe they are a bit cheaper in the USA so it might be off the table.
So with that budget I'd wait for the 7x series. I didn't read all your specs, if you have a weaker power supply you may have to replace that too. In which case it might be worth trying to stretch to a 9x series which use 100w less than the equivalent 7x card.
I don't know how much the 9x's are, I believe they are a bit cheaper in the USA so it might be off the table.
Apart from referring back to #17, Distance's explanation, my own reason for saying so was partly because a very knowledgeable friend told me and this was confirmed by the tech depart of Novatech.
At the end of the day, it's up to you. A decent PSU isn't expensive. But if you insist upon using a smaller one then good luck.
Forgot to post this the other day but it's relevant :
http://www.coolermaster.outervision.com/
There's others out there if you google "pc powersupply calculator".
Results may vary but will give you a good idea of whats discussed.
Also don't skimp on a psu, if you get a cheap no name one and it goes down taking your components with it you'll be kicking yourself for not spending an extra 20 quid. I personally use seasonic as I've used them since like 2004 but I rate the corsair, in my case it's brand loyalty as they've never let me down.
http://www.coolermaster.outervision.com/
There's others out there if you google "pc powersupply calculator".
Results may vary but will give you a good idea of whats discussed.
Also don't skimp on a psu, if you get a cheap no name one and it goes down taking your components with it you'll be kicking yourself for not spending an extra 20 quid. I personally use seasonic as I've used them since like 2004 but I rate the corsair, in my case it's brand loyalty as they've never let me down.
I've never seen a planet like that before, with bumpmapping. Maybe that's why my frame rates don't drop.
Yeah its the first time I've seen it too but if 24fps is the best I can do near planets like that, well tbh I just tossed £230 in the bin.
Did you raise a ticket, I think you should, photo, gpu and FPS etc.
a 600w corsair is easily enough, my pc rarely breaks 300watt usage running prime 95 set to max power use and furmark at the same time. at this stage the pc sounds like a jet engine but still only uses max 305watt
NEED HELP!
Was tempted to start a new thread but that might not be allowed. So I got my 770 GTX (next day courier ftw!!) but my fps are really bad!!?!
I would swear but its against the rules.
WHY AM I GETTING 24FPS on a 770??!
Resolution: 1600x900 windowed Geforce 344.11 driver
Hey,
I had a similar issue to start with using my GTX 660, and it was due to the card not automatically being used for ED. Instead, it was using the integrated graphics on my CPU!
You may need to go to the configuration utility and tell it to use the GPU
Hope that helps!
https://www.dropbox.com/s/10r9y1n6q82ht2f/Screenshot_0009.jpg
The planets are normally bump mapped in high quality.
Regards to the low fps it could be possible your motherboard bios needs updating to support pci-e 3.
Your fps shouldn't be that bad but then I wasn't running maxed out with my 680 which is the equivalent of a 770. Also try setting everything to low and slowly ramp everything up.
The planets are normally bump mapped in high quality.
Regards to the low fps it could be possible your motherboard bios needs updating to support pci-e 3.
Your fps shouldn't be that bad but then I wasn't running maxed out with my 680 which is the equivalent of a 770. Also try setting everything to low and slowly ramp everything up.
Thanks, I checked my settings and my onboard gpu is disabled in the bios. So I really have no idea why this isn't better. Not a happy bunny right now
sorry if i missed it but can you please post your full computer specs? you were saying in the OP that you're thinking of upgrading to a 660 so i'm thinking it might be fairly dated. did you uninstall the old drivers first? if you have windows 7 this shouldn't be an issue. what was your old card?
AMD FX 6300 (3.5ghz six core) cpu
8gb DDR3 ram
Gigabyte 770 GTX 2gb
Win 7 Home Premium 64 bit
500gb HD
Main (gaming) Monitor 1680x1050
2nd Monitor 1280x1024
I didn't uninstall the drivers as the old card is a 650 GTX and I assumed it was silly to uninstall and then reinstall the same drivers?
Old habits - but I always do a clean driver install if I've fitted a new gfx card.
My card the 750 ti, is not as good as the 660x but still plays elite maxed out at a constant 60fps. The kicker is, the 750 ti is only 60 Watts, which for the performance it gives me is outstanding imho. I play nearly every game maxed out (with the new shadow of mordor being the only exception, graphics are on very high instead of ultra due to random fps drops).
And it is roughly only £100 -£120. I will be upgrading myself in the future, but for now my card is pretty damn good for my demands, and the one you are interested in is better than mine.
And it is roughly only £100 -£120. I will be upgrading myself in the future, but for now my card is pretty damn good for my demands, and the one you are interested in is better than mine.
I was having exactly the same problem with my 760.
Screens freezing all the time and generally poor.
Had a chat with someone I know
I ran this to completely uninstall all drivers.http://www.wagnardmobile.com/DDU/
I then reinstalled. But this time I selected Custom Install and only accepted the driver itself. PhysX, 3D and anything else, I specifically unchecked these.
I then went into the Control Panel, Power Options and selected High Performance.
A lot better.
The problems with many of these bundled tools is they simply don't work.
Screens freezing all the time and generally poor.
Had a chat with someone I know
I ran this to completely uninstall all drivers.http://www.wagnardmobile.com/DDU/
I then reinstalled. But this time I selected Custom Install and only accepted the driver itself. PhysX, 3D and anything else, I specifically unchecked these.
I then went into the Control Panel, Power Options and selected High Performance.
A lot better.
The problems with many of these bundled tools is they simply don't work.
Thanks everyone but I've not found why the fps is low. The 770 GTX is overheating badly!! I guess it throttles itself back to avoid damage?
I had only been playing Beta 2.04 for under 3-4 minutes when I noticed the gpu temperature was 94c!!!!
(cpu temp was: 54c northbridge, cores 0-5 29-33c)
I opened the case and checked, thinking maybe the fans were not turning (theres 3 huge ones on it!) but all 3 were spinning fast.
I had only been playing Beta 2.04 for under 3-4 minutes when I noticed the gpu temperature was 94c!!!!
(cpu temp was: 54c northbridge, cores 0-5 29-33c)
I opened the case and checked, thinking maybe the fans were not turning (theres 3 huge ones on it!) but all 3 were spinning fast.