Which would actually be best for my needs?

NeotonicDragon3 · May 29, 2012

NOTE: Decision has been made! ASUS Radeon HD 6570 [I shortened the budget...and it does fit my needs]
So I build my first build

but now..it is time to get a REAL Graphics Card

So here are the choices [unless you have a better suggestion]
XFX HD-687A-ZHFC Radeon HD 6870 1GB
XFX HD-657X-CNH3 Radeon HD 6570 2GB
VisionTek 900276 Radeon HD 4650 1GB

So here are my current specs:
AMD A4-3400 2.7GHz Dual Core with AMD Radeon HD 6410D [Most likely going to switch to an A8 Processor]
8GB DDR3-1333 Patriot Sector 5 RAM
Gigabyte GA-A75M-D2H...which has 1x PCI Express 2.0 x16 1x PCI Express x1, 1x PCI..., 1x PCI Express 2.0 x4

and a 550W Powersupply

So What Do I do?
Play Crysis, Sims 3, Skyrim, Sim City 5 [when It comes out]..looking into playing more games ...Photography...HD Movie Stuff...
[I think that is all that is necessary...
So yeah, I may be purchasing it in mid to late June.

yeah, I'm not ready for Dual Graphics

I'll save that for later
Also my budget is $200

Batou1986 · May 29, 2012

6870 /thread

INSTG8R · May 29, 2012

Batou1986 said:
6870 /thread

If those are your choices, THIS.

Black Panther · May 29, 2012

The 6870 is certainly the most powerful.
By far.

NeotonicDragon3 · May 30, 2012

lol well I guessed that haha...but...eh F*** It...I'll get it XDD

BraveSoul · May 30, 2012

6870 with A8 processor should make a decent gaming rig
whats the resolution on your monitor?

Jstn7477 · May 30, 2012

BraveSoul said:
6870 with A8 processor should make a decent gaming rig
whats the resolution on your monitor?

Looks like a 17" 1280*1024 LCD.

techguy31 · May 30, 2012

BraveSoul said:
6870 with A8 processor should make a decent gaming rig
whats the resolution on your monitor?

Based on his computer specs, it's 1280 x 1024 at 75 Hz. So a 6870 would do the job. I think the 550W PSU is cutting it close for the 6870 paired with an AMD processor.

BraveSoul · May 30, 2012

techguy31 said:
Based on his computer specs, it's 1280 x 1024 at 75 Hz. So a 6870 would do the job. I think the 550W PSU is cutting it close for the 6870 paired with an AMD processor.

totally agree if this combo is overclocked, otherwise 550w feels fine ,,
NeotonicDragon what is the PSU brand,can u read it off the psu?

Jstn7477 · May 30, 2012

techguy31 said:
Based on his computer specs, it's 1280 x 1024 at 75 Hz. So a 6870 would do the job. I think the 550W PSU is cutting it close for the 6870 paired with an AMD processor.

Depends on the model. I'm actually running a 4.5GHz 2600K, HD 6950 unlocked and a couple HDDs on a Rosewill Capstone 550w (41.5A single 12v rail 80 Plus Gold PSU, OEM is Super Flower) and the thing doesn't even get warm. Even a Corsair CX430 would probably be plenty.

If it's a generic $20 PSU, forget it. OP, it would better help us if you find out exactly what PSU you have. Thanks!

NeotonicDragon3 · May 30, 2012

lol it is a Brandless "High Quality" PSU according to the side of it. So basically, I need to upgrade lol!
Would this PSU do the job?

kiddagoat · May 30, 2012

It appears your first build was done with a budget in mind, if you are still keeping to a budget and want the most from your system, I would use the Hybrid Xfire. I have seen it work flawlessly with the HP APU laptops that have been coming out lately.

are you looking to use hybrid Crossfire with your APU?? Keep in mind that with a 6870 you are entirely turning off the APU graphics which is kinda defeating the purpose of the APU.

If you are going to switch your chip out for another APU, I would look at getting the highest rated GPU that can still work in conjunction with your APU. I believe the limit is a 6670.

If you are considering a 6870, I would highly recommend switching out to a FX-6100 or better OR an Intel i5.

Hayder_Master · May 30, 2012

6870 for sure

NeotonicDragon3 · Jun 9, 2012

So..I went Vid Card shopping last night...and picked up a ASUS Radeon HD 6570 lol...Works Great

Thanks Y'all for your inputs

System Name	Colourwheel
Processor	AMD A8-3870K Black Edition (3.0 GHz Quad core) OC 3.5GHz
Motherboard	ASRock A55 PRO3
Cooling	Coloured Fans lol and Cooler Masters Vortex Plus
Memory	Corsair Vengence 16GB DDR3-1600
Video Card(s)	2GB XFX Radeon HD R7750 Core Edition
Storage	2 x Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB \| 2TB Western Digital Caviar Green \| 500GB WD Passport EHDD
Display(s)	22" LG Flatron IPS226V
Case	ENERMAX OSTROG Black/White
Audio Device(s)	Onboard: Realtek ALC892
Power Supply	Corsair GS700
Software	Windows 8.1 Pro (64-Bit)

Processor	Ryzen 5900X
Motherboard	ASUS Prime X470 Pro
Cooling	Arctic liquid freezer II 240
Memory	2 x 16 Gb Gskill Trident Z 3600 Mhz
Video Card(s)	MSI Ventus 3060 Ti OC
Storage	Samsung 960 EVO 500 Gb / 860 EVO 1 Tb
Display(s)	Dell S2719DGF
Case	Lian Li Lancool II Mesh
Audio Device(s)	Soundblaster Z
Power Supply	Corsair RM850x
Mouse	Logitech G703
Keyboard	Logitech G513
Software	Win 11

System Name	Hellbox 5.1(same case new guts)
Processor	Ryzen 7 5800X3D
Motherboard	MSI X570S MAG Torpedo Max
Cooling	TT Kandalf L.C.S.(Water/Air)EK Velocity CPU Block/Noctua EK Quantum DDC Pump/Res
Memory	2x16GB Gskill Trident Neo Z 3600 CL16
Video Card(s)	Powercolor Hellhound 7900XTX
Storage	970 Evo Plus 500GB 2xSamsung 850 Evo 500GB RAID 0 1TB WD Blue Corsair MP600 Core 2TB
Display(s)	Alienware QD-OLED 34” 3440x1440 144hz 10Bit VESA HDR 400
Case	TT Kandalf L.C.S.
Audio Device(s)	Soundblaster ZX/Logitech Z906 5.1
Power Supply	Seasonic TX~’850 Platinum
Mouse	G502 Hero
Keyboard	G19s
VR HMD	Oculus Quest 2
Software	Win 10 Pro x64

System Name	Black Panther
Processor	i9 9900k
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z390 AORUS PRO Wifi 1.0
Cooling	NZXT Kraken X72 360mm
Memory	2 x 8GB Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro DDR4 3600Mhz
Video Card(s)	Palit RTX2080 Ti Dual 11GB DDR6
Storage	Samsung EVO 970 500GB SSD M.2 & 2TB Seagate Barracuda 7200rpm
Display(s)	32'' Gigabyte G32QC 2560x1440 165Hz
Case	NZXT H710i Black
Audio Device(s)	Razer Electra V2 & Z5500 Speakers
Power Supply	Seasonic Focus GX-850 Gold 80+
Mouse	Some Corsair lost the box forgot the model
Keyboard	Motospeed
Software	Windows 10

System Name	Colourwheel
Processor	AMD A8-3870K Black Edition (3.0 GHz Quad core) OC 3.5GHz
Motherboard	ASRock A55 PRO3
Cooling	Coloured Fans lol and Cooler Masters Vortex Plus
Memory	Corsair Vengence 16GB DDR3-1600
Video Card(s)	2GB XFX Radeon HD R7750 Core Edition
Storage	2 x Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB \| 2TB Western Digital Caviar Green \| 500GB WD Passport EHDD
Display(s)	22" LG Flatron IPS226V
Case	ENERMAX OSTROG Black/White
Audio Device(s)	Onboard: Realtek ALC892
Power Supply	Corsair GS700
Software	Windows 8.1 Pro (64-Bit)

System Name	Filtration tower
Processor	i9 7900@4.4ghz
Motherboard	ASRock X299 Taichi
Cooling	Air
Memory	64g 3200 quad channel
Video Card(s)	ASUS GTX 1080Ti
Storage	500gb Nvme, 200gb SSD, 1700gb HDD
Display(s)	34" Acer Predator 3440x1440
Case	Thermaltake v71
Power Supply	EVGA supernova 850 T2

System Name	Awesomesauce 4.3 \| Laptop (MSI GE72VR 6RF Apache Pro-023)
Processor	Intel Core i7-5820K 4.16GHz 1.28v/3GHz 1.05v uncore \| Intel Core i7-6700HQ @ 3.1GHz
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X99-UD5 WiFi LGA2011-v3\| Stock
Cooling	Corsair H100i v2 w/ 2x EK Vardar F4-120ER + various 120/140mm case fans \| Stock
Memory	G.Skill RJ-4 16GB DDR4-2666 CL15 quad channel \| 12GB DDR4-2133
Video Card(s)	EVGA GTX 1080 Ti Hybrid SC2 11GB @ 2012/5151 boost \| NVIDIA GTX 1060 6GB +200/+500 + Intel 530
Storage	Samsung 840 EVO 500GB + Seagate 3TB 7200RPM + others \| Kingston 256GB M.2 SATA + 1TB 7200RPM
Display(s)	Acer G257HU 1440p 60Hz AH-IPS 4ms \| 17.3" 1920*1080 60Hz wide angle TN notebook panel
Case	Fractal Design Define XL R2 \| MSI
Audio Device(s)	Creative Sound Blaster Z \| Realtek with quad stereo speakers and subwoofer
Power Supply	Corsair HX850i Platinum \| 19.5v 180w Delta brick
Software	Windows 10 Pro x64 \| Windows 10 Home x64

System Name	Home Theatre
Processor	i5 750
Motherboard	Gigabyte P55 USB3
Memory	4GB ADATA 1333
Video Card(s)	Sapphire 1GB ATI 5670
Storage	32gb Kingston SSD (Os)/ 1TB and 640GB Caviar Blue (Storage)
Display(s)	Sony KDL40HX800
Case	Cooler Master HAF 922
Audio Device(s)	HT Claro Plus
Power Supply	Corsair HX650
Software	Windows 7 64-bit

System Name	Desktop
Processor	Intel i7 13700K
Motherboard	MSI Z790 Tomahawk D4
Cooling	Corsair XC7 Block / Corsair XG7 Block EK 360PE Radiator EK 120XE Radiator 5x EK Vadar Furious Fans
Memory	64GB Corsair Dominator DDR4-3200
Video Card(s)	MSI RTX 4090 Gaming X Trio
Storage	1TB WD Black SN850 / 4TB Inland Premium / 8TB WD Black HDD
Display(s)	Alienware AW3821DW / ASUS TUF VG279QM
Case	Lian-Li Dynamic 011 XL ROG
Audio Device(s)	Razer Nommo Pro Speakers / Creative AE-9 w/ Beyerdynamic MMX 300
Power Supply	EVGA P2 1200W Platinum
Mouse	Razer Naga Pro
Keyboard	Deathstalker Pro

System Name	MASTER
Processor	Core i7 3930k run at 4.4ghz
Motherboard	Asus Rampage IV extreme
Cooling	Corsair H100i
Memory	4x4G kingston hyperx beast 2400mhz
Video Card(s)	2X EVGA GTX680
Storage	2X Crusial M4 256g raid0, 1TbWD g, 2x500 WD B
Display(s)	Samsung 27' 1080P LED 3D monitior 2ms
Case	CoolerMaster Chosmos II
Audio Device(s)	Creative sound blaster X-FI Titanum champion,Creative speakers 7.1 T7900
Power Supply	Corsair 1200i, Logitch G500 Mouse, headset Corsair vengeance 1500
Software	Win7 64bit Ultimate
Benchmark Scores	3d mark 2011: testing

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