Problem with Gt 530 graphics card - Page 2

Wild Weasel

United States52 Posts

January 19 2012 05:45 GMT

#21

This Sapphire card is actually $5 cheaper after rebate than the XFX, I think I might go with this one

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102948

skyR

Canada13817 Posts

January 19 2012 06:02 GMT

#22

Why not just get the HIS which is $5 cheaper than the Sapphire and it has free shipping as well.

Wabbit

United States1028 Posts

January 19 2012 06:02 GMT

#23

On January 19 2012 13:22 jacosajh wrote:
I've never seen a newer graphics card that didn't come with a Molex-to-PCIE adapter, although some have.

Chances are high it will come with one.

Yeah that XFX doesn't

I have the exact same model. At least it's quiet, even under gaming, can't hear the fans - which is what I cared about.

@Weasel

There's actually a HIS for even less (link below) but I pointed out cards with better cooling solutions (quieter), but maybe that's not too important to you. Should only be noticeable when under load.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161389&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-Video Cards-_-Hightech Information System Ltd.-_-14161389&AID=10440897&PID=3938566&SID=

Wild Weasel

United States52 Posts

January 19 2012 16:23 GMT

#24

Now, will the three 6870's mentioned all overclock about the same? I haven't had done any overclocking with graphics cards, but I hear it's pretty simple to do with something like MSI Afterburner, or CCC, then later test it with furmark. I'm guessing that since I don't have my i7 2600 overclocked, I'll have enough power.

Wabbit

United States1028 Posts

January 19 2012 17:27 GMT

#25

No, they will not. It's pretty likely they're all lower-binned chips because of the lower price, though you might get lucky and hit over ~960 on the core clock with stock voltages. The higher-binned chips go into more expensive 6870's that are often pre-overclocked and come with a better heatsink and a more expensive power delivery (something like 6+2 phases or more instaed of the 4+1 of stock, think MSI Power Edition/Lightning cards, ASUS Direct CUII and Gigabyte Super OC cards).

6870's are bad at overclocking overall though. Not really a card for which you want to get an MSI Power Edition or anything like that (don't think they even make one for 6870's because it's not worth it). They have a hard time going over 1000 core clock even with voltage increases. At that point you're so close (in price) to just buying a 6950 that it's hardly worth it. It's more worth it for 6950's because the price gap to a 6970 is a lot bigger (~$100)

Wild Weasel

United States52 Posts

January 19 2012 17:43 GMT

#26

Oh well, overclocking isn't that important to me, I was just wondering if I could by a little bit, thanks for the input

Wabbit

United States1028 Posts

January 19 2012 17:57 GMT

#27

It's worth trying anyway. I did on mine and it's pathetic (930 core vs 900 stock, 1100 VRAM vs 1050 stock - anything above that gives artifacts on screen or is just unstable and crashes the PC), but some people get a bit luckier and can do around 950/1150 or maybe higher with stock volts. It's free performance and only takes a little bit of playing around. I wouldn't touch voltages on a card not specifically designed for it though, just OC using Catalyst Control Center or MSI Afterburner without unlocking voltage.

Hitapotamonkus

United States18 Posts

January 19 2012 18:02 GMT

#28

If you can wait for a month or so the new AMD Radeon cards will be out and an HD7850 might satisfy both your budget and performance expectations.

http://wccftech.com/amd-launching-radeon-hd7870-hd7850-pitcairn-xtpro-february-2012-pricing-specs-detailed/

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