Upgrading advice

LOL I went gtx7900 - ati4850 - amd5850 - gtx570 not fanboism here :p just CUD!

I like to keep with the current generation when I can find it for a good price (R2.8k) :) so why not..
I can now bump all those wired x8 and x16 setting up and keep the same or better fps in games.. Not like the 5850 was a slouch, I just like my toys :D
 
The suppliers got stock and I am ordering the evga GTX 570 Superclocked.

The card only has a limited 3yr warranty and I was thinking to upgrade it to 5yrs @ $20 or 10yrs @ $40.

Is it worth extending the warranty or not? Is the 3yr warranty enough?
 
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In 3 years bud your gpu will be so outdated you will barely be able to play new games :D. 3 years is plenty
 
Same reason why I OC all my components... your CPU/GPU's life isn't limited by it's hardware its limited by the software that uses it... so no point in it lasting 10 years when in 3 years it won't be able to run anything new.
 
Ditto what they said.. EVGA has some nice cards with the 10 year warranty etc, but all in all 3 years is more than enough in terms of when a new upgrade would be made, but for R140 extending it for another 2 years isn't all that bad...?
 
Got a weird thing happening. Installed the GTX 570, installed the latest nVidia drivers from their website and now it is crashing as soon as I open Firefox and then restarts.

Let me guess...

.. new PSU?
 
Try opening FF in safe mode. Wait, mean the PC restarts O_o. Could be the PSU :/

snail112 said:
Got a weird thing happening. Installed the GTX 570, installed the latest nVidia drivers from their website and now it is crashing as soon as I open Firefox and then restarts.

Let me guess...

.. new PSU?
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FF, IE & Opera is working in Win safe mode.

Could it be that one of the screen card rails is not giving 100% power? I'll trouble shoot with the power adaptors that came with the card.
 
Got a PSU Calculator on the ASUS Website.

According to it I'll need a min 650W PSU.

Does this now mean I'll have to replace my 700W Aopen?

Boo hoo!!! GFX card needs 38A on 12V rail.

Advice for ona PSU please guys?
 
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The graphics card is designed for 219W TDP, so it should need only like 20A on the +12A rail, unless you overclock it of course.

I would've guessed that even an under spec'd 550W PSU would suffice. I would suggest that you rather borrow someone's PSU before replacing it for something that might not fix the problem.

How many hard drives do you have in your PC, and are you overclocking your CPU?

A Corsair CX600 would be more than enough for an i5 2500k + GTX570 + 4x HDD + overclocking.

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For those who are interested in knowing how to calculate the power consumption difference between stock speed & over clocking speeds:
Here's a simple equation for working out the power consumption: P = C(V^2)f, where C is the Capacitive resistance, the V is the Voltage and f is the frequency.
Typically you'll be supplied with the TDP value. Normally the GPU/CPU would perhaps use up to 90% of that TDP value, which is why the PSU calculator sites usually provide you with this as the default value. eg. 'CPU Utilization' value at http://extreme.outervision.com/psucalculatorlite.jsp. You'll also notice that they ask you to input the stock voltage & frequency, as well as the overclocked voltage & frequency , which the equation uses :)

eg. GTX460 1GB's TDP value is 160W @ 0.975V, 675MHz.
So you can work out the C value: C = ( P * 90% ) / ( (V^2) * f) = 144W / ( ( 0.975V ^ 2 ) * 675MHz ) = 0.22441
Now when you OC the card to 850MHz @ 1.025V, the power consumption would increase to: P = 0.22441 * ( 1.025V ^ 2 ) * 850MHz = 200.4 W

You can use the same equation for CPU's ;)
 
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Pada said:
The graphics card is designed for 219W TDP, so it should need only like 20A on the +12A rail, unless you overclock it of course.

I would've guessed that even an under spec'd 550W PSU would suffice. I would suggest that you rather borrow someone's PSU before replacing it for something that might not fix the problem.

How many hard drives do you have in your PC, and are you overclocking your CPU?

A Corsair CX600 would be more than enough for an i5 2500k + GTX570 + 4x HDD + overclocking.

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For those who are interested in knowing how to calculate the power consumption difference between stock speed & over clocking speeds:
Here's a simple equation for working out the power consumption: P = C(V^2)f, where C is the Capacitive resistance, the V is the Voltage and f is the frequency.
Typically you'll be supplied with the TDP value. Normally the GPU/CPU would perhaps use up to 90% of that TDP value, which is why the PSU calculator sites usually provide you with this as the default value. eg. 'CPU Utilization' value at http://extreme.outervision.com/psucalculatorlite.jsp. You'll also notice that they ask you to input the stock voltage & frequency, as well as the overclocked voltage & frequency , which the equation uses :)

eg. GTX460 1GB's TDP value is 160W @ 0.975V, 675MHz.
So you can work out the C value: C = ( P * 90% ) / ( (V^2) * f) = 144W / ( ( 0.975V ^ 2 ) * 675MHz ) = 0.22441
Now when you OC the card to 850MHz @ 1.025V, the power consumption would increase to: P = 0.22441 * ( 1.025V ^ 2 ) * 850MHz = 200.4 W

You can use the same equation for CPU's ;)
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Taking the card to a friend tomorrow. I found out why my psu does not work, it only has 15A on the 12V rails. I am looking at the Crosair TX850W.
 
A TX650 would be more than enough for a high end single GPU card.
750W is what you get for dual graphics cards, and 850W for like high end dual graphics cards.

If your 700W PSU has multiple (not just 2) 6-pin PCI-E connectors, then you might want to try 1x 6-pin PCI-E connector from the 1 cable and another from a second cable, because they might be on separate +12V rails.
 
Pada said:
A TX650 would be more than enough for a high end single GPU card.
750W is what you get for dual graphics cards, and 850W for like high end dual graphics cards.

If your 700W PSU has multiple (not just 2) 6-pin PCI-E connectors, then you might want to try 1x 6-pin PCI-E connector from the 1 cable and another from a second cable, because they might be on separate +12V rails.
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Did try that. Opened the 2 power cables (2 molex to 6-pin), first one then added the other still did not work. I'll get the 850W psu, and add water cooling when I am going to OC. I should have enough power if I decide to add a second card.
 
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