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Quote vanfishtellroy Replybullet Topic: new graphics card
    Posted: 12/May/2012 at 16:27
i got a 4870 now thinking of a 6870 can any one give me some good advice i play bf3 fifa 12 cod 4
the card above is in my price range please offer other cards if you wish and why !!!!
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Quote Cyber_Tech Replybullet Posted: 12/May/2012 at 17:08
Yes, 6870 is a good choice. What's your budget?

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Quote vanfishtellroy Replybullet Posted: 15/May/2012 at 07:40
100 -130 max i seen 6870 for this price m8 but is there any others i should look at ????
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Quote Cyber_Tech Replybullet Posted: 15/May/2012 at 10:22
You could get a GTX560 for that money but I think the 6870 is a better option.

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Quote vanfishtellroy Replybullet Posted: 16/May/2012 at 07:30
i like radeon and hoping the 6870 will have the power plugs on it as my 4870 [is the gtx 560 good
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Quote Cyber_Tech Replybullet Posted: 16/May/2012 at 10:28
Yes, the 6870 has 2x6 Pin PCI-E power like the 4870, same with the 560.

560 gets good if you can stretch to a Ti variant, below that not really.

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Quote vanfishtellroy Replybullet Posted: 18/May/2012 at 10:18
i bought my p.c from you 3-4 years ago i think the power suppy was 750 watt [may be 700 watt] but not 100 % will this run a 6870 i found this in my old posts i think its my p.c hahahaha blond moment
*BASE_PRICE: [+762]
CAS: NZXT TEMPEST BLACK Mid Tower Case [+2]
CASUPGRADE: NONE
CS_FAN: Default Case Fan
CPU: (Sckt775)Intel® Core™ 2 Duo E8400 CPU @ 3.0GHz 1333FSB 6MB L2 ***Overclockable XXX*** Cache 64-bit
CD: SONY DUAL FORMAT 20X DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW DRIVE DUAL LAYER (BLACK COLOR)
CD2: NONE
CABLE: None
FLASHMEDIA: None
FREEBIE_VC: None
FAN: INTEL LGA775 CERTIFIED CPU FAN & HEATSINK
FLOPPY: NONE
FREEBIE_CU1: FREE! CyberPower Multi-Purpose Carrying Case
FREEBIE_CU2: FREE! Cyberpower Unleash The Power T-Shirt
HDD: Single Hard Drive (320GB SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 16MB Cache 7200RPM HDD [-7])
HDD2: NONE
IEEE_CARD: NONE
KEYBOARD: Logitech Cordless Deluxe 660 Desktop Keyboard & Mouse
MOUSE: NONE
MODEM: NONE
MONITOR: 22" (21.6" Viewable) WIDE 5MS TFT Active Matrix LCD Display DVI Monitor
MONITOR2: NONE
MOTHERBOARD: (QX9650/Q9770 Support) Asus P5E Intel X38 Chipset CrossFire FSB1600 DDR2/1066Mhz Mainboard w/GbLAN, USB2.0,IEEE1394,&7.1Audio ***Overclockable XXX*** [+73]
MEMORY: (Req.DDR2 MainBoard)4GB (2x2GB) PC6400 DDR2/800 Dual Channel Memory (Corsair Value Select or Major Brand)
NETWORK: ONBOARD 10/100 NETWORK CARD
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OS: Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Home Premium w/ Service Pack 1 (64-bit Edition [+9])
POWERSUPPLY: 850 Watts Power Supplies [+59] (CoolerMaster Real Power PRO 850W Modular PSU SLI Ready)
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RUSH: NONE
SOUND: Creative Labs SB Audigy SE [-11]
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Quote Cyber_Tech Replybullet Posted: 18/May/2012 at 19:38
850W Coolermaster will run two 6870s if you ask it nicely.

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