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MiniCompute

Posted on 06-09-12 11:04 PM

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Posted by ninjablooper
Honestly all I use my PC for anymore other than gaming is to check forums and sometimes watch a Youtube video.

Hmm, you sound like you just keep it simple then.

Your cpu does well with electricity voltage so your bill electric bill shouldnt be much of a problem to you, I recommed, you clock it up to 3.4ghz.
Sad thing about your cpu it will not unlock to a triple or quadcore.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814500239

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371030

Also these 2 items should be enough for normal games, mmo that needs a quadcore I recommend you stay away from it.

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I have a question, sorry for the bump. Is there any game or thing which recommended graphics specs I can use as a basis for what a good card would be?

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Posted on 11-12-12 03:23 AM

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After awhile I think I've settled on a card (been using a mediocre one I got about half a year ago Runs 2008 games fine, but once I hit about 2009 or 2010 it gets terrible performance). I may buy assuming it's compatible. The Radeon HD 6870. Apparently it can run Arma II on high (benchmark I've been looking at). It is about $160-$180 from the searches I've done which is a bit below my budget. I'm still a bit weary though. Anyone here recommend or object it?

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Posted on 11-12-12 02:42 PM (rev. 2 of 11-12-12 02:47 PM)

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Posted by ninjablooper
After awhile I think I've settled on a card (been using a mediocre one I got about half a year ago Runs 2008 games fine, but once I hit about 2009 or 2010 it gets terrible performance). I may buy assuming it's compatible. The Radeon HD 6870. Apparently it can run Arma II on high (benchmark I've been looking at). It is about $160-$180 from the searches I've done which is a bit below my budget. I'm still a bit weary though. Anyone here recommend or object it?

Yes I do, if your budget is set at 160, why not raise that budget to about 210.0 ?
If your dead set on aiming for ATI card, you would be doing yourself a nice favor and 2 for 1 low priced.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113281
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130662
Before you complain it about not having enough power to game well it does.
It can do dolphin and metroid prime 2 with a fps fix up very easily.
If your not looking for a powerfull cpu to do full work loads that will do you just fine.

Yes the ati 6870 is good at times, but why bother with just upgrading one old machine ?
If I were you I would make plans on selling your old computer.

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Posted on 11-23-12 03:16 AM

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Try crossfire with 2 Radeon HD 7990 or SLI with 2 Nvidia GTX 690, but its too expensive xd

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Posted by DruidVorse
Try crossfire with 2 Radeon HD 7990 or SLI with 2 Nvidia GTX 690, but its too expensive xd

I think one hd 7990 card would be plenty for that kind of setup.
With the apu, he would need to keeo any intense work loads off the cpu and let vga card share some of the work load.
Worked out best for me, before I gave it away,
If he wanted to really cross fire on a good cpu, I recommend he looked into a amd fx quad core or higher end sandy bridge 1155 socket.

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