Help With New Graphic Card Choice

[jrsons601]

Im getting the 6800gt tomorrow... From what company should I get it from... I trust EVGA but i dont know if the temperatures will be alright sinse the evga version has a kind of dinky cooler.


THANKS A BUNCH,
CheeseJr

 

[Kage]

What others can you get it from?

 

[jrsons601]

what other company that u say is good.... O and would I be more happy with a x800xl... ? Um I think Im getting it off new egg so what ever company u recomend i can find on there or online. THANKS

 

[Kage]

No i meant, what other companies can you get them in, as well as Evga?

Hmm, I'm not sure, but I think the 6800gt is infact better than the x800xl

 

[Dishdog]

BFG is a good company. if MSI makes one they are also good.

 

[Kage]

Yeah, a good thing about BFG is that they come already pre-overclocked to push more out of the cards Though these can be pushed even further with something like Coolbits for Nvidia cards

At least if its pre-overclocked to there ratings, it has full lifetime guarantee that it won't fail

 

[jrsons601]

will my 420 no name psu be up to the fight? its running a regular evga 6800128 now

 

[Dishdog]

i personally would get a new PSU.

 

[jrsons601]

well I personally have no more money

 

[Kage]

It should be alright for the time being. Its a good wattage, but the fact it has no name makes it a guessing game as to wheather it can do the voltages as it says it can, and give them solidly without sending spikes of power to your components.

If you can't afford it though, for the moment, i'd risk using that powersupply, but as soon as you can get one, buy one, okay? At least it seems stable enough to have ran your system so far, so I guess it should be alright for a little bit more,
though that card will take alot out of your PSU power