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09-15-10, 10:41 PM #1
Close the bottleneck
Ok. So I have a self built AMD system that I never bought a GPU for because I got a decent on-board GPU that fulfilled my needs. Now I want to do something to even out my performance and eliminate my GPU bottleneck. The System is a Athlon II X3 that I unlocked and made into what is a Phenom II X4 with a faulty L3 cache. It performs magnificently but it's easily more powerful than my 4200 with some side-port memory.
Specs: http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=1176729
CPU: Phenom II X4 (unlocked Athlon II X3- my doing)'
GPU: 4200 -some memory onboard
HD: 500Gigs 7200RPM.
RAM: 4Gigs 1600MHz Dual channel
It's not a whole lot but I need to know if I need to buy something that's $50/$70/$100 American. I don't want to go Nvidia simply because I want to use fusion to have my 4200 help my other card out.
TLDR specs needed:
-Needs to be ATI
-Hybrid Performance compatible with Radeon 4200
-no extra connectors
-close the bottleneck
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09-16-10, 08:48 AM #2
Re: Close the bottleneck
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-356-_-Product
$90 with the MIR...
Or if you can squeeze another $35...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-873-_-Product
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09-16-10, 01:14 PM #5
Re: Close the bottleneck
I wouldn't split it.... If you don't have at least a 450+W PSU I wouldn't run a high end card...
You might need to wait until you can upgrade the PSU and GPU...
http://www.playtool.com/pages/psucon...onnectors.html
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09-16-10, 02:33 PM #6
Re: Close the bottleneck
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09-16-10, 02:43 PM #7
Re: Close the bottleneck
"Dual PCI-E Connectors
With a 6-pin and a 6+2 pin PCI-E connectors, the Rosewill Green Series RG630-S12 is ideal for building an SLI or CrossFire gaming system."
It should work... Maybe you just overlooked the second 6+2 pin.
If you have a 6 pin going to the MOBO you can always just unplug it and route it into the GPU directly. You shouldn't need the extra 6 pin going into the MOBO. Your 20+4 connector should power everything fine.
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