So I'm finally looking to put a graphics in my Q6600 system that OC's to 3.4. This is to be my secondary gaming system for friends/girlfriend when they want to play a lan game or come over to hang out, whatever.
Current system has a Nvidia 8400 in it (just so I have SOMETHING in it) so I really need to throw a gaming card in it. It's runnin on 4 gigs of DDR3 ram in a crossfire motherboard.
Now for my concern/issue/questions.
Tiger Direct has the 4870X2 for 150$ (about the max that I want to spend at the moment) and it's a great card even now days compaired to the 6950, just no DX11 or Eyefinity. However my current system has a 550 watt power supply in it and I'm concerned that this would be too much for the power supply.
I could also go with a 6850 and pick a second one up later, I know the 6850 sips power compaired to the 4870X2 and it is still a great mainstream card.
Finally Tiger has 4850's for 60$, I could get one or 2 of these for now and then truly upgrade once the new HD 7000 series makes a showing. The issue with these are they are only 512 meg cards. They are cheaper, require less power than the 4870X2, but really can't handle 1080p with high textures due to the low memory.
So I need your guys's suggestions. Let me know if you need any other information, thanks.
Current system has a Nvidia 8400 in it (just so I have SOMETHING in it) so I really need to throw a gaming card in it. It's runnin on 4 gigs of DDR3 ram in a crossfire motherboard.
Now for my concern/issue/questions.
Tiger Direct has the 4870X2 for 150$ (about the max that I want to spend at the moment) and it's a great card even now days compaired to the 6950, just no DX11 or Eyefinity. However my current system has a 550 watt power supply in it and I'm concerned that this would be too much for the power supply.
I could also go with a 6850 and pick a second one up later, I know the 6850 sips power compaired to the 4870X2 and it is still a great mainstream card.
Finally Tiger has 4850's for 60$, I could get one or 2 of these for now and then truly upgrade once the new HD 7000 series makes a showing. The issue with these are they are only 512 meg cards. They are cheaper, require less power than the 4870X2, but really can't handle 1080p with high textures due to the low memory.
So I need your guys's suggestions. Let me know if you need any other information, thanks.