Can my PSU handle HD4870 ?

[maroon1]

I heard that HD4870 is taller than my 8800GTS 320MB

Here is picture of my case

Do you think that HD4870 will fit in my case ?

 

[Ste]

I already Said Yes....

 

[maroon1]

I already Said Yes....

I'm afraid that the HD4870 might not fit in my case because of this white IDE cable (look at the red circle)

Do anyone here have comparison picture between HD4870 and 8800GTS (G80) ?

 

[ricanflow]

Maroon, itll fit.

Its not much longer than the GTS 320, and doesnt even use much more power.

 

[Apokalipse]

1. with 16A on the +12V rail (192W), you'd be pushing it with that PSU, but if you're not running much else from it, it should work fine.
If it were me, I'd get a new PSU anyway. Something like this with 60A on the +12V rail, high quality components, and ~83-85% efficient across a very wide range of load conditions

2. the 4870 uses the same PCB as the 4850, and is about 8 7/8"
If in doubt, there's always the option of getting a longer IDE cable

3. I've got Diamond's XOC BIOS here (990MHZ ceiling in CCC; third party programs are unrestricted)
the stock core speed with that BIOS is 800MHZ though

I've made a modified BIOS based on Diamond's XOC BIOS here, which has a stock core speed of 750MHZ in 3D and 160MHZ in 2D (normally 500MHZ in 2D) for better power saving, but still has the overdrive limit in CCC at 990MHZ (again third party programs are unrestricted)

 

[Drizzt]

Apok, maybe I missed it, but did you buy one of the new cards yet?

 

[Apokalipse]

Apok, maybe I missed it, but did you buy one of the new cards yet?

Not yet, I'm waiting on my tax return (which is taking a while)
Dainius gets first priority out of that (for a 9850 BE), but I'm planning on getting 2 x 4870's

 

[Drizzt]

1 4870x2 might turn out better though, and might be cheaper. $499 vs $560 (most 4850's are still $280 right?).

Insane HD 4870X2 Crossfire-X scaling action! - XtremeSystems Forums

Scalings of it are quite impressive too.

I'm sure those results were done with some kind of phenom.

 

[Nagasama]

Maroon you should be alright with that PSU since AFAIK you are running everything at stock....but the 4870 does suck lots of power and it would make me nervous running the PSU at full tilt while gaming.

You might want to put a new PSU next on your list...a good solid HX620w or similar will last you for years and years.

As for it being an upgrade over an 8800GTS, lol yes very much so. I used to have a 640mb 8800gts vmodded (as well as a G92 vmodded 8800GTS 512mb) and this card is massively faster than both. It really shows its true colors when you start heaping on all the AF and AA.

Here are some GRID benches I've just done, my 4850 is at 820/1150 so it's faster than a stock 4870, but it should give you a good idea of how it performs.

dude..is that multiplayer? for some reason it seems that my COD4 doesn't look quite that good. is it the HDR that is doing that? ie making yours look so good.

 

[gurusan]

woops i didnt even mean to link the CoD4 pic lol, meant to show grid.

and I dunno...everything is maxed and it's set to 8x MSAA 16x AF...