The 5770 should fit in your case just fine. Although the Scout is a great case, if you don't like your current one, I'd jump on that one
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What power supply do you have?
What power supply do you have?
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Well, my current case came with a power supply and its a 500 watt. You can see the specifications on my case by looking at the specifications tab
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Oh.
I didn't see that it was a 500w PSU
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My bad.
Anyways...
The 5770 requires:
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(Sapphire 5770)
So long as your PSU has a 6 pin PCIe power connector, you should be good
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I didn't see that it was a 500w PSU
My bad.
Anyways...
The 5770 requires:
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| 450 Watt or greater power supply with 1x 75W 6-pin PCI Express power connector recommended (600 Watt and two 6-pin connectors for ATI CrossFireX Technology in dual mode) |
So long as your PSU has a 6 pin PCIe power connector, you should be good
Should look something like this:
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The connector on the left should be attached to your PSU, and it just plugs directly into the card's six pin PCIe slot.
The picture on the right is just a molex to PCIe converter, which you would use if you had a PSU that didn't have a PCIe connector (the converters come with most video cards nowadays).
The connector on the left should be attached to your PSU, and it just plugs directly into the card's six pin PCIe slot.
The picture on the right is just a molex to PCIe converter, which you would use if you had a PSU that didn't have a PCIe connector (the converters come with most video cards nowadays).
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Hrm? Your card has a power connector though
Originally Posted by jakestg I hope I got a such thing, I never had to hook my PSU to my card before. |
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How do you perceive your games right now with your 8800GTS? If it's smooth to you now, I doubt you need an upgrade yet.
Originally Posted by jakestg My bad, a 6 pin connector is connected to my video card. I looked in my case and saw it hooked at the end. Do you think a upgrade from a MSI 8800gts 512mb to a HD5770 1 gig is a big difference in FPS? Like will my frames in WoW and Flight sim X increase? |
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