best gfx card that requires only one 6pin connector

[TigerMonsoonDragon]

Currently running a 9600gt with 400w psu with 36/2 A on 12v rail

I'm looking to see if there's a card with a noticeable performance jump for my needs

If nothing a 560ti with antec 600w psu but I'm trying to avoid that my room get hot enough lol

 

[Crap Daddy]

HD7850. Huge performance increase over what you have. What CPU do you use?

 

[TigerMonsoonDragon]

Does it require only one 6pin? Plus I only have a 400w

Currently on my trusty e8400 with 4gb ram

 

[lakedude]

Does it require only one 6pin? Plus I only have a 400w

Currently on my trusty e8400 with 4gb ram

I've got the HIS HD 7850 and it has one 6 pin.

This is curious because there is a spot on the board for another 6 pin connector but there is no second connector.

Your CPU and mine both have the same TDP (65 Watts). The entire system only draws about 165 Watts while gaming and maybe 265 or so running LinPack and FurMark so a 400 Watt should be fine.

The HD 7850 is done on the 28 nm process and sucks way less power than previous generations. I like it a lot!

 

[Greenlepricon]

You'll run a 7850 on 400w and yes it does only need one connector. You might want to see what Nvidia releases in the next couple of months since the 660ti finally came out, but right now there really isn't any good competition unless you want something a little cheaper. I wouldn't recommend the 560ti over it unless you want to play games that do better with nvidia, but even that gap is usually small with these gpu's. I think you'll be alright overclocking it too, but be really careful if you do on that power supply. You'll get one beastly card doing that.

 

[Crap Daddy]

One six pin, it should run stock on a decent 400W PSU, maybe even slightly overclocked.

 

[Arkadrel]

Im pretty sure the 7870/7850 both use 2 x 6pin connectors.
660ti uses 2x connectors as well.

Something like a 7770 only uses 1 connector.... but with overclock at best it ll give you
AMD 6870 / Nvidia 470 performance.



http://hwbot.org/hardware/videocard/geforce_9600_gt/
http://hwbot.org/hardware/videocard/radeon_hd_7770/


Stock compair of the cards:
9600GT @675mhz (25mhz oc) = ~5400 marks
7770@1080(80mhz oc) (lowest I could find) = ~18,100 marks

I think its safe to assume, if you get something like a 7770, you ll see x3 performance
of what you currently have.




****************** EDIT:
found a much faster card! that only requires 1x6pin connector. The Xfx 7850 1gb version!

http://xfxforce.com/en-gb/Products/Graphics-Cards/AMD/AMD-Radeon-HD-7000/AMD-Radeon-HD-7850.aspx

Requirements:
External Power - 6-Pins:1

Minimum Power Supply Requirement:500 watt

XFX Recommended Power Supply:XFX 650W PSU


However they recammend a 500watt PSU.... so your probably safer going with a 7770.

 

[Protomize]

The HD 7850 is the fastest GPU that only requires one six pin connection. Here's a picture of the HIS IceQ X version in my rig.

 

[3DVagabond]

The reference 7850 is 1x 6pin. I don't know of any that require 2. (Count down for someone to show I'm wrong. )

 

[Protomize]

The reference 7850 is 1x 6pin. I don't know of any that require 2. (Count down for someone to show I'm wrong. )

The XFX HD 7850 requires two.

 

[Greenlepricon]

Most 7850 use one 6 pin as far as I know... Also you don't need to listen to the recommended as long as it works (assuming the power supply is good). I think the max tdp is 130w for the 7850. The 9600gt currently in the system uses around 100w I believe. Adding 30 is nearly nothing, and if it does make a difference then it might be possible to undervolt or underclock it to something more viable. I doubt this will be the case. Suggesting a 7770 also isn't a bad idea, and is a good amount cheaper. If you don't care about trying to run games such as the witcher II or battlefield, then this is a great buy. I think you'll be good going with either option. The 7850 will by far get you the bigger performance boost though.

 

[3DVagabond]

The XFX HD 7850 requires two.

What took you so long?

 

[Meghan54]

The reference 7850 is 1x 6pin. I don't know of any that require 2. (Count down for someone to show I'm wrong. )

The XFX HD 7850 requires two.

Actually, I've only found two that require dual 6-pin connectors, both XFX's.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814150608

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814150609



Really doubt there are any others, because every other one I've seen uses a single 6-pin connector, incl. the heavily OC'd versions.

 

[Greenlepricon]

Just looked it up. The xfx use 7870 pcb's. That explains the two 6 pins. You don't really have to worry or care about those. Just get one using the regular pcb.

Also note that the pcb's are being used to cut costs, not because of any benefits or anything (despite that there may be some, but I'm not gonna vouch on that).

 

[blastingcap]

Does it require only one 6pin? Plus I only have a 400w

Currently on my trusty e8400 with 4gb ram

A 7850 even overclocked is very energy efficient. As long as you don't overvolt, your 400w is almost surely good enough. Even if you do overvolt a little, make sure you have decent amps on your 12 volt rail, enough for all your computer including CPU/mobo/RAM/drives/fans/etc. If you don't know what I'm talking about, just avoid overvolting it. Not worth straining your PSU for the sake of an extra couple of fps.

 

[Zanovar]

What took you so long?

 

[Silverforce11]

Sapphire twin fan 7850 is just 1x 6pin. OC even with vcore its ~130-140W, at 1.2ghz.

 

[blackened23]

The 7850 is by far the best with 1x 6 pin. The only similar (power requirement wise) product from nvidia is the GT640 which is a steaming pile of god-awful.

Anyone who buys a GT640 should be lectured for being misinformed.

 

[Termie]

Does it require only one 6pin? Plus I only have a 400w

Currently on my trusty e8400 with 4gb ram

I wouldn't buy a card more powerful than a 6850 if you're sticking with that processor. You won't get a significant performance increase from something like the 7850 due to the CPU bottleneck in most new games.

All 6850s, as far as I know, only require a single PCIe connector.

 

[TigerMonsoonDragon]

I've got the HIS HD 7850 and it has one 6 pin.

This is curious because there is a spot on the board for another 6 pin connector but there is no second connector.

Your CPU and mine both have the same TDP (65 Watts). The entire system only draws about 165 Watts while gaming and maybe 265 or so running LinPack and FurMark so a 400 Watt should be fine.

The HD 7850 is done on the 28 nm process and sucks way less power than previous generations. I like it a lot!

Using a killawatt it used 190w while running cry sis

Wow the new Gen are really green eh? Thx guys

 

[TigerMonsoonDragon]

I wouldn't buy a card more powerful than a 6850 if you're sticking with that processor. You won't get a significant performance increase from something like the 7850 due to the CPU bottleneck in most new games.

All 6850s, as far as I know, only require a single PCIe connector.

I'm not worried bout bottleneck ima upgrade to i5 in winter

7850 it is I assumed it was one of those higher power ones


My psu has 36/2A on 12v rail

 

[TigerMonsoonDragon]

Thinking 7770

Would my sparkle 400w run it?

 

[Greenlepricon]

It would run it no problem! 7770 uses less power than what you have in your system right now, both at idle and load.