ok guys i need your help..... specifically your opinions, advises or solutions if that's possible on this.....
my older card, the one i had before my crossfire setup was a XFX 9600 GT with 1 gb video mem., 256 bit memory bandwidth and was GDDR3. it ran on slot power.
anyways i sold it to a friend of mine. he was using it on a core i3 system with a 450 watt power supply. now he began to have issues with it about a month ago. i posted the issue in this thread: http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2184183&highlight=
now ultimately i had to send it to get it serviced under warranty. now it's been one month and the staff at the place which i gave this card at for servicing hasn't returned my card. but today when i talked to them they said an issue on their side has come up which is that since that particular xfx 9600gt model has been discontinued, they'll be sending me a xfx 4350 hd card to which i said i won't accept it at all as the card is nowhere equivalent to the 9600 gt i had.. i told them that i'll only take something which equivalent. so they said the best they can provide me with is a XFX GT 520 which almost has everything similar to my 9600 gt but a memory bandwidth of "just" 64 bit which is really concerning me... i had to say yes because if i hadn't i knew things would only be delayed further.
so just tell me how much impact would my friend have when he uses this card? especially when we keep direct x 11 off and even on directx9 or 10 keep the settings tweaked between medium and low.
my older card, the one i had before my crossfire setup was a XFX 9600 GT with 1 gb video mem., 256 bit memory bandwidth and was GDDR3. it ran on slot power.
anyways i sold it to a friend of mine. he was using it on a core i3 system with a 450 watt power supply. now he began to have issues with it about a month ago. i posted the issue in this thread: http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2184183&highlight=
now ultimately i had to send it to get it serviced under warranty. now it's been one month and the staff at the place which i gave this card at for servicing hasn't returned my card. but today when i talked to them they said an issue on their side has come up which is that since that particular xfx 9600gt model has been discontinued, they'll be sending me a xfx 4350 hd card to which i said i won't accept it at all as the card is nowhere equivalent to the 9600 gt i had.. i told them that i'll only take something which equivalent. so they said the best they can provide me with is a XFX GT 520 which almost has everything similar to my 9600 gt but a memory bandwidth of "just" 64 bit which is really concerning me... i had to say yes because if i hadn't i knew things would only be delayed further.
so just tell me how much impact would my friend have when he uses this card? especially when we keep direct x 11 off and even on directx9 or 10 keep the settings tweaked between medium and low.
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