Gtx 780

[n0x1ous]

price shows 69.99 for 750 that you linked earlier on amazon - sold by circuit city

 

[CRV]

price shows 69.99 for 750 that you linked earlier on amazon - sold by circuit city

Yes, but I'm a Amazon Prime member and I want to get one that is Prime, so that I can get a free 2 days shipping.

 

[CRV]

I'm thinking I should be fine with the R9 290 card, since the card that I have right now blows out air the same way as the R9 290.

 

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I probably will have to think about it. I might even just go for a GTX 780, because of certain cooling issues as stated.

 

[n0x1ous]

The 760 is open air? Usually oem cards are blowers

 

[CRV]

The 760 is open air? Usually oem cards are blowers

It has a single fan on the card. From looking at the back of the PC, it doesn't seem to have any vent showing from the card.

 

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The PC do however has a rear fan that blows the air from inside out.

 

[CRV]

So I went ahead today and ordered the Sapphire R9 290 Tri X OC and an http://www.amazon.com/EVGA-SuperNOVA...words=evga+psu

I was going back in forth about the R9 290 and the Evga GTX 780 with the two fans. The GTX 780 was $509 vs the $439 R9 290. I can get a copy of Watch Dogs with the GTX 780. With the R9 290 I can get 3 free games from there libarary. I figure since I don't like to play story games and games like GTA, then Watch Dogs would be a waste of a game for me. Figure since the R9 290 and the GTX 780 is about similar and since I will be saving $70 I went for the R9 290.

Going to get it delivered by tomorrow via Amazon. Hopefully it is a beast.
Will update you guys about it. This will be my first time upgrading a GPU and PSU. If there's anything that I should know, please reply. In the meantime I will be YouTubing videos on it.

Again, thanks to everyone for their help.

 

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Okay, so I got the new card and PSU today. Installed it and everything seems to be working, but I got a black screen. I'm connect it to my TV via HDMI. Please help.

 

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Anybody?

 

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I place the old card back in there and on the screen it says PLEASE POWER DOWN AND CONNECT THE PCIe POWER CABLE(S) FOR THIS GRAPHIVS CARD. What is that?

 

[Deders]

Are the 6/8 pin connectors plugged into the card?

the old card would need 2x 6 pin connectors.

The new card might need either 1x 6pin and 1x 8pin or 2x8pin.

 

[CRV]

Are the 6/8 pin connectors plugged into the card?

the old card would need 2x 6 pin connectors.

The new card might need either 1x 6pin and 1x 8pin or 2x8pin.

I only connected one 6 pin connector. I believe the old card only use one 6 pin. I have a bunch of wires that came with my PSU, so can I just add the extra wire by connect it to the GPU and PSU?

 

[n0x1ous]

Yes

 

[CRV]

I got the screen to turn on, on the new card. I'm on the Bios Utility page. What to do next?

 

[CRV]

Got it to work. Installing drivers now.

 

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So got the card to work and playing BF4 on Ultra settings. Getting above 70 fps and up to the mid 100's. It looks awesome. I stop a lot and look around, because it looks gorgeous. Only thing is that the highest temp was 86 c and 70% fan speed. Is this okay?

I will have to add another fan etc to help cool it, in the near future. The sound when the fan got to 60-70% is a bit loud, but slightly lower than the stock GTX 760.

 

[amenx]

Damn good deal on that tri-x. If anything moves me back to AMD this would be the card that does it.

 

[n0x1ous]

A little high on fan speed for that temp, but we figured you would want a little extra ventilation coming from that side panel vent anyway. Congrats on the card and glad the performance is meeting your expectations

 

[CRV]

A little high on fan speed for that temp, but we figured you would want a little extra ventilation coming from that side panel vent anyway. Congrats on the card and glad the performance is meeting your expectations

Thank you. I just placed an order for a fan. I found a mount for a single fan in the front of the computer, where the front panel is at. Hopefully this will help keep the computer running cooler.