sniper, 560w is more then enough...... check my signature.....

i remeber legionhardware or xbitlabs measure the power requirement for crossfire and a xtreme procesor max out around 400W only, still got plentiful to spare

a good psu is costly... really really costly... few hundred... wait til mine die then ill go get one... or probably when im rich .. haha~

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Added on January 21, 2008, 6:27 pmsifu's. i am wondering whether HIS HD 3850 Iceq3 turbo 512 MB DDR3 pcie can be supported by a no-brand 500W power supply.. im in tight budget.. only can get the card..

This post has been edited by jedi_dc: Jan 21 2008, 06:27 PM

Just a kindly reminder. Your processor will bottleneck your 3850 if you bought it.

-pWs-

my proc? . why will it bottleneck it ..AMD64 X2 4000+ @ 2.35GHz.. i oced it abit

This post has been edited by jedi_dc: Jan 21 2008, 06:34 PM

Yup... In 3DMark, but not sure in real life game.

-pWs-

boss, as stated , will my 500watt chaplan psu support my rig? + 3850 IceqTurbo3 512MBDDR3..? i am in tight budget... cant get a good psu

HD3850 at least need a decent true power psu to support it.
You wana your HD3850 get burnt again ?

My advice. Get a decent PSU first. That graphics and games can come later when you upgrade next time.

yeah to invest decent psu i.e enermax , tagan ,gigabyte so that your system's much stable & more juice - >sufficient to run high end gc (no worry though if oc)
of course no regret later on

cheers,

Minimium Requirement Watt For CrossFire 3870?

650w? or?

stated in the box 500w real power. for normal
cf if im not mistaken its 650w.

This post has been edited by DevilMan: Jan 21 2008, 09:20 PM

my acbel 450w also can support 3850 oced + amd 4000 x2 oced to 3.0

i think there is enough juice already...nowadays lower power consumption wat...smalle nm process IMHO

empire23 has a setup with Q6600 + HD3870 powered with his Enermax 500W... he say mine should be able to provide sufficient power since Fortron is quite a respectable manufacturer for good PSU. Well... pray hard...

bro vearn, don't worry la
my psu reading never exceed 350W with 3.6ghz 1.515 vcore and 3870 oced

Dont worry...Its not a HD2900XT...as long as you have a reliable PSU 450Watt is minimum for single card setup

i think 500w is sufficient... unless u wanna crossfire

btw what brand is good for this card? Sapphire and HIS seem abit popular in m'sia... and HIS more expensive...
so what's the different between them? The msi OC version good or not?

any suggestions guys?

simple his iceq3 3870.

This post has been edited by DevilMan: Jan 21 2008, 11:35 PM

Wow...since when HIS produced NVIDIA cards...and when did NVIDIA had 9870 on the roadmap? Unless it is the old Radeon 9xxx series...

This post has been edited by clayclws: Jan 21 2008, 11:35 PM

imagine 8800gt one iceq setting?

err, what's the different between stock sapphire and his hd3870? cos his is abit more expensive... any idea?

the msi one also not bad...