hey I'm currently building a gaming rig for a friend out of spare parts and i to deiced between the above mentioned video cards, now the answer may seem obvious but there a details to consider:
So you can see my dilemma with this, do i get the newer but possible more problematic card or go with the older but unsupported and power hungry card... I can't decide...
I would also like to get some games working before handing over so he can get to enjoying the system right away, also would like to see how the old 650watt PSU will handle the load of a GPU, so this is my next question would i be in serous danger of something bad happening if i plug in a GPU with no case support like so:
if this will end in disaster pls let me know but if you have done this or seen this done with no issue i would like to know that as well, any help will be appreciated.
Now the hard part, I first have to decided what GPU to use, I know i said a HD 7870, and yes i do have but it has problems... I had to RMA once and visiontek were super difficult about it, I literally had to recorded the card glitching out in desktop hard before they would approve the RMA, and even after RMAing the card and getting it back it still was troublesome, although not as fricking bad as it was before hand but still, so some drivers would work with the card no problem others would cause BSOD, my brother used this card is his PC before getting a RX 480 and he has had no issues since, so I'm a little hesitant giving this card to Mike who is not very computer literate. Soooo I think I might instead give him my tried and true HIS HD 6950, overclocked to 880MHz on the core and i think i was also a 3GB card maybe... maybe not will have to look, either way it has no problems, I used it as a primary and secondary GPU in a tri fire setup right up until i got my GTX 1070, it is more power hungry then the 7870 and i don't think it is quit as powerful but it is still a solid card. So what do you guys think 7870 or the safer 6950, I think the 6950 will be the better bet or should i uses the 7870, witch can use the crimson drivers unlike the 6950...
So you can see my dilemma with this, do i get the newer but possible more problematic card or go with the older but unsupported and power hungry card... I can't decide...
I would also like to get some games working before handing over so he can get to enjoying the system right away, also would like to see how the old 650watt PSU will handle the load of a GPU, so this is my next question would i be in serous danger of something bad happening if i plug in a GPU with no case support like so:
if this will end in disaster pls let me know but if you have done this or seen this done with no issue i would like to know that as well, any help will be appreciated.