also @ TechSpot: Intel says Haswell will improve battery life by 50 percent

Upgrading GPU

Discussion in 'Audio and Video' started by Xclusiveitalian, Mar 5, 2013.

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  1. Xclusiveitalian TechSpot Enthusiast Posts: 590   +19

  2. dividebyzero trainee n00b Posts: 4,101   +200

    Looks like a decent performance upgrade and a pretty good price, all things considered.
    An OC'ed 660 doesn't require much more power than the 550 Ti you're presently running. Power charts for the 550 Ti, stock 660 and OC'ed MSI 660 @ 1085 core/1150 boost - not appreciably faster than the EVGA ( ~ 40MHz higher) >here<. The performance charts from the same review should present a good guide versus both the 550 Ti and any other card in the same price bracket.
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  3. Xclusiveitalian TechSpot Enthusiast Posts: 590   +19

    Thanks for the heads up! Think I'm gonna make the upgrade then!
  4. DonNagual TechSpot Ambassador Posts: 3,547

  5. Xclusiveitalian TechSpot Enthusiast Posts: 590   +19

    There is a picture of the PSU in the first post, it's one I got when I bought my HP computer nothing fancy im presuming. Im gonna check out the calculator right now.
  6. DonNagual TechSpot Ambassador Posts: 3,547

    +12v rails look like they have enough amps, just a question of watts now. That calculator should answer your question though. It's going to be close *nerd*
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