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In article <op.wu5ctvxbowpbh0@obscureserver>, aryb...@gmail.com 
says...
> 
> I want to upgrade my HD5770 to something significantly better. My 500Wt PSU
> has only 1 6-pin connector. Right now I see only one choice - HD7850.
> (It is short - 20-21cm, and uses only 20Wt more at peak)
> 
> My major concern is compatibility with old games. With 5770 I am able to run
> 85% of old games, another 10-12% with older drivers on Win7-32.
> (Old games are Tomb Raiders, M&M6-9, Fallouts, Thief, etc.)
> 
> Would I be able to run 7850 with 10.x drivers?
> How nVidia 6xx cards behave? (I see some nVidia customers experience significant
> difficulties with old games like PoP - Sands of Time, Tomb Raiders.
> I remember I had to downgrade Detonator to 2.x version to play Lands of Lore 3
> when I had FX 5700)
> 
> What is your experience (and advice), please?


I'm running a geforce 570 - this is a huge beast, I had to actually 
knock out some hdd bays in my dear old antec case. It also wants an 8 
pin plus a 6 pin power connector directly from the psu, thanks. My 500W 
psu handles it without a problem.

It wasn't leading edge when I bought it (that was the 580) yet it hasn't 
let me down. I don't play fps, some people may have a different 
experience. It runs everything I've thrown at it, although I must say 
that 640x480 in 256 colours looks like shit on a 30" monitor {laughs}.
I think the only thing that would not fly is 2560x1600 mode in Anarchy 
Online but I know that that's related to my HP monitor somehow, the Dell 
I had here for a short time would handle that, too. (the dell was crap 
though, and soon developed a bad fault so it got sent back). 

-P.
(going on a holiday for 3 weeks in 4 hours, I won't be answering any 
queries for a bit, sorry)