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| Thread ID: 96793 | 2009-01-23 02:00:00 | Graphics Card recommendation | nedkelly (9059) | Press F1 |
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| 741286 | 2009-01-23 02:00:00 | Hey i was just wondering if you guys at press f1 could recommend me a good graphics card for my pc. I have an AMD 6000+, on a Gigabyte GA-M61SME-S2, with 2gb ddr2 800 ram, with a 450 watt psu running xp pro sp3. |
nedkelly (9059) | ||
| 741287 | 2009-01-23 02:03:00 | what is on it currently? what is your budget? |
GameJunkie (72) | ||
| 741288 | 2009-01-23 02:07:00 | you know as soon as i posted this thread i thought hmm i should have put my budget in. Was looking to spend around $400 max. Am currently running intergrated graphics Nvidia GeForce 6100 nForce 405 |
nedkelly (9059) | ||
| 741289 | 2009-01-23 02:09:00 | Whatever you do you will need to upgrade the PSU first. Do that, corsair, silverstone, ernemax are all good brands. between 520w and 650w is enough, make sure it has plenty or amperage available on the +12v rails. Highly unlikely your 450w PSU would handle a new card. Then look at a graphics card. You gosta do these things in the right order. :) You can pick up a very nice card for around $400. Btw I have a brand new 750w Silverstone available at an extremely cheap price if you're interested. ;) Got it new at a price I couldn't refuse, but being a bit of a cable freak, I preferred my modular PSU, looks a bit tidier through the case window. I'd courier it to you if you want it, $160 + courier. www.pcper.com www.silverstonetek.com |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 741290 | 2009-01-23 02:09:00 | You will need to check what amperage your PSU has on the 12v+ rail Ned. Also what graphic card connectors does it have. 6 pin or 8, or god forbid molex only!. Also, what monitor do you have! |
SolMiester (139) | ||
| 741291 | 2009-01-23 02:12:00 | "cringe" well SolMiester it only has molex. Where would be the best place to buy a psu from on the shore? Cause there is nothing up here in wgp so would have to go to the shore. |
nedkelly (9059) | ||
| 741292 | 2009-01-23 02:16:00 | how about this one? pbtech.co.nz | nedkelly (9059) | ||
| 741293 | 2009-01-23 02:19:00 | if you don't upgrade the psu then the only cards I'd consider are the ATI based 4650 & 4670 cards, neither of which need an extra power connection to the psu and are very efficient. For around $180 dollars you won't do better, very acceptable gaming performance. Unfortunately the next meaningful upgrade above these cards is around the Nvidia 9800GTX+ or ATI4850 mark and both will cost you more than $400 by the time you add a decent power supply |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 741294 | 2009-01-23 02:20:00 | how about this one? pbtech.co.nz Yep. Excellent choice. Then grab a 4850. Anything higher will probably be bottlenecked by the CPU. |
qazwsxokmijn (102) | ||
| 741295 | 2009-01-23 02:25:00 | Its 26 dollars cheaper here: www.edencomputers.co.nz |
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