ASUS ENGTX550 Ti/DI/1GD5 GeForce GTX 550 Ti (Fermi) 1GB 192-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP

[aero95]

I do some light online gaming and was looking to extend the life of my somewhat antiquated PC. I am not a guru and was looking for some feedback as whether this graphics card would work to help extend the life of my system. It would be working with:
MOBO: Asus M3A green
PSU: Xion 800W
CPU: AMD Phenom 9600 Quad-Core Processor 2.3 GHz

I am not necessarily locked into this particular graphics card and am open to suggestions as I know I am working with some old surrounding equipment. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Deleted member 362816]

I dont see much a a major bottleneck there I think that card would be a good choice. i would look around at cards in the same price range and make a good selection.

 

[bgrt]

550 Ti is fine. You wouldn't be able to go much higher since the CPU will bottleneck. Depends on your price range, here are some other budget-ish cards to consider:

GTX 460 1GB (old but still relevant)
HD 7770
HD 6850
GTX 650

 

[atomicWAR]

all the mentioned choices are good though i might go for the gtx 650 ti if i were you. its lower power and decent performance you cpu should have no trouble keeping up with. i have an evga ssc GTX 650 myself (though as a physx card not for visuals) and i am quite happy with its performance. only down side is it has no sli connector but it doesn't sound like that is something you need. good luck let us know what you get!

 

[aero95]

After looking at the options you guys mentioned I did a little homework and the GTX 650 seems to get great reviews and seems relatively durable. It does run on the PCIe 3.0 platform while my mobo is a 2.0 platform. To my knowledge that is not an issue and doesn't really effect performance or at most just minimally. Would that be an accurate assessment? If so, I will probably go with this card unless someone can see a reason why I should not.
Thanks all for the great input!

 

[atomicWAR]

your dead on. pci 2.0 won't hamper you much is at all!