Best card for 1024 768 res.

[aasifdm]

hi everyone pls suggest me best graphics card for 1024 768 res for my crt monitor i will play games at this res only. and the card should be powerful one so i can play all the future newer games at the same res. i will buy a good power supply and a cpu for it. i havin a m2n sli deluxe board and 3 gb ram.
the card should be a good performance and powerful for the future games.my res would be the same at 1024 768. appreciations.

 

[surda]

5750 or 5770 since its only $5 diff should be more than enough.

at that resolution having a powerful cpu is more important than the gpu, what kind of cpu do you have or wanna get?

 

[aasifdm]

presently i am having amd athlon x2 3600+. suggest me a upgrade can i get a am3 socket . and is phenom series would be ok?

 

[HostileDonut]

The Phenom series is worse that the Athlon II series. You will want a Phenom II x4-x6 for gaming. For low-med gaming, x2-x3 is good. If I were you, I would get an hd6850 is you want to play new games, and future games all maxed out with that res. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127566&cm_re=hd6850-_-14-127-566-_-Product good card right there. PSU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341039&cm_re=OCZ_600w-_-17-341-039-_-Product I own that PSU and it is good. OCZ makes pretty solid PSUs and it is 600w. I heard that it can go 700w, but I wouldn't test it.

 

[surda]

whats your budget and what parts do you need, i'll set up a build for you.

 

[HostileDonut]

I will help.

 

[purple stain]

me too

 

[aasifdm]

let me make clear i have m2n sli deluxe mobo. that i will keep and i want to upgrade the cup my budget is 100 bucks for each cpu and graphics card. i think hd6850 will be over for my config and requirement and at that res it will bottleneck the performance. now pls figure out somthing.

 

[HostileDonut]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103871&cm_re=amd_Athlon_ii_x4-_-19-103-871-_-Product not in stock, but will be good for performance. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102898&cm_re=hd5770-_-14-102-898-_-Product $100 for CPU $110 for GPU.

 

[purple stain]

I'd reccomend going with a Nvidia card just to get the most out of it since it's an SLI board.Altough their is no reason why an ATI card won't work either.The 5770 is faster than the 450 but it might be better for an SLI board.

GTS450 $110=$90 after MIR + Free Shipping
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125341&cm_re=450-_-14-125-341-_-Product

What is your current power supply?(make/model)

 

[aasifdm]

the athlon x4 is am3 socket which i think is not supported by my mobo. my mobo is am2 so need a good one. and my power supply presently is 450 w if i want i will upgrade it. is there any specific reason for y not use 5770 than 450 other than its sli ready. let me know if any.

 

[aasifdm]

will my m2n sli deluxe asus mobo support phenom 2 quad core ? cuz my mobo is am2 and even if it works as stated by cpu support asus website will i get the full performance out of the cpu or it will limit itself due to old mobo ?

 

[HostileDonut]

AM2 and AM3 are not like bandwidth and performance, it is the actual physical slot. If you have AM2+ you can put either AM2, AM2+, and even AM3 in it. AM2 is just AM2, so no AM3 or AM2+.

 

[aasifdm]

thx hostiledonut... pls specify i cud not get ur point... can i put a am3 phenom 2 x4 processor or not and run it smoothly?

 

[HostileDonut]

Well, AM2 and AM3 sockets are physically different. It is like trying to put a square into a circle, it would not work. Technically you could actually get it inside, but it would either do damage to the CPU, or damage to the motherboard. It is NOT about running smoothly like a PCI-E 2.0 and a PCI-E 1.0 with half the bandwidth. It just plain will NOT work. You will need a AM2 CPU and none other, unless you have an AM2+ socket. Could you link me your mobo?

 

[HostileDonut]

wouldnt a 5670 be good enough? at such a low res... also does that mean maxing out AA+AF also or just the high settings in games without AA+AF... im confused on why people are suggesting a 200 dollar card for such low res gaming lol

I didn't know his CPU at the time, so since he wanted to play future games too, I offered that.

 

[mrjericho1991]

i also have the same problem,i am also looking for 1024 x 768,so i suggested hd 5750 as a fine choice.

 

[HostileDonut]

i also have the same problem,i am also looking for 1024 x 768,so i suggested hd 5750 as a fine choice.

That would normally be good, but did you see his CPU?

 

[aasifdm]

http://www.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=szSFtrap7crpBaQE that is my mobo.

 

[HostileDonut]

That is AM2+ which means a Phenom II will work. Now just figure out the TDP.

 

[HostileDonut]

Btw, I will be gone until Thursday so I will not be able to help any more until then.

 

[aasifdm]

sorry to ask but what is TDP ? and how to figure that out ? and phenom 2 is for am3 socket if i am correct ? and when i look at asus cpu support on web it gives a notice like "beta version" and stuff like that is it ok ?

 

[purple stain]

They don't even make prossesors for the AM2 socket anymore.Unless i'm missing something it's not backwards compatiable with any other socket type.

TDP is the maximum wattage your mobo can support for a prossesor.EX. mine is 125watts.Yours will probably be lower.

 

[aasifdm]

tdp wattage is 125watts i suppose.

 

[mrjericho1991]

even a hd 4850 should be able to do that job or even 9800gt.its tooo low.