Hello Everyone,
A while ago, I purchased a barebone kit with the following specs: Pentium D 940 @ 3.2 Ghz, 3 Gigabytes DDR2 Ram, a P4M900-M7 FE mobo (with PCI-e), and a 450 watt power supply. An Nvidia Geforce 8500 gt was also included as a bonus. My question is what is the best graphics card out there that won't be bottlenecked by my processor? But I know my CPU sucks, so would it just be better to use the money I would have spent on the graphics card and buy a new CPU instead? Also, would it be wise to upgrade to at least a 600 watt psu? BTW, my mobo is socket 775.
If you answer my question, thanks!
Additional info: I tend to play games around 1440 x 900, the games are normally Fps games like Call of Duty series( World at War runs terrible on my system) and Rpg games like Fallout 3, Oblivion, ect. With the exception of Crysis, most of the games I play runs about 20-25 Frames per second. I'm not an "extreme gamer", but I'd like to run my games at a descent resolution and above the "low setting". Below are the specs on the side of my power supply:
ATX Switching Power Supply model:450W
Voltage Currency Frequency
V~ 15V~ 7.5A 60Hz
Input 250V~ 4.5A 50Hz
V +5V +3.3A +12A -5V -12V +5VSB PS-ON POL COM
Output 30A 25A 25A 0.6A 0.6A 2A Remote P.G. Return
180W 300W 3W 7.2W 10W ____ ____ ____
MAX 430W 20W
450W
I tried to type the Power Supply Sticker in as best I could without the boxes, but the information automatically filled in the spaces. There probably is a way to stop that, but I overlooked it.
Price shouldn't go above $150 on the Graphics card.
A while ago, I purchased a barebone kit with the following specs: Pentium D 940 @ 3.2 Ghz, 3 Gigabytes DDR2 Ram, a P4M900-M7 FE mobo (with PCI-e), and a 450 watt power supply. An Nvidia Geforce 8500 gt was also included as a bonus. My question is what is the best graphics card out there that won't be bottlenecked by my processor? But I know my CPU sucks, so would it just be better to use the money I would have spent on the graphics card and buy a new CPU instead? Also, would it be wise to upgrade to at least a 600 watt psu? BTW, my mobo is socket 775.
If you answer my question, thanks!
Additional info: I tend to play games around 1440 x 900, the games are normally Fps games like Call of Duty series( World at War runs terrible on my system) and Rpg games like Fallout 3, Oblivion, ect. With the exception of Crysis, most of the games I play runs about 20-25 Frames per second. I'm not an "extreme gamer", but I'd like to run my games at a descent resolution and above the "low setting". Below are the specs on the side of my power supply:
ATX Switching Power Supply model:450W
Voltage Currency Frequency
V~ 15V~ 7.5A 60Hz
Input 250V~ 4.5A 50Hz
V +5V +3.3A +12A -5V -12V +5VSB PS-ON POL COM
Output 30A 25A 25A 0.6A 0.6A 2A Remote P.G. Return
180W 300W 3W 7.2W 10W ____ ____ ____
MAX 430W 20W
450W
I tried to type the Power Supply Sticker in as best I could without the boxes, but the information automatically filled in the spaces. There probably is a way to stop that, but I overlooked it.
Price shouldn't go above $150 on the Graphics card.