Best graphics card I can get for a LGA775

[lualero]

Hi there,

I have a very old computer but I wanted to upgrade it nonetheless so I was wondering which graphics card I could get, the best one for the system I have.

MoBo ASRock G31M-S
4 Gb of RAM
Core 2 Quad Q9400 2.66 Ghz
Windows 7 Ultimate

I looked at the EVGA GeForce GTX 460 Ti Fermi Superclocked but I really don't know... I'd be very grateful if anyone has some recommendations!

 

[LucoTF]

Rx 460 would be good

 

[Ali Tauseef]

RX 460 or 1050 will be the max of what that processor will handle.

 

[neblogai]

GTX460 is a very old card. GTX770 go cheap on ebay, and are great if your power supply is powerful enough. If it is not- then used GTX750Ti, or new cards like GTX1050, RX460 might be good. Although RX460 might be tiny bit bandwidth limited on PCI-e 1 x8.

 

[LucoTF]

Fairly sure that mobo is pcie x16 2.0

 

[neblogai]

Fairly sure that mobo is pcie x16 2.0

It should be PCI-e 1.0, same like P35 chipset. PCIe-e 2.0 support came next generation with P45.

 

[dontlistentome]

What kind of games will you play and at what resolution? League of Legends is a whole lot different in videocard needs than Rise of the Tomb Raider. And your power supply will limit your choices as well.

 

[lualero]

Thank you all for your answers. I'll be checking all of the recommendations out and it looks like I'll have to purchase a DVI monitor since I'm still using VGA hehe... I'll be playing Starcraft II, C&C, Minecraft, SimCity, The Sims and so on...

 

[lualero]

GTX460 is a very old card. GTX770 go cheap on ebay, and are great if your power supply is powerful enough. If it is not- then used GTX750Ti, or new cards like GTX1050, RX460 might be good. Although RX460 might be tiny bit bandwidth limited on PCI-e 1 x8.

I'll be checking these out, I hope they're easy to get here in Venezuela... I think I'll go with the GTX750Ti or the GTX1050 but I don't get why Zotac, EVGA and Gigabyte sell sort of the same model... How do I choose?