Choosing a Graphics Card

[joeblogs]

Hello Everyone.

I have an Intel Pentium D 920 2.8ghz

My mobo has a PCIe slot.
I was wondering if anyone could recommend me a GPU that would give me the best performance with that CPU

Thanks in advance

 

[bobusboy]

Any modern GPU will have fantastic performance with that CPU.

The only problem is your CPU will bottleneck all GPUs.

What do you want to play or do with your computer?

 

[joeblogs]

Im looking to use it as a general gaming PC. I got it fro 20 bucks as it is atm and Im going to be putting at spare 700w psu in it later on. It has 2gb of ddr2 memory. My budget is 150 dollars for the Gpu.

 

[bobusboy]

The ATI 6790 is around 130$ but a much better value is the 6850 from ATI which is around 150$ (not including Tax or Shipping)

I have a 6790 right now and I get fantastic performance in most games at 1680x1050 on high settings. Sometimes I have to turn down the shadows and no AA but everything is 40 FPS+ minimum.

The 6790 stock clocks are 840/1050 I have mine Oc'd to 950/1205 and it makes a 5-10fps difference in most games. Although on the stock cooling it was at 60-70*C which is fine but hot IMO so i bought a 3rd party cooling solution that brings it down to 45*C under load on average.

I think you'll find that you get hung up on RAM shortages and the CPU abilities way before the GPU reaches maximum potential.

PS: I know nothing about Nvidia solutions so some one would have to jump in to give you that side of things.

 

[jyjjy]

$150 is too much to spend on a card to pair with a Pentium D.
Tell us the actually brand/model of the motherboard in your computer. There is a chance you can use Core 2 Duo CPUs which would really help a lot.

 

[joeblogs]

Ive already had a look into that road. My board is an intel D945GPM the fastest processor it supports is the Intel Pentium D 960. http://www.intel.com/p/en_US/support/category/dsktpboards/d945gpm/cmptbl there is a link to my motherboard.

 

[joeblogs]

I can build a new rig. But i only have 150 dollars to spend i jsut want a GPu that will max out that CPU

 

[joeblogs]

700W and 52 amps

 

[joeblogs]

Thank you heaps

 

[FtsArTek]

A 460 is your best option here, I would say. Not too powerful to create a bottleneck at least.

 

[joeblogs]

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