graphics card should i buy or not???

[dionisisd]

well i have a i7 920 @2.6ghz , 4 GB ram , and nVidia 9500GT

a greek shop just set in offer for 7 days an MSI n650 @87 €

The offer here (it is in Greek)

should i purchase or not ?

**edit : psu thermaltake 400w

THANKS in advance

 

[Spectre694]

Yes the 650 is a much better card than the 9500 and matches your CPU too. Frame rates should go way up on everything

 

[Bad_Kitty13]

so long as your psu can support it then i would go for it. but you need to check and make sure that your psu has enough wattage on 12v rail to support it

 

[dionisisd]

so long as your psu can support it then i would go for it. but you need to check and make sure that your psu has enough wattage on 12v rail to support it

how can ensure it ?

 

[Bad_Kitty13]

maximum power consumption for that card is 62w so your good there.
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/MSI/GTX_650_Power_Edition/25.html
can you check to see if that psu has a 6 pin pcie connector

 

[dionisisd]

maximum power consumption for that card is 62w so your good there.
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/MSI/GTX_650_Power_Edition/25.html
can you check to see if that psu has a 6 pin pcie connector

yeah it is provided such cable

 

[Bad_Kitty13]

your total system draw for that card should be less than 200w so your good, just need to verify the psu has a 6 pin pcie cable to power it

 

[Bad_Kitty13]

then go get the card and if you ever had any doubts a i7 920 can handle most graphic card up to a 770 so if you ever want to upgrade higher then you are good to go there to as well, but for most of the newer games you would need 8 gbs of ram so that should be your next upgrade

 

[dionisisd]

then go get the card and if you ever had any doubts a i7 920 can handle most graphic card up to a 770 so if you ever want to upgrade higher then you are good to go there to as well, but for most of the newer games you would need 8 gbs of ram so that should be your next upgrade

i didnt get " and if you ever had any doubts a i7 920 can handle most graphic card up to a 770 so if you ever want to upgrade higher then you are good to go there to as well" this part 😛

another question is i have two slots of 2gB ram would a plus 4gb slot work well with this cpu ?

 

[Bad_Kitty13]

i would need your mother boards make/model to see if it will support 8gbs of ram(most likely it will) and the speeds it supports and you should go with a 2x4gb setup and sell the 2x2gb set you have. and a lot of people think that their cpu may bottleneck a card but in the case of the older i7/i5 they are fine to run even todays cards.

 

[dionisisd]

i would need your mother boards make/model to see if it will support 8gbs of ram(most likely it will) and the speeds it supports and you should go with a 2x4gb setup and sell the 2x2gb set you have. and a lot of people think that their cpu may bottleneck a card but in the case of the older i7/i5 they are fine to run even todays cards.

the motherboard is ms 7522..(6 slots of memory) so if i have 4gb | 2gb | 2gb there is gonna be a problem?

 

[Bad_Kitty13]

you would want to just get another set exactly like the one you have. if you have 6 slots it will support 8 gbs. just google the model number and see where you can buy them. the reason you want to get the same set is that ram is real touchy when working with different modules and can cause system instability so just get another set of the ones you already have

 

[dionisisd]

you would want to just get another set exactly like the one you have. if you have 6 slots it will support 8 gbs. just google the model number and see where you can buy them. the reason you want to get the same set is that ram is real touchy when working with different modules and can cause system instability so just get another set of the ones you already have

hmm.. i see.. you mentioned that "f you have 6 slots it will support 8 gbs".. what about the cpu? will it support such memory?? (reminding you that it is an 920 i7 old model of such intel series)

 

[Bad_Kitty13]

the cpu will support any amount of memory the memory limitation on size is determined by the motherboard. the speed is what will matter but since you should match what you are already running that isnt an issue either.

 

[Bad_Kitty13]

and its not to old its from 2009 and mother boards back then on your setup i believe could support up to 32gb maybe more

 

[dionisisd]

and its not to old its from 2009 and mother boards back then on your setup i believe could support up to 32gb maybe more

thanks a lot man 😉 a last question.. will this gpu be able to play far cry 3 , bf 4 etc.? or call of duty ghosts (dont mind the ram)

 

[Bad_Kitty13]

farcry 3
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/far-cry-3-performance-benchmark,3379-4.html

bf4 should run at decent fps at medium with some tweaking

you wont be able to max the graphics but playable for sure

and no problem!!