Graphics Card Upgrade

[Lasertrafficcone]

Hello,
I just bought a rather under powered desktop (integrated graphics) and I'm looking for a graphics card upgrade (anything that is able to play, for example, BF4 on med-high settings - around that area). I'm completely new to the Desktop world and would appreciate any advice I could get, such as recommendations, and whether I would need a new PSU. I was also wondering if upgrading the CPU would be a higher priority than the GPU since it has low speed. Specs are shown below, and I have a budget of around £100 - £200.

Acer Aspire XC-105

Windows 8.1 64-Bit
CPU: AMD A4-5000 Quad Core 1.5 GHz
6GB RAM
Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 8330 (Integrated into CPU)
Not sure about PSU but max Wattage is 220W

Also this is a very small unit so may not be able to fit a large graphics card or PSU.

 

[ingtar33]

oh wow... yeah... um... that's a low powered system. unfortunately there isn't much upgrade path for it. with a better psu you could get a low profile 750ti in there... but i fear your cpu will sabotage any real gaming ability that might have.

 

[iballew]

I don't think it would fit because there is almost no room for the heat sink. That low profile gtx 750 ti is pretty chunky. Besides, that would be pushing that tiny 220 watt psu. Here are two cards that will fit, the gt 740 being the best of the two.

gt 740: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814133541&cm_re=gt_740-_-14-133-541-_-Product

gt 730: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA24G28N6363&cm_re=gt_730-_-14-133-542-_-Product

 

[ingtar33]

I don't think it would fit because there is almost no room for the heat sink. That low profile gtx 750 ti is pretty chunky. Besides, that would be pushing that tiny 220 watt psu. Here are two cards that will fit, the gt 740 being the best of the two.

gt 740: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814133541&cm_re=gt_740-_-14-133-541-_-Product

gt 730: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA24G28N6363&cm_re=gt_730-_-14-133-542-_-Product

he's still on a dual core 1.1ghz chip with about 2/3 computing power of a athlon 64 x2 3000

 

[iballew]

Actually it's a quad core running at 1.5 ghz. Its not that powerful but he should still be able to play some games on it.