Graphics Upgrade Suggestions

[soulska]

Hi,

i'm currently running on this specs

AMD Phenom 2 x4 965 BE
1TB Hitachi HDD
6GB RAM
Nvidia 9800GT GFX
M4N68T-M V2 Mobo
500 Watts eXtreme Power Plus
CM Elite 335 case + SickleFlow 120 2000 RPM Blue LED fan

so the problem is, i m actually thinking of upgrading my graphics soon... so before i do i need to survey and consider whats the best graphic card for my setup... not aiming for crossfire or SLi just a single monitor play some high end games in high settings.. i've jus upgraded the set except for the graphics card and the PSU... price wise i m not quite particular i just want the ideas... i'm quite a noob in this...

Cheers

 

[GreenDutchAlien]

HD 6870 / 6950, GTX 560TI / 570 / 580 or wait a bit longer : http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/forum2.php?config=tomshardwareuk.inc&cat=15&post=325803&page=1&p=1&sondage=0&owntopic=1&trash=0&trash_post=0&print=0&numreponse=0&quote_only=0&new=0&nojs=0 What resolution you wanne play ?

 

[GreenDutchAlien]

Maybe you wanne change the psu also, it's not that great. Corsair, Antec, OCZ, Seasonic, preferably get one with a single 12V rail with at least 40A, 600 W, 80+ certified.

 

[soulska]

whats the resolution with best quality and less lag...? high detail... i'm quite a noob

 

[soulska]

and i'm leaning more to gtx 560ti... with a corsair PSU.... actually i'm looking for sumthing to last me another 3 years or so

 

[GreenDutchAlien]

The higher the res the better it looks obviously, but demanding more GPU VRAM. With a 6950 2GB you can easily play on 1920x1080 res or higher, if you setlle for a cheaper GPU ( 560 or 6870 ) 1080 will be the max. But again, i would wait if i were you, the 9800 ain't that bad. Maybe buy a better psu now and get a 7000 series when they come out.
Make sure your monitor can handle the high res, otherwise you buy a expensive card for nothing.

 

[soulska]

so the 7+ series i read the thread but dun understand much... how much power does it consume...? will a 600 watt support it or higher...?

 

[soulska]

Best answer selected by soulska.

 

[GreenDutchAlien]

A good ( 80+ ! ) 600W PSU will be enough i think. To be completely sure you can go for a 750W but i can't imagine the new cards will use that much more volts than the 6000 series and they are happy with a good 500W PSU.

 

[soulska]

arite thanks for the info dude... it really helped me alot

 

[Mousemonkey]

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