Nvidia GT 220 Upgrade

[Nergybrah]

I need to upgrade my graphics card as you can tell and i was planning on getting a gtx 970 but that is a little bit expensive for me i would prefer a card for less than £150 but i will go to £200 if it is a big difference in graphics.

My system specs are:
Asus M5A97 LE R2.0
AMD FX-4300 @ 4.2GHz
8GB 1866MHz RAM DDR3
500W EVGA PSU

 

[LrnzpKiller]

GTX 960, currently on sale for 156£
http://www.amazon.co.uk/MSI-Nvidia-960-Gaming-Graphics/dp/B00SKTY6PS/ref=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1441557803&sr=1-1&keywords=gtx+960

Take care that your Power Supply is powerful enough for this card, and has the right power connector.
also be sure it fits in your case. But that mostly shouldn't be a problem, this card is 26.7cm wide, just take a look at that

 

[Kgrove0172]

I went to the GTX 650 first and it was pretty cheap and a great card. They have the GTX 650 Ti which can fit the smaller port and is much better than the 220 and its only $151 bucks

 

[LrnzpKiller]

I went to the GTX 650 first and it was pretty cheap and a great card. They have the GTX 650 Ti which can fit the smaller port and is much better than the 220 and its only $151 bucks

You're alright then?

 

[Karadjgne]

A 500w psu will handle anything upto a gtx 660ti, or r9 280, if it's a good psu. The 500B is a decent psu, not great for gaming, but will do for lower end, budget builds. It'll also handle a gtx950/960 as these have equitable power requirements to a 660ti.

 

[sora]

I would personally suggest the NVIDIA GTX 750Ti first!

 

[Karadjgne]

Not exactly a big improvement, most games will show low-medium settings. A 650ti, 660, 660ti, 960, r9 370, 280 will blow the doors off a 750ti.

Word of caution about the 750ti, 960. They are Maxwell gpus and may have issues with legacy bios.