I am thinking about possibly upgrading my graphics card and PSU. I am a casual gamer and I also do some light video and graphics work.
I am currently able to run COD: Modern Warfare 1 at decent settings with my current specs. I was interested in being able to run games like Battlefield : Bad Comapany 2 and COD: Modern Warfare 2 and wanted to know if I need to upgrade my graphics card in order to run them.
My computer is an Acer Aspire M3641 Desktop (recently had to replace the motherboard)
current specs:
Motherboard: Gigabyte G31M-ES2L (rev 2.0)
Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz
System memory: 4 GB (I think its DDR 2)
Hard drive: WDC WD6400AAKS-00A7B0 ATA Device, 596.17 GB
Current GPU: NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GS 512MB
PSU: Delta DPS-250AB-22 d 250W
Monitor: Samsung syncMaster T220 1680 X 1050
OS: Vistas Home Premium 32 bit
Case Type: Mini Tower
If I do need to upgrade the graphics card... I was looking into the Sapphire ATI HD 5770 1024MB GDDR5 along with a Corsair CMP SU-450VX EU PSU.
Will this suffice? is it compatible with my current hardware? any bottle necking issues etc...?
Some choices for GPUs available to me (outside US, prices converted to $USD):
-Sapphire ATI HD 5770 1024MB GDDR5 ~$214
-MSI ATI HD 5750 1GB ~$211
-Gigabyte ATI 5670 1GB ~$170
-Sapphire ATI 5670 1 GB ~$157
-Sapphire ATI 5570 1 GB ~$118
-Sapphire ATI 4650 1 GB ~$82
-Gigabyte Nvidia 250 GTS 1GB ~$184
-Zotac Nvidia GT 240 1 GB ~$132
-Gigabyte Nvidia GT 240 1 GB ~$149
Appreciate your help.
Thanks
I am currently able to run COD: Modern Warfare 1 at decent settings with my current specs. I was interested in being able to run games like Battlefield : Bad Comapany 2 and COD: Modern Warfare 2 and wanted to know if I need to upgrade my graphics card in order to run them.
My computer is an Acer Aspire M3641 Desktop (recently had to replace the motherboard)
current specs:
Motherboard: Gigabyte G31M-ES2L (rev 2.0)
Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz
System memory: 4 GB (I think its DDR 2)
Hard drive: WDC WD6400AAKS-00A7B0 ATA Device, 596.17 GB
Current GPU: NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GS 512MB
PSU: Delta DPS-250AB-22 d 250W
Monitor: Samsung syncMaster T220 1680 X 1050
OS: Vistas Home Premium 32 bit
Case Type: Mini Tower
If I do need to upgrade the graphics card... I was looking into the Sapphire ATI HD 5770 1024MB GDDR5 along with a Corsair CMP SU-450VX EU PSU.
Will this suffice? is it compatible with my current hardware? any bottle necking issues etc...?
Some choices for GPUs available to me (outside US, prices converted to $USD):
-Sapphire ATI HD 5770 1024MB GDDR5 ~$214
-MSI ATI HD 5750 1GB ~$211
-Gigabyte ATI 5670 1GB ~$170
-Sapphire ATI 5670 1 GB ~$157
-Sapphire ATI 5570 1 GB ~$118
-Sapphire ATI 4650 1 GB ~$82
-Gigabyte Nvidia 250 GTS 1GB ~$184
-Zotac Nvidia GT 240 1 GB ~$132
-Gigabyte Nvidia GT 240 1 GB ~$149
Appreciate your help.
Thanks