Upgrading Graphics Cards

[Guest]

Hello,
I am here to ask will there be any way to upgrade from a HD Radeon 6450 to an another card without needing to worry about changing any settings Etc
Willing to spend between £50 - £120

 

[ASHISH65]

post full pc specs

 

[Guest]

Well I would if it even had a OS built into it xD the only things I know about it really is that it has a HD Radeon 6450 a 3.6 Quad Core Bulldozer FX-4100 and a 78LMT-USB3 motherboard

 

[ASHISH65]

this would be good

hd 7770 oc edition - http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sapphire-Radeon-HD7770-Graphics-GDDR5/dp/B00776DHXW

gtx 650 ti - http://www.amazon.co.uk/PNY-Geforce-Graphics-PCI-Ex16-Assassins/dp/B009PI5OPE

 

[Guest]

So... I'd be able to mount that without any concerns about power?

 

[ASHISH65]

No you need good powersupply

 

[Guest]

What kind of PSU would be required for the HD 7770

 

[ASHISH65]

Corsair cx 430w is enough.

 

[getochkn]

7750 You'd probably be ok without upgrading your power. 7770 needs a 6 pin power from your power supply and probably a bit better power supply.

 

[Guest]

The wattage of me existing PSU is 500 watts do you think that will surfice?

 

[ASHISH65]

I would go with gtx 650ti.it is much faster than hd 7770

 

[Guest]

I would go for the GTX but the thing is I want to go for something the lower the price the better but I want something that will play any modern game on Medium at least

 

[ASHISH65]

Which brand of psu you have?

 

[Guest]

That I do not know I can only give you details according to this
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B009P4LHL8/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00

 

[ASHISH65]

Please tell your max resolution

 

[Guest]

Max will be 1900 x 1080

 

[IrwanCahyono]

120 Pound roughly equal to $190. I assume you had a decent pure 500W PSU, so getting yourself a 7850 or GTX 560 Ti should be sufficient for the budget.

 

[Guest]

But I will unlikely use 1900 x 1080 I will be using on the lines of 1280 x 768

 

[getochkn]

Why do you want to play on 1280 if you can do 1900?

 

[ASHISH65]

For high gaming you should get hd 7850 at 1080p whereas gtx 650ti will handle games but you have to turn down the AA and Af and vsync.

 

[Guest]

Because I am so accustomed using a low res like 1280 that I just rather play on that resolution just how I have come to be =]

 

[ASHISH65]

Do not use low res like 1280*768.gtx 650ti will handle games at high at 1650*900.use this res.

 

[Guest]

So that GTi will be fine on my 500 watt PSU?

 

[IrwanCahyono]

Barely... To be safe get 800 w instead

 

[ASHISH65]

^ are you serious 800w? Even 450w is enough