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BigPUMPEN

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I was looking at one of these deals

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Order=BESTMATCH&Description=Radeon+HD+4890&x=0&y=0

My budget is around 200 USD or so, thats the top I would spend on a card. My card currently is an NVIDIA GeForce 6150 SE and I've been getting by with that since I got this computer in July.

Here is my System info

OS Name Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Home Premium
Version 6.0.6002 Service Pack 2 Build 6002
Other OS Description Not Available
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name W0O0O0SH
System Manufacturer HP-Pavilion
System Model NC686AA-ABA a6700y
System Type x64-based PC
Processor AMD Phenom(tm) 9150e Quad-Core Processor, 1800 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/Date Phoenix Technologies, LTD 5.28, 12/18/2008
SMBIOS Version 2.4
Windows Directory C:\Windows
System Directory C:\Windows\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "6.0.6002.18005"
User Name w0o0o0sh\HUGEFUCKENASSHOLE
Time Zone Pacific Standard Time
Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 4.00 GB
Total Physical Memory 3.87 GB
Available Physical Memory 842 MB
Total Virtual Memory 7.96 GB
Available Virtual Memory 4.40 GB
Page File Space 4.17 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys

Any suggestions? If a 4890 HD seems good enough which one of those offers on newegg would be the best, price wise and for my CPU.
 
Solution
Raw performance in DX9/10 will go to the 4890. Since it can't do DX11, can't really compare it to the 57xx cards, but a 5770 is generally considered on par with a 4870, itself only a step below the 4890.

Your Computer comes with a 300w PSU. While HP generally puts quality power supplies in their prebuilts, it still wouldn't be enough for a 4890. You could probably get away with a 4770 without a new PSU, a 4670 for sure.
Sapphire 5770 154.99 with free shipping:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102864&cm_re=5770-_-14-102-864-_-Product
Corsair 400w PSU 49.99 free shipping
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139008&cm_re=corsair_power_supply-_-17-139-008-_-Product

before $10 mail in rebate...

JofaMang

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Your Current CPU is 95w. If the only limitation is wattage on the AM3s, then the 95w CPUs should work. Talk to HP to make sure on which CPUs are supported, and if you need to flash your BIOS to make them work (do it before the swap, hah)