What would you suggest?

[thesupermedium]

I used to have the EXACT same setup to be honest. I ended up buying a 9500GT, which served me well for a while, but lacked the power for some of the newer games. An ATI 4850 will serve you very well. I'm assuming since you have the same specs as I did, you have a 250watt PSU. That's probably not nearly enough for a new card, so I would suggest going to at least 450 watts.

 

[redwine01]

a 4770 will run with 300W non brand psu but it is always a risk to run a non brand psu becoz anything can happen and if it does then a non brand psu dont have the safety things like good brands to save ur other components. thats the thing thats why people recommend good psu. it will run my friend is running 8600gts in a non brand 420W psu without a problem for more than a year. just if ur luck doesnt support u u may see disaster

 

[brandoneson]

hey, i just want to thank everybody so far for the replies. and i found this 9400 GT card that is under $50 that is a minimum of 300W power supply. It doesn't look like it needs an extra power cable. So would this be perfect or no?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121292

 

[dndhatcher]

A 9400 is considerably slower than a 9500 or 8600 which are both slower than a 4770. I have no idea if a 9400 is capable of playing a game like counterstrike.

 

[ohiou_grad_06]

Might want to grab a new power supply. Newegg has a 370 watt PC Power and Cooling unit for 45 I think, but with 27 amps, along with that grab a 4670 for your card, or maybe a 9600gso, should put you right around 100 bucks, give you a better card than the 9400gt, and not have to worry if your power supply will go out and take the computer with it....

Better yet, found this deal. Corsair makes a great PSU, 30 amps, so double the power basically of your current power supply, regular 50 bucks, 30 now after a mail in rebate.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139008

For the video card, grab this perhaps. ASUS 9600 gso, regular 55, 35 after the rebate.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121320


So if you get the rebates, then still under 70 bucks, and should destroy the 9400gt.

 

[redwine01]

^ +1 go with that.. it will play most of the games in 1024 or 1280 resolution in high settings

 

[brandoneson]

thank you ohiou_grad. Seems good, but is there any chance that my motherboard can't handle that power supply? or does the motherboard have anything to do with this. As you can see, i still don't know what I'm talking about. haha.

 

[redwine01]

dont worry that psu and gfx will run fine in ur system. u need to put off ur old psu while installing the newer one. u may sell that psu or just keep it in a showcase and after psu and gfx is installed from the bios u need to disable the onboard graphics card ( that is integrated graphics card 6150) then install the driver in ur windows for the new graphics card. restart ur pc after installing the driver and u r ready for gaming happy gaming

 

[dndhatcher]

I agree with OhioU and RedWine. As long as the plug s the same (and that PSU has the same plug) your motherboard will handle it.

 

[brandoneson]

ok, im finally done here. Thanks again everyone!