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andrius830

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Hello all, i wanted to upgrade my video card to a little bit newer. At the moment my PC specifications are theses:

OS: Windows 8 Pro + Media Center (64bit)
Motherboard: EP43-DS3 Gigabyte
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) 2 Quad CPU Q8200 @ 2.33GHz (4CPUs), ~2.8GHz(overclocked)
Memory: 8192 Ram
Dx Version: Directx 11
Video Card: AMD Radeon HD5670 1gb

I want to put this card GeForce GTX 550 Ti, but will my MB be available to handle it? sorry i'm not much familiar with PCs 🙁
 
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So with 360W on the 12V Rail, you Have 30Amps and I believe a GTX 550TI Needs 24A, so your Good

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Ive never heard of the brand. Does it say on the Sticker on the side how many Watts are available on the 12V rail?

Edit - You should see something that says "Maximum Combined Wattage" then Under 12V+ You should see an amount that is something like xxxW
 
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Your motherboard won't be a problem.
The concern is your power supply.
The HD 5670 requires 61W and no additional power connector.
The GTX 550 Ti requires 116W and a PCI-E power connector.
If you have a 400W power supply and it has an available PCI-E power connector, you should be OK.
A more appropriate upgrade might be the HD 7750. This card requires only 55W and no PCI-E power connector and it has the same performance as the GTX 550 Ti.
 
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Um i don't want to be a pest or something like that but, maybe you guys can recommend a Video Card (price about as 550TI can be abit more expensiver though) that my PC can handle it? my Full Specs now:

OS: Windows 8 Pro + Media Center (64bit)
Motherboard: EP43-DS3 Gigabyte
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) 2 Quad CPU Q8200 @ 2.33GHz (4CPUs), ~2.8GHz(overclocked)
Memory: 8192 Ram
Dx Version: Directx 11
Video Card: AMD Radeon HD5670 1gb
PSU: SL-500 SW117XC 500W
 
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If you could post was I asked, I could give you a Answer.

More than Likely your PSU can handle a GTX 550TI, But Ive seen Really poorly made PSUs that Advertise 500W and Only give 320W on the 12V Rails.
And that would be bad...
 
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AMD Radeon HD 7750.
Same power requirements as the existing card.
Same performance as the GTX 550 Ti.
Newer model that is much more efficient.
 
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sorry for bad quality pic
 
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http://www.hwcompare.com/11741/geforce-gtx-550-ti-vs-radeon-hd-7750/
but this site says that GTX550 Ti is way faster? or thoses numbers are just "numbers"?
 
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Looking at some other specs on the web, the GTX 550 appears to have a better pixel fillrate but the HD 7750 has greater processing power.
It's hard to say how that pans out in games without hard benchmarks.
Your power supply has the output to handle the GTX 550 Ti anyway if you want that card.
Providing the power supply has a PCI-E power connector, it should be fine.

This would also mean you could go up to the Nvidia GTX 660 if you wanted to.
In between the GTX 550 Ti and GTX 660 you also have available the Nvidia GTX 650 Ti and 650 Ti boost, or from AMD the HD 7770, HD 7790 and HD 7850.
 
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