- Feb 8, 2013
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I have a 4 year old computer and I was hoping to just update the video card, add more RAM and install a higher power supply into it but what worried me is if the video card I decide on would bottle-neck because the processor wasn't good enough and I wanted to see if anyone could help me.
This is the current build that I have now for the computer:
1x ASUS M4A785TD-V EVO AM3 AMD 785G HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard
1x EVGA 512-P3-1150-TR GeForce GTS 250 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
1x AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition Callisto 3.1GHz Socket AM3 80W Dual-Core Processor HDZ550WFGIBOX
1x Crucial 3GB (3 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10600) Triple Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model
1x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST31000528AS 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
I was thinking of seeing if I could possibly get a 500 GTX series in there or would I have to go lower for the processor? I'm building this computer to pretty much run games like starcraft 2 and Vindictus on it and I hear that the GTX 280 can handle Starcraft 2 on ultra settings.
This is the current build that I have now for the computer:
1x ASUS M4A785TD-V EVO AM3 AMD 785G HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard
1x EVGA 512-P3-1150-TR GeForce GTS 250 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
1x AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition Callisto 3.1GHz Socket AM3 80W Dual-Core Processor HDZ550WFGIBOX
1x Crucial 3GB (3 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10600) Triple Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model
1x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST31000528AS 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
I was thinking of seeing if I could possibly get a 500 GTX series in there or would I have to go lower for the processor? I'm building this computer to pretty much run games like starcraft 2 and Vindictus on it and I hear that the GTX 280 can handle Starcraft 2 on ultra settings.
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