APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: (today) BUDGET RANGE: ($100 USD) Before Rebates
USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Gaming: Source engine games like Counter Strike and other old games, normal use
CURRENT GPU AND POWER SUPPLY: (motherboard integrated graphics; 600 Watt diablotek DAseries 600)
OTHER RELEVANT SYSTEM SPECS: (ASUS P5N-MX LGA 775 NVIDIA GeForce 7050 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard. Processor:Intel Core2 Quad Q6600 @2.4GHz Ram: 2gb ddr2)
PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: (newegg.com, tigerdirect.com, amazon.com) COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
PARTS PREFERENCES: NVIDIA because AMD is not compatible with the chipset
OVERCLOCKING: No SLI OR CROSSFIRE: No
MONITOR RESOLUTION: (1680x1050)
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: I am just looking to make a small upgrade to this older computer to get it to run older games. Any help is appreciated. I have found a few cards, but I need to know which ones I will get the most bang for my buck. Feel free to recommend any other options. Obviously the less money that I can spend the better.
EVGA GeForce GTX 650 1024MB GDDR5 DVI mHDMI Graphics Card 01G-P4-2650-KR
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EVGA GeForce GTX 650 01G-P4-2650-KR Video Card - 1GB GDDR5, PCI-Express 3.0(x16), 1x Dual-link DVI-I, 1x Dual-link DVI-D, 1x Mini-HDMI, DirectX 11, Dual-Slot
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4501123&SRCCODE=WEBGOOPA&cm_mmc_o=mH4CjC7BBTkwCjCV1-CjCE&gclid=CKnS_IygtLcCFQdk7Aod9AMA0g
SPARKLE 700032 GeForce GTX 560 SE (Fermi) 1GB 192-bit Video Card
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If the processor will bottleneck the card then obviously there should be a cheaper/ lower card in the hierarchy. Thank you for any help.
USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Gaming: Source engine games like Counter Strike and other old games, normal use
CURRENT GPU AND POWER SUPPLY: (motherboard integrated graphics; 600 Watt diablotek DAseries 600)
OTHER RELEVANT SYSTEM SPECS: (ASUS P5N-MX LGA 775 NVIDIA GeForce 7050 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard. Processor:Intel Core2 Quad Q6600 @2.4GHz Ram: 2gb ddr2)
PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: (newegg.com, tigerdirect.com, amazon.com) COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
PARTS PREFERENCES: NVIDIA because AMD is not compatible with the chipset
OVERCLOCKING: No SLI OR CROSSFIRE: No
MONITOR RESOLUTION: (1680x1050)
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: I am just looking to make a small upgrade to this older computer to get it to run older games. Any help is appreciated. I have found a few cards, but I need to know which ones I will get the most bang for my buck. Feel free to recommend any other options. Obviously the less money that I can spend the better.
EVGA GeForce GTX 650 1024MB GDDR5 DVI mHDMI Graphics Card 01G-P4-2650-KR
http://
EVGA GeForce GTX 650 01G-P4-2650-KR Video Card - 1GB GDDR5, PCI-Express 3.0(x16), 1x Dual-link DVI-I, 1x Dual-link DVI-D, 1x Mini-HDMI, DirectX 11, Dual-Slot
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4501123&SRCCODE=WEBGOOPA&cm_mmc_o=mH4CjC7BBTkwCjCV1-CjCE&gclid=CKnS_IygtLcCFQdk7Aod9AMA0g
SPARKLE 700032 GeForce GTX 560 SE (Fermi) 1GB 192-bit Video Card
http://
If the processor will bottleneck the card then obviously there should be a cheaper/ lower card in the hierarchy. Thank you for any help.