Advice on Upgrading Needed Please...

SammyBusby

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Hey guys. Im looking to upgrade my computers graphics card. Thing is, Im on a fixed income and do not have alot of money to spend doing it. So what I need to know is what video card can I get to make my computer play games faster without breaking my bank... Here are my computer stats but dont laugh. Ive had this for 3 years and so far I can play any game I want but I want it to be faster. I plan on getting a new CPU and motherboard soon but I wanted to know if I could run a newer graphics card on my motherboard and setup until i can get the CPU and MB. So any suggestions??


Thank you for your help and advice.

AMD Athlon II X2 240 Regor 2.8GHz Socket AM3 65W Dual-Core Processor ADX240OCK23GQ - OEM

ASRock A780LM-S AM3/AM2+/AM2 AMD RS780L (760G) Micro ATX AMD Motherboard

ASUS EN9800GT/DI/512MD3 GeForce 9800 GT 512MB 256-bit DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

2GB Ram

SATA Western Digital HDD.

 
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A 650 ti boost will be fine, the 9800Gt he is currently running was a bit of a power hog.
If you did not see the other reply since they were deleted due to the poster using improper links, nVidia 650 Ti Boost will be right in your price range and will be good to move to a faster system in the future. Just make sure your power supply is good enough to run the card, with your CPU you'll need at least a quality 350 watt power supply with only one hard drive and optical drive in the system. May need more depending on the brand/model of your power supply.
 

RobCrezz

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A 650 ti boost will be fine, the 9800Gt he is currently running was a bit of a power hog.
 
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