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*Disclaimer* I'm not exactly sure of the specs of my old computer. He lived over 1.5 hours away from me, and no one is computer literate to tell me the exact stuff.
I need to buy a replacement GPU for my nephew's computer for Christmas. It is one of my old computers, I'm not sure what to get him, as I do not want to bottleneck a GPU, and overpay for something he can't fully utilize.
Right now, I can't exactly remember what he has. It is the ATI Sapphire Vapor-X HD 4800 series. (I'm not 100% sure) It does NOT have an HMDI port, so it may be a lower number model than that I was thinking it was the 4850, but that has an HMDI port on it. (I'm 99.99% sure it doesn't)
Anyway, he has 4 GB of Corsair RAM. It is the old school RAM as I tried putting some of my Corsair Vengenace RAM that I bought for my new computer in Feb 2013, and it doesn't fit. (Again, not sure of the mobo, except it is an ASUS)
He has a decent quad core CPU. I can't remember the exact model with a Thermaltake V1 on it.
I'm pretty sure it is a PCE 2.0 Xpress slot, but i'm not sure. Anyway, I know 100% is it the Sapphire Vapor-X HD model. It is roughly bought in 2009/2010 I think if that helps.
Anyway, it runs all games fine, except Battlefield 4, which it gets an error. It still plays it, but I can't remember what error it gets. He wants a new graphics card anyway.
I'm not looking at ATI, only Nvidia. I really like Nvidia, and their new programs like Geforce experience, and etc, which will hep him auto customize games since he is only 10 years old.
I was looking at the GT 630, GT 640, and GTX 650. (I'm looking at all models $119 and below)
I'm not sure about which brand, as I haven't decided on which model which factors in which one performed better on a certain brand not taken into account.
Again, I want most bang for my buck, and not bottleneck.
Thanks!
(On a funny note, it has the old hard drive flat ribbon connectors) Good system though, had no trouble out of it ever except replacing the original GPU to the ATI sapphire, and the thermaltake V1 replaced once.
I need to buy a replacement GPU for my nephew's computer for Christmas. It is one of my old computers, I'm not sure what to get him, as I do not want to bottleneck a GPU, and overpay for something he can't fully utilize.
Right now, I can't exactly remember what he has. It is the ATI Sapphire Vapor-X HD 4800 series. (I'm not 100% sure) It does NOT have an HMDI port, so it may be a lower number model than that I was thinking it was the 4850, but that has an HMDI port on it. (I'm 99.99% sure it doesn't)
Anyway, he has 4 GB of Corsair RAM. It is the old school RAM as I tried putting some of my Corsair Vengenace RAM that I bought for my new computer in Feb 2013, and it doesn't fit. (Again, not sure of the mobo, except it is an ASUS)
He has a decent quad core CPU. I can't remember the exact model with a Thermaltake V1 on it.
I'm pretty sure it is a PCE 2.0 Xpress slot, but i'm not sure. Anyway, I know 100% is it the Sapphire Vapor-X HD model. It is roughly bought in 2009/2010 I think if that helps.
Anyway, it runs all games fine, except Battlefield 4, which it gets an error. It still plays it, but I can't remember what error it gets. He wants a new graphics card anyway.
I'm not looking at ATI, only Nvidia. I really like Nvidia, and their new programs like Geforce experience, and etc, which will hep him auto customize games since he is only 10 years old.
I was looking at the GT 630, GT 640, and GTX 650. (I'm looking at all models $119 and below)
I'm not sure about which brand, as I haven't decided on which model which factors in which one performed better on a certain brand not taken into account.
Again, I want most bang for my buck, and not bottleneck.
Thanks!
(On a funny note, it has the old hard drive flat ribbon connectors) Good system though, had no trouble out of it ever except replacing the original GPU to the ATI sapphire, and the thermaltake V1 replaced once.
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