Replacement GPU of a Gforce 9800GT
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Tom Tancredi
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WAIT STOP! You said this http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/P5ND/ ? DO NOT BOTHER WITH THE GPU, you need a totally new PC! This board is over 5 years old and supports P4 CPUs! This isn't even supported for ages now.
You need to look at a whole system replacement, and it can be done cheap if all you want is WoW playability. Pick up a i3 Desktop at Walmart ($249), I do NOT think the PSU you have (since how old it is) has all the right connectors for MODERN systems and GPUs, so get a 500-600W ($90) to replace the generic one in the Walmart i3, then spend the rest of the money on a decent video card (Nvidia 7xx or AMD Rx) around $149-$499 depending on which. Done.
You need to look at a whole system replacement, and it can be done cheap if all you want is WoW playability. Pick up a i3 Desktop at Walmart ($249), I do NOT think the PSU you have (since how old it is) has all the right connectors for MODERN systems and GPUs, so get a 500-600W ($90) to replace the generic one in the Walmart i3, then spend the rest of the money on a decent video card (Nvidia 7xx or AMD Rx) around $149-$499 depending on which. Done.
Tom Tancredi
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If you cheap on a PSU it comes back to bite you, MANY MANY MANY posts in here with problem and had 'generic cheap' PSUs replaced suddenly was like night and day. You should read this:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2025425/how-to-pick-the-best-pc-power-supply.html
"It doesn’t help that the power-supply market is awash with products from unscrupulous manufacturers that use substandard components and overstate the hardware’s capabilities. Indeed, the abundance of PSU-related misinformation and deception in the marketplace would be comical if it weren’t so harmful to consumers. "
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2025425/how-to-pick-the-best-pc-power-supply.html
"It doesn’t help that the power-supply market is awash with products from unscrupulous manufacturers that use substandard components and overstate the hardware’s capabilities. Indeed, the abundance of PSU-related misinformation and deception in the marketplace would be comical if it weren’t so harmful to consumers. "
coozie7
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Have a look here: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/gaming-graphics-card-review,review-32865-7.html The 9800GT is 14th down, on the left.
Nvidia have been largely ignoring this end of the market for some time so your best bet would probably be a HD7750, look for a 1Gb card, and if money's very tight, the DDR3 version will be enough.
Check prices carefully, there is a lot of old cards out there still at high prices.
The HD7750 will run off the existing PSU with no problems but you MUST fully uninstall ALL the Nvidia software before installing the new card.
Nvidia have been largely ignoring this end of the market for some time so your best bet would probably be a HD7750, look for a 1Gb card, and if money's very tight, the DDR3 version will be enough.
Check prices carefully, there is a lot of old cards out there still at high prices.
The HD7750 will run off the existing PSU with no problems but you MUST fully uninstall ALL the Nvidia software before installing the new card.
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