Graphics card help please!

Graggyice · Mar 22, 2014

Hello! I have been unable to play some games that I've bought recently (Tomb Raider, The Witcher 2) and think my Graphics card is responsible. I have an Acer Aspire M3802, the motherboard is an Acer G43T and I have a 250 Watt power supply (I think). I am willing to change my PSU if needed. I'm not after the biggest best PC ever and am happy playing games on low quality, as long as I can play them. If anyone could advise me on the cheapest/easiest way to allow my PC to play those games I would be extremely grateful. My budget is only £100-200 max, sorry if that makes it more difficult...
Thanks a bunch, Tim.

Muku · Mar 22, 2014

for 200 GBP you will get a very good graphics card that will let you play games with high quality up to full HD resolution and you will also manage a good PSU.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 270X 2GB Video Card (£153.74 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£44.98 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £198.72
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-22 10:53 GMT+0000)

Just make sure your motherboard has one free PCI-E x16 {version 2.0 at least} slot for the graphics card. Which I think it has.. But do make sure before investing..

Graggyice · Mar 22, 2014

Muku :

Thank you so much or your speedy and amazing response! Just a couple of questions, one, how do I check if it has that slot and I really don't need anything that great, is there anything a little cheaper, if not then I'll get that no problem just I really only play mediocre games and don't really value graphics all that much, thanks again a bunch!

Muku · Mar 22, 2014

Graggyice :

I know it has... I was just reading this review, where it says that it has one PCI-E x16 slot which is preoccupied by mediocre NVIDIA G210 graphics card.
http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/pcs/276130/acer-aspire-m3802/specifications
But no where it is mentioned which version of PCI-E it is. You see for the modern card to work at their full potential you need at least version 2.0. If you have anything less than that {for ex, 1.1 or 1.0} then it will bottleneck the card. You need to check any manual you received to know the version.

If you don't want that much powerful card, you can take HD 7770 or R7 250x instead. Both are the same and are considered to be the best entry level card... lets you play all games at medium settings up to HD resolution.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

Video Card: Asus Radeon HD 7770 1GB Video Card (£69.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£44.98 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £114.97
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-22 11:08 GMT+0000)

Graggyice · Mar 22, 2014

Muku :

Graggyice :

I know it has... I was just reading this review, where it says that it has one PCI-E x16 slot which is preoccupied by mediocre NVIDIA G210 graphics card.
http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/pcs/276130/acer-aspire-m3802/specifications
But no where it is mentioned which version of PCI-E it is. You see for the modern card to work at their full potential you need at least version 2.0. If you have anything less than that {for ex, 1.1 or 1.0} then it will bottleneck the card. You need to check any manual you received to know the version.

If you don't want that much powerful card, you can take HD 7770 or R7 250x instead. Both are the same and are considered to be the best entry level card... lets you play all games at medium settings up to HD resolution.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

Video Card: Asus Radeon HD 7770 1GB Video Card (£69.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£44.98 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £114.97
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-22 11:08 GMT+0000)

Not only do I love you, I'm going to name my first born Muku regardless of gender, thanks alot, sorry for being a potato and asking so much.

Muku · Mar 22, 2014

Graggyice :

Hahaha.. My pleasure..

don't worry about questions, You can ask more if you have any.. We will answer, that's what we are here for..

sora · Mar 23, 2014

Graggyice :

Muku :

Not only do I love you, I'm going to name my first born Muku regardless of gender, thanks alot, sorry for being a potato and asking so much.

I love how you're going to name your first born Muku; you should name your second born Sora!

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