Graphics card cpu compatibility? advice please :)

oasis84 · Jul 2, 2014

Hi guys and gals,

I am wanting to buy a new graphics card for a few games. I am going to be playing warface, rust, dayz, arma3, sim city 5 and hopefully the Sims 4,hopefully titan Fall and to get guild wars 2 working smoothly! ....My current card is a 9600gs....

I am only have a budget of around £70-£100.

I have seen,

http://www.novatech.co.uk/products/components/nvidiageforcegraphicscards/nvidiagtx650tiseries/zt-61106-10m.html

or

http://www.ebuyer.com/413447-msi-gtx-650-2gb-gddr5-vga-dvi-hdmi-pci-e-graphics-card-n650-2gd5-oc

If any one has any more similar or better cards, Nvidia or Ati, please point me in the right direction

Here are my specs, not great i know! I am wanting to know what cards are compatible with my cpu?

Board: ASUSTeK Computer INC. P5G41T-M LX Rev X.0x
Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz
Memory: 4096MB RAM
PSU: 650W

Hopefully that is enough info

thanks in advanced

coastie65 · Jul 2, 2014

oasis84 :

Hi guys and gals,

I am wanting to buy a new graphics card for a few games. I am going to be playing warface, rust, dayz, arma3, sim city 5 and hopefully the Sims 4,hopefully titan Fall and to get guild wars 2 working smoothly! ....My current card is a 9600gs....

I am only have a budget of around £70-£100.

I have seen,

http://www.novatech.co.uk/products/components/nvidiageforcegraphicscards/nvidiagtx650tiseries/zt-61106-10m.html

or

http://www.ebuyer.com/413447-msi-gtx-650-2gb-gddr5-vga-dvi-hdmi-pci-e-graphics-card-n650-2gd5-oc

If any one has any more similar or better cards, Nvidia or Ati, please point me in the right direction

Here are my specs, not great i know! I am wanting to know what cards are compatible with my cpu?

Board: ASUSTeK Computer INC. P5G41T-M LX Rev X.0x
Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz
Memory: 4096MB RAM
PSU: 650W

Hopefully that is enough info

thanks in advanced

The Zotac 650Ti should be fine although your processor may hold it back some.

oasis84 · Jul 2, 2014

coastie65 :

oasis84 :

The Zotac 650Ti should be fine although your processor may hold it back some.

Aye this is what i am thinking! what kind of settings will i get on the games anyway?

thanks for answering

The Builder · Jul 2, 2014

If I were you, I'd borrow or save another £13 and get the EVGA GTX 750 Ti SuperClocked 2GB. It's newer tech and will give you a little more performance for just an extra £13.

Shadowblade2652 · Jul 2, 2014

The 750 is a much better candidate. If you go with that however, beware that games will run only around medium - high settings. No ultra, no insanity.

Also
your C2Q will hold that GPU back a bit. You may want to invest in a haswell board later.

oasis84 · Jul 2, 2014

Okay thanks for the answers guys

what kind of settings will i get with the 650? although i am more than likely gona go for a 750, just seen this

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Nvidia-GeForce-Graphics-GDDR5-PCI-Express/dp/B00ICUGOP0

Shadowblade2652 · Jul 2, 2014

oasis84 :

medium - high ish. No ultra

oasis84 · Jul 2, 2014

Thanks for the input....really undecided lol now i seen a R7 265 too lol

oasis84 · Jul 2, 2014

The Builder :

I am considering your input dude, but wondering if this is much different? i suppose for £13 more its good! http://www.ebuyer.com/623631-asus-gtx-750ti-2gb-gddr5-gtx750ti-oc-2gd5

Shadowblade2652 · Jul 2, 2014

oasis84 :

lower power consumption and higher performance. The 750TI is well worth the extra 13 pounds

oasis84 · Jul 2, 2014

i think i am decided, although im gonna leave it for a day too decide some more, haha....cheers for your help all, will let u know how i get on

jshoop · Jul 2, 2014

if your motherboard allows it and you have good cooling, you can overclock the heck out of the q6600 (or so i hear).

i sadly have an intel motherboard with no overclocking, but theres a extremely easy mod to bump your processor up to 3 ghz. all you need is a small piece of electrical tape. just look at this picture: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2352/2523162130_228e33b1b7.jpg

all you do is tape that one pin over, and it tricks the motherboard so that it changes the fsb from 1066 to 1333 mhz. very simple

EDIT: this is just so the processor won't be holding back the gpu as much

oasis84 · Jul 2, 2014

jshoop :

AHHH okay mate, will have to think about that, although knowing my luck i will break it lol
thanks still, something to look into

jshoop · Jul 2, 2014

the only hard part is cutting the tape small enough and positioning it on the pin. if you decide to go through with it feel free to pm me or post a question on this thread

oasis84 · Jul 2, 2014

haha yea i could imagine how tricky thatll be. I will let you know if i do, thanks bud

The Builder · Jul 3, 2014

oasis84 :

The Superclocked model from EVGA that I linked earlier will give you much more performance than that Asus model. We're talking about a 104MHz difference in performance.

oasis84 · Jul 3, 2014

The Builder :

Hehe thanks

But i found this one and ordered it....it was a bit better specs wise...i think lol
http://www.ebuyer.com/630437-palit-geforce-gtx-titan-black-2gb-gddr5-vga-dvi-pci-e-graphics-card-ne5x75tt1341-1073f

Shadowblade2652 · Jul 3, 2014

that should work fine for you

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