Need a new graphics card I think

Badwolf202 · Aug 29, 2014

My wife bought me a gaming PC last year for xmas and its been great! The only problem is some of my games on steam seem to be "choppy" like when turning fast the screen gets glitch lines in it. I have a program that optimizes the graphics for all the games on my pc called Gforce experience. It came with the graphics card software. Well as time has gone by new games are coming out and I wanna play them on max settings since my monitor is a 32 inch flat screen that has a really nice picture for movies ect... I know my graphics card is not the best so I wanna upgrade it. My power supply is 480 I think ( thats what it says when I look at in on the inside of the case) and these are my specs-

Processor AMD FX(tm)-6100 Six-Core Processor
Manufacturer AMD
Speed 3.3 GHz
Number of Cores 6
Video Card NVIDIA GeForce GT 640
Manufacturer NVIDIA
Chipset GeForce GT 640
Dedicated Memory 2.0 GB
Total Memory 3.9 GB
Memory 16 GB
Operating System Microsoft (build 9600), 64-bit
Service Pack 0
Size 64 Bit
Edition
Display Maximum Resolution 1360 x 768
DVD HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GH24NSB0 SATA CdRom Device
CD HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GH24NSB0 SATA CdRom Device
Drive
Size 926.2 GB
Free 695.7 GB

I was wondering what a good upgrade would be for next gen games and such. Also do I need a bigger power supply to use a better card. And finally I have no Idea what cards are compatible with my rig. Thanks in advance for any advise. I always read these forums and am really impressed with how helpful the community is in general.

clutchc · Aug 29, 2014

Since you are playing at 720p, you should be able to near max-out settings with a GTX 750 TI: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814133530
This is the fastest one available that doesn't need a 6 pin power cable. Untill you state the nameplate rating for your PSU's +12V ratings, that would be the best way to go.

And please tell me the PC isn't an HP.

Badwolf202 · Aug 29, 2014

Would that carry me through the next gen graphics wise without getting a bigger power supply? The PC says Avatar on the front with a coolmaster logo on the bottom by the fan. Also were do I find my nameplate rating for 12v?

wangyuanji · Aug 29, 2014

Badwolf202 :

What is the current watts on Power supply?

clutchc · Aug 29, 2014

Badwolf202 :

If you open your case and look at the PSU, it will be plainly visible... unless the PSU is top mounted. Then the nameplate may be facing the other way.

No, probably not carry you thru to the "next gen" games. We don't know what that entails, but I suspect the FX-6100 will begin to become the bottleneck much past the GTX 750 TI for gaming.

clutchc · Aug 29, 2014

Does that PSU even have a/any 6 pin PCIe power cable(s)?

Badwolf202 · Aug 29, 2014

+12v1 +12V2
18A 18A
324W 324W

Looks kinda like that in colums. At least I think thats what you want right? Not sure about how many Pins tho. Im pretty sure its a 460W tho
Product # RS-460-PSAR-13

clutchc · Aug 29, 2014

Badwolf202 :

That's the same rating most decent quality 300W PSUs have. As I suspected, it is a cheap PSU. It will be OK for the GTX 750 TI, but not anything more demanding. And as long as you are gaming at 720p resolution, the GTX 750 Ti will give you great framerates at high settings. But to go any more than the 750 Ti you will need to upgrade your PSU.
Further complicating matters is the fact that the FX-6100 is a weak-ish CPU. Anything more than a R9-270/270X will be severely bottlenecked.

What is the make of the pre-built PC?

Badwolf202 · Aug 30, 2014

This looks alot like it
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883258020

maxalge · Aug 30, 2014

clutchc :

Badwolf202 :

That's the same rating most decent quality 300W PSUs have. As I suspected, it is a cheap PSU. It will be OK for the GTX 750 TI, but not anything more demanding. And as long as you are gaming at 720p resolution, the GTX 750 Ti will give you great framerates at high settings. But to go any more than the 750 Ti you will need to upgrade your PSU.
Further complicating matters is the fact that the FX-6100 is a weak-ish CPU. Anything more than a R9-270/270X will be severely bottlenecked.

What is the make of the pre-built PC?

+1

Get a gtx 750 ti, and if you have an aftermarket cpu cooler you should overclock the cpu a bit.

That is your best option barring a complete cpu/power supply/gpu upgrade.

clutchc · Aug 30, 2014

Badwolf202 :

Yeah, that's a cheapie no-name PSU. But the nameplate amperage and wattage for the +12V rail looks good for the GTX 750 Ti. And the GTX 750 Ti is a bear at 720p resolution. I put this factory OC one in a build with a 300W PSU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814133530&cm_re=pny_750_ti-_-14-133-530-_-Product
It even games nicely at 1080p. It should fly with only half as many pixel and texels to render on screen at 720p.

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