Upgrading Sapphire Radeon HD 6450 Video Card - 1GB,

Krayzie Trini

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Hi I have a HP p6710f, I installed the Sapphire 6450 a year ago. The card still runs good, but I would like to upgrade.Firstly my specs are listed below, I know my computer is old, but I recently bought a car so I would like to hold on building a gaming PC.The cards I looked at was the GTX 750 ti series, since I hear allot of positive feedback about them. More recently I saw the Radeon R9 285 which is better but more expensive. I found some cheap ones made from Club 3D, I dont know much about the Brand. The cards I saw are also listed below. Originally my budget was under 175,but these cards are pretty cheap so I don't mind taking advantage of that. Also my PSU is not stock its a 450 watt one. All in all I would like to know if these cards are any good and if the brand is trustworthy or not.I am new to the technical side of PC gaming so any more tips would be helpful.

Club 3D Radeon R9 285 royalQueen 2GB GDDR5
Club 3D Radeon R9 280 RoyalKing 3GB GDDR5


Processor
AMD Athlon II X4 640 3.0GHz

Processor Main Features
64 bit Quad-Core Processor

Cache Per Processor
2MB L2 Cache

Memory
4GB DDR3 1333 I plan to upgrade to 8gb

Hard Drive
1TB 7200RPM SATA

Operating System
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit

Motherboard
HP N-Alvorix-RS880-uATX Specs <----- Click to see its specs

CPU Type
Athlon II X4

CPU Speed
640(3.0GHz)

Memory Capacity
4GB DDR3

Memory Speed
DDR3 1333

Memory Spec
2GB x 2

Memory Slot (Total)
4

Memory Slot (Available)
2

Maximum Memory Supported
16GB

Thanks for your time and input :)
 

Krayzie Trini

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I just checked,looks like I will need a new power supply. I was looking at some reviews and people bash the R9 285 for only having 2GB vram over the R9 280 having 3GB vram.Should that be a defining factor in buying these cards?