Looking for good options for PCI-e 2.0 graphics card

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Prof10000

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I have an Asus P5P43TD motherboard and want to upgrade my video card. Can't remember exactly what card I have now but it is old and slow. I am not replacing my motherboard so I am limited to the PCIe 2.0. I know 3.0 cards will work and I am looking for the best bang for my buck. I want to be under $200 but don't want to spend $200 if a $100 card will squeeze all the performance available from my current PCIe 2.0 slot. This card will live out its life in this system so I am not looking at moving the card into another system in the future.

I currently run dual monitors and would like to be able to run more, this is not a requirement.
 
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coozie7

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^ Agreed.
Prof10000: Be sure to update the motherboard BIOS before the upgrade, I've seen posts here where the GTX750Ti won't work in some older motherboards if they have early BIOS revisions.
Be aware, gaming performance also depends on the installed CPU, it may pay you to hunt through sites like Ebay, Craiglist or Amazon to upgrade to a quad cored part or overclock the current CPU if it is a quad.
 
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Good info.

I have update the bios and I just installed a Xeon E5450 which should pretty well top out what my board will handle. 8gb memory and the current vid card is GeForce 9800 GT.

Plan is to up the vid card and then swap in a SSD for the boot drive. Should buy me another year or two for how I use my system. Then I can look at building a new one :)
 
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Slightly odd choice of CPU.
A GTX750Ti is a BIG upgrade over a 9800GT: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/gaming-graphics-card-review,review-32899-7.html
You say 'for how I use my system', if you're not gaming or doing anything that demands up-to-date graphics tech you may not need an upgrade at all, or perhaps a different upgrade will be more beneficial.
Adding an SSD will speed things up just remember your motherboard only uses SATA 3GB/s so it'll hold back a SSD significantly, it'll still be faster than a mechanical HDD but not as fast as it would be with the SATA 6GB/s connections available on newer motherboards.
 
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