350W power supply, best graphic card?

Okay I have a 350W power supply and really would like to upgrade my video card.

My current card -
768MB NVIDIA GeForce 9600GS, DVI-I, VGA, HDMI

Now I'm fine with this, but would prefer something like
EVGA 512-P3-N801-AR GeForce 8800 GT 512MB 256-bit

or something else thats comparable...if anyone has any suggestion would be of great help.

Thanks

And it really wouldn't be worth the upgrade anyway, for it to be meaningful you'd have to get at least an HD 4850.

CoD4 tends to run better on 9600gt then the average game. Here's a bigger chart.

Well it's still about 10fps throughout the resolutions/settings, and that chart is a GF9600GT not the GS he has, so it's likely to be further below a GF8800GT, but whether it's worth it or not to me would depend most on the minimum fps more than the averages , as the lows would more noticeable for beneifits.

Overall I wouldn't bother unless there's something he can't play right now the way he wants to.

I know the 8800GS was there, I was sayin GF9600GS, as I'm not sure what is and isn't available now in other countries. It used to be easy to tell but with the nV naming scheme it's impossible to be certain.

The GSO is nearly the same, with the variability of slower but more shaders and TMUs, but coupled with slower less bitwidth memory, overall usually see it slightly less than the 9600GT, so it remains, both would be less than the GF8800GT, and still leaving unknown if the min fps which is usually a noticeable difference between the two, and the most important thing for me for changes that otherwise look so close. And avergae may change only a bit if the high fps remain system bound, but the min increases noticeably. So to me that would still be the thing to look for.

I'm still skeptical of it being worth an upgrade, but if the min fps change was usbstantial enough at his settings then it might be worth it.

The video card:

768MB NVIDIA GeForce 9600GS, DVI-I, VGA, HDMI

came with my HP m9300t desktop

I will ONLY use this desktop to play WAR and Warcraft Lich King...so not sure how graphic intensive they are in comparison to CoD4/Crysis and other games.

I gather that sticking with my current video card would be my best option atm?

Where would a 4670 fit in on those charts? That card doesn't need additional power.

And, if you DO decide to replace your PSU, don't get a cheap one. Antec, Corsair, OCZ, Seasonic, PC Power & Cooling, and Enermax make good ones.

Performance is about the same as 9600gso, not worth an upgrade either.
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews [...] 670/6.html

That psu will not run a 4850. At peak, compared to 9600gso, 4850 use a lot more than just 5 watts. 208w compared to 177. With 4670 at 164.
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews [...] 70/24.html

There are other variables, like 12v rail ampage. And when they stress gpu, cpu is idle. Most of the load will be from gpu, as it's the only part being stressed. Besides, you should not run psu at 100% load, it can't handle sustained full load. Trust me, 350w isn't enough to power a 4850 system.

Geez, just google it.

System requirement copy & pasted from official website:


For Windows XP

* 2.5 GHz P4 (single core) processor or equivalent
* 1 Gigabyte RAM
* A 128 MB Video Card, with support for Pixel Shader 2.0
* At least 15 GB of hard drive space

For Windows VISTA

* 2.5 GHz P4 processor or equivalent
* 2 Gigabyte RAM
* A 128 MB Video Card, with support for Pixel Shader 2.0
* At least 15 GB of hard drive space

Supported Video Cards
ATI Radeon(TM) series

* 9500, 9600, 9800
* X300, X600, X700, X800, X850
* X1300, X1600, X1800, X1900, X1950
* 2400, 2600, 2900
* 3650, 3850, 3870
* 4850, 4870

NVIDIA GeForce series

* FX 5900, FX 5950
* 6600, 6800
* 7600, 7800, 7900, 7950
* 8400, 8500, 8600, 8800
* 9400, 9500, 9600, 9800
* GTX 260, GTX 280

Intel(R) Extreme Graphics

* GMA X4500

Judging by how low the requirement get (GMA X4500, anyone? ), your current card should be able to handle it with acceptable performance.