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Komomu   04-06-2009 at 11:44:15 PM

What would be the best graphics card to get with an 85 dollar budget and would i be able to play CRYSIS / COD 4 / SUPREME COMMANDER / ASSASSIN'S CREED

At at least 20 fps on medium settings maybe lower for crysis with that card:

3GB ram

AMD Anthlon 64 X2 6000+ @ 3.01 GHz

Windows Vista Premium

300 watt psu 12V @ 19A

My board does not support Crossfire or SLI

It can be Nvidia or ATI

I game at 1440 * 900 resolution.

I am only 14 years old and i need a card before my easter break finishes (April 8- April 21)

I would kind of want it by April 14 or 15

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ohiou_grad_06   04-07-2009 at 02:12:38 AM
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I think with your power supply, the best you could really go with is an ATI 4670. However, if you had a better power supply, you could get a 4830 for not much more.

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Komomu   04-07-2009 at 02:36:54 AM
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ohiou_grad_06 wrote :

I think with your power supply, the best you could really go with is an ATI 4670. However, if you had a better power supply, you could get a 4830 for not much more.




I know but if i had a dual slot card like sapphires 4830 ( which i spent a lot of time looking at ) i would have to take out my tv tuner

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megamanx00   04-07-2009 at 03:00:16 AM
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There are some single slot 4830s, but they run hot. For $85 your choices are a Radeon 4670, Radeon 4830, or a 9600GT. You may get lucky if you sign up for new eggs e-blast and fine a 9800GT for that price. The newer 9800 GTs run cooler than the 4830 and there are some single slot models, but since they provide about the same performance they are only worth it if you get them on sale.

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Komomu   04-07-2009 at 03:02:56 AM
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megamanx00 wrote :

There are some single slot 4830s, but they run hot. For $85 your choices are a Radeon 4670, Radeon 4830, or a 9600GT. You may get lucky if you sign up for new eggs e-blast and fine a 9800GT for that price. The newer 9800 GTs run cooler than the 4830 and there are some single slot models, but since they provide about the same performance they are only worth it if you get them on sale.




If i could shop at newegg i would buy a 4670 1 GB or 4830 easily but i can't cause I live in Jamaica and they don't ship to freight forwarding companies like fedex or anyone like that

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Komomu   04-07-2009 at 03:06:00 AM
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what sucks is that if i got $15 more i could get the 4830 on amazon but my psu is only 300 watts with the 12V line @ 19A

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lasoski311   04-07-2009 at 03:18:21 AM
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your power supply is a big issue, heres my suggestion...

save up and buy yourself a new power supply and video card

Power Supply: ($60, $40 after MIR)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817153052

Video Card: ($90, $75 after MIR)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814102822

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Axeon   04-07-2009 at 03:28:51 AM
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The OP saids that Newegg doesn't ship to where he lives so those two PSU and GPU are not a option.

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lasoski311   04-07-2009 at 03:57:49 AM
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oh my bad didnt read everything oh well

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Komomu   04-07-2009 at 10:21:51 PM
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Big help guys, thank you

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Komomu   04-07-2009 at 10:22:07 PM
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Axeon wrote :

The OP saids that Newegg doesn't ship to where he lives so those two PSU and GPU are not a option.




What's OP

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steckman   04-07-2009 at 11:25:53 PM
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OP = Original Poster
Oh and a 4830 or 9800GT might work with your power supply. For comparison, I just dropped a 9800GT into a Dell with a 375W power supply (12V @ 19A) at work and it has run 3DMark06 without any issues for 6 hours so far.

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Komomu   04-08-2009 at 01:06:38 AM
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steckman wrote :

OP = Original Poster
Oh and a 4830 or 9800GT might work with your power supply. For comparison, I just dropped a 9800GT into a Dell with a 375W power supply (12V @ 19A) at work and it has run 3DMark06 without any issues for 6 hours so far.




That's cool maybe when i am building a gaming comp i won't need to get a 800Watt PSU.

Also do you guys know the best online site i can go on other than new egg and amazon that sells graphics cards at reasonable prices

Give me one where a 4670 is below $80.00 and is made by sapphire /diamond/MSI/HIS /IceQ preferably.


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boudy   04-08-2009 at 01:34:12 AM
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Hmmm well www.tigerdirect.com sells the HIS IceQ for $75:

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applica [...] CatId=3670

but im not sure if they ship to Jamaica......

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Komomu   04-08-2009 at 02:11:47 AM
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boudy wrote :

Hmmm well www.tigerdirect.com sells the HIS IceQ for $75:

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applica [...] CatId=3670

but im not sure if they ship to Jamaica......




Even if they do what would be the chance of getting a mail-in rebate.

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Komomu   04-08-2009 at 02:14:43 AM
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Komomu wrote :

What would be the best graphics card to get with an 85 dollar budget and would i be able to play CRYSIS / COD 4 / SUPREME COMMANDER / ASSASSIN'S CREED

At at least 20 fps on medium settings maybe lower for crysis with that card:

3GB ram

AMD Anthlon 64 X2 6000+ @ 3.01 GHz

Windows Vista Premium

300 watt psu 12V @ 19A

My board does not support Crossfire or SLI

It can be Nvidia or ATI

I game at 1440 * 900 resolution.

I am only 14 years old and i need a card before my easter break finishes (April 8- April 21)

I would kind of want it by April 14 or 15



and it would help if it was a single slot card or else i would have to take out my tv tuner

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boudy   04-08-2009 at 02:59:16 AM
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Komomu wrote :

and it would help if it was a single slot card or else i would have to take out my tv tuner



http://www.tigerdirect.com/applica [...] CatId=3670

Problem solved

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