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abatterbury   07-21-2009 at 05:10:46 AM

Doing charity work for my baby sister, so please lend a hand :)

She's got a relatively new desktop, but the video chip is a NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce 430, which seems pretty stale. I'd like to get her something newish to improve her gaming capabilities (Sims 3 is unplayable for her), so any suggestions?

Thanks!

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Take a look at the HD4670. It's usually a good choice for pre-built systems since it has very low power requirements which don't usually need a swap of the power supply. It gives decent performance in games and it's fairly low cost. A HD4650 may also be an option.

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814102820

 

However since you didn't give us any specs of her system. It would need a PCIex16 socket for the graphic card and a 300w or better power supply.

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dirtmountain   07-21-2009 at 05:33:01 AM
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Take a look at the HD4670. It's usually a good choice for pre-built systems since it has very low power requirements which don't usually need a swap of the power supply. It gives decent performance in games and it's fairly low cost. A HD4650 may also be an option.

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814102820

 

However since you didn't give us any specs of her system. It would need a PCIex16 socket for the graphic card and a 300w or better power supply.


Message edited by dirtmountain on 07-21-2009 at 05:33:29 AM
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AKM880   07-21-2009 at 08:30:06 AM

What desktop is it? Is it a low profile one? What are the PSU and system specs?

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abatterbury   07-21-2009 at 05:49:19 PM

It's a pretty new HP with a medium tower, though I don't have access to it in person. I think it's relatively pimped - 5 GB ram (don't know how good, though), 3 Ghz dual core, etc. The choppiness at high res makes me think that the video card, or lack thereof, is the limiting factor.

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jennyh   07-21-2009 at 06:08:25 PM

Argh not that 5gb HP. Read this then remove some of the ram :- http://www.semiaccurate.com/2009/0 [...] top-worse/

 

Also yes, any igp (at least any nvidia or intel igp) will never run anything at a reasonable framerate.


Message edited by jennyh on 07-21-2009 at 06:09:38 PM
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