Upgrade Question

[wieldsith]

Hi there,

I am a newcomer to this site and a newcomer to computer upgrading in general. I am looking for a video card between 100-200 price range to replace my current video card an

EVGA 256-P2-N761-TR GeForce 8600 GTS 256MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Expressx16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card.

Here are the specs for my computer:
Manufacturer: HP-Pavilion
Model: a6110n
System Type: Windows Vista (TM) Home Premium 32-bit operating system (capable of 64 bit)
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4400+
Memory (ram) 2GB
Hard Disk: 298GB

if there is anything else needed to diagnose my situation please let me know.

Thank You All in Advance,

Wieldsith

 

[quicksilver_]

8600 gts make an intense amount of heat. i used to have it.


you need to see what your power supply is

if you have a Psu thats atleast 425 watts, go with ati and get a mid range GPu.

 

[wieldsith]

how can I tell what power supply I have?

 

[Zenthar]

Normally it's written on the PSU itself, probably inside the case.

As for the upgrade itself, why do you want to upgrade in the first place (upgrading for the sake of it is pointless)?

 

[wieldsith]

I was hoping to play some of the high-end games out there such as Fallout 3 and didn't know if the video card I have could handle that or not, I figured not this is a hand me down computer I got from a friend lol.

 

[Bluescreendeath]

8800GT/9800GT or 9800GTX/GTX+/GTS250

 

[djcoolmasterx]

Sorry but,

I am looking for a video card between 100-200 price range

$? £? €?

 

[wieldsith]

oops $100-200 thanks

 

[Zenthar]

What resolution will you be playing at (the resolution of your monitor)?

 

[wieldsith]

1440x900

 

[wieldsith]

Sorry for the double post but

Doing some looking I was leaning towards one of these three:

BFG BFGE981024GTGE NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT 1 GB GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 Graphics Card with EcoIntelligence Low Power Design (http://www.amazon.com/BFG-BFGE981024GTGE-GeForce-Graphics-EcoIntelligence/dp/tech-data/B00288BH9K/ref=de_a_smtd)

or

EVGA GeForce 8800 GTS Video Card - 512MB, PCI Express 2.0, SLI Ready, (Dual Link) Dual DVI, HDTV (http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4786531&csid=ITD&body=MAIN#detailspecs)

or

EVGA GeForce GTS 250 Video Card - 512MB GDDR3, PCI Express 2.0, (2) Dual Link DVI, SLI Ready
(http://www.compusa.com/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4494046&csid=ITD&body=MAIN#detailspecs)

but then again I don't know much about computing x.x

 

[Mousemonkey]

The 250 is the newest the 9800 is the most PSU friendly and the 8800 is the oldest and at 1440 x 900 the performance is not going to differ much between the three.

 

[wieldsith]

Thanks a lot

 

[Mousemonkey]

You're welcome.