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asaulith   09-21-2009 at 11:48:17 PM

My current system: core 2 duo e8400, Radeon X1900.

I was thinking about buying a nvidia gtx 1GB 285 OC for $269.99.
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspag [...] 8063557108

How much of an upgrade would this be?

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Bronze Graphics badge hunter315   09-21-2009 at 11:56:34 PM

Get a GTX275, they are significantly cheaper and perform almost as well. What resolution do you normally play at? What power supply do you have? Those are what determine what you should upgrade too and how far you can safely upgrade.

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asaulith   09-21-2009 at 11:59:44 PM

1920X1200 and I think I got a 800 watt power supply

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Twoboxer   09-22-2009 at 12:26:39 AM

The nVidia 275 or HD 4890 is more than needed to drive 1920.

As you can see in the table, the upgrade is *huge*:

http://www.tomshardware.com/review [...] 404-7.html

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Bronze Graphics badge jyjjy   09-22-2009 at 12:31:53 AM

Almost any decent card will be a huge upgrade over an x1900.
Now isn't the right time to be buying a card in your price range. The new HD58xx cards should be out very soon and prices will likely be changing for high end cards as a result.
That said right now an HD4890 is what I would recommend.

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asaulith   09-22-2009 at 12:35:05 AM

They say pci express 2 cards normally work on mobo's which are pci express 1.0... would this still be a good option to get or would the pci express 1 bus limit the card too much?

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mindless728   09-22-2009 at 12:48:18 AM

should be fine, though wait for the HD5XXX series see what prices can be found

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enayet_redeemer   09-22-2009 at 08:12:17 AM

Wait for the Radeon HD5xxx series card release and you will be benefitted, I think... because it will lead price drops on the current cards...

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