Need Suggestions for best Graphic card

vasanthancs

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Please suggest me best graphic card for my PC ,

My PC Config is ,

Processor - Pentium Dual core 2.8Ghz
Motherboard - Intel 102Ggc2
Onboard Graphics - ATI radeon Xpress 200 - 256MB
RAM - DDR2 1.5GB ( 1GB + 512MB )

 
What power supply do you have? What do you use this system for? If gaming at what resolution? Whats your budget for the upgrade? If you just want to know the best graphics card, thats the 5970, however its not necessarily the best choice for your system.
 

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If you have to play games @ 1280x1024 with medium settings then go for 9600GT or HD 4670 which does not have power connecter so you wont need extra horse power like 9600GT.
for PSU = 300 Watts = 4670
for PSU = 350 Watts = 9600GT
 

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Power supply : 450W
Gaming @ 1152 x 864 resolution
My budget is up to 7k
 
With 7k I say build a new PC.

Anyway if your PSU is 450W then check how many AMPs it has on the 12v rail. If it has at least a single 18A, or dual 12A, rails then you should be ok with a Radeon 4670. The Geforce GT240 is faster than the Radeon 4670, but on your system it wouldn't make a difference because both cards would be bottle necked by your weak CPU so it wouldn't make sense to pay more money for a GT240. On the other hand the GT240 will use less power than the Radeon 4670.

GDDR3 is faster than GDDR2. It graphics card doesn't care if you have DDR2 or DDR3 system RAM. If you get a card with DDR3 it will still run at it's DDR3 speeds, assuming a sufficient PSU anyway.
 

I there's a currency mismatch here! :D

Please mention the currency when you say 7k. I think you mean Indian Rupees. If that is so, then 9800GT would be fine. Provided you have a decent PSU. And the DDR on RAM has nothing to do with DDR on GPU. GPU RAM's are all DDR3 for a long time except 9400GT which is still available in the DRR2 flavor!

Mention you PSU brand and monitor brand as well to get the concrete solution.
 
No point going for a good hardware if you PSU is like that. You cant build a house with weak framework, can you?

I am pretty much certain that, that PSU would fry your other hardware in less than 3 months and then you would have to change a lot of other parts. That's not budget efficient, is it?
 

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Thanks for information , i will change my PSU ....

can u suggest cpu configuration for 15000rs to 20000rs ??
 
If thats a core2duo your processor is fine, what you need is more ram. Another gig, preferably 2.
Your PSU isn't great but there are a few decent low power cards it can probably handle without being replaced. An HD4670 would be good for your resolution or an HD4770 would be fantastic. Unless your PSU is horrible the HD4670 should be no problem. The HD4770 could be pushing things but it would likely be fine as well.
 

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My processor is dual core ....
Is GDDR2 is enough or should i go for DDR3 and what do you suggest for graphics memory 512 or 1024 ?
 
GGDR2 and GDDR3 is different from DDR2 and DDR3.

GDDR2 is an obsolete thing. Whatever you buy today would be GDDR3. If only RAM, then Gigabyte Superb 460W, HD4670.

Cant find your motherboard specification. I am guessing it would be a DDR2, so GSkill 2GB 800MHz.
 

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So , I have to change PSU and add 2GB Ram for my CPU
And as of your suggestions HD4670 1GB graphics card is good for my CPU - right ?

so i have to buy Corsair VX450W , 2 GB DDR2 Ram , ATI Radeon HD4670 1GB Graphics card .... am i clear ?

 

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Processor - Intel Pentium D 820 Socket 775 LGA , 800MHZ FSB , 2MB L2 cache
Motherboard - Intel 102GGC2 with 256MB ATI Radeon 200 onboard graphics
RAM - 1.5GB ( will add 2GB )

for the above configuration - ATI Radeon HD4670 1GB DDR3 Graphic card will be good ?

and also suggest PSU for this config .... cheaper than Corsair VX450W