Planning to upgrade my graphics card and need help.

[infernox_01]

Hey i currently have a HD2400 pro PCI-E graphics card and am looking to upgrade it. Just looking for a reasonable price graphics card up to $100. The obvious upgrade would be the HD 3450 but just wondering which other options i have and which graphics card will fit my system. I also have a Intel E4500 dual core processor @2.20ghz, 1GB ram and am running windows xp professional. Thanks for ur help.

 

[Rustyy117]

Thats a tight budget, I'd recommend this

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161287

Or maybe this

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814162028

 

[rolli59]

One of these HD4670 would be a good replacement http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2010380048%20106792627%201067944045&name=Radeon%20HD%204670
The best performing card under $100 are these 9800GT at the moment http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2010380048%20106792522%201067942536&name=GeForce%209800%20GT

 

[Rustyy117]

yeah what i said and he re-typed :L

 

[rolli59]

yeah what i said and he re-typed :L

Except I did not pick specific cards. I leave brand and price up to OP. I have a hard time recommending a HD4670 card for $79.99 when you can get another one for $65.

 

[infernox_01]

just wondering is the nvidia card going to work on my computer. my current graphics card is a DDR2 memory type with a PCI-E interface. all i found at the moment is that both cards use the PCI-E 2.0 interface, so will that work on a PCI-E interface??? Both cards are also using the GDDR3 memory type. my current ram is DDR2 so im guessing it wont work.

 

[rolli59]

The GDDR3 has nothing to do with your system memory, it is only for on card communication so no problem there. The PCI-e 2.0 interface is backwards compatible with 1.x interface.
The only question left to answer is , what is the size of your power supply?

 

[Rustyy117]

It'll work fine, even if your motherboard is PCI-E 1.0 (Not 2.0) it will still work as its backwards compatible. And the change from DDR2 to DDR3 makes no difference as far as compatibility is concerned.

@ rolli59 I was just joking man hence the ":L" Lighten up man, i just thought it was funny that we both recommened similar cards.

 

[rolli59]

It'll work fine, even if your motherboard is PCI-E 1.0 (Not 2.0) it will still work as its backwards compatible. And the change from DDR2 to DDR3 makes no difference as far as compatibility is concerned.

@ rolli59 I was just joking man hence the ":L" Lighten up man, i just thought it was funny that we both recommened similar cards.

No offense taken. Just pointing out the price difference between the cards.

 

[Rustyy117]

Cool ^^

Here's a review of the HD4670

http://www.trustedreviews.com/graphics/review/2008/10/20/ATI-HD-4670/p1

As you can see the 4670 and 9800GT are pretty well matched, the 9800 taking a slight lead over the 4670 in most games, but as rolli59 has pointed out, the 4670 it is very cheap.

 

[infernox_01]

the size of my power supply is 230W i think. i found it out the red switch sort of thing next to the power supply but i think maybe i can switch it to a higher power supply. it says the voltage is 115/230~. just looking at the info and max power draws, it looks like the 4670 is the better fit. the 9800 takes alot more power and my power is limited.

 

[rolli59]

That setting you are looking at is the voltage on the PSU. That is the volts out of the wall socket. The watts are on a sticker on the PSU inside the case. Example http://www.newegg.com/Product/ImageGallery.aspx?CurImage=17-371-015-S05&SCList=17-371-015-S01%2c17-371-015-S02%2c17-371-015-S03%2c17-371-015-S04%2c17-371-015-S05%2c17-371-015-S06%2c17-371-015-S07%2c17-371-015-S08%2c17-371-015-S09&S7ImageFlag=2&Item=N82E16817371015&Depa=0&WaterMark=1&Description=Antec%20EarthWatts%20EA650%20650W%20Continuous%20Power%20ATX12V%20Ver.2.2%20%2f%20EPS12V%20version%202.91%20SLI%20Certified%20CrossFire%20Ready%2080%20PLUS%20Certified%20%20Active%20PFC%20%22compatible%20with%20Core%20i7%2fCore%20i5%22%20Power%20Supply

 

[Rustyy117]

yeah rolli polli is righyt haha buat you gona has to rwad the label mann.......

 

[infernox_01]

k ill check it out. just wondering if this will affect anything, when i bought the computer it had an integrated intel graphics card in there so i cant take it out but ive turned it off on the bios.

 

[infernox_01]

bit of a late reply but i found out my psu is only 250w.