OK, I've got a Dell XPS 410 (also called Dimension 9200) desktop that I'd love to replace with a homebuilt system but I just dont have the cash at the moment.
These are the specs:
Core2 Duo E6400 @ 2.13GHz
2 x 1GB of (slow) DDR2 RAM
Nvidia Geforce 7900 GS
RAID0 2 x 160 HD
-Running Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
As I can't afford a whole new system I thought I'd bump up the GPU and perhaps add a bit more RAM.
My uses are light gaming (I would like to be able to run MW2 on medium settings) and 3d modelling (mainly using sketchup)
I was thinking about a Ati 5670. Is this a good choice? I know you can get 4850 and 4870 cards for similar money but I'm not keen on this for 2 reasons:
-my GPU is only 350 Watts so these cards would probably overload it.
-I would like a recent card which has Directx 11 and low power consumption and HDMI that I might use in the future on a new PC build.
What do you think? Is the 5670 a good card? I also consider a 4770 but they are quite hard to come by these days.
Any advice appreciated...
These are the specs:
Core2 Duo E6400 @ 2.13GHz
2 x 1GB of (slow) DDR2 RAM
Nvidia Geforce 7900 GS
RAID0 2 x 160 HD
-Running Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
As I can't afford a whole new system I thought I'd bump up the GPU and perhaps add a bit more RAM.
My uses are light gaming (I would like to be able to run MW2 on medium settings) and 3d modelling (mainly using sketchup)
I was thinking about a Ati 5670. Is this a good choice? I know you can get 4850 and 4870 cards for similar money but I'm not keen on this for 2 reasons:
-my GPU is only 350 Watts so these cards would probably overload it.
-I would like a recent card which has Directx 11 and low power consumption and HDMI that I might use in the future on a new PC build.
What do you think? Is the 5670 a good card? I also consider a 4770 but they are quite hard to come by these days.
Any advice appreciated...