Good graphics card without changing psu?

[shays47]

I have a packard bell ixtreme x5620uk pc, and would like to get a decent graphics card, preferably 512mb or higher, so i can play some decent games on. I have contacted packard bell, and they reckon that according to the parts list my psu is 250w - however, i have been told by other people that due to the spec of my pc, it may be more.

My spec is :

Intel core 2 quad 2.5ghz, 1333mhz, 4mb cache
windows 7 home premium 64
4gb ddr2 ram
640gb hdd
nvidia 7100 integrated graphics

Does anyone have any suggestions?

 

[Onus]

Find out what your PSU is; open the case and read the label. If it is only 250W, a HD4650 is probably the most you'd want to run on it full time. If it is 300W, you could run a HD4670 on it.

 

[jyjjy]

An HD5570 is better than the HD4650 and also uses very little power. It will probably be ok on a 250w psu.

 

[wiinippongamer]

get this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371007&cm_re=earthwatts_500w-_-17-371-007-_-Product for $55 after rebate, then you could run up to (maybe) a 5870. Then OC the cpu to 3.2ghz and there won't be much of a bottleneck.

if you just don't have money to change the psu, then the 5570 would be the best.

 

[Onus]

Since his PC is Slackard-Hell, I'm guessing he's in the UK and cannot buy from Newegg.
Still, that Earthwatts is a good choice if you can find one locally, and are not unwilling to replace your PSU.

 

[Sabre_X]

Replacing an nVidia 6100 with a new Graphics Card for Napoleon Total War!

Issue is- I still have a 250W PSU

CPU: AMD Athlon 64X2 Dual Processor 4400+ 2.30 GHz
RAM: 3GB DDR2

I'm looking to buy a card for under £100...

HD 4650
HD 4670
HD 5450

Or are there any other cards you recommend that are around the specification of those mentioned?

Thanks in advance!

Sabre_X

 

[wiinippongamer]

^dude, never, NEVER, post another question on some other people's thread,it's annoying, just start a new thread of yours

 

[Sabre_X]

Sorry about that! Getting used to the etiquet (or however you spell it). Have made my own thread- thanks for the advice wiinippongamer

 

[jyjjy]

The answer is the same anyway: HD5570 or HD4650