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Best Graphics Card for my Intel 82945G mobo

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Hi all,
I have Intel 82945G Express Chipset motherboard and Intel Core 2 Duo E4500 processor.
My mobo supports PCI Express x16 cards.
I run Windows 7 Ultimate x64, so I have Directx 11 preinstalled.
My PSU is an Adcom ATX 400W . Its max power is 450W. Do i need to change my PSU as well?

Which graphics card would be the best deal?
Kindly suggest both performance wise and value for money wise.

Thanks a lot in advance :hello:  .
Gaurav Kumar

You better up-grade your PSU. Thinking on years to come, get a good 600W or so from Corsair or Seasonic. If you ever want to go SLI/Xfire, then get a bigger one, around 800W. This you should do immediately.

As for your GPU, it depends on what do you want to do. If you are a gamer, then ATI 58xx are great, even though your CPU might be a reason of concern.

Thanks galta
I may not go for Crossfire/SLI.
So I would go for a 600W PSU.
I was wondering whether to go for nVidia or ATI?
If it's nVidia a friend of mine suggests going for gt240 over 9800gt for my current PSU. If I upgrade my PSU, then I have read 9800gt promises better performance.
Can you suggest some other better nVidia or ATI cards?
Thanks

Hello gauravbaadshah,

Whatever you choose for Graphics card make sure it's compatible!
Check out the Windows 7 Compatibility site: (There you will find out about hardware and software compatibilty.)
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/compatibility/en-us/de...
There is a pulldown from which you can choose "hardware" and "software".

There are also some great articles, instructional videos and such to help with your Windows 7 at our Springboard site:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/default.aspx


Thanks again,
John M.
Microsoft Windows Client Support
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