Help Please!

[Beckzman]

Well im really quite new to this whole graphics card upgrading thing and its really quite confusing so thought i would ask some help

I've wanted to upgrade my gfx for quite some time now but never had the know how or the spare money to do it.

Even now i only have £60 or if i wait 2 weeks £120.

I dont want anything fancy i just want to be able to run battlefield bad company 2. Obviously i want some graphical quality and a decent average fps.
But i would settle for all low graphics for ATLEAST 100 constant .

Specs -

AMD Phenom 9550 Processor (Quad Core)
2200 MHz Processor speed
Genuine Windows Vista (R) Home Premium
4GB Memory
500 GB Hard Disk
ATI RADEON X1200

Hope thats enough!

 

[Mousemonkey]

For £120 you'd be looking at a GTS250 or HD5770, take your pick.

 

[shadow187]

First off, you will not notice any FPS above 60mhz.

Second, what's your Power-Supply and Monitor size?

Third, wait two weeks and get an HD5770.

 

[Beckzman]

what fps and graphics the HD 5770 get me on bc2?

 

[Beckzman]

I forgot wat power supply i have how do i check? and monitor size 22''

 

[shadow187]

If your native resolution is 1680x1050 you're fine.

To check your PSU, open your case and read the sticker on the power supply.

 

[Mousemonkey]

First off, you will not notice any FPS above 60mhz.

Second, what's your Power-Supply and Monitor size?

Third, wait two weeks and get an HD5770.

OK I'll bite, are you thinking that the release of the Fermi cards will affect the price of anything below the £400/$600 range? If so I'll wager that it won't what do you want to bet?

 

[Beckzman]

RES is normally 1024*768

Is that bad?

I'm quite a noob to this stuff lol

 

[shadow187]

Beck, you should be running 1680x1050, unless your monitor is square, in which case you should be running 1280x1024.

@Mousemonkey, I don't understand your question. He said he can, "Wait two weeks to get E120", which is exactly what you posted.

 

[Beckzman]

Yeah monitor is square so im running at 1280*1024 what dif that make?

 

[shadow187]

Just gives you more space on your monitor. More pixels.

 

[Beckzman]

It doesn't mean i should run my games at that Res though does it?

 

[mister g]

Wait two weeks, On friday that week Nvidia releases new graphics cards, which should persuade AMD to lower prices, unless that earthquake in Taiwan damaged the TSMC factory.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/190885/taiwan_earthquake_may_send_lcd_chip_prices_higher.html

 

[Mousemonkey]

Beck, you should be running 1680x1050, unless your monitor is square, in which case you should be running 1280x1024.

@Mousemonkey, I don't understand your question. He said he can, "Wait two weeks to get E120", which is exactly what you posted.

Oh, I'm sorry. I was inferring that in two weeks with his 120 quid he could get either of those two cards, I thought you were referring to the release of Fermi which should also be in about two weeks so a bit of alcohol induced miscommunication on my part there mate.

 

[Beckzman]

Ok thats cool but what PSU will i need to run the 5770?

 

[shadow187]

http://forums.hexus.net/images/smilies/oops.gifOh, I'm sorry. I was inferring that in two weeks with his 120 quid he could get either of those two cards, I thought you were referring to the release of Fermi which should also be in about two weeks so a bit of alcohol induced miscommunication on my part there mate.

Lolololol MM gives bad advice lolololol.

Ok thats cool but what PSU will i need to run the 5770?

Something about a Corsair 450Watt with 1x 6-pin PCI-E. Should cost roughly E35.

 

[Mousemonkey]

Ooh that's a bit harsh :lol: ,£60 is not going to get much. A 9600GT or 4670 perhaps but that's all.

 

[Beckzman]

Would the 4670 get me more than 60fps as said the human eye cannot see above 60. and would i still need to upgrade my psu.
Right had a look inside and its a ISO-400PP
I wasnt sure what you wanted me to get so Ive just copied everything on the label

INPUT:230V,4A,47-63Hz
OUTPUT:+3.3V 20.0A (ORG), +5v 30.0A (RED),+12V 15.0A (YEL)
+5Vsb 2.0A (PURP), -5V 0.5A (WHITE),-12V 0.5A (BLUE)
FUSE RATING:5A,250V~ (+3.3V & +5V =185W MAX)
MAXOUTPUT POWER:300W,(+12v,+5V&+3.3V TOTAL)

 

[mister g]

Did I say something wrong in my above post? If so plz correct me.
MM is that quote Latin or Italian?

 

[mister g]

YIKES only 15 As on the 12 volt rail, the 4670 isn't even going to run!
What's your budget for a new PSU?

 

[Mousemonkey]

Did I say something wrong in my above post? If so plz correct me.
MM is that quote Latin or Italian?

What? wrong? who? Oh Latin mate.

 

[Mousemonkey]

@ OP, You are going to want to change that PSU or else risk a meltdown/blowup.

 

[mister g]

What? wrong? who? Oh Latin mate.

I look at PCWorld daily and saw an article of damage to some factories in Taiwan after the earthquake. It's further up the discussion.

 

[Mousemonkey]

Yeah TSMC say that they lost 1.5 days worth of production because of the quake but what that's going to mean to us and Nvidia I have no idea.

 

[shadow187]

A 400W PSU? He should be fine, as my OC'd E1400 and OC'd HD4650 run on an OEM 200W PSU, while my Q8200 and my HD4650 (only GPU OC'd) run on a 220W.

Not, of course, for the HD5770 though.

@OP: Consider upgrading PSU and GPU to 450W and HD5770. Should cost you E140.