My son wants to upgrade his gaming PC video card. He wants to play Battlefield 3 and other high spec games like this. His card at the minute only just handle Battlefield 2, Bad
Company and Dirt 2, so he thinks he needs a new one. But, i am unsure.
his PC spec is:
250 GB SATA-II HDD UDMA 300 7200 8MB
NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX - 512 MB - 2X DVI/VGA (XFX)
OpenOffice 2.4.1 (Unlimited PC License)
ASUS P5N-D S/L 1333FSB (NVIDIA 750i)
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 (2 x 3.0 GHZ) 1333FSB - 6 MB
X-Blade Black
ASUS Wireless LAN 54Mbps (PCI)
ThermalTake Blue ORB II - Low Noise
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic SP1 32-BIT (Genuine DVD & COA Included)
Internal Card Reader 50-in-1
4GB PC-6400 800 MHZ (2 x 2 GB) (DDR2)
Samsung (S222A) DVD PLUS/-RW 22x Dual Layer - Black (IDE)
OCZ 600W Stealth XStream - Low Noise
He says he wants a:
NVIDIA GTX 570 or similar
can any one advise if upgrading the graphics card or is it a false economy and a new PC he needs?
Company and Dirt 2, so he thinks he needs a new one. But, i am unsure.
his PC spec is:
250 GB SATA-II HDD UDMA 300 7200 8MB
NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX - 512 MB - 2X DVI/VGA (XFX)
OpenOffice 2.4.1 (Unlimited PC License)
ASUS P5N-D S/L 1333FSB (NVIDIA 750i)
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 (2 x 3.0 GHZ) 1333FSB - 6 MB
X-Blade Black
ASUS Wireless LAN 54Mbps (PCI)
ThermalTake Blue ORB II - Low Noise
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic SP1 32-BIT (Genuine DVD & COA Included)
Internal Card Reader 50-in-1
4GB PC-6400 800 MHZ (2 x 2 GB) (DDR2)
Samsung (S222A) DVD PLUS/-RW 22x Dual Layer - Black (IDE)
OCZ 600W Stealth XStream - Low Noise
He says he wants a:
NVIDIA GTX 570 or similar
can any one advise if upgrading the graphics card or is it a false economy and a new PC he needs?