HP M9457SC Upgrade

[mryandao54]

Hi there! I currently own a HP m9457sc. Everything is stock (9600GS 768MB, AMD Phenom 9650 2,3 GHz, exept that i have upgraded stock 4gb RAM to 8. Im wondering, can someone give me some tips on what more to upgrade? Could someone give some tips on maybe a new videocard that is compatible with my computer.
Thanks

 

[clutchc]

With the stock 300W power supply you are limited to graphics cards that don't require a seperate power cable; cards that get all their power from the PCIe x16 slot. Your 9600GS/9600GSO card is about the most powerful you can use. Here are some AMD cards that improve on your existing card, but only by a small margin.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100007709%20600007779%20600083901%20600144219&IsNodeId=1&name=Radeon%20HD%206670&ShowDeactivatedMark=False&Order=PRICE&Pagesize=20

If you feel like tackling a power supply upgrade, you can go with a card that will game at much better framerate at higher resolutions. If not, the cards in the list above should give you good framerates at 1680x1050 and lower depending on the amount of eye candy you use.

 

[mryandao54]

With the stock 300W power supply you are limited to graphics cards that don't require a seperate power cable; cards that get all their power from the PCIe x16 slot. Your 9600GS/9600GSO card is about the most powerful you can use. Here are some AMD cards that improve on your existing card, but only by a small margin.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100007709%20600007779%20600083901%20600144219&IsNodeId=1&name=Radeon%20HD%206670&ShowDeactivatedMark=False&Order=PRICE&Pagesize=20

If you feel like tackling a power supply upgrade, you can go with a card that will game at much better framerate at higher resolutions. If not, the cards in the list above should give you good framerates at 1680x1050 and lower depending on the amount of eye candy you use.

Oh ok thanks. im thinkin about buying a completely new computer to be honest. but thanks again for the tips