Looking for a video card

[roym6]

APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: within the month
BUDGET RANGE: <50 or around that price range

USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: playing video games. right now mostly bf3 and minecraft

CURRENT GPU AND POWER SUPPLY: i have stock emachines ET1831-07(i know its a noob computer but i just recently got into computer gaming, used to be xbox player and computer gaming is so expensive)

OTHER RELEVANT SYSTEM SPECS: emachines ET1831-07

PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: none
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: ? i live in CA, US

PARTS PREFERENCES: no preference

OVERCLOCKING: depends on difficulty, i've overclocked my android but it was simple
SLI OR CROSSFIRE: i don't think my mobo supports it

MONITOR RESOLUTION: well i have an hdtv so if the video card has an hdmi output id use it

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: for now i want to keep it as cheap as possible because im saving to buy a customized hp pavilion dv7.

 

[JackNaylorPE]

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-performance-radeon-geforce,3018-2.html

 

[Gamer-girl]

It is hard to find any info on that emachines desktop.

How many watts is the power supply (If you take take the side panel off, there should be a sticker on the power supply).

I don't think you could buy a GPU that can play BF3 on low unless you want to risk buying second-hand. Also most of the graphics cards that can handle bf3 will require a good power supply which will probably cost $50 or more.

I hope you didn't pay too much for that computer, you could save up and build your own which will be better than getting a customized hp.

 

[roym6]

I bought that computer one year ago for 399. and also the HP I'm going to get is a laptop so I can't really build it. I'm willing to up to one hundred dollars for both a video card and a new power supply if I have to.

 

[roym6]

power supply is 250 watts

 

[roym6]

anybody??

 

[roym6]

http://www.e4allupgraders.info/dir1/motherboards/socket775/ecsMCP73VT-PM.shtml

mobo. would a gt 440 be able to run bf3 on mid settings? i know i also need to get a psu but which one? thanks