Upgrading my GPU

[alinger]

Hello,
I have an HD4850 gpu and would like to upgrade to an HD9650, or a gpu in the $200 price range. I'm concerned that my current mobo and processor won't support the new card.

My current setup is:

Mobo: Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3R P45 775 R
GPU: VGA Sapphire HD 4850 512M
RAM: 4GB
CPU: Intel Core Two Duo E8400 3GHz
PSU: Corsair 750W
MONITOR: 21.5" LCD

 

[sosofm]

Will be fine. Everything suport the 6950.Your motherboard have pcie 2.0 its exact what you need to run that video card very good.If you overclock your cpu to 3.5-3.6Ghz everything will run smooth.

 

[Warmacblu]

For about 200 - 250, you can find a nice HD 6950 or a GTX 560 Ti. I am an nVIDIA guy so I recommend the GTX 560 Ti but there is nothing wrong with the HD 6950, they perform pretty much at the same level.

3rd party vendors that I prefer:
nVIDIA - MSI, eVGA
ATi - MSI, HIS

 

[inzone]

MSI R6870 Hawk Radeon HD 6870 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card with Eyefinity
$214.99 and a $10 rebate makes it $194.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127560

MSI N560GTX-Ti-M2D1GD5/OC GeForce GTX 560 Ti (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
$229.99 and a $15 rebate makes it $214.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127616

SAPPHIRE FleX 100314FLEX Radeon HD 6870 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card with Eyefinity
$199.99 and a $20 rebate makes it $179.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102924

XFX HD-695X-ZNFC Radeon HD 6950 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card with Eyefinity
$239.99 and a $30 rebate makes it $209.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150523

XFX Double D HD-695X-ZDFC Radeon HD 6950 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card with Eyefinity
$249.99 and a $30 rebate makes it $219.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150552

It looks like the XFX is the only 6950 that I can find close to your $200 budget amount and that is because of the $30 rebate which will expire on1/15/2112. There are also some others to look at and you will find a few 560Ti's in the $200 range but for the most part the 560's are in you budget range.

 

[alinger]

Thanks for your help!