Budget GPU Replacement for Integrated GeForce 750. 2008 Mobo

[julielou2]

Good evening board

Another newb here so apologies in advance.

Will purchase an Ivybridge PC in April/May but need to bling up my old 2005 desktop up on a shoestring so that I can play World of Warcraft until April/May, since my gaming Laptop broke . I'm used to FPS of 5-15 at the moment so anything will be an improvement.

APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: within the next day or two BUDGET RANGE: GBP £30-35 (approx USD $45-50)

USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Gaming but just WoW and EverquestII - I'm not an FPS girl, Internet Surfing.

CURRENT GPU AND POWER SUPPLY: Currently using the integrated grapics chip on motherboard - GeForce 7050, the powersupply is well oh dear, I failed. I opened up the case and have looked from 3 sides but can't see anything as the PSU is in a cage and would need dismounting from the cage thing and taking out of the cage. I've looked at the original specs of my PC and Mesh the manufacturers put in a 450W PSU - if this has been replaced over time then it's not going to be for a PSU of more than 500W. Sorry for being vague - I've a memory like a sieve.

OTHER RELEVANT SYSTEM SPECS: The PC is a Mesh Matrix 64 BPC which has an Athlon 64 3500+ processor, the original motherboard was replaced with an AS Rock motherboard model number 939N68PV-GLAN. Currently I have 1Gb of RAM but am buying another 2 sticks tonight which will take the total up to 3Gb. I know that my motherboard has a PCI-E slot free in which to house the GPU card.

PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: (e.g.: Amazon.co.uk, ebuyer.co.uk, Maplin.co.uk, Dabs.co.uk, - anywhere which sells graphics cards over the internet in the UK and are not pirates!

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United Kingdom

PARTS PREFERENCES: Don't mind - anything that is cheap, will work and will improve my current PC's graphical performce (FPS)

OVERCLOCKING: Rather not

SLI OR CROSSFIRE: No thank you

MONITOR RESOLUTION: 1024x768, 1280x1024

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Thank you in advance for your kind help.

Jules

 

[DM186]

You do know with that kind of a budget It is not going to be that much better that the on board one you have. But every little bit counts. So here are a few links to help you. Good luck to you.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Point-View-Geforce-DDR3-SDRAM-VGA-210-C1-1024/dp/B005GTQ1TE/ref=sr_1_12?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1326765518&sr=1-12

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Zotac-210-1GB-Graphics-Card/dp/B003C1GJF4/ref=sr_1_3?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1326765518&sr=1-3

http://www.amazon.co.uk/XFX-Radeon-HD-4550-HyperMemory/dp/B0033A4H26/ref=sr_1_3?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1326765954&sr=1-3

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Gigabyte-GV-R465OC-1GI-Radeon-Graphics-DVI-I/dp/tech-data/B001Q7MW2A/ref=de_a_smtd

 

[julielou2]

Thank you DM for your help.

 

[striker410]

I would suggest trying to pick up a used 5670. I've seen a few go for around ~$45.

If you can't do that, this 5570 will get the job done for sure. http://www.amazon.co.uk/XFX-Radeon-HD-5570-DisplayPort/dp/B0038MUGZG/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1326995473&sr=8-2 Right in your budget, no rebates needed. Should destroy the options listed above in terms of performance.

P.S. I would only pick up a single stick of RAM. that will allow dual channel operation which is definitely preferable.