Looking to upgrade my GPU, for Diablo III

[Yinyang107]

My current card is a GeForce 8400 GS, which is apparently insufficient. I hear this place is "the authority on tech," so it seems as good a place to ask as any.

90% certain my motherboard's an Asus P5LP-LE. Belarc Advisor and CPU-Z both list it as "ASUStek Computer Inc. Leucite 2.00." This is the P5's pdf manual, which includes its specs.

My father, who's also a longtime Blizzard fan impatient to play D3, gave me a piece of paper that says "560ti Nvidea" [sic]. I don't know where he looked for information, but from googling it, the 560 seems quite modern. Will it work for D3, and would it fit my mobo? If not, any alternative suggestions?

 

[moornix]

The 560Ti is a good card and will work with your mobo, but without knowing your PSU wattage and specs, I can't guarantee it will run.

 

[Yinyang107]

How can I find that?

 

[Guest]

you need to open the side and look. though is this it?
HP Pavilion Media Center TV m7570n Desktop PC

 

[jsrudd]

The 560Ti will run D3, but you could get something much cheaper (like a 6770) and still probably max the game. As always, make sure you have an adequate power supply.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/diablo-iii-performance-benchmark,3195-5.html

Here's the 6770.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121468

Here's the 560Ti

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130604

 

[Yinyang107]

Yeah loon, that's my box. Are the PSU specs there somewhere?

Edit to add: How's the temperature on the 560? I installed Speedfan about a week back and I've noticed that my current GPU averages 80+ degrees Celsius when I'm not even' playing anything.

 

[photonboy]

The HD5870 can run everything MAX at 1920x1080 and get 120FPS average.

You can buy an HD6850 for as little as $100 on sale (newegg, ncix etc) which is my recommend unless there are different games.

Power Supply:
- GPU temp isn't really an issue, and it's possible Speedfan isn't properly reporting your GPU temp. Unless the GPU has artifacts etc it doesn't really matter.

*You need to physically look at your power supply so we can find the details. It's not enough just to say it's a "280 Watt PSU"; find a name, a model number or something that can be Googled because many pre-built systems don't come with PSU's which can handle much of a graphics upgrade.

 

[Guest]

Yeah loon, that's my box. Are the PSU specs there somewhere?

Edit to add: How's the temperature on the 560? I installed Speedfan about a week back and I've noticed that my current GPU averages 80+ degrees Celsius when I'm not even' playing anything.

i didn't ee any PSU specs . .but another concern is the Pentium D thats in it that will limit what card to get; a 560 is an overkill with that
some possible other choices like the 6770:

but you mat get stuck with something along the lines of a 440

 

[Yinyang107]

By the Pentium being a limiting factor, do you mean it wouldn't take full advantage of a 560 ti?

Also, I looked inside the case, and my PSU is the HP-D3057F3R.

 

[Guest]

By the Pentium being a limiting factor, do you mean it wouldn't take full advantage of a 560 ti?

Also, I looked inside the case, and my PSU is the HP-D3057F3R.

unfortunately yes.
also that PSU does not have a PCI power connection for a graphics card so that would limit the choices to a card that does not need an additional power supply from the 75 watts supplied by the pci x16 on the motherboard.

 

[dudewitbow]

if you dont have a 6 pin connector on the psu, the highest card you can get is a 7750. unless you change the psu.

 

[Yinyang107]

Would a 7750 be good enough?

 

[dudewitbow]

Would a 7750 be good enough?

to maximize settings, no. to comfortably play the game with mid settings, yes.

 

[Yinyang107]

I guess that if it's the best option it'll have to do. Thanks your all the help, folks.

 

[Yinyang107]

Bump for one last question: with the 7750, how long is it likely to be before I need to upgrade again?

 

[UAhmed]

If u'll play games like bf3 i think u'll need to upgrade. If u wanna play only D3 then go with what others said. I'd recommend a hd 6850 or 6870.

6870 can run most games easily at a decent resolution

 

[Guest]

Bump for one last question: with the 7750, how long is it likely to be before I need to upgrade again?

to upgrade from the card your think of would also need to get another PSU that has a 6 pin PCI connection and a CPU to avoid a bottleneck.
the PSU is no problem but with the CPU it will need some thought about the cost effectiveness of spending money on an old socket 775 platform.

 

[Yinyang107]

Alright, thanks again.