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mohammad_amju

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Hello,
my system specs are , intel e5500 2.8ghz,
mobo is p5g41t-m lx(asus) , 2gb ddr3 ram , 500 gb hard drive,psu is LPE 223-400 (i dont knw wat does that mean) .. and current gpu is nvidia 8400gs 1gb. ..
my only question is which latest card can i upgrade tht suits all my specs above (only the card)(nvidia only, cause i have no idea about ati or amd) .. my budget is around 8000rs (indian) .. pls guys help me ..
i was thinking abt gtx650 but few people said abt bottlenecking some abt psu problems etc .. can someone help .. i'll b thank full
 
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actually I wanted to know the monitor size and resolution... but, if you want to put a gtx650 or a 7770 you are going to have to replace the power supply first because it will not run those bigger video cards.

the gts450 is a bit faster than the 6670 but I think it requires still more power. it might work okay, I don't know. the 6670 might be pushing it too.
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Your cpu will become a bottleneck for the GTX 650, though it is an excellent card

If you can upgrade to a quad core cpu your pc will run perfectly, but with your current specs, you'll probably wanna go with a GTX 550ti or GTS 450
 
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mohammad_amju

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thank u .. so there no problem with the psu ?? actually in chennai (where i live) there is no such cards available in market .. only gtx 650 they provide .. so is it okay to go with it or can i buy frm flipkart or online shops and install my self .. do we need skills fr it .??
 
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If a GTX650 is bottlenecked by that processor, the GTX550 Ti (~5% faster) and certainly the the 7770 will be bottlenecked too. What people are saying is essentially that your processor performance will hold back the card, so buy a slower card to match a slower CPU. If you do buy a GTX650 though and if it is bottlenecked, a CPU upgrade in the future would then unlock the rest of the card's potential.
 
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mohammad_amju

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okay if i buy gtx 650 and install that with intel e5500 .. will it perform atleast best to the cpu till a year .. cuase later i will upgrade my cpu and psu.. by doing this will my card or cpu damages??
 
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thew power supply is in your case. what does the label say ? or didn't you pull the side off and look ?

and if this is a pre-made dell or something there might be clearance issues inside the case.
 
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actually I wanted to know the monitor size and resolution... but, if you want to put a gtx650 or a 7770 you are going to have to replace the power supply first because it will not run those bigger video cards.

the gts450 is a bit faster than the 6670 but I think it requires still more power. it might work okay, I don't know. the 6670 might be pushing it too.
 
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mohammad_amju

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monitor resolution is 1600 x 900 .. sorry and its about 20 inch ..
by the way i think i should go with what u say .. instead of opting higher one's and suffering over it .. will buy ram with the extra bugs i save :)
 
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