I bought an iBUYPOWER Gamer Extreme 547SLC Phenom II X4 955(3.2GHz) 4GB DDR3 750GB NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit in 2010. It's worked great for Battlefield 3, which I've played since it came out in Oct. 2011.
However, I just bought Crysis 3 and the GPU that came with my computer is not DirectX 11 compatible. Imagine my surprise. I'm not the most savvy computer hardware person, but I'm usually able to upgrade my own computer components. In this case, though, I'm a little intimidated. The Gamer Extreme is water-cooled. I've never upgraded a water-cooled computer.
I want to upgrade my GPU but I'm not sure if the one will work with my computer. Perhaps you can help me.
According to the GeForce the GeForce GTX 670 is at the top end of the recommended specs for Crysis 3. Can you tell me if it's compatible with my computer and if it is, will it work with my preexisting water-cool set-up?
I really appreciate any help I can get. Thanks in advance.
Here are the complete specs for my computer and below that the specs for the new GPU:
Model Gamer Extreme 547SLC
Type Gaming
Processor AMD Phenom II X4 955(3.2GHz)
Processor Main Features 64 bit Quad-Core Processor
Cache Per Processor 4 x 512KB L2 Cache
Memory 4GB DDR3 1600
Hard Drive 750GB SATAII
Optical Drive 1 24X DL DVD+/-RW Drive
Graphics NVIDIA GeForce GTS250 1GB
Audio Sound card - Integrated
Ethernet 10/100/1000Mbps
Power Supply 700W
Keyboard iBUYPOWER USB Deluxe Keyboard
Mouse iBUYPOWER USB Mouse
Operating System Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
Special Features NZXT Apollo Gaming Tower
iBUYPOWER Gaming Liquid Cooling-Overclock Ready
Motherboard
Chipset AMD 770
CPU
CPU Type Phenom II X4
Installed Qty 1
CPU Speed 955(3.2GHz)
L2 Cache Per CPU 4 x 512KB
L3 Cache Per CPU 6MB
CPU Socket Type AM3
CPU Main Features 64 bit Quad-Core Processor
Graphics
GPU/VPU Type NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250
Graphics Interface PCI Express 2.0 x16
Memory
Memory Capacity 4GB DDR3
Memory Speed DDR3 1600
Form Factor DIMM 240-pin
Memory Spec 2GB x 2
Memory Slot (Total) 4
Memory Slot (Available) 2
Maximum Memory Supported 16GB
Hard Drive
HDD Capacity 750GB
HDD Interface SATA II
Optical Drive
Optical Drive Type DVD±RW
Optical Drive Spec 24X DL DVD+/-RW Drive
Audio
Audio Chipset Integrated
Audio Channels 8 channels
Communications
LAN Chipset Integrated
LAN Speed 10/100/1000Mbps
Front Panel Ports
Front USB 2
Front Audio Ports 2
Back Panel Ports
PS/2 1
Rear USB 6
eSATA 1
Rear Audio Ports 6 ports
S/P DIF 1 x Optical
Expansion
PCI Slots (Available/Total) 1 x PCI-Express x16
2 x PCI-Express x1
3 x PCI
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GeForce GTX 670
GPU Engine Specs:
1344CUDA Cores
915Graphics Clock (MHz)
980Processor Clock (MHz)
102.5Texture Fill Rate (billion/sec)
Memory Specs:
6.0 GbpsMemory Clock
GDDR5Memory Interface
256-bit GDDR5Memory Interface Width
192.2Memory Bandwidth (GB/sec)
Feature Support:
4.2OpenGL
PCI Express 3.0Bus Support1
YesCertified for Windows 7
3D Vision, 3D Vision Surround, CUDA, DirectX 11, PhysX, SLI, TXAA, Adaptive VSync, GPU Boost, FXAASupported Technologies2
3-waySLI Options3
Yes3D Vision Ready
Display Support:
4 displaysMulti Monitor
4096x2160Maximum Digital Resolution4
2048x1536Maximum VGA Resolution
YesHDCP
YesHDMI5
One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI, One DisplayPortStandard Display Connectors
InternalAudio Input for HDMI
Standard Graphics Card Dimensions:
9.5 inches Length
4.376 inches Height
Dual-slotWidth
Thermal and Power Specs:
97 CMaximum GPU Temperature (in C)
170 WMaximum Graphics Card Power (W)
500 WMinimum System Power Requirement (W)5
Two 6-pinSupplementary Power Connectors
3D Vision Ready:
Yes3D Blu-Ray
Yes3D Gaming
Yes3D Photos
However, I just bought Crysis 3 and the GPU that came with my computer is not DirectX 11 compatible. Imagine my surprise. I'm not the most savvy computer hardware person, but I'm usually able to upgrade my own computer components. In this case, though, I'm a little intimidated. The Gamer Extreme is water-cooled. I've never upgraded a water-cooled computer.
I want to upgrade my GPU but I'm not sure if the one will work with my computer. Perhaps you can help me.
According to the GeForce the GeForce GTX 670 is at the top end of the recommended specs for Crysis 3. Can you tell me if it's compatible with my computer and if it is, will it work with my preexisting water-cool set-up?
I really appreciate any help I can get. Thanks in advance.
Here are the complete specs for my computer and below that the specs for the new GPU:
Model Gamer Extreme 547SLC
Type Gaming
Processor AMD Phenom II X4 955(3.2GHz)
Processor Main Features 64 bit Quad-Core Processor
Cache Per Processor 4 x 512KB L2 Cache
Memory 4GB DDR3 1600
Hard Drive 750GB SATAII
Optical Drive 1 24X DL DVD+/-RW Drive
Graphics NVIDIA GeForce GTS250 1GB
Audio Sound card - Integrated
Ethernet 10/100/1000Mbps
Power Supply 700W
Keyboard iBUYPOWER USB Deluxe Keyboard
Mouse iBUYPOWER USB Mouse
Operating System Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
Special Features NZXT Apollo Gaming Tower
iBUYPOWER Gaming Liquid Cooling-Overclock Ready
Motherboard
Chipset AMD 770
CPU
CPU Type Phenom II X4
Installed Qty 1
CPU Speed 955(3.2GHz)
L2 Cache Per CPU 4 x 512KB
L3 Cache Per CPU 6MB
CPU Socket Type AM3
CPU Main Features 64 bit Quad-Core Processor
Graphics
GPU/VPU Type NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250
Graphics Interface PCI Express 2.0 x16
Memory
Memory Capacity 4GB DDR3
Memory Speed DDR3 1600
Form Factor DIMM 240-pin
Memory Spec 2GB x 2
Memory Slot (Total) 4
Memory Slot (Available) 2
Maximum Memory Supported 16GB
Hard Drive
HDD Capacity 750GB
HDD Interface SATA II
Optical Drive
Optical Drive Type DVD±RW
Optical Drive Spec 24X DL DVD+/-RW Drive
Audio
Audio Chipset Integrated
Audio Channels 8 channels
Communications
LAN Chipset Integrated
LAN Speed 10/100/1000Mbps
Front Panel Ports
Front USB 2
Front Audio Ports 2
Back Panel Ports
PS/2 1
Rear USB 6
eSATA 1
Rear Audio Ports 6 ports
S/P DIF 1 x Optical
Expansion
PCI Slots (Available/Total) 1 x PCI-Express x16
2 x PCI-Express x1
3 x PCI
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GeForce GTX 670
GPU Engine Specs:
1344CUDA Cores
915Graphics Clock (MHz)
980Processor Clock (MHz)
102.5Texture Fill Rate (billion/sec)
Memory Specs:
6.0 GbpsMemory Clock
GDDR5Memory Interface
256-bit GDDR5Memory Interface Width
192.2Memory Bandwidth (GB/sec)
Feature Support:
4.2OpenGL
PCI Express 3.0Bus Support1
YesCertified for Windows 7
3D Vision, 3D Vision Surround, CUDA, DirectX 11, PhysX, SLI, TXAA, Adaptive VSync, GPU Boost, FXAASupported Technologies2
3-waySLI Options3
Yes3D Vision Ready
Display Support:
4 displaysMulti Monitor
4096x2160Maximum Digital Resolution4
2048x1536Maximum VGA Resolution
YesHDCP
YesHDMI5
One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI, One DisplayPortStandard Display Connectors
InternalAudio Input for HDMI
Standard Graphics Card Dimensions:
9.5 inches Length
4.376 inches Height
Dual-slotWidth
Thermal and Power Specs:
97 CMaximum GPU Temperature (in C)
170 WMaximum Graphics Card Power (W)
500 WMinimum System Power Requirement (W)5
Two 6-pinSupplementary Power Connectors
3D Vision Ready:
Yes3D Blu-Ray
Yes3D Gaming
Yes3D Photos