Video card upgrade for my build. Low budget

[Darrell Burns]

This is my first thread and I am looking for a decent video card to upgrade to with a low budget (around $180 New Zealand) as my current card is not the best out. Currently I have my eyes set on a Gigabyte Radeon HD 7750 OC 1GB as it is within my budget and looks decent. Also would my CPU bottleneck my GPU?. Here are my specs at the moment:

CPU: Athlon 64 x2 4200+ @2.4GHz
Ram: 4GB DDR2 800MHz
Motherboard: M2N MX SE Plus
PSU: 400W generic psu
Video card: Radeon HD 6450 1GB DDR3

I hope this is enough information, if not please ask and I will try my best to answer. Thanks

 

[ARICH5]

welcome Darrell. need to know more info, what is this comp used for? what resolution? to be frank you need a new build...in reality id say keep your 200$ save till 600$ for a nicer cpu/mobo upgrade. you are extremely limited to your 4gb limit on your mobo. id say the 7750 is fine. anymore and youll bottleneck your Athlon.

 

[Darrell Burns]

Thanks Arich5, id like to use it to play most modern games at 1680x1050 on med-high settings if i could. I was wondering if i should upgrade CPU to something like an AMD FX-4130 Quad Core, but then I would have to buy a new motherboard, RAM and maybe a new PSU. If I can I will just get the card because I wont be getting much more money for a while as im still at school and without a job hehehe.