Need help picking out a new graphics card

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  1. Posts : 231
    Windows 7 Home Premium x64
       #1

    Need help picking out a new graphics card


    I need a graphics card thats good for gaming, surfing the web, and realiable. Please keep in mind my CPU is a AMD Athlon II x4 635, with a 500W Corsair PSU and my budget is around $140. This is the web site I going to order from.
    Video Cards : Video Cards & PC Components - Best Buy Canada
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  2. Posts : 679
    Windows 7 professional X64
       #2

    You should order from NCIX instead, you will get better deals and warranty.
    Just a little opinion.

    As for a GPU recommendation I will step out of this.
    These type of thread destroy friendships.
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  3. Posts : 231
    Windows 7 Home Premium x64
    Thread Starter
       #3

    Erick Aguilar said:
    You should order from NCIX instead, you will get better deals and warranty.
    Just a little opinion.

    As for a GPU recommendation I will step out of this.
    These type of thread destroy friendships.
    I know what you mean but NCIX makes me pay shipping for everything, where Bestbuy does not, but the biggest problems is to return stuff that are defective or broken, where Bestbuy has a store in my city, but NCIX isnt.
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  4. Posts : 11,424
    Windows 7 Ultimate 64
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    Razor505,
    The Acer case will be the limiting factor. If it was me I would consider a new mid-tower or full tower case and then you can shop for a full height GPU and not a half height unit
    Update: Disregard I couldn't locate your system on Acer's site but looked up the GPU at AMD and it's full height. You should measure the available distance for the card space and let us know or provide a link to your Aspire unit.
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  5. Posts : 231
    Windows 7 Home Premium x64
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    linnemeyerhere said:
    Razor505,
    The Acer case will be the limiting factor. If it was me I would consider a new mid-tower or full tower case and then you can shop for a full height GPU and not a half height unit
    Update: Disregard I couldn't locate your system on Acer's site but looked up the GPU at AMD and it's full height. You should measure the available distance for the card space and let us know or provide a link to your Aspire unit.
    This is not the official Acer website though this is exactly the one i have.
    Acer Aspire AM3400-E2212 AMD Athlon II X4 635 4GB 1TB DVDRW Windows 7 Home Premium Desktop
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  6. Posts : 2,606
    Windows 7 Pro X64 SP1
       #6

    Razor505 said:
    linnemeyerhere said:
    Razor505,
    The Acer case will be the limiting factor. If it was me I would consider a new mid-tower or full tower case and then you can shop for a full height GPU and not a half height unit
    Update: Disregard I couldn't locate your system on Acer's site but looked up the GPU at AMD and it's full height. You should measure the available distance for the card space and let us know or provide a link to your Aspire unit.
    This is not the official Acer website though this is exactly the one i have.
    Acer Aspire AM3400-E2212 AMD Athlon II X4 635 4GB 1TB DVDRW Windows 7 Home Premium Desktop
    Somehow your link ended up at the base of NCIX, rather than the product page.

    The case is 7" wide. I believe that means that it isn't limited to low-profile graphics cards.

    Not sure what to recommend for a card. Some Radeon HD 7770 cards are available within your target price range. It's superior to the nVidia GTX 650. A GTX 650ti would be considerably better, but it'd be outside your range by a little.

    ASUS GeForce GTX 650 Ti 1GB GDDR5 Video Card (GTX650TI-1GD5) : Video Cards - Best Buy Canada

    Alternately,

    Newegg.ca - EVGA 01G-P4-3650-KR GeForce GTX 650 Ti 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready Video Card

    ($150CDN + $10.74 shipping - $10 rebate.)
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  7. Posts : 231
    Windows 7 Home Premium x64
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       #7

    I got the dimensions:
    180 (W) x 401.8 (D) x 379 (H) mm (7.08 x 15.81 x 14.92 inches)
    Plus I dont have anything installed on the other PCI slots, so it should have enough room.
    Here is all the Specs from the NCIX page:

    Operating System
    Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium
    Processor
    AMD Athlon™ II X4 quad-core desktop processor 635 (2 MB L2 cache, 512 KB L1 cache; 2.90 GHz, DDR3 1333 MHz, 95 W)

    Chipset
    AMD 880G Chipset, supporting ATI Radeon HD 4250 Graphics
    System Memory
    4GB Dual-channel DDR3 SDRAM support
    Hard drive
    Hard disk drive:
    1 TB
    Supports up to 2 additional hard disk drives (depends on chassis capacity)
    Optical drive
    Write: 48X CD-R, 10X CD-RW, 16X DVD-R, 16X DVD+R, 16X DVD-RW, 16X DVD+RW, 5X DVD-RAM, 8X DVD+R DL, 8X DVD-R DL
    16X DVD-Super Multi double-layer drive:
    Read: 48X CD-ROM, 48X CD-R, 48 CD-RW, 16X DVD-ROM, 16X DVD-R, 16X DVD+R, 8X DVD-ROM DL, 8X DVD-R DL, 8X DVD+R DL, 8X DVD-RW, 8X DVD+RW, 12X DVD-RAM
    Write: 48X CD-R, 10X CD-RW, 16X DVD-R, 16X DVD+R, 16X DVD-RW, 16X DVD+RW, 5X DVD-RAM, 8X DVD+R DL, 8X DVD-R DL
    16X DVD-ROM drive:
    Read: 48X CD-ROM, 48X CD-R, 48 CD-RW, 16X DVD-ROM, 16X DVD-R, 16X DVD+R, 8X DVD-ROM DL, 8X DVD-R DL, 8X DVD+R DL, 8X DVD-RW, 8X DVD+RW, 12X DVD-RAM
    Card reader
    Multi-in-1 card reader, supporting:
    CompactFlash® (Type I and II)
    CF+™ Microdrive
    MultiMediaCard™ (MMC) / HC MMCplus™ / HC MMCmobile™
    Reduced-Size MultiMediaCard (RS-MMC)
    Secure Digital™ (SD) Card/miniSD™ Card (Adaptor is required) / microSD™ Card (Adaptor is required)
    xD-Picture Card™
    Memory Stick™ / Memory Stick PRO™ / Memory Stick Duo™ / Memory Stick PRO Duo™ / Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo™ / Memory Stick Micro™ (M2) Memory Card
    TV-tuner N/A
    Graphics
    ATI Radeon™ HD 4250 Graphics with 512 MB of dedicated system memory, supporting Unified Video Decoder (UVD), OpenEXR High Dynamic-Range (HDR) technology, Shader Model 5.0, Microsoft® DirectX® 11, OpenGL® 3.2, OpenCL™ 1.0
    Dual independent display support
    16.7 million colors
    MPEG-2/DVD decoding
    WMV9 (VC-1) and H.264 (AVC) decoding
    Microsoft® DirectX® Video Acceleration (DXVA) application interface (API)
    HDMI™ (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) with HDCP (High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection) support
    Audio
    High-definition audio support
    Networking
    LAN: Gigabit Ethernet
    I/O ports
    Top:
    Four USB 2.0 ports
    High-definition headphone and microphone jacks
    Front:
    Multi-in-1 card reader
    Back:
    Six USB 2.0 ports
    PS/2 keyboard and mouse ports
    Audio: Headphone/speaker line-out jack, Microphone-in jack, Line-in jack
    Communication: Ethernet (RJ-45) port
    Video: HDMI™ port with HDCP support, D-sub VGA port
    USB module with two USB 2.0 ports
    I/O expansion
    PCI Express® 2.0 x16 slot
    Two PCI Express® 2.0 x1 slots
    PCI™ v2.3 (5 V) slot
    Software
    Productivity:
    Adobe® Reader®
    eSobi™
    Microsoft® Office Home and Student Edition 2007 SP2 Trial
    Microsoft® Works
    Windows Live™ Essentials
    Internet:
    Adobe® Flash® Player
    Google™ Setup
    Google Toolbar™
    Netflix Shortcuts
    Skype™
    Multimedia:
    Acer Arcade™ Deluxe 4.0
    Nero® 9 Essentials
    Security:
    McAfee® Internet Security Suite Trial9
    MyWinLocker®
    Entertainment:
    eBay®
    Game Zone
    Utilities:
    Acer eRecovery Management
    Norton™ Online Backup
    Dimensions
    180 (W) x 401.8 (D) x 379 (H) mm (7.08 x 15.81 x 14.92 inches)
    Power supply
    PSU:
    300 W
    Certification
    FCC, CE, C-tick, BSMI, CCC, VCCI, , CB, GS, MET, UL, cUL, Nemko
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  8. Posts : 13,576
    Windows 10 Pro x64
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    I think all the cards today are garbage and dam ugly. I love my 9600 gt`s

    Especially the XFX`s
    Last edited by AddRAM; 22 Apr 2015 at 17:50.
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  9. Posts : 3,300
    Win7 Home Premium 64x
       #9

    I don't know about all cards being ugly, just depends on your style. they are going toward sleak/minimalist design though...

    got this card a while ago before it was discontinued and it looks very nice in my case. it was good for my budget and overclocks nicely.
    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102908

    Either upgrading to a 7850 next or xfir'ing a second 6850. not sure yet on budget, but probably will go with 7850 or better when prices go down simply due to RAM mirroring in xfire otherwise 2x6850's beat the 7850: Video Card Comparison - GPUReview.com# (enable multi-gpu to see diff)


    Just don't go with the 77xx cards... the 6850 is still better than those. the 7850 and up are better though....

    (this is obviously just on the AMD side. not sure where these lie in comparison with Nvidia) (would like to know though....)
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  10. Posts : 2,606
    Windows 7 Pro X64 SP1
       #10

    Thorsen said:
    Just don't go with the 77xx cards... the 6850 is still better than those. the 7850 and up are better though....
    I didn't think that it would still be possible to get a 6850 new. Looks like you can, but perhaps not for $140CDN.

    Sapphire requires a 500W PSU for their versions of the 6850. I expect that a Corsair CX500 would be adequate.

    If memory serves, the 6850 was the third most powerful single GPU card of its generation (after the 6870 and 6890).

    I think I'd take a GTX 650ti over it, but they'd be of roughly the same class in performance.
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