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Wanting to upgrade GPU, looking for suggestions
Every year I try to upgrade a MB component, this year I am thinking about a new GPU, I do not do a lot of gaming and would like a card that is relatively quite.
Current specs:
Motherboard - Asus P6T
Power Supply - PC Power and Cooling @ 610 watts
GPU - EVGA GTX 260
OS - Win. 7 Home Prem. 64 bit
PCI - 2.0 x 16
Monitor - ViewSonic 2365 @ 1920 x 1080, DVI
I am aware that with Win. 7 the best Direct X I can get will be #11 and that the new GPU will be PCI 3 and have to run in the "backward" compatible mode to accommodate the PCI 2.0 slot.
The GTX 260 is 10.5 inches long and the cooling fans are getting very loud.
My price range would be $200.00 - $300.00
I would like to stay with a NVIDIA GPU.
I have been looking and there is much to choose from so I am asking for some suggestion from this forum -
Thanks
Joe