I'd Like to Upgrade my Graphics Card

[Pug]

System Specs

Current Not Overclocked (yet )

Win 7 64bit RTM
OCZ 400Watt PSU
AMD2+ 2.8ghz Kuma Core
AMD Athlon 7450 Black Edition
Core Voltage 1.136 V
ASUS M3N78-VM Motherboard
SouthBridge Chipset NVIDIA GeeForce 8200 Rev A2
Bios Date 9/11/2009
Version 1309
Brand American Megatrends
Version 0907
500 gig maxtor
2 x 2GB Corsair Memory 400MHz
Memory DDR2
DC Mode- Ganged
NB 1800MHz

BFG 9500GT PCIExpress
Drivers 8.16.11.9107
CLocks
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Core 550MHz
Shaders 1375MHz
Memory 333MHz
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Memory
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Size 1024MBytes
Type DDR2
Bus Width 128Bits
FurMark
MAx Temp 56c

Tested with FurMark
FurMark NO AA 10513 Marks - Time 600000 ms
Average Frame Rate - 18

Looking for something in the NVIDIA Range Please

 

[Dark Nova Gamer]

Just two questions,

1. What do you intend to be doing (Gaming, Video Editing, etc)
2. Whats your price range?

 

[Pug]

Just two questions,

1. What do you intend to be doing (Gaming, Video Editing, etc)
2. Whats your price range?

1 Gaming Flight Sim X and Crysis
2 £100-150

thanks

 

[Dark Nova Gamer]

Just two questions,

1. What do you intend to be doing (Gaming, Video Editing, etc)
2. Whats your price range?

1 Gaming Flight Sim X and Crysis
2 £100-150

thanks

I hate converting.. lets see £100 - £150 = $146.65 - $219.97

Not a bad price range.. wish I had that money. Oh err right anyways how about this?

 

[Pug]

Just two questions,

1. What do you intend to be doing (Gaming, Video Editing, etc)
2. Whats your price range?

1 Gaming Flight Sim X and Crysis
2 £100-150

thanks

I hate converting.. lets see £100 - £150 = $146.65 - $219.97

Not a bad price range.. wish I had that money. Oh err right anyways how about this?

what kind of improvement would i get with that card in say % Percentage ?

oh yeah i ain't got the money myself till next month got paid on the 2nd of this month and its all gone allready

 

[Dark Nova Gamer]

1 Gaming Flight Sim X and Crysis
2 £100-150

thanks

I hate converting.. lets see £100 - £150 = $146.65 - $219.97

Not a bad price range.. wish I had that money. Oh err right anyways how about this?

what kind of improvement would i get with that card in say % Percentage ?

oh yeah i ain't got the money myself till next month got paid on the 2nd of this month and its all gone allready

I couldn't really tell you without trying the one you have now, and that one on Newegg.

I can say that you will get a bit more performance out of that one on newegg though. Unless theres something else on your computer thats bottlenecking your performance.

 

[Fluffy]

You cant go wrong with Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5770 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card [21163-00-20R] Graphics and Video ATI HD 5700 Series

It is DX11 also and OCUK are great vendors

 

[Dark Nova Gamer]

You cant go wrong with Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5770 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card [21163-00-20R] Graphics and Video ATI HD 5700 Series

It is DX11 also and OCUK are great vendors

Read the last line in his first post. :|

"Looking for something in the NVIDIA Range Please"

 

[Fluffy]

I did read that but that card is excellent and cheap

But, to see to his request BFG GeForce GTS 250 OC 1024MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card [BFGRGTS2501024OCE] Graphics and Video NVIDIA Graphics Plus GTS 250 Series

 

[Dark Nova Gamer]

I did read that but that card is excellent and cheap

But, to see to his request BFG GeForce GTS 250 OC 1024MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card [BFGRGTS2501024OCE] Graphics and Video NVIDIA Graphics Plus GTS 250 Series

Have nVidia not released DX11 cards yet? I thought they did already but didn't see any on newegg so that makes me believe they haven't.

I'm an ATI/AMD person myself.

 

[torrentg]

I want a 5xxx with DX11! But my system is too old with no PCI-e too. As is, my cpu is bottleneck for my card. But still, works very very well for most games, excluding GTAIV. GTAIV is cpu hog I tell you lol.

Does anyone have $3k to lend me for a new rig I want? haha

 

[Fluffy]

I did read that but that card is excellent and cheap

But, to see to his request BFG GeForce GTS 250 OC 1024MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card [BFGRGTS2501024OCE] Graphics and Video NVIDIA Graphics Plus GTS 250 Series

Have nVidia not released DX11 cards yet? I thought they did already but didn't see any on newegg so that makes me believe they haven't.

I'm an ATI/AMD person myself.

Not as far as I know since I am an ATi man myself. Don't know too much about nvidia's line these days.

 

[thefabe]

I watch video cards a lot, get mails form Evga, Newgegg and Tigerdirect almost daily. I also read a lot on Tomshardware and I haven't seen a Nvidia card wth DX11 yet. I think Dx10.1 This will be their first release http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/259694-33-gt300-nvidia-dx11-card

 

[torrentg]

NVidia has DX11 cards but not for public sale yet. I think it's going to be soon.

http://www.guru3d.com/news/first-dx11-gpus-nvidia-in-1st-half-2010/

ATI has surprise for everyone waiting for when NVidia releases DX11 models.

 

[thefabe]

Probaby around 300.00 + I bet, Just look at the Evga 200 seires cards http://www.evga.com/products/prodlist.asp?family=GeForce+200+Series+Family

 

[Pug]

My Current Rig i built myself for less than £300 with all new parts , gotta save the pennies

had a look at all yer suggestions and also did some research about ATI Cards

looks like my Bottleneck will be my 128 mgbit bus

so just maybe i may end seriously considering the ATI 5770 as that has 128 and also is a jump up

just now need to decide which version as theres loads of choice as to who has added there Extra bits to the Cards

leaning towards the ASUS one simply coz i have a ASUS Mainboard

 

[rbrzezinski1]

No Problem

It shouldn't be a problem if you want to upgrade your card, just make sure the drivers will support your version of Windows 7, and it should work.

Best of luck,
Rbrzezinski1

 

[thefabe]

This is just a suggestion. When I'm looking for a card and have decided on what model. One of the more important things to me is the warranty and customer service. Why? Because with graphic cards you seem to see a lot more cards arriving DOA or failing shortly after the purchase. So it is IMO important to go with a manufacturer that has a good customer service and warranty. So I choose to try and stay with XFX, Evga or BFG.This being said,I"m not at all familiar with ASUS and their track record in these departments, or the etailer or retailer where you'd plan on your purchase. Just some food for thought. Fabe

 

[Fluffy]

For ATi Sapphire are the top manufacturer in my opinion. All my ATi's have been with them.

 

[mushroomboy]

Well considering Vista is RTM, and not even public yet... I'd say you should wait for anything new. DX11 isn't even a worry yet, since we just started making games for DX10. Really I'd wait for the market to go down, because the 9500 series can run DX10 and my 8800GT can run DX10 perfect. I would almost say as a cheap alternative just go with SLI and get another 9500 for cheap, that way you save money and run all the DX10 with 2 cards.