Need help choosing a new card

CINTAM

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I'm having major issues with my PC.

See my issue here: http://www.sevenforums.com/crashes-debugging/148866-desktop-screen-flickers-crashes.html#post1277075


Now, looking on Amazon I quickly became confused about which card to get on a budget.

My current Video Card is an Nvidia GeForce 8500 GT

These are a few of the ones I was looking at:

1. Sapphire HD5450 1GB DDR3 £39.26
2. Sapphire HD5570 1GB DDR3 £57.47
3. Gigabyte GV-R4640C-1GI Radeon HD 4650 (1GB, ATX, DVI-1) £47.16
4. ASUS 1GB -HD- 4350 Silent -PCI-E 2.0 (x16) - 800MHz GDDR2 -GPU 600MHz -80 Cores - D-Sub/DVI-I/HDMI £40.40
5. Palit nVidia gEfORCE 9500 GT 1GB PCI-Express £43.49
6. Zotac GT 240 1GB DDR3 PCI Express £54.08


Which one would you recommend?
 

My Computer My Computer

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Windows 7 Home Premuim 64-bitAMD Athlon 64 x2 Dual Core Processor 4600+ 2....8GBNvidia GeForce 9500 GT
OS
Windows 7 Home Premuim 64-bit
CPU
AMD Athlon 64 x2 Dual Core Processor 4600+ 2.40GHz
Motherboard
ALiveSATA2-GLAN (Bios version 1.70)
Memory
8GB
Graphics Card(s)
Nvidia GeForce 9500 GT
Monitor(s) Displays
emachines 22''
Screen Resolution
1440 x 900
Hard Drives
1TB
PSU
450w
Keyboard
Microsoft
Mouse
PC line
Internet Speed
10MB
Other Info
Tenda Router
Cintam, I would suggest filling out your system specs, we need to know the PSU make, model and power capacity. Also what kind of space do you have in your case....that rhymed.
If it was me I would strongly consider the Sapphire HD5570. What do you do with your computer and what is your price limit?
 

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Windows 7 Ultimate 64i7 3770k OC'd 4.6 @ 1.17v, also FX 8120 & i5 ...32 gb G.Skill Sniper DDR3 10-12-12-31 @ 2133XFX Radeon 7870 2GB DDR5
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
A blend of brains, brawn and dumb luck.
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate 64
CPU
i7 3770k OC'd 4.6 @ 1.17v, also FX 8120 & i5 miniITX
Motherboard
MSI P67A-GD80 b3
Memory
32 gb G.Skill Sniper DDR3 10-12-12-31 @ 2133
Graphics Card(s)
XFX Radeon 7870 2GB DDR5
Sound Card
Sound Blaster Z Series Card
Monitor(s) Displays
(2) LG LED 23" 1920 x 1080 2ms Monitors via mini d-port
Screen Resolution
1680 X 1050 p
Hard Drives
Samsung 256 gb 830 SSD sata III
(1) 1 tb WD Black
(2) 1 tb Hitachi deskmates/sata II
(2) 1 tb WD green/sata II
(2) 3 tb Seagate Barracuda
(1) 120 gb OCZ Vertex SS
(1) Drobo 5N w/5 Seagate 3tb
PSU
EVGA modular 1000G2 80% gold rating & APC 1200 RS
Case
CoolerMaster Storm Styker
Cooling
7 case fans 140mm & 120mm, NZXT Kraken X60
Keyboard
(2) Logitech Illuminated Keyboards (1) usb (1) wireless
Mouse
Logitech G700 & T-BC21 - nano nx for the laptop
Internet Speed
Basic 120mbps down
Antivirus
Trend Micro Titanium Max Security & Malwarebytes Premium
Browser
Chrome and IE 10
Other Info
5 Noctua case fans + 3 Noctua in p/p on NZXT cooler
Integrated hot swap drive bays for 2.5" Drives
(2) Lite-on dvd/cd/Blu Ray optical 22X
Integrated fan controller and led on/off
HP Officejet Pro 8630 all-n-one
Hot-swappable 3.5" hard drive bay
Netgear Nighthawk router
Asus USB 3 & sata 6 PCIe card
Vantec IDE to sata adptr./Ultra sata adptr
Lenovo L420 i5 lappy with m sata
Drobo 5N advanced NAS
Either the HD 5570 or GT 240 should be fine with most modern power supplies and give you better performance than the 8500 you have.
 

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Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1Intel Core i3 530 2.93 Ghz Clarkdale4 GB OCZ DDR3 1600 (PC12800) Low Voltage Desk...Nvidia GeForce GTX 550 Ti with 1 GB of RAM
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1
CPU
Intel Core i3 530 2.93 Ghz Clarkdale
Motherboard
ASRock P55 PRO/USB3 LGA 1156
Memory
4 GB OCZ DDR3 1600 (PC12800) Low Voltage Desktop Memory
Graphics Card(s)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 550 Ti with 1 GB of RAM
Sound Card
Realtek HD ALC892
Monitor(s) Displays
20'' eMachines E202HDbmd Glare Panel Widescreen
Screen Resolution
1600 x 900
Hard Drives
Western Digital 1 TB Caviar Black Edition (7200 RPM) SATA
Hitachi Deskstar 500 GB (7200 RPM) SATA
Samsung SpinPoint 400 GB (7200 RPM) SATA
PSU
Rosewill Xtreme Series RX750-D-B ATX12V v2.2 & EPS12V (750W)
Case
Cooler Master Centurion 534 RC-534-KKN2-GP Mid-Tower
Cooling
Standard Case Fans and Stock CPU Heatsink
Keyboard
Microsoft Wireless Optical Desktop Elite
Mouse
Microsoft Wireless Optical Desktop Elite
Internet Speed
7.1 Mbps Verizon DSL
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