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Need professional advice on a Graphics Card?
I've been looking into buying a graphics card for my system lately and I'm really having a hard time trying to figure out if the cards I want are even capable of running to their full potential in my system. The more I read, the more I have to look for more info.. But, to the point.
I have a Gateway DX4200-9. It's a AMD Phenom 9150e Quad-Core 1.8Ghz, with 4GB of RAM, a Radeon HD 3200 onboard (windows index: graphics is a 3.7, gaming graphics is a 5.1). I have recently installed a new PSU which is a XFX 650w Black Edition. Also I have atleast a 9.5inch gap to fit a card in, maybe 10inchs if I can move something around but anything over 9.5 will be to much.
I'm looking for a card that doesn't over heat mainly and also that doesn't bottleneck. Cards like the GeForce GTS450, GTS 250, Radeon HD 4870 or maybe a Radeon HD 5770. I'm not sure what to get.
Games I play now is just WoW, but I'm using my onboard card to play that on ultra settings 20-40FPS. I have a 17" monitor, looking to upgrade soon to a wide screen, possibly a 20". Games I would like to buy is mainly Crysis, Fallout, Rainbow 6 Vegas, and a few other newer shooter games.
I hope that's enough info to help out. Thanks for your advice/s~! :)
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- ZeroLv 51 decade agoFavorite Answer
Budget?
At present, the best bang for the buck graphics card out there is the GTX460. It's more than enough to max out Crysis on a 20" monitor. The ASUS model in particular runs quite cool.
Also, I would OC the processor a bit because 1.8GHz is quite slow.
- westmanLv 44 years ago
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