Help me to choose a good VGA

[izzardahamad]

hi firends. pls help me guys to choose the no.1 VGA for my PC.

i like to go 1GB ram but i dont know abt the GPU to selecect. price no problem but pls mention the price range.

MY Pc configuration is this

Core 2 Duo 2.2 E4500
8GB Ram
Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L motherboard
HP 20" LCD monitor
Presently 512MB NVIDIA GForce 8400 GS

Thx guys

 

[izzardahamad]

anybody there to help me?

 

[gayannr]

Radeon 4870

 

[gayannr]

Your resolution is 1680x1050 Right ?

 

[izzardahamad]

Your resolution is 1680x1050 Right ?

yes correct

 

[VSGM]

Take a 8800gts or 9800 gts with 512mb of video ram, or if your mb support put 2 of them in SLI.

 

[izzardahamad]

Radeon 4870

how much the price?

 

[gayannr]

You will be needing a new Power supply too, What's your current power supply ? Amperage on 12V rails ?

 

[izzardahamad]

Take a 8800gts or 9800 gts with 512mb of video ram, or if your mb support put 2 of them in SLI.

how do i know my MB supports?

 

[VSGM]

You will be needing a new Power supply too, What's your current power supply ? Amperage on 12V rails ?

Yap at least 700 watt.

 

[Intel_Nehalem]

Go to the VGA help thread in my siggy!

 

[gayannr]

how much the price?

Will be like US $299

 

[VSGM]

how do i know my MB supports?

does u'r mb have 2 or more pci-express slots?

 

[RuwinRTY]

8800 GTS

 

[izzardahamad]

You will be needing a new Power supply too, What's your current power supply ? Amperage on 12V rails ?

mine is 500W power supply

 

[izzardahamad]

8800 GTS

thx


u know the price

 

[izzardahamad]

does u'r mb have 2 or more pci-express slots?

no only one

 

[VSGM]

no only one

sorry bro then u can go with SLI get 8800 gts or 9800gts (go for the 9800gts as much as possible coz u can overclock it better than 8800)

 

[izzardahamad]

ok thank u very much

 

[VSGM]

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