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Nvidia 450/460 upgrade for an old PC.

The Hoppster

The Hoppster

The Hoppster

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Hi,

I am looking for some advice.

I have a really old spec pc: -
Asus A8N32-sli Socket 939 with a 4800x2
2Gb ram
Seasonic 600w PSU
Currently Nvidia 7800GT
Win 7

I am looking to upgrade the graphics card to a Nvidia 450/460 (There are issues with the new ATI 5xxx cards with my motherboard or chipset) to play some modern game like Starcraft 2, Civ 5 etc. I will be gaming at 1080p on my 32" LCD TV.

I know its a really old PC but waiting for sandy bridge at the beginning of next year and use the new card in it.

If you think this is a waist then can anyone advise me of a card to buy to play some modern games.

Thanks

The Hoppster

P.S. If anyone has an ATI card running on this board I would consider that route.
 
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Can anyone please help me in an upgrade to tie me over till I up date the rest of my kit. Would a Nvidia 460 1Gb be a waste.
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Depending on how soon you'll be upgrade the first of your system. The GTS450 should be about right with your CPU, but 5770 1GB is not much higher in price, then a little higher you have GTX460 768MB...

But I guess you'd have to draw the line somewhere, so I would say try to find a 5770 1GB at £100, or GTS450 at £80~£90. If you want to think more for future sake, then a GTX460 768MB at below £130.

Or if you are not too fussed about dx11, then grab a 9800GT for £60.

As to answer you question, yes a GTX460 1GB would be a waste with your current system because of the CPU not keeping up with it.
 
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Im worried about buying Ati due issues with my motherboard (PCIE backwards compatability problems). If it works I would buy Ati but its a lot of money to spend hoping it might work. I will be running a 1080p TV would a 9800gt be sufficient with 512mb of ram. Not too fussed on dx11.

Thanks
 
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Im worried about buying Ati due issues with my motherboard (PCIE backwards compatability problems). If it works I would buy Ati but its a lot of money to spend hoping it might work. I will be running a 1080p TV would a 9800gt be sufficient with 512mb of ram. Not too fussed on dx11.
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Ideally you should have a 768MB/1GB card for 1080p, but considering your CPU being the weak link here...not sure if it's gonna matter much between 512MB and 1GB. May be try find a 2nd hand 8800GTX 768MB or 9800GT 1GB or 4850 1GB for £40~£50 delivered to use for now, and properly upgrade the graphic card when you do a full upgrade for your system? Even a 9800GT should be roughly be twice as fast as you 7800GT.
 
I would get the GTX460 768MB as you can these for around £120 to £130. It also means that when you upgrade your system next year your graphics card would be less of a bottleneck.

Also your socket 939 X2 4800 is worth between £65 to £140 on the famous auction site too!
 
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Don'r rule out 'old pc' gaming! I'm still on sk.939.

FX60
4870 512MB
2GB
DFI Expert

Plays everything I throw at it very well. I play at 1650 x 1200 on a 20".
To be fair though there is not really anything left I could upgrade on it, would be looking at a new platform then. If I were you I would get a slightly more powerful card then you have now and just see what happens with the new hardware 12months down the line.
 
Ok thanks everyone for the advice. I was thinking about getting a GTX460 768MB then due to HD sound out through hdmi as I have an Onkyo 608 amp and would be fine for 1080p gaming. I can then use this in a build early next year.

Thanks

The Hoppster
 
Apologies for hijacking this thread a bit, but I have a near identical setup (I have an Opteron 180 and 4Gb RAM) and was going to do pretty much the same upgrade with a plan to do a proper upgrade maybe next year.

I just noticed, however, the Asus GeForce GTX 460 Direct CU TOP 768MB on offer for £125. Is this a slightly better card? Worth plonking down an extra fiver for? :)
 
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