Graphics card help

[KungPow]

Hello Guys

I need some help and i'm really naff at this stuff. I'm looking to upgrade my graphics card my old spec's are copied below, The two graphics cards i'm looking at are linked in , price range £150 what do you guys think any input will be great. Thanks in advance. looking to purchase Friday of all goes OK .

1st, AMD Radeon HD 7770

2nd, NVIDIA GeForce 650Ti SSC


Hope this is all the info you guys need.
Operating System
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit SP1
CPU
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 @ 2.66GHz 35 °C
Yorkfield 45nm Technology
RAM
8.00GB Single-Channel DDR3 @ 666MHz (9-9-9-24)
Motherboard
Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. X48T-DQ6 (Socket 775) 33 °C
Graphics
HP L1950 (1280x1024@60Hz)
1024MB GeForce GTX 280 (Leadtek) 44 °C
Hard Drives
466GB SAMSUNG HD502IJ ATA Device (SATA) 18 °C
466GB SAMSUNG HD502IJ ATA Device (SATA) 17 °C
Optical Drives
TSSTcorp CD/DVDW SH-S182M ATA Device
Audio
Realtek High Definition Audio

 

[Gregster]

Not allowed to link competitors as OcUK (this forum) sells computer components.

For a couple of quid more, you get a little more power with these (not much mind)

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 650Ti Boost 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £131.99
1 x Gigabyte HD 7790 OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £131.99
Total : £275.38 (includes shipping : £9.50).



Your CPU will be a bottleneck but not worth fussing over.

 

[KungPow]

Sorry just was posting what i was looking at. and what the specs etc were to give you guys a idea what i am looking at sorry will remove

 

[Nuclear Fusion]

Link to other sites selling products is against forum rules so I would suggest you remove them. OCUK sells them cheaper anyway

If you can stretch, I'd suggest a HD 7850 2Gb such as this one.

It has a great cooler allowing decent overclocking headroom. It will be quite a bit faster than a 7770 or 650Ti as seen here:

7770 vs 7850
650Ti vs 7850

Alternatively, to keep within you budget you can always go with this MSi version here.

The cooler isn't as good as the WF, so the overclocking headroom will be less (silicone lottery depending ) and will likely be louder. However is is cheaper if you are on a strict budget.

If you were wanting Nvidia, this 660 has the same excellent WF cooler as the first 7850 I linked and gives similar performance to the 7850, though it is a little more expensive. The 7850 does have more overclocking headroom though if I am not mistaken.

 

[KungPow]

Cheer Nuclear i'll try the first suggestion, should run fine with no problem?

 

[Nuclear Fusion]

Cheer Nuclear i'll try the first suggestion, should run fine with no problem?

Assuming your PSU is a decent brand and about 450W+ with 2 x 6 pin PCI-e connectors, then it should be fine.