New Graphis Card

Shiny121 · 7 May 2011 at 14:54

Hi

My Nvidea 8800 GTS just gave up so I have got a replacement. due to my budget I got EAH5450 1GB DDR3 Silent. I installed it got uptodate drivers and now my games like wow and crysis 2 are running very slow, Before, the 8800 ran these games fine on high settings and did not have any issues playing.

Can anyone advise what my best options are here, Im not fussed about playing games on the max settings, Just would like a replacement card to run these games like they ran on the 8800

Thankyou

Im running Win 7
4 GIG
Intel Core Duo E8400 @ 3.00GHZ

Nightglow · 7 May 2011 at 14:56

Budget?

Shiny121 · 7 May 2011 at 15:25

£150 would be the max

Stoner81 · 7 May 2011 at 15:28

Depending on your PSU then I would suggest THIS.

Stoner81.

Nightglow · 7 May 2011 at 15:30

Shiny121 · 7 May 2011 at 15:34

Thanks for the quick reponses - PSU is 600W

Stoner81 · 7 May 2011 at 15:40

You should be fine then for the one I suggested in post #4

Stoner81.

cmndr_andi · 7 May 2011 at 15:53

If your PSU is up to it then I would suggest this card (this chart shows how it compares to a GTX 460 1GB).

May I ask what make and model your 600W PSU is?

Shiny121 · 7 May 2011 at 16:02

I can only see the model number which is FSP600-80GLM

Stoner81 · 7 May 2011 at 16:04

To whom are you referring there Shiny121 not sure who you are speaking to there?

Stoner81.

whipgeez · 7 May 2011 at 16:05

Stoner81 said:
You should be fine then for the one I suggested in post #4

Stoner81.

please stop signing every post with your name

Shiny121 · 7 May 2011 at 16:05

That last post by me was aimed at andy

Stoner81 · 7 May 2011 at 16:06

whipgeez said:
please stop signing every post with your name

Sorry it's just habit, I have done it for as long as I can remember

Shiny121 said:
That last post by me was aimed at andy

I thought it probably was but was just checking

Stoner81.

Spydell · 7 May 2011 at 16:14

Or if even better This http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-032-ZT&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=1810

Shiny121 · 7 May 2011 at 16:14

I think i may go for the ATI as mentioned by Andi, so thanks to all for the help, much better advice here than from the dude in PC World, why i still go there I dont know.
Cheers

cmndr_andi · 7 May 2011 at 16:17

Shiny121 said:
I can only see the model number which is FSP600-80GLM

I can't seem to find any info on that particular PSU. This is pretty important as FSP make some very nice PSUs, but they also make some very cheap, low quality ones - so its a good idea to determine exactly what it is before you go ahead and buy £150 of power-hungry graphics card..

Would you be able to upload a photo or two of the PSU including the rating sticker and the fan grill if possible.

Shiny121 · 7 May 2011 at 16:23

I will see what I can do

Spydell · 7 May 2011 at 16:29

think this is what your after http://www.just-cases.com/data/product_f/psu/fsp600-80gln.html

Shiny121 · 7 May 2011 at 16:31

I have just found the original order I placed when I got the pc built and I found this regarding the PSU - Power Supply
600W Quiet Quad Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (£59)

rolypolyman · 7 May 2011 at 16:39

470 or 5870 for £150.