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what power supply do you have ?
any pci express card should work, your power supply will probably be a more limiting factor.
also which cpu do you have also ? there is no point buying a high end graphics card if you cpu cant feed it.
any pci express card should work, your power supply will probably be a more limiting factor.
also which cpu do you have also ? there is no point buying a high end graphics card if you cpu cant feed it.
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is a graphics card *really* what your gf would want for christmas 
?
but yes, a 5770 would run fine.
?but yes, a 5770 would run fine.
is a graphics card *really* what your gf would want for christmas
but yes, a 5770 would run fine.
How would you know - you fancy boys.
A 5770 would be a good card though OP. It's socket 939? What CPU?
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How would you know - you fancy boys.
A 5770 would be a good card though OP. It's socket 939? What CPU?
touche, sir
Is it what she really wants?
Well...maybe... but given that I've recently addicted her to World of Warcraft... and the current card doesn't seem to want to play nice.
We're planning to upgrade the entire machine some time in the new year, so I'm thinking a 5770 because it's a reasonable card to build the rest of a not hugely expensive system around later.
The CPU is an athlon x64, X2 3800, running at 2GHz.
Current card is a 7800GT - probably burns more power then the 5770!
Well...maybe... but given that I've recently addicted her to World of Warcraft... and the current card doesn't seem to want to play nice.
We're planning to upgrade the entire machine some time in the new year, so I'm thinking a 5770 because it's a reasonable card to build the rest of a not hugely expensive system around later.
The CPU is an athlon x64, X2 3800, running at 2GHz.
Current card is a 7800GT - probably burns more power then the 5770!
is a graphics card *really* what your gf would want for christmas
but yes, a 5770 would run fine.
Just got mine a G15 for christmass, and yes when I asked her what she wanted she said a new keyboard
5770 sounds good, and depending on Bios updates it might be worth looking at something like a fx60/Opteron 185 both are dual cores running @2.6ghz
if your x2 3800+ has a toledo core there is a good chance it will clock up to 2.5 - 2.7 if your motherboard is a decent clocker. you will pay a hefty premium for either a fx60 or operton 185 which is not worth paying to be honest. the money would be much better spent on upgrading the whole system.