Upgrade Question

[Cap4152]

Hi guys,

First post on the forums....need some advise about upgrading my current graphics card.

My rig at the moment hasn't been upgraded for a while so is really struggling with recent releases. Current rig,

E2200
Asrock 4CoreDual (AGP and PCIE)
2Gb Carsair Ram
Radeon X1950XT (AGP)
Antec Neo Power 480w

I'm looking to get a new graphics card for under the £100 mark but am unsure which would be compatible with the motherboard as from what I know it has a cut down PCIE socket??

Also concerned about the PSU as it's only 480w.

Any suggestions welcome

Thanks

 

[jak731]

what res are you gaming at?
assuming you have DDR2 RAM
Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Asus ATI Radeon HD 4850 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail £74.99
(£65.21) £74.99
(£65.21)
**B Grade** Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3P Intel P45 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 (MB-128-GI) £49.44
(£42.99) £49.44
(£42.99)
Sub Total : £108.20
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.50
VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £17.66
Total : £135.36

new MB to avoid bottlenecks beign formed by the pcie slot and it will allow for easier overclocks, thus removing potential cpu bottleneckign too

 

[Stanman67]

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-137-XF&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=939
this one

 

[wbc1]

Just get the ASUS 4850, your PSU might struggle with the 4870, I wouldn't take the risk.

 

[jak731]

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-137-XF&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=939
this one

if he had a MB with a pcie slot that ran at 16x speed, not 4x, then i would agree with that GPU too, otherwise getting any 47XX, 48XX or GTX260 series GPU will be pointless as it would be limited by the pcie slot

 

[wupwup]

agreed. but the psu needs upgrading. so it might be a good idea to get the 4870 and a new psu. esspeciay as the psu can be reused later on. in any other builds. also only 2 Gig of ram?

 

[eddie86]

What resolution do you game at? It may/may not be only a £100 you have to spend to make it worth while.

 

[Cap4152]

Thanks for the replies. I think it is DDR2 but would need to check.

I've got a 22" monitor but obviously my current card is restricting what I can game at. I usually set it as high as possible until the game becomes unplayable. Would want to aim for somewhere around 1280x1024 or widescreen equivalent.

This will more than likely just be a short-medium term upgrade cause I know the whole rig needs upgrading really (probably end of this year)

Thanks

 

[Cap4152]

Just looking at the ASUS 4850, seems like a bargain for the price.....would this run OK with my MB and PSU?

Thanks