Upgrading

marcsuarez85 · 3 Oct 2010 at 15:50

iv just bought a "Titan Nero" AMD Athlon II X2 Dual Core 250 3.00GHz DDR3 System
motherboard - Asus M4A78LT-M 760G (Socket AM3) DDR3 & gfx card - Nvidia GeForce GTS 250 512MB GDDR3. Iv heared this card is ok but not great, is it capable of playing new releases for example, f1 2010 & cod black ops (when its out) id be looking to upgrade it (the gfx card) at around xmas but which one would be the best for me? looking to spend around £150 . Also im not sure whether this system has a wireless network card allready in it? if not how much are they typically?

vasek · 3 Oct 2010 at 15:52

In terms of gfx card, your best bet would be the gtx460, however around xmas prices will change a lot so no point on planning now

marcsuarez85 · 3 Oct 2010 at 16:17

which make or does it not matter?

Jony27 · 3 Oct 2010 at 16:44

msi and gigabyte are meant to be quieter and cooler than most brands

95thrifles · 3 Oct 2010 at 16:57

Just for info, getting a 460 would give you much better performance, you could keep the 250 as a physx card
Heres a comparison of 460 vs 8800 (closest thing to a 250 in their list)
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/178?vs=180

marcsuarez85 · 3 Oct 2010 at 17:20

can this motherboard hold 2 gfx cards then?

stulid · 3 Oct 2010 at 17:23

marcsuarez85 said:
can this motherboard hold 2 gfx cards then?

no.

marcsuarez85 · 3 Oct 2010 at 17:33

so this gfx card atm is it powerfull enough to run the latest games & what about wireless cards?

stulid · 3 Oct 2010 at 17:35

you have these left over on the motherboard,

1x PCIe x1 Slot & 2x PCI Slots

so find a card to suit

marcsuarez85 · 3 Oct 2010 at 18:20

so any make pcie cards will suit?

Jony27 · 3 Oct 2010 at 18:28

yes but i would go for either a gigabyte or msi

marcsuarez85 · 3 Oct 2010 at 20:15

whats the best wirless card?

marcsuarez85 · 3 Oct 2010 at 20:49

is Nvidia GeForce GTS 250 512MB GDDR3 a HD gfx card?

Jony27 · 3 Oct 2010 at 20:51

yes but you wont be able to do much gaming with it

marcsuarez85 · 3 Oct 2010 at 20:57

TekValue NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 SONIC 700MHz 1GB GDDR5 Dual DVI HDMI VGA (PCI-E) Graphics Card - Retail any good?

cmndr_andi · 3 Oct 2010 at 21:08

To be honest, I would suggest waiting until november when the new AMD HD 6000 series graphics cards are available. They are supposed to be a fair bit quicker than current generation AMD cards and will hopefully drive prices down. Perhaps even bringing the GTX 470 and HD 5850 (or 6000 series equivalent) into your price range.

As a stop-gap the GTS 250 should be OK, may I ask what resolution you will be playing at?

As for the card you mention in post #15 - what is the price and warranty length?

marcsuarez85 · 4 Oct 2010 at 19:33

Price was around £160 i think, il be wanting ideally to be playing at full hd...

Jony27 · 4 Oct 2010 at 19:35

£160? and judging from the name its not a very well known brand unlike gigabyte,asus,and evga.
personally i would stick with the known brands

marcsuarez85 · 4 Oct 2010 at 19:47

also anyone know about monitors? best one iv found is BenQ G2220HD 22" for around £115, anyone know of any better ones?

95thrifles · 4 Oct 2010 at 21:46

Theres loads of better monitors, but it depends what your budget is, lol
Benq are well regarded so if you go for that one you wont go far wrong