Video Card Upgrade

[trevjm]

Hello OC's

I'm looking for some upgrade advice please, my current spec is...

Vista,
2.40 gigahertz Intel Core2 Quad Q6600
Gigabyte GA-73PVM-S2H
4 Gigs of Ram
ATI Radeon HD 5450 1 Gig
Xpower 480W PSU

I realize the unit is about 3 years old and the video card and psu are pretty low output. I'm currently saving/working on a new build, but in the meantime I want to play Skyrim, at most I can get to medium setting with this pc and can still only manage about 20 fps.
Is there any Video Card I could get in the meantime that I could play Skyrim with at better fps...?
Thanks, Trevor

 

[Orcvader]

Budget? Can you overclock your CPU? Skyrim is more CPU bound.

 

[trevjm]

TBH, I don't know too much about overclocking. Budget is about £200 for card.

 

[Orcvader]

You need a better, more reliable PSU if you want to upgrade the GPU. Included a CPU cooler as well, so you can clock the Q6600 to 3ghz+. Guide on how to overclock here: http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17612922

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 6850 OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £84.95
1 x OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £44.99
1 x Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99
Total : £167.93 (includes shipping : £10.00).

 

[trevjm]

Very much appreciated.