Well Hi! Currently I have a Stock Gateway DX 4200-09. It Has a Inter-graded ATi HD3200. It works *fine* But i think its time to update it. Im Not Looking to go Full Blown Top Notch Graphics, But Rather make my gaming Smoother. My Budget is 100$ I need a new PSU and GPU. What Should I Buy That Would Just Make Everything Smoother?
My Rig:
Gateway DX 4200-09
AMD Phenom X4 1.66ghz
ATi HD 3200 Intergraded
4gb Ram
640gb HDD
Games I Play The Most:
Minecraft
Killing Floor
Stalker Shadow of Chernobyl
Stalker Call of Pripyat
Stalker Clear Sky
Alliance Of Valiant Arms
MotorM4x
This. Get a real brand, cheap ones can easily die within a year and you don't want that happening to you. I use a Chieftec myself, but AFAIK Antec, Coolermaster, Thermaltake and Zalman are also good to go.
lol wow just for me to get *smoother* graphics i need to go top notch? damn looks like it wont happen haha. at one point i almost bought a 800watt psu with a GTX 250 but it would of cost me around 800$ at best buy. Well Thanks For The help. Ill just have to deal with my FPS lag.
Well Heres the Thing One More Message Before i leave... I do have a ATi Radeon x1600 512mb. Ive tried installing it into my pc here and it wont boot up. what would cuase this?
lol wow just for me to get *smoother* graphics i need to go top notch? damn looks like it wont happen haha. at one point i almost bought a 800watt psu with a GTX 250 but it would of cost me around 800$ at best buy. Well Thanks For The help. Ill just have to deal with my FPS lag.
A Radeon HD 6670 costs about 70-90 dollars -.-
Did you even search for it before you thought of it as expensive?
lol wow just for me to get *smoother* graphics i need to go top notch? damn looks like it wont happen haha. at one point i almost bought a 800watt psu with a GTX 250 but it would of cost me around 800$ at best buy. Well Thanks For The help. Ill just have to deal with my FPS lag.
6670 is a great card if you need to save money. Its also a power saving card. You will probably see less on your electric bill.
Very Nice! Im gonna Do some Research first on how much FPS it can put out for the games i wanna play. Like I put in my OP. Not looking for higher quality just better gameplay.
Very Nice! Im gonna Do some Research first on how much FPS it can put out for the games i wanna play. Like I put in my OP. Not looking for higher quality just better gameplay.
Well it'll satisfy your needs for the most part. You'll have to look a long way to get a card that not only performs well, but also consumes low power AND it doesn't require a power cable.
My Rig:
Gateway DX 4200-09
AMD Phenom X4 1.66ghz
ATi HD 3200 Intergraded
4gb Ram
640gb HDD
Games I Play The Most:
Minecraft
Killing Floor
Stalker Shadow of Chernobyl
Stalker Call of Pripyat
Stalker Clear Sky
Alliance Of Valiant Arms
MotorM4x
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817153023
You might wanna look at trying to upgrade your CPU as well at some point. Decent ones can be had for pretty cheap these days.
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=604826&sku=P450-5458
DiabloTek PHD450 450-Watt Power Supply - ATX, SATA Ready, PCIe Ready, 20+4 Pin
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4252526&sku=D15-1201
These are the two things i picked out. cheap and reasonable.
1.0 (total) / 0.0 (free) x PCI Express x1 - DIMM 240-pin,
1.0 (total) / 2.0 (free) x Processor - Socket AM2,
1.0 (total) / 0.0 (free) x Memory,
4.0 (total) / 0.0 (free) x PCI,
0.0 (free) x PCI Express x16
Open up your case and find out for sure
http://ww2.justanswer.com/uploads/operab/2010-07-08_021703_PCI_PCIe_Slots.jpg
This. Get a real brand, cheap ones can easily die within a year and you don't want that happening to you. I use a Chieftec myself, but AFAIK Antec, Coolermaster, Thermaltake and Zalman are also good to go.
A Radeon HD 6670 costs about 70-90 dollars -.-
Did you even search for it before you thought of it as expensive?
Radeon HD 6670
You don't need to upgrade your PSU because it doesn't really use any power at all.
you sure it doesnt need better PSU? I dont wanna end up choking my pc.
I have it in a HTPC of myself. I use a standard 200W PSU. It runs more than fine.
damn then this might be the best way to go. thanks!
Did you not see my post?
http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/426478-updating-my-gpu-some-advice-please/page__view__findpost__p__5905326
Probably about the best parts you can get for the money.
Yes I saw it. thanks for the help. that graphics card that Mojave showed me looks better and it doesnt require a high end PSU.
Thinking about coming a mod to simply not moderate.
Very Nice! Im gonna Do some Research first on how much FPS it can put out for the games i wanna play. Like I put in my OP. Not looking for higher quality just better gameplay.
Well it'll satisfy your needs for the most part. You'll have to look a long way to get a card that not only performs well, but also consumes low power AND it doesn't require a power cable.