Videocard Question

[S!X]

Before you go any further, check that you've actually got a pci-e x16 slot. Major manufacturers like HP and Dell keep their prices down by leaving out basic upgrade paths such as that.

It does have one.

[Seedler]

My advice to you is:

Get an ATI card.

ATI card are MUCH less power-hungry than nvidia cards, and for main-stream cards, ATI currently outperforms Nvidia. Just get a X800GTO2 and unlock it to a X850 XT PE speeds. Or if u just go with a X800GTO like I do, it's even cheaper than a 6600GT.

So all I'm saying is:

choose one of these:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...&Go.x=0&Go.y=0

As opposed to one of these:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...TTR16=&ATTR17=

[S!X]

My advice to you is:

Get an ATI card.

ATI card are MUCH less power-hungry than nvidia cards, and for main-stream cards, ATI currently outperforms Nvidia. Just get a X800GTO2 and unlock it to a X850 XT PE speeds. Or if u just go with a X800GTO like I do, it's even cheaper than a 6600GT.

So all I'm saying is:

choose one of these:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...&Go.x=0&Go.y=0

As opposed to one of these:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...TTR16=&ATTR17=

Too bad neweggs prices werent in CAD lol

[Seedler]

My advice to you is:

Get an ATI card.

ATI card are MUCH less power-hungry than nvidia cards, and for main-stream cards, ATI currently outperforms Nvidia. Just get a X800GTO2 and unlock it to a X850 XT PE speeds. Or if u just go with a X800GTO like I do, it's even cheaper than a 6600GT.

So all I'm saying is:

choose one of these:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...&Go.x=0&Go.y=0

As opposed to one of these:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...TTR16=&ATTR17=

Too bad neweggs prices werent in CAD lol

lol oopsy, i guess the website auto detect your regional settings...

Still, $190 CAD is higher than $150 CAD, you do comprehend that concept don't you?

[Skillian]

My bro has been running an Athlon 64 system, 2 HDDs and a 6600GT for a year with a cheapo 350W power supply (£30 case + PSU). Zero problems.

I advised him to buy an alternate one at the time, but seeing as his computer has been fine he still feels he made the right decision.

It's an unpopular point of view, but go through this board and see how many threads there are from people complaining that their PSU killed their computer - you won't find many.

To me, grabbing the card now and looking for a decent PSU later (or straight away if the card won't work) seems a fine decision, but I don't think many people will agree.

[Virtualbody1234]

Your CPU is AMD64 X2 4200 and you're currently running onboard graphics?

You now want to upgrade the graphics card to a 6600GT?

What is the purpose of this PC? Maybe you should select products that would be more balanced overall to meet your needs.

[S!X]

Your CPU is AMD64 X2 4200 and you're currently running onboard graphics?

You now want to upgrade the graphics card to a 6600GT?

What is the purpose of this PC? Maybe you should select products that would be more balanced overall to meet your needs.

gaming dude, all it needs is a videocard and its good to go... Its a fecking HP media center pc, there too stupid to actually put a decent videocard in it.

[Seedler]

Its a fecking HP media center pc, there too stupid to actually put a decent videocard in it.

[Virtualbody1234]

Well for gaming it doesn't make much sense to spend around $500 for a CPU and only $150 for a graphics card.

It also doesn't make sense to me to put a dual core AMD64 onto a modo that has onboard graphics and be stuck with an ATI RS Chipset.

[Seedler]

Well for gaming it doesn't make much sense to spend around $500 for a CPU and only $150 for a graphics card.

It also doesn't make sense to me to put a dual core AMD64 onto a modo that has onboard graphics and be stuck with an ATI RS Chipset.

I agree. Your system now seems like a video editing workstation rather than a gaming machine. But you only play CS anyways, which doesn't require very much GPU power at all. In fact, CS runs fine on pretty much any Integrated graphics after 2005.