Graphics Card

weegie.geek

So the engagement's off?

Dani85

We know it will definately fit on the motherboard, hubby has checked and it has a 16x PCI-E slot.

The comp specs are:

AMD Athlon 64 3700+ processor
2gb RAM
The current graphics card is the ATi Radeon X1300 512mb which lets the computer down unfortunately.

I have ordered another PSU to go with the graphics card, just to be on the safe side.

[Deleted User]

Which PSU and GPU did you go for?

Theydon_Bois

The 8800GT is an excellent card, but the 4850 is better, and is two or so revisions above the 8800GT (in equivalence dispite different manufacturers) - but would be wasted on a single core CPU like a 3700.

All it means though is that you will have a card thats decent enough to carry you over to your next PC..:D

Dani85

Brilliant, thats what we were aiming for Thanks very much everyone

jaydeeuk1

The 4850 is an excellent card, however as has been pointed out, the CPU will hold it back.
I recommend the radeon 3850 for £49.99 from ebuyer, and then depending on your motherboard, drop in a £50 dual athlon chip. Will probably give you better performance than the 4850 card alone.

Conor_3

For that CPU, a nVidia 9600GT card is a good match. It runs cooler, is nearly the same performance as a 8800GT (virtually matches it at normal TFT monitor resolutions) but is about £25 cheaper.