Graphic card

[tanvirmanhotra]

Here are my pc specs:

1) AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 945 Processor
2) Gigabyte M68MT-D3
3) 4 GB RAM
4) AMD Radeon 4350
5) PSU-450W

I want to change my graphic card. Please recommend a card which offers high gaming performance. (under 10k)

[roydon]

I'd say put another 1.5K and get the AMD HD 6870. You can get one from Sapphire for 11.5K. BTW, what brand is your PSU? if it's a Corsair VX450 then you're good to go, else you might want to change that to a higher capacity one.

[Rahul]

Hey tanvir,
From my point of view a 450W power supply wont be sufficient for a card that costs 8k and above (from hd radeon 6770 you may say). At least you need a 550w PSU, or possibly higher if you want to go for cards like HD radeon 6790 which need 2 pci-e 6pin connectors just to power the gpu.

And I have a question about your msi motherboard. Does it have a PCI-E 2.0 slot?? I just checked but as far as i went I could only find that its just a x16 (version 1.0). If iyour motherboard is having a pci-e 1.0 then the new graphics cards wont perform at its full potential. It will be compatible but will give you only about 30% of the cards potential.

I had an experience putting my new gpu (xfx hd radeon 6770) on my asus p5gc-mx 1333 motherboard (having pci-e 1.0) and the performance was just terrible.

cya amigo..tc