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AngelIsrafel

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Wednesday, January 25th 2012, 7:19am

New GPU. Any ideas?

Sup pimps and playa's, looking for some advice here. I want a new, more Powerful GPU, i'll post exactly what i am running with now so ya'll have a good idea of what would work well with what i got

Case: Antec Three Hundred Illusion Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
Motherboard: ECS A885GM-A2 (V1.1) AM3 AMD 880G SATA 6Gb/s ATX AMD Motherboard
Processor: AMD Phenom II X4 960T Zosma 3.0GHz Socket AM3 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor HD96ZTWFGRBOX
RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL
PSU: LOGISYS Computer PS550ABK 550Watts ATX12V Power Supply With SATA and 20/24 Pin connectors.
GPU: EVGA 01G-P3-N945-LR GeForce 9400 GT 1GB 128-bit GDDR2 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

I am pretty sure that GPU is the exact same model as the one i have, might be a little different, but i digress;

I am looking for something, hopefully less than 200 dollars, that will go along with what i have working for me, only criteria i have are as follows

<$200
At least 1 HDMI port
PCI-E 16X card

What would you all recommend and why? Any pros and cons? do you use that particular card and is the manufacturer a trusted name? (AMD, EVGA, Nvid, Etc)
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Wednesday, January 25th 2012, 11:54am

I have the ASUS GTX 550 ti (http://www.asus.com/Graphics_Cards/NVIDI…50_Ti_DCDI1GD5/). Fits all your criteria as well. (I've always preferred nVidia cards over ATI, in part because I run Linux, partially because I've had issues with ATI cards in the past, but that's me).

This card is unbelievably quiet. To the point where when I first installed it, I had to check if the card was plugged in properly. See link above for other features.

The card is huge though. It takes up two slots at the back of your PC and so may block access to another expansion slot on the motherboard. It is also a bit power-hungry. ASUS recommends using a 500w or more power supply with this thing (though some have been successful with only a 400w power supply). Your 550w power supply should be adequate.

If you aren't big on ASUS products, the nVidia GTX 550 ti is available from multiple manufacturers including EVGA, Gigabyte, MSI and many others.
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Wednesday, January 25th 2012, 4:09pm

I would start with Tom's Hardware overview. They usually do decent jobs with those articles, comparing different cards in same price range.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gami…eview,3107.html

Once you pick chipset, look for a deal. There are often good deals to be found at various dealers, but Newegg is usually a good place to check if you are not particular about saving the last few bucks. Brand names, like Evga, MSI, PNY, Asus or Gigabyte are usually safe bets, although you can likely find a good deal in one of less established brands or, conversely, a lemon among the more established ones.
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Wednesday, January 25th 2012, 10:34pm

Quoted from "Peryl;504972"

I have the ASUS GTX 550 ti (http://www.asus.com/Graphics_Cards/NVIDI…50_Ti_DCDI1GD5/). Fits all your criteria as well. (I've always preferred nVidia cards over ATI, in part because I run Linux, partially because I've had issues with ATI cards in the past, but that's me).

This card is unbelievably quiet. To the point where when I first installed it, I had to check if the card was plugged in properly. See link above for other features.

The card is huge though. It takes up two slots at the back of your PC and so may block access to another expansion slot on the motherboard. It is also a bit power-hungry. ASUS recommends using a 500w or more power supply with this thing (though some have been successful with only a 400w power supply). Your 550w power supply should be adequate.

If you aren't big on ASUS products, the nVidia GTX 550 ti is available from multiple manufacturers including EVGA, Gigabyte, MSI and many others.


^This.

550TI is hands down the best for your buck gfx card.

If you want a bit more power go for the 560TI.

If you want to go for cheap and efficient, I would go with either an MSI or an ASUS 550 TI. (MSI has slightly better cooling abilities but has a bit louder then the ASUS)