what card is the next step up from mine?

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fire77

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hi, i have a Ati Radeon HD 4200.

i dont have much money so i only want a small upgrade....

what grahpic card should i get thats a step or 2 above the Ati HD 4200?

if i get just a small upgrade to the type of video card i have, will i need a new power suply also?

lets assume i have like 50 - 75 american dollars...... what kind of grahpics card can i buy thats a step or 2 better then my HD 4200?

i have a fairly strong computer.... qaud core, 2.8 GHz , 8 gigs of ram, plenty of memory, windows 7 64 bit with phenom 2 procceser.

my memory card is the weak link in the chain from what i can tell.

im having a very hard time playing battlefield 3 on my current card....... and i dont think ill be able to play mass effect 3, or dead island with out a new card.

i dont need anything too much better.... just a step or 2 up from my current card..... something that will allow me to play dead island and battlefiled 3, and mass effiect 3 on modest settings.

any help would be appreaciated.
 
HD6450 or GT210 would be as low as you could go and that would be a decent sized jump in performance because of the dedicated memory, Higher memory BUS, and higher core count with higher clock rates.
 
wolfeking said:
HD6450 or GT210 would be as low as you could go and that would be a decent sized jump in performance because of the dedicated memory, Higher memory BUS, and higher core count with higher clock rates.
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thanks for the idea, ill try to read up on them.... i dont sopposed you have any idea when those were made and just much proformance i could get out if them compard to my HD 4200?
 
fire77 said:
thanks for the idea, ill try to read up on them.... i dont sopposed you have any idea when those were made and just much proformance i could get out if them compard to my HD 4200?
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they are new cards, but the 210 is several generations old.

you will see a slight performance gain. Certainly not enough for BF3 or such games, but good enough for older games @800*600
 
wolfeking said:
HD6450 or GT210 would be as low as you could go and that would be a decent sized jump in performance because of the dedicated memory, Higher memory BUS, and higher core count with higher clock rates.
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also, i looked up my computer and it should have a 250 watt power suply... is that enough to run the HD6450 or the GT210?

i heard low end ati cards were ussualy better then the low end nivdia's , so i would proably buy the GF6450, i wonder if i can get it at best by, there not many computer places around me
 
no. To install a graphics card you will need to replace your PSU. The 250 watt you have only puts out about 175 or so watts at a max. It is really not enough to power your system as is. 450 watts and up would be what you need.
 
i dont know how much it would be i dollars but a gts450 in the uk retails for around £80 which would be a super colossal performance increase for you
 
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