Can I upgrade my Graphics card?

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Rainzord

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Hello fellas!

I've been looking to upgrade my graphics card, as a co-worker told me that the other specs of my PC are fine.

Currently, I have an NVIDIA 275 GTX, and it's a bit subpar and annoying since i casually I get minifreezes that can last about anywhere from 1-15 seconds with black screen flashing and receive an error message "your display driver has stopped working but has recovered". I tried to fix it many times but I think I might as well just get a new graphic card now.

I was thinking about getting either NVidia 660 GTX or 760 GTX. I was wondering 2 things -

1) Can my current spec hold either cards well?

2) Do I need to upgrade something else for either card to work on my system?


This is my system spec:

Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 920 @ 2.67GHz
Manufacturer Intel
Speed 2.8 GHz
Number of Cores 8
CPU ID BFEBFBFF000106A5
Family 06
Model 1A
Stepping 5
Revision 11
Video Card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275
Manufacturer NVIDIA
Chipset GeForce GTX 275
Dedicated Memory 896 MB
Total Memory 3.6 GB
Pixel Shader Version 4.0
Vertex Shader Version 4.0
Hardware T & L Yes
Vendor ID 10DE
Device ID 05E6
Plug and Play ID VEN_10DE&DEV_05E6&SUBSYS_0EFB19F1&REV_A1
Driver Version 9.18.13.3221
Memory 6.2 GB
Operating System Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate Edition Service Pack 2 (build 6002), 64-bit
Service Pack 2
Size 64 Bit
Edition
Version 6.0.6002
Locale 040D
BIOS Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG
Version Award Software International, Inc. FB
Manufacturer Award Software International, Inc.
Date 05/04/09

Motherboard:

Gigabyte Technology
Model EX58-UD3R
Chipset Intel x58 rev. 12
Southbridge Intel 82801JR rev 00
Graphic interfact PCI Express x16


Can anyone help me pleasE?

Thanks a bunch! :)
 
I see this is your first post, so welcome to the forum. Do you know what you have for a power supply? That will impact which card you are capable of running smoothly.
 
Your PSU is fine.

I don't even know why you'd consider the two year old GTX 660 when the GTX 760 is here. The GTX 760 actually replaced the GTX 660 Ti, not the GTX 660 - so the 760 is miles faster than a 'plain' GTX 660.

I just bought a GTX 760 and I can tell you it is a good card, but I think its replacement is due soon so perhaps wait a little longer for that? 'GTX 860' I guess it will be called.

For gaming though I think I would recommend you spend a little bit more and get a GTX 770.
 
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