Graphics card and power supply upgrade ?

[baz178]

i had a look on the back off the tower and there is some holes spread out so i think it might fit without drilling hope it does anyway

 

[baz178]

will the graphics card play all the top games on high settings ?

 

[wolfeking]

it will play them, but on medium at best. For top settings you need a 6970 or GTX570. both of which are outside your budget.

 

[baz178]

but i will know the diffrence between my new one and a geforce 9800 beause i thought that was a gd card hahaha

 

[jonnyp11]

yeah you'll notice a big difference, and it depends on the res your playing on for the settings, if you're plying on like 720p you'll get some pretty high settings, but on 1080p you won't be getting very much out of it.

 

[baz178]

so games like fifa and shogun and arma 1 and 2 my brother will see a diffrence ye ?

 

[jonnyp11]

you should be able to get a good bit higher settings probably, what res will you be playing at?

 

[baz178]

I don't know you see it's my brothers never play games on a pc what do you recommend ?

 

[jonnyp11]

it all depends, this gfx card should prob do fine at 1680x1050 with pretty good settings or maxing depending on the specific game, then it also matters what the monitor is as not all monitors will go that high, i think that setting is 720p, so it should be more thaqn fine for anything under 1080p, or 1920x1080

 

[baz178]

just games like shogun 2 and arma 1 and 2 and crysis game like that my brother plays

 

[baz178]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BFG-GeFor...&otn=3&po=LVI&ps=63&clkid=3357909416550347815 thats is my old one lads

 

[jonnyp11]

it should do fine on those.

 

[baz178]

ok cheers lads

 

[baz178]

just recived the graphics card lads looks a nice bit of kit would the 300w psu run it hahaha my brother wants to no

 

[wolfeking]

not likely at all. The 300 watts is way under the recommended, and HP has a bad habbit of way overrating their PSUs. You are likely only pulling a max of around 150-200 Watts. Sure the card will plug to it, but your likely going to need a new motherboard, GPU, maybe RAM, and several; components when it pops.

 

[jonnyp11]

no, it might be able to recognize it and play vid through it, but that's not gunna be the card itself, i don't think the 300 crappy watts (from the most likely horrable brand) could even power the fan enough, let alone the gpu

 

[baz178]

i will wait then tomoz when the new power supply comes lads the ye ?

 

[jonnyp11]

once that new puppies in there you can go rape some newbs or whatever the enemies are in those games.

 

[baz178]

is it ok to pop the graphics card in ready for tomoz i just wont turn it on that all ye ?

 

[wolfeking]

step 1: uninstall the Drivers from your current GPU, and install the Raedon drivers. then Shut down the computer.
step 2: Install card and wait for your PSU to arrive. Then it will be a simple PSU install.