What kind of graphics card can my computer support?

you will need a new PSU, so that reduces your budget quite a bit, but either way you should be good with something in the area of a HD6770 or GTX550ti.
 
should run it, but I will not guarantee at what settings.

PSU should be from a trusted brand and 500+ watts. Antec, Corsair, NZXT, OCZ, PCPAC, Seasonic, Silverstone or XFX are the only trusted brands to trust.
 
wolfeking said:
should run it, but I will not guarantee at what settings.

PSU should be from a trusted brand and 500+ watts. Antec, Corsair, NZXT, OCZ, PCPAC, Seasonic, Silverstone or XFX are the only trusted brands to trust.
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So NZXT are good? was wondering but kept forgetting to ask. And for the OP to elaborate, PCPAC means PC Power & Cooling, since i doubt you knew that and where going to ask. and really with those cards you could prob get away with a 450w good psu, but not the 430w corsair cx430, the cx series have less power than any of the other ones, like the cx600 has less power than a xfx 550w, they are a value series for building, but the 500 or 600 would be good for your build.
 
i am calling Bull on that. a quality PSU is going to be $45 minumum. A HD 6870 will fit in that budget maybe (155), but that is not really a nice card. You will not fit a 69** + or GTX560ti+ in that budget, and that is where it is for nice. In order to get two of each for 200 you would need a PSU and a GPU for 100, putting you in the <HD6670 or <GT540 range, and those cards are just jokes for anything above about DX8 in gaming and movies. Something on the P67 chipset just to have a GPU maybe.
 
claptonman said:
I agree that there are no good combo deals, but the 6870 is not a bad card. Just because they don't spend $200-300 on a video card doesn't mean its bad. It would be a huge upgrade compared to what he would get.

I would get these two:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102948
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817256061

With the rebates, it would come to $200.
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139027

this would be way better, rebates lower and plus, that silverstone costs 10 for shipping, which is just rediculous
 
claptonman said:
I agree that there are no good combo deals, but the 6870 is not a bad card. Just because they don't spend $200-300 on a video card doesn't mean its bad. It would be a huge upgrade compared to what he would get.
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I didn't say it was a bad card. I said it wasn't a nice card. They are two different things.
 
wolfeking said:
I didn't say it was a bad card. I said it wasn't a nice card. They are two different things.
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I have a 6870 and it runs all my games on ultra setting maxed out at 1600x900 resolution.

I cant say what type of performance you'll get at 1080p but at the resolution I'm playing at it maxes my games.

SKYRIM = 30-60fps
SC2 - Never checked but i rarely get any slow downs even in huge battles
BF3 - Runs at 30 fps steady all settings on ultra
COD = over 100fps

It's a great card for it's price point.
 
great doesn't make it a nice card. You can give all the numbers in the world, that won't make me label it a nice card. Nice is a matter of opinion. And I am not ever going to label a AMD product nice.
 
NZXT HALE82 units are made by Seasonic. The HALE90 are made by Super Flower. Super Flower are not really bad units, mid to upper range quality. Pretty sure Super Flower makes the PC Power&Cooling MKII series.
 
Also, I was wondering if the power supply would need to be altered or anything if I get a much better graphics card (computer has an ATI Radeon HD 4200).
 
Did you get any of the ones we linked up above, or are you talking about the oem one that came with the computer. The one that came with the computer plain sucks and those HD4200 graphics are integrated onto the mobo, they don't even have their own memory, they run off of your ram.
 
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