Need a new GPU and RAM.

[HoodedSniper]

Hey,

Currently my gpu is

Nvidia 6800 Ultra. Surprisingly, it still runs good to this day.

My ram, its pretty big, i mean its a whole, 1G, :/

I need an update.

Before anyone starts telling me, oh well if you buy that, then your gonna need this(power supply/motherboard etc...) I know.

First i plan on getting the new GPU first.
I tend to stick with Nvidia, so please Nvidia only.

Im looking for a good card, around $200-230$

What I want out of this card is to be able to run games such as, SC2 on ultra/high, and TF2 on all high, and long down the road(dont think anyone can answer these 2) is to play NS2 and HL2EP3 and Portal 2 on High settings.

So heres what im asking.
1.What is a good card for that price.
2.Where is the best place to get it.
3.Link if you have one.
4.If you own the card your telling me about, please tell me how it runs.

As for Ram. Im thinking slowly working up to 4g, buy getting 2g first, then eventually another 2g after.

My question for RAM is, Whats a really fast RAM? and where can i get it?

Sorry for all the questions, Moneys tight.

[Morkcheese]

[url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150462&cm_re=5770-_-14-150-462-_-Product[/url]
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[url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139008&cm_re=corsair-_-17-139-008-_-Product[/url]

leave fanboyism at the door

[HoodedSniper]

Not a fanboy, just really like there cards, this card has worked so well for over 6 years and according to the reviews on that card.

Cons: -It's dying 3 months into owning it, clicked refresh on the windows experience index and the video completely cut until i restarted, can't play games for more than 10 minutes at times till it dies and thats when they even get passed the main menu
Other Thoughts: I'll never buy XFX again, had a PNY gtx 260 before this for 2 years and it never had issues like this.

I do not want something like that.

[Morcam]

[QUOTE=Yumyumbublegum;22371640][URL]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150462&cm_re=5770-_-14-150-462-_-Product[/URL]
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[URL]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139008&cm_re=corsair-_-17-139-008-_-Product[/URL]

leave fanboyism at the door[/QUOTE]

Surely he'll need more than a 400W PSU...

[HoodedSniper]

I want my card to last, although, without those cons on that card, that is an extremely nice card and that would be the one i would buy.

Thanks for the link to the power supply also. Really helpful :D

[Morcam]

[QUOTE=HoodedSniper;22371858]I want my card to last, although, without those cons on that card, that is an extremely nice card and that would be the one i would buy.

Thanks for the link to the power supply also. Really helpful :D[/QUOTE]

What part of lifetime warranty do you not understand? I've had my 5870 for around six months now, zero problems. The card isn't going to break down, and you'll get far more power for your money. Stop reading the 1 star reviews. People who don't have problems usually don't respond.

[HoodedSniper]

[QUOTE=Morcam;22371885]What part of lifetime warranty do you not understand? I've had my 5870 for around six months now, zero problems. The card isn't going to break down, and you'll get far more power for your money. Stop reading the 1 star reviews. People who don't have problems usually don't respond.[/QUOTE]

True, did not notice that.

I think this will be the card.

Also, will that power supply support it that the other guy linked?

[Morkcheese]

[QUOTE=Morcam;22371834]Surely he'll need more than a 400W PSU...[/QUOTE]
no he won't, his system won't even draw 400w not to mention that's a high quality psu

[editline]05:45PM[/editline]

[QUOTE=HoodedSniper;22371822]Not a fanboy, just really like there cards, this card has worked so well for over 6 years and according to the reviews on that card.

Cons: -It's dying 3 months into owning it, clicked refresh on the windows experience index and the video completely cut until i restarted, can't play games for more than 10 minutes at times till it dies and thats when they even get passed the main menu
Other Thoughts: I'll never buy XFX again, had a PNY gtx 260 before this for 2 years and it never had issues like this.

I do not want something like that.[/QUOTE]
you're using one newegg review to decide if you should buy the card or not?

[Reapaninja]

[QUOTE=HoodedSniper;22371822]Not a fanboy, just really like there cards, this card has worked so well for over 6 years and according to the reviews on that card.

Cons: -It's dying 3 months into owning it, clicked refresh on the windows experience index and the video completely cut until i restarted, can't play games for more than 10 minutes at times till it dies and thats when they even get passed the main menu
Other Thoughts: I'll never buy XFX again, had a PNY gtx 260 before this for 2 years and it never had issues like this.

I do not want something like that.[/QUOTE]

I'm 100% sure that for every card ever produced you can find at least one bad customer review of it, hell for every single product ever

if you listen to customer reviews you'll basically never buy a single thing ever

[HoodedSniper]

Haha ya, sorry im just really cautious, been saving for this for months, been jobless, finally had a job interview like 2 days ago. Just want to make the right choice.

Thanks for the help, and that is a really really nice card. Thank you.

[OCELOT320]

[QUOTE=Yumyumbublegum;22371640][URL]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150462&cm_re=5770-_-14-150-462-_-Product[/URL]
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[URL]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139008&cm_re=corsair-_-17-139-008-_-Product[/URL]

leave fanboyism at the door[/QUOTE]

[url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817256061[/url]

This PSU is much better bang for the buck.

[belink]

You say that you want to run TF2 on high, but TF2 is dependant on CPU more than GPU. What is your CPU?

(I'm aware I'm not exactly answering your question, but I just want you to realize that getting a new GPU and RAM might not be the best way to spend your money)

[MetricMoose]

[QUOTE=OCELOT323;22374812][url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817256061[/url]

This PSU is much better bang for the buck.[/QUOTE]

Antec has some nice PSUs as well.

Also, these are what the 1 stars can be like:
[IMG]http://www.bj0.org/pictures/neweggComment5770.JPG[/IMG]
If there's a problem, even if it's on their end because they're using motherboard made out of cat hair and tinfoil, they're going to rate it into the ground.

[HoodedSniper]

[QUOTE=belink;22374848]You say that you want to run TF2 on high, but TF2 is dependant on CPU more than GPU. What is your CPU?

(I'm aware I'm not exactly answering your question, but I just want you to realize that getting a new GPU and RAM might not be the best way to spend your money)[/QUOTE]

Well, the MAIN reason im getting the new GPU and RAM, is for SC2,and NS2.

But my cpu is

AMD-Athlon64-FX55

[OCELOT320]

[QUOTE=benjgvps;22375563]Antec has some nice PSUs as well.

Also, these are what the 1 stars can be like:
[IMG]http://www.bj0.org/pictures/neweggComment5770.JPG[/IMG]
If there's a problem, even if it's on their end because they're using motherboard made out of cat hair and tinfoil, they're going to rate it into the ground.[/QUOTE]

Sure antec makes good PSUs, but they dont have a better one at the price of the Silverstone. Silverstone is up there with Corsair

[Morkcheese]

[QUOTE=OCELOT323;22374812][URL]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817256061[/URL]

This PSU is much better bang for the buck.[/QUOTE]
get this one instead

[Morcam]

[QUOTE=Yumyumbublegum;22377616]get this one instead[/QUOTE]

Uh, Yeah, and that's just the bare bones... The 5770 lists 450W as the minimum power req. I realize that's a bit over what it actually needs, but there's nothing wrong with having some leeway in there, especially if he wanted to grab a second 5770 in the future for crossfire.

[Morkcheese]

[QUOTE=Morcam;22380622]Uh, Yeah, and that's just the bare bones... The 5770 lists 450W as the minimum power req. I realize that's a bit over what it actually needs, but there's nothing wrong with having some leeway in there, especially if he wanted to grab a second 5770 in the future for crossfire.[/QUOTE]
no, the power requirements from the manufacturer are grossly overestimated, the 5770 would be fine on a 400w psu

[Spiderface]

hey, me and OP got the same video card.

[pebkac]

The problem is, you probably won't be able to use the new ram and graphics card in your old computer, chances are the motherboard doesn't support them. You'd be better off if you just save up money until you can buy all the parts for a new computer, maybe the prices will lower a bit by that time.

[xXDarklingXx]

Get a 9800GT and 4 gigs of RAM. If your looking for like 300$ for those two, you should definitly try NewEgg if your in the US.

That is if your Motherboard supports them.

[Gamerkiwi]

[QUOTE=HoodedSniper;22371822]Not a fanboy, just really like there cards, this card has worked so well for over 6 years and according to the reviews on that card.

Cons: -It's dying 3 months into owning it, clicked refresh on the windows experience index and the video completely cut until i restarted, can't play games for more than 10 minutes at times till it dies and thats when they even get passed the main menu
Other Thoughts: I'll never buy XFX again, had a PNY gtx 260 before this for 2 years and it never had issues like this.

I do not want something like that.[/QUOTE]

XFX has double lifetime warranty and makes good quality in the first place.
You're probably not going to have it fail on you, reviews like that will happen with every single component.

[editline]09:53AM[/editline]

Also, what's your motherboard? We need to know what kind of RAM you can get.

[ferrous]

Don't forget XFX, PNY etc are only customizing the same card, not manufacturing the whole card independently, thus saying that you will never buy from so and so again is unreasonable, to say the least.

[HoodedSniper]

My motherboard is

asus a8n32-sli deluxe

[Big D Duchovny]

You won't get anywhere with that mobo, better wait till you got more money..
Or, you could get a new GPU, but chances are it will be bottlenecked. You could either but the GPU now, and wait till you get more money, and upgrade the rest, or just wait and buy it all at one time. This way you can be sure that the PSU will be sufficient for the future bulid, the other way you can't..

Rate me bad reading, this is formulated horribly...

[derlicious]

If he wants NVIDIA
[url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814261072&cm_re=nvidia_geforce_gtx_465-_-14-261-072-_-Product[/url]

[HoodedSniper]

[QUOTE=GoDong-DK;22397683]You won't get anywhere with that mobo, better wait till you got more money..
Or, you could get a new GPU, but chances are it will be bottlenecked. You could either but the GPU now, and wait till you get more money, and upgrade the rest, or just wait and buy it all at one time. This way you can be sure that the PSU will be sufficient for the future bulid, the other way you can't..

Rate me bad reading, this is formulated horribly...[/QUOTE]

My PSU is more than enough.

Im getting that sexy ATI card.

[Mokkan13]

[QUOTE=xXDarklingXx;22393131][B]Get a 9800GT and 4 gigs of RAM.[/B] If your looking for like 300$ for those two, you should definitly try NewEgg if your in the US.

That is if your Motherboard supports them.[/QUOTE]

Got this. I find it to be pretty capable, 98 is certainly good enough for all the games I have, and 4 gigs of ram has never left me wanting more.

[culexor]

[QUOTE=Mokkan13;22407014]Got this. I find it to be pretty capable, 98 is certainly good enough for all the games I have, and 4 gigs of ram has never left me wanting more.[/QUOTE]

Same here, except I have an 8800GTS. Runs TF2 completely maxed (including AA & AF at max) no problem. I don't plan on upgrading any time soon.

[GWeasel]

Not to step on the NVIDIA users, and I'm sure the 9800 gt is a fine card, but ATI has much more bang for buck with their products at that price, so let's let the OP get the most for his money rather then personal preference.

And really, with the other hardware there, I would agree that its be best to just wait and do a new build. The GPU would suffer a pretty nasty bottleneck otherwise.

On a side note, yes 4 gigs of ram is a good amount, I've generally seen it considered the "sweet spot" as of now for gaming, any more and the diminishing return isn't worth the cost if the computer is just for gaming.