darkd3cimation Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 (edited) hey guys my names drew, im really new to the forums and to high end gaming i guess, well my problem is i have finnaly got my own computer and my parents agreed to get me anything i need to get it started. now i know enough about comp. to mod and stuff but when it comes to building them im like a 3 year old at a strip club, so ive been wanting to mod and play gta iv for so long and heres my chance. so i want to get a graphic card thats perfect for this game but for my comp to, it has to be PCIE, it has to be thin and it cant take that much power also i want it to be able to run gta iv at top settings with lots of vehical mods and under $200. heres my specs Processor m8000n: AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 Dual-Core Processor 5200+ for TRUE multi-tasking AMD LIVE!™ Made to Bring It All Together • 2.6GHz, 1MB+1MB L2 Cache, 2000MHz System Bus Operating system installed Genuine Windows 7 32 bit Chipset m8000n: NVIDIA nForce 430 Chipset Standard memory 2048MB Video adapter m8000n: NVIDIA GeForce 6150 SE Graphics with TurboCache Expansion slots m8000n: 2 PCI slots (occupied), 1 PCI-E x16 slot (available), 1 PCI-E x1 slot (available) and yes the gpu is integrated and im sure u can see why i despretly need to put in a new one any help will be appreciated. i have been looking at the HIS Radeon HD 6770 1GB or a Sapphire Radeon HD6770 1 GB tell me if im on the right track and those are about the right sizes too thanks Edited October 27, 2011 by darkd3cimation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkd3cimation Posted October 27, 2011 Author Share Posted October 27, 2011 oh ya almost forgot the motherboard is a nettle gl8e Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TUN3R Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 I have a GeForce GTX 550 Ti 1GB and it runs pretty much every game perfectly. However I think it doesn't work very well with Dual Core CPU's, ether that or just the i5 Dual Core... It was about 250$ (VAT included), it's pretty small and it's PCI-E. If you can't get 50 more dolla' David (guy at the shop) recommended me a GeForce GTX 460 along with this one, it's about 210$ and from what I hear it's pretty similar to the 550 in terms of performance, except that the 550 is better for high resolution and supports better Anti-Aliasing, Texture filtering etc... Below that, a friend of mine has a GeForce 260 but I don't know much about it except that it costs about 135$. They are both DX 11 by the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrLlamaLlama Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 The GTX460 - as mentioned above is considered one of the best bang for buck cards on the market. There's so many variations to suit a wide budget range so that's where I'd start. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 I can also vouch for the GTX460, I have one myself and it's great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkd3cimation Posted October 27, 2011 Author Share Posted October 27, 2011 well thanks guys ill really look in to the gtx 550 ti but will i need to buy a new psu because im not too sure how many watts mine is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TUN3R Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 well thanks guys ill really look in to the gtx 550 ti but will i need to buy a new psu because im not too sure how many watts mine is Mine is a Delux ATX-600W P4 v2.3 230V / 50 Hz. Works fine except the bills got a little bit bigger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy-526 Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 I can also vouch for the GTX460, I have one myself and it's great. I had it recently.GTA IV requires 2.8 Ghz as recommended speed as far as I know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkd3cimation Posted October 28, 2011 Author Share Posted October 28, 2011 cool guys thank you but do any of ya know what the minimum power requirmens are for the 550 ti Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkd3cimation Posted October 29, 2011 Author Share Posted October 29, 2011 ok my psu is 300w, would that be enough to run the 550 ti and everything else or should i get sumthin else Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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