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[[M4D]FULL_METAL]

ive been thinking about this for a while now, i am wanting to get a new graphics card, but im not to sure what to get, and i dont want to spend to much on it either, i was thinking around 150 maybe 200 ish price range

what would you suggest

current rig is:
Manufacturer:
Compaq-Presario
Processor:
AMD Athlon(tm) 7550 Dual-Core Processor (2 CPUs), ~2.5GHz
Memory:
1918MB RAM
Hard Drive:
309 GB
Video Card:
NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce 430
Monitor:
Generic PnP Monitor
Sound Card:
Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio)
Speakers/Headphones:
Keyboard:
USB Root Hub
Mouse:
USB Root Hub
Mouse Surface:
Operating System:
Windows Vistaâ„¢ Home Basic (6.0, Build 6001) Service Pack 1 (6001.vistasp1_gdr.080917-1612)
Motherboard:
Computer Case:


anything else you would like to suggest, im open for them

[[DRuG]Shane0]

I would suggest a 5750 or 5770 and also another 2gb of ram

[[M4D]FULL_METAL]

any suggestions where to purchase these from?

[[DRuG]NikT]

http://www.staticice.net is the bible for all things pricing... they aggregate all the live price lists and display who is cheapest.. they're pretty accurate too, often quoting MSY, who are generally pretty cheap.

Price	Description
$162.00	Sapphire ATI HD5770 1G GDDR5, 128BIT, 11164-03-20R Penta Computers (NSW) | http://www.penta.com.au | updated: 06-07-2010
$169.00	ATI R5770 DDR5 1GB DP HDMI DVI GREENBOXiT (NSW) | http://www.greenboxit.com.au | updated: 05-07-2010
$171.00	Powercolour Powercolor 5770 1GB ATI Radeon HD5770 DVI PCI-E Video Card MSY (NSW, QLD, SA, VIC, WA) | http://www.msy.com.au | updated: 06-07-2010
$171.00	HIS Hitech 5770 1GB ATI HD5770 DVI PCI-E Video Card MSY (NSW, QLD, SA, VIC, WA) | http://www.msy.com.au | updated: 06-07-2010

And there it is.. MSY up near the top again.

[[M4D]FULL_METAL]

thanks NikT, im considering the last one, and then ill think about getting some more ram

[[DRuG]NikT]

No probs.

MSY are classic.. they open a new store, from that day forward, every day, they have a queue that often goes up the street, people waiting around half an hour to an hour to spend $1000s.

Jealous.

[[M4D]FULL_METAL]

not really, i can order online, and wait for it to come to me

[[M4D]FULL_METAL]

here is one im looking at right now

MSI R5770-PM2D1G-OC ATI Radeon HD 5770 1G GDDR5, DSP/HDMI/DVI Overclocked [VGAMSI1G571C]

Only $202.12
Features Microsoft DirectX 11 Support ATI Eyefinity Technology ATI Stream Technology 40 nm Process Technology Advanced GDDR5 Memory Technology 2nd Generation TeraScale Engine Microsoft Windows 7 support ATI CrossFireX™ Technology Enhanced Anisotropic Filtering Accelerated Video Transcoding HDMI 1.3 Support Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio Support ATI PowerPlay™ Technology Enhanced Support for GDDR5 memory ATI Avivo™ Technology Enhanced Unified Video Decoder 2 (UVD 2) Specifications Graphics Engine ATI Radeon HD 5770 Bus Standard PCI Express x16 2.1 Memory Type GDDR5 Memory Size(MB) 1024 Memory Interface 128bit Core Clock Speed(MHz) 850 Memory Clock Speed(MHz) 4800 Memory Bandwidth(GB/sec) N/A Texture Fill Rate(billion/sec) N/A DVI Output 2 D-SUB Output 2(via DVI to D-Sub adaptor) TV-Output N/A HDMI-Output 1 Mini HDMI-Output N/A VIVO(Video-in/out) N/A Display Port Y Mini Display Port N/A HDCP Support Y Dual-link DVI Y HDTV Support N/A HDMI Support Y Display Ouput(Max Resolution) 3x 2560x1600 RAMDACs 400 Features Microsoft DirectX 11 Support ATI Eyefinity Technology ATI Stream Technology 40 nm Process Technology Advanced GDDR5 Memory Technology 2nd Generation TeraScale Engine Microsoft Windows 7 support ATI CrossFireX™ Technology Enhanced Anisotropic Filtering Accelerated Video Transcoding HDMI 1.3 Support Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio Support ATI PowerPlay™ Technology Enhanced Support for GDDR5 memory ATI Avivo™ Technology Enhanced Unified Video Decoder 2 (UVD 2) Specifications Graphics Engine ATI Radeon HD 5770 Bus Standard PCI Express x16 2.1 Memory T