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Originally Posted by robbythesub
Thanks and prsumably by power supply- you mean mains power supply to the plug socket rather than power within the PSU?
I may go to nvidea as I prefer those, and do you know whether the GTS 250 will fit into my machine that has the ATI Radeon 2400 currently?
I am not that used to upgrading graphics cards, so dont want to buy one that doesnt fit obviously!
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By power supply I mean the PSU. I have a Chieftec560W. If you want to know whether a new video card will fit, check your motherboard. Please give more details about your PC . For example:
CPU: Brand(Amd or Intel), model( Core2duo, Phenom, Athlon, Pentium Dual Core) , frequency(2.2GHz). This is important because you need to find a balance between cpu and videocard. A very slow cpu and a powerful video card it is not a good ideea as well as a powerful cpu and a very slow videocard.
MB: The way a post it earlier ( Gigabyte Ep43-ds3l). It is important in order to know what kind of slot you have for the videocard.
Ram: Type( ddr2 or ddr3, frequency) It always helps to have more Ram. 2gb it is minimal these days, 4gb it is great and 8gb it is fantastic.
PSU: like Antec, Corsair, Zalman or other brand and the power, like 500w or more, or less. The PSU is very important because it provides power to the components in your PC and all the modern videocard usually need another connector for power besides what they receive from the slot. Especially for a video card the most important thing is the +12volts rail or rails depending on the PSU and how many amps they have on that rail.
CASE: Your PC case is important because some of the big videocard of today are, well..., big and they don't fit in smaller cases.
If you are not sure what to do go to a computer store near you and ask for proper advice. An also if you have a friend who knows computers go with him. It is what I would do if I was in your place. However be careful because from my experience they will always try to persuade you to fool you especially when they smell that you don't know much about PC's.
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Regarding the 250GTS please remember that this card is just a 9800gtx+ renamed GTS 250.