Upgrading video card

Dowly · 09-09-07, 11:24 AM

I'd go for a 8800GTS, got mine for ~300€ and it beats my old 7800GTX with ease.

JSLTIGER · 09-09-07, 11:31 AM

I would have recommended the 8800 GTS (in my opinion, it's currently the best value out there price/performance wise), but there is no way that he could run it off of a 300W PSU. He'd need 450W, minimum.

XabbaRus · 09-09-07, 11:50 AM

PSus are all standard sizes I assume, so I could rip out my 300w and get a 500w.

Things is the MOBO and CPU are good with max of 4Gig of RAM so My system will run for a bit before I have to buy new.

Dowly · 09-09-07, 12:06 PM

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Originally Posted by XabbaRus

PSus are all standard sizes I assume, so I could rip out my 300w and get a 500w.

Things is the MOBO and CPU are good with max of 4Gig of RAM so My system will run for a bit before I have to buy new.

A 500W should be enough.

XabbaRus · 09-09-07, 01:44 PM

Can anyone recommend a decent one that won't split the bank?

antikristuseke · 09-10-07, 07:06 AM

a friend of mine recently got Fortron EPSILON FX700-GLN 700W for his new rig, arround here it costs something like 115$ from retail and less than 100$ when bought from the guy who deals with bulk orders and occasionaly makes money on the side buying stuff for a few contacts. This psu is decent from my experiences with my friends computer, did qutie a bit of stress testing on it with no aparent problems. Though it is overkill tbh.

09-09-07, 11:31 AM	#2
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09-09-07, 11:50 AM	#3
XabbaRus Navy Seal Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 5,330 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	PSus are all standard sizes I assume, so I could rip out my 300w and get a 500w. Things is the MOBO and CPU are good with max of 4Gig of RAM so My system will run for a bit before I have to buy new. __________________

09-09-07, 01:44 PM	#5
XabbaRus Navy Seal Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 5,330 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Can anyone recommend a decent one that won't split the bank? __________________

09-09-07, 11:24 AM	#1
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,054 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	I'd go for a 8800GTS, got mine for ~300€ and it beats my old 7800GTX with ease.

09-10-07, 07:06 AM	#6
antikristuseke Silent Hunter Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Estland Posts: 4,330 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	a friend of mine recently got Fortron EPSILON FX700-GLN 700W for his new rig, arround here it costs something like 115$ from retail and less than 100$ when bought from the guy who deals with bulk orders and occasionaly makes money on the side buying stuff for a few contacts. This psu is decent from my experiences with my friends computer, did qutie a bit of stress testing on it with no aparent problems. Though it is overkill tbh.