zeldaboy101
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I've got a system that's about 3-4 years old now and while I want to upgrade the entire thing, that won't happen until the spring when I have the money available.
In the mean time, I could afford a partial upgrade, but don't see the point to upgrade a part and replace it in a few months, so i'm trying to see if I can upgrade just the video card in my system to something that'd be fairly good in a medium end gaming computer.
I'd like to upgrade my video card to a really nice one, but don't know if my PSU can support a new one.
Currently:
3.0ghz single core intel
asus P5GD1-VM mobo
1.5gb ram (probably just ddr can't remember)
geforce 6600GT
1 hd
2 dvd burners
431w enermax psu
I've got a pci-e slot and saw that pci-e 2.0 is backwards compatible, so I guess the video card would just run a little slower on my old board until I upgrade it in the future? I could live with that, just need to know how good of a card 431w could support. I'd like to get an 8800gt at least, preferably a 9800gt as they're not that expensive. So can 431w run the 8800 or 9800? Assuming they fit in my case, the ram gets awful close to where the card would stick out...
IF I have to upgrade my psu then lets say the future setup will be:
probably quad core (I do a lot of photoshop stuff)
4gb ram or more
1-2 hd
2 burners
9800gt
So how many watts would I need to be safe with something like that?
thanks,
Jeremy
In the mean time, I could afford a partial upgrade, but don't see the point to upgrade a part and replace it in a few months, so i'm trying to see if I can upgrade just the video card in my system to something that'd be fairly good in a medium end gaming computer.
I'd like to upgrade my video card to a really nice one, but don't know if my PSU can support a new one.
Currently:
3.0ghz single core intel
asus P5GD1-VM mobo
1.5gb ram (probably just ddr can't remember)
geforce 6600GT
1 hd
2 dvd burners
431w enermax psu
I've got a pci-e slot and saw that pci-e 2.0 is backwards compatible, so I guess the video card would just run a little slower on my old board until I upgrade it in the future? I could live with that, just need to know how good of a card 431w could support. I'd like to get an 8800gt at least, preferably a 9800gt as they're not that expensive. So can 431w run the 8800 or 9800? Assuming they fit in my case, the ram gets awful close to where the card would stick out...
IF I have to upgrade my psu then lets say the future setup will be:
probably quad core (I do a lot of photoshop stuff)
4gb ram or more
1-2 hd
2 burners
9800gt
So how many watts would I need to be safe with something like that?
thanks,
Jeremy