So our daughter gave my wife Civilization V and she is liking it so far. She can't get too far into the tutorials before it BSODs. The problem looks to be RAM (plan on testing it later tonight), but she is now interested in upgrading to a better graphics card (which will necessitate a better PSU).
I will be going through NewEgg (obviously), but I need the best bang for the buck in a card that will play Civ5 smoothly as well as a PSU to power it. I am fine in picking out RAM, but all the new Nvidia cards have got me confused because there is no way to reference one to another as far as graphical power, nor am I sure which is just a renamed GPU. I am fine with AMD/ATI GPUs, but want the best for the money.
She is currently running an Athlon II x3 445, a 7600GS, 4GB DDR2, and a 300W PSU.
Oh, and I am not independently wealthy, so something like a 5890 or GTX 480 is way out of bounds.
I will be going through NewEgg (obviously), but I need the best bang for the buck in a card that will play Civ5 smoothly as well as a PSU to power it. I am fine in picking out RAM, but all the new Nvidia cards have got me confused because there is no way to reference one to another as far as graphical power, nor am I sure which is just a renamed GPU. I am fine with AMD/ATI GPUs, but want the best for the money.
She is currently running an Athlon II x3 445, a 7600GS, 4GB DDR2, and a 300W PSU.
Oh, and I am not independently wealthy, so something like a 5890 or GTX 480 is way out of bounds.
honestly, that PSU was just what popped up when I typed in ANTEC, 500-600W, and 80 PLUS BRONZE certification. PSUs are one of my not-so-educated areas. It's amazing what one can do when one has no idea what they're doing.
