killersleven

Hi I'm getting this from tigerdirect,

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...7466&CatId=333

what is the most powerful vid card I could get that would work for this computer and get the full potential out of it? which one would you get with it?

Thanks!

(Please give link to the vid card, and must be off of tigerdirect)

TheWiseGuy

thats a pretty sweet deal......you can get an nvidia 9800 that would help you run any game out now

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Vi3tElite

If you decide to go with the 8600, 8800 or 9600 series I'd recommend getting a 600 watt power supply just to be safe. But a decent 8600GT runs like..120$ nowadays I think?

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BanMido

to save money I always buy a vid card that is around 100-200 and then upgrade in a couple of years when the high end cards that were going for 600+ are now 100-200......

anything from Nvidia 8800 GT and up can play all games on max out now....

pretty good setup too....

if people didn't want to go through building a computer they might as well buy this one and add a good graphics card....

although I would buy a new cool looking case with better cooling....

also the website says it doesn't give you a heat sink fan so you need to by one too.....

killersleven

well i was planning on getting an 8600 gt or something but for about the same price i can get this

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...354&CatId=3585

this one seems like it would be better and would 600 watts be good or should i get 700+?

o and also will my processor run this vid card to its full potential and/or work?

EDIT:
@BanMido: yeah gfx cards are kinda cheap now which is a good thing. yeah i kno i need a fan too but will a cheap one do or will i need an expensive one?

BanMido

this is an ok heatsink it small so it can fit in your case....unless you are going to do some serious overclocking to you're cpu this fan is good enough.

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...7261&CatId=798

I suggest this card

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...454&CatId=3670

or any 8800 gt since you don't need a more expensive card yet this one can play anything on max....

killersleven

hmmm which one is better the 9600 gt or the 8800 gt. reason i ask this is because the 9600 gt is $109 and the 8800gt is $119.

thx everyone so far for the help and thx for fan recommendation had no clue which one would get the job done.

BanMido

this link compares benchmarks between a 8800gt and a 9600gt

8800 gt won out in this one

http://hothardware.com/cs/forums/t/37821.aspx



another link

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/24...-8800gt-9600gt

these people say 8800 gt is better to

read into more if you want but I would go for the 8800gt

Darc

Don't worry, i'm running a 8800GT with a NOX 500W PSU and it cost me like 35€.


No issues so far.

Oh yes, the 9600GT is kind of a gap filler between 8800GS and GT. It's kind of a scam on my opinion.

I saw this factory OC'ed Gigabyte 8800GT with a Zalman cooler before and it was cheap, I wish they had it in stock when I bought my computer. It had clocks at 700 and the RAM at 1900. That's a pretty nice deal.

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BanMido

but remember wattage is not the really important part....amps is.....

mine has two 12v rails that each has 20A and it is 650W so far no problem......got mine a while back on BFG tech for 234 USD with bfg 8800 gt oc and the 650W PSU