GT 430 or GTX 550 for my PC (please read before answering) My specs are:1- AMD Athlon 7550 dual core 2.50ghz2- 3gb DDR2 of ram3- Windows Vista 32-bit4- Thermaltake TR2-430W (power supply)5- Nvidia GT 9600I dont want to change anything on the PC just the video card (on a tight budget here thanks to college.......Anyway just looking to play games like just cause 2 and the witcher, not in optimal settings but decent enough not to want to burn my computer and go play my ps3)So again the question is, can this computer handle the GTX 550 with its current hardware or should i just go with the 430 GT? Elaborate as much as possible please. THank yoU!! GT 430 or GTX 550 for my PC (please read before answering) My specs are:1- AMD Athlon 7550 dual core 2.50ghz2- 3gb DDR2 of ram3- Windows Vista 32-bit4- Thermaltake TR2-430W... » Read More GT 430 or GTX 550 for my PC (please read before answering) My specs are:1- AMD Athlon 7550 dual core 2.50ghz2- 3gb DDR2 of ram3- Windows Vista 32-bit4- Thermaltake TR2-430W (power supply)5- Nvidia GT 9600I dont want to change anything on the PC just the video card (on a tight budget here thanks to college.......Anyway just looking to play games like just cause 2 and the witcher, not in optimal settings but decent enough not to want to burn my computer and go play my ps3)So again the question is, can this computer handle the GTX 550 with its current hardware or should i just go with the 430 GT? Elaborate as much as possible please. THank yoU!! « Show Less
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There are frame rate numbers for just cause here. http://www.techspot.com/review/392-budget-gpu-comparison/page8.html
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Your computer will be able to handle the GTX 550 or the GTX 550Ti as your power supply has more than enough capability. The GTX 550 and 550Ti uses a maximum of 116Watts and an average computer uses no more than 200 Watts, so you have ~200 Watts to do whatever you want with it; you may get a graphics card that is lesser than or equal to ~200 Watts, but just make sure the supplementary power outputs meet the requirements--power supplies lesser than 500 Watts generally ONLY contain ONE 6-pin or ONE 6+2pin connectors. More powerful graphics cards often contain TWO 8-pin supplementary power input sockets! Your computer will be able to handle the GTX 550 or the GTX 550Ti as your power supply has more than enough capability. The GTX 550 and 550Ti uses a maximum of 116Watts and an average computer uses no more than 200 Watts, so you have ~200 Watts to do whatever you want with it; you may get a graphics card that is lesser than or equal to ~200 Watts, but just make sure the supplementary power outputs meet the requirements--power supplies lesser than 500 Watts generally ONLY contain ONE 6-pin or ONE 6+2pin connectors. More powerful graphics cards often contain TWO 8-pin supplementary power... » Read More Your computer will be able to handle the GTX 550 or the GTX 550Ti as your power supply has more than enough capability. The GTX 550 and 550Ti uses a maximum of 116Watts and an average computer uses no more than 200 Watts, so you have ~200 Watts to do whatever you want with it; you may get a graphics card that is lesser than or equal to ~200 Watts, but just make sure the supplementary power outputs meet the requirements--power supplies lesser than 500 Watts generally ONLY contain ONE 6-pin or ONE 6+2pin connectors. More powerful graphics cards often contain TWO 8-pin supplementary power input sockets! « Show Less
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Haven't played either game but I can run watch dogs and cry sis 3 on medium perfectly and with slight lag on high if it starts using a lot of physx. WitCher 2 ran on high all the way
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I have this card and play all my games on 1680x1050 since I have a 20" widescreen. For BF4 I play on Medium Settings. I can play on Ultra, and it does play good, but I prefer Medium Settings. Also if you install Geforce Experience it will detect the supported games and set the graphics to best playability. The main games I play are BF3, BF4, Star War Old RePublic, Neverwinter MMO. I have a 2nd 550 TI which I have not installed SLI yet. I've just been lazy.... happy gaming...
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The lowest model has a NVIDIA GeForce GT 630M with 1GB GDDR5 VRAM any model above the lowest will house the NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M with 2GB GDDR5 VRAM The difference in cost goes a large part to justify this upgrade if you do any sort of video games, or computer graphics/illustration
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I play Battlefield 4 and Guild Wars 2. Both keep a smooth steady 60fps. It would probably be higher if my system was a little beefier. I have an AMD940 with ddr2 ram. I don't overclock, and it always stays a tad below 70c under load. My machine gets a little loud when everything is running at full speed, but Im not sure if I can hear the GPU fan above the power supply and CPU fan which will speed up under load. I think its a great card for the money.
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The current GTS is beaten by the new 8800GT and the 8800GT is only beat by 8800GTX barely. There will be a new revamped 8800GTS later out this month but if you an get your hands on a 8800GT and with a little overclocking you have a superb card at a great deal in your hands. Bonus it has DirectX 10 support.
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Justin Fowler, Regarding upgrading the Video Card - We would suggest that you try the games you plan to play, and then decide based on whether or not the performance of the existing card is satisfactory for you. If you find that you would like to upgrade the card, the system is quite capable of being upgraded, as only non-proprietary parts are used in its assembly. Also, should you upgrade the video card, you will want to pay attention to the power requirements of the card you choose. You may or may not need to upgrade the power supply as well. Regardless, please note that the proper installation of any component - internal or external - that does not damage the system will *not* void your system warranty.
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Had 2 different low profile brackets that I did not need to use. The fan is somewhat larger than average, not enough to block things in most mbs and ATX units. It takes only 1 PCIe slot, and although it does not specify power requirements, I would think you may not get optimal performance with less than 350W power. If you have a micro unit, and no other high draw hardware, you will probably be OK, but I cannot be certain in such a situation. For the $ it is a very good card, but will not play all games. The ones I know it does not support is the Fallout Series of Games, there could be more, but seems to work with most others I've used. I would recommend an "on sale" power supply of 350W or better if you find it is not working at max. potential. I put at least a 550w in all the computers I build, 750W or more if they are for gaming only as some cards require more than a card can supply, such as th GeForce 9800 series, which takes either 2 old style power plugs, the in-line 4 plug style(adapter included in package), or one from a newer supply that has an aux. 4 pin main power plug. Hope this helps.
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Hi, Ryan. I can't speak to your specific hardware configuration, but I can give you mine for a somewhat-apples-to-somewhat-apples comparison. I am running this same GTX 650 Ti 2GB in a machine with: i7 950 overclocked to 3.07GHz, 16GB RAM, 1x 64GB SSD, 2x 1TB 7200RPM HDD, 1x 750GB 7200RPM HDD. This machine has a 600W OCZ PSU, and I've had no issues with lack of power. YMMV, of course. This is a great little consumer-level card, probably the best I've owned so far. It has taken everything I've thrown at it (all games on "high" settings) with ease.
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The power target of the GTX 660 is only 115W compared to its TDP of 140W (and reviews seem to show it running closer to that 115W). You should be fine adding it to your system, assuming you don't have 10 HDDs in there as well.
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Happy Xmas to you, welll as far as how I have it set ... Im using a Mid case like you with a 650 Power Supply in a 970A-446 Military Class motherboard with 8gb ddr3 Vengange Gaming RAM. This is Over Clock from 3.5 to 4.5 Mghz [AMD Black Edition] and is working ok. The VIDEO card is short factor so it should fit you well. Make sure you have a 550Watts or higher power supply just in case, also make sure you flash your mother board with the latest BIOS update prior to install the card.
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PCI-E 3.0 or 2.0 x16 is recommended for this gpu. if you use anything lower then that you would not be getting the full performance and your games would not run as well.
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From what I've read about the H8-1360t, it is a "made to order" pc that can come with various combinations of features. I think the only thing you have to worry about is power supply. I read it can come with a 300, 460 or a 500. So as long as you don't have the 300, you should be fine. If you only have a 300, you can still run the gtx660 but you will have to buy a 450 power supply also
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I bought a 750 cause what I had didn't quite worked with this GPU, and I haven't had any problems with it. My advice is that you get a nice performing 600+ watt power supply so you don't have to worry about it. Peace :)
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Your computer will be able to handle the GTX 550 or the GTX 550Ti as your power supply has more than enough capability. The GTX 550 and 550Ti uses a maximum of 116Watts and an average computer uses no more than 200 Watts, so you have ~200 Watts to do whatever you want with it; you may get a graphics card that is lesser than or equal to ~200 Watts, but just make sure the supplementary power outputs meet the requirements--power supplies lesser than 500 Watts generally ONLY contain ONE 6-pin or ONE 6+2pin connectors. More powerful graphics cards often contain TWO 8-pin supplementary power input sockets!
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I would consider the GTX 750 TI. If the TI is too much then just go with the GTX 750. The EVGA GTX 750 Superclocked is about the same price as this card and would perform much better with your game.
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Well the mother board can support up to 6 core which means means the fx 6300 . .the fx8320 and up no...but the 4300 is decently made and runs well ..I was able to play battlefield 4 on high setting with about 57-61 fps a secound ..but im running a gtx660 3gb oc..u could go for a 6300 ..its barly any difference but the two cores more and it's more future proof.. I upgraded to a 6300 now I gained like 2 fps wrise..but its able to processes my games a bit smoother ..and they look greate ..any more question ?? Ill be glad to help :D overall the 4300 is grate for the money ...