Currently running an Ati Radeon HD4850 in a Gateway FX6800-01e. Has a Corsair 450w PSU ; running Two Barracuda 1 TB each HDD's. Two OS's one Vista Home Premium the other Win 7 Ultimate. 13 gig ram. 24 " Gateway monitor with PIP and inputs for HDMI, DVI,VGA, I want to upgrade from HD 4850 to a better Graphics card. Any suggestions on this card or others? Be budget friendly!!! Currently running an Ati Radeon HD4850 in a Gateway FX6800-01e. Has a Corsair 450w PSU ; running Two Barracuda 1 TB each HDD's. Two OS's one Vista Home Premium the other Win 7 Ultimate. 13... » Read More Currently running an Ati Radeon HD4850 in a Gateway FX6800-01e. Has a Corsair 450w PSU ; running Two Barracuda 1 TB each HDD's. Two OS's one Vista Home Premium the other Win 7 Ultimate. 13 gig ram. 24 " Gateway monitor with PIP and inputs for HDMI, DVI,VGA, I want to upgrade from HD 4850 to a better Graphics card. Any suggestions on this card or others? Be budget friendly!!! « Show Less
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I can't say for sure without doing some further research on bench marks, but from what I know of both....I'd say you'd probably want something better than this to upgrade an ATI HD4850. Even though the manufacturer dates differ by around 4 years, the GT 630 1GB was still a low-end GDRR5 card when it came out in 2012. I don't really game at all -- strictly web and Photoshop environment for me. The only reason I went with this is because it was about the *cheapest* GDDR5 that I could get over-nighted to me when my old GeForce 8-series card finally gave up the ghost.
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What are you looking to do with the card? This site may help. http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-graphics-card-review,3107.html
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I upgraded my mother board recently to a socket lg-1150 and added a new i5 processor, and new samsung ssd, and new corsair 500w power supply, and I added this geforce 630 graphics card. It was a nice complement to my new components and is very good for teh price. Im not a gamer, so I dont need a top of the line graphics card. This one works fine.
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Depends on what you have or are getting. If you're getting a 745 tower, most any card will fit, physically. Just be careful to select a card that doesn't demand more power than your power supply can provide. In my case, my 745 tower has a 305W power supply so I'm limited to mid-range cards that are good for streaming video, but limited for high-end gaming. For my needs, I'm looking at a GT 610 (made by NVIDIA and packaged by several companies such as EVGA, MSI, ASUS and others ($50 +/-) for streaming video and multiple monitor support ... no gaming in my blood. I'm leaning toward the ASUS because it has a large heat sink - no fan. (I like quiet and there are fewer parts to break.) There are plenty of cards out there, so take your time shopping and read the reviews. Two more things: Try the following search: "How do I choose a graphics card?" and you will find more information than you can digest. Also, if you are a gamer, and need more power, upgrading your power supply is always an option.
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these cards no longer use crossfire cable, they do crossfire through PCI lanes, and I recall a review using a 4770k OC and two of these monsters on a corsair 1500w and it wasn't enough on some games at 4k, so you may need more depending on the resolution you will play on. And dont forget to get a beefy surge protector
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I installed the video card into a Dell Inpsiron 560 which only has a 300W power supply and I have been viewing two displays since beginning of September 2014 with no issues. This video card was an upgrade recommendation per my service tag number on the Dell website which helped me decide compatibility with my computer. I also used two Monoprice (4826) DP (DisplayPort) Male to HDMI® Female Adapter to convert the video card output to HDMI for my monitors. No external power was needed to support the Monoprice adapters.
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This card was for a desktop- (Home media center). The On-board graphics were just "OK" and I've lived with the results for about a year before upgrading to this card. But to add to your question- Who doesn't want better graphics quality from their notebook PC? You can get there by doing it yourself. But be warned: If the upgrade is possible at all for your laptop, it can be a time-consuming operation that involves disassembling virtually your entire notebook, so don't enter into this process unless you are willing to accept the risk of doing serious harm to your machine.
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Looking at the speaks on the GTX 560ti ....In my humble opinion I would definitely recommend you upgrade to the 780ti. You will only need one (1) card to run any game you want. I know that every Rig may perform differently and I really don't know if your running all your components on stock speed or OC. The 560ti does not support GPU Boost 2.0 and other new tech NVIDIA has come out with. Using Valley Benchmark my Graphics cards kicks in at 1333MHz with Video Memory at 3500Mhz all max setting with an average FPS of about 85. So will this card outperform to SLI 560ti I would think so. Good luck on your purchase. Looking at the speaks on the GTX 560ti ....In my humble opinion I would definitely recommend you upgrade to the 780ti. You will only need one (1) card to run any game you want. I know that every Rig may perform differently and I really don't know if your running all your components on stock speed or OC. The 560ti does not support GPU Boost 2.0 and other new tech NVIDIA has come out with. Using Valley Benchmark my Graphics cards kicks in at 1333MHz with Video Memory at 3500Mhz all max setting with an average FPS of about 85. So will this card outperform to SLI 560ti I would think so. Good... » Read More Looking at the speaks on the GTX 560ti ....In my humble opinion I would definitely recommend you upgrade to the 780ti. You will only need one (1) card to run any game you want. I know that every Rig may perform differently and I really don't know if your running all your components on stock speed or OC. The 560ti does not support GPU Boost 2.0 and other new tech NVIDIA has come out with. Using Valley Benchmark my Graphics cards kicks in at 1333MHz with Video Memory at 3500Mhz all max setting with an average FPS of about 85. So will this card outperform to SLI 560ti I would think so. Good luck on your purchase. « Show Less
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There is always something better about to come out in technology. It's a great card and with 6gb can handle multiple monitors with no problem.Suggest you buy now, if you're looking for a performance bump.
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zotac sent me two doa cards "dead on arrival" i dont reccomand it,it could be a good card if it was to actually work.there are other pci video cards that i found out they work great HIS Radeon HD 5450 512 MB DDR3 HDMI or Sparkle PC GeForce 8400GS 256MB DDR3 PCI
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Impossible to answer without more specs on your system. But a safe bet would be to graph your power supply and check your BIOS. If your BIOS settings are correct and your power supply isn't being taxed, I really don't see an issue with this card. What will you be using this card for, as an additional card for multiple displays as I wrote about on my original revue or as your primary? I realize it's a relatively silly question, but I think it's also an important one. Besides the price for this card and Amazon's awesome return policy, I don't think you have much to lose other than a little time if it doesn't work for you. Good luck either way. Impossible to answer without more specs on your system. But a safe bet would be to graph your power supply and check your BIOS. If your BIOS settings are correct and your power supply isn't being taxed, I really don't see an issue with this card. What will you be using this card for, as an additional card for multiple displays as I wrote about on my original revue or as your primary? I realize it's a relatively silly question, but I think it's also an important one. Besides the price for this card and Amazon's awesome return policy, I don't think you have much to lose other than a little... » Read More Impossible to answer without more specs on your system. But a safe bet would be to graph your power supply and check your BIOS. If your BIOS settings are correct and your power supply isn't being taxed, I really don't see an issue with this card. What will you be using this card for, as an additional card for multiple displays as I wrote about on my original revue or as your primary? I realize it's a relatively silly question, but I think it's also an important one. Besides the price for this card and Amazon's awesome return policy, I don't think you have much to lose other than a little time if it doesn't work for you. Good luck either way. « Show Less
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This is a professional class graphics card not meant for gaming. Nvidias GeForce cards are gaming cards. Also windows experience scores are crap and a useless measure of anything. You are looking for cuda cores in graphics cards so you can look at nvidias product specs for those. Obviously the more expensive the more cores you get
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I'm running one with the same cpu as well, my power meter on the system shows about 620 watts during game play. I do run two hard drives, 1 HDD and another SSD. Other than that there shouldn't be much difference. You really don't want to run a power supply that close to max wattage, I ran a 650 on mine for a while and went out pretty quickly. I would say upgrade the power supply or go for an Nvidia at the same price range. They usually use less power.
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You should have no trouble running this card on this power supply.From my own experience I run a 9800GT on this Power supply which requires 103 watts to run, and this card requires 108 watts to run. The rest of my system has about 4GBs of ram two SATA HDDs an IDE OpticalDrive with an AMD Phenom x4, and a Cooler Master Hyper 201a. Also I have used this Power Supply for eight months no with no problem what so ever.The AMD website states that this card should work with a 450 watt or greater and it would also need the 6 pin pcie connector which this psu does have. So my advice would be to go for it. Another thing to not is that the 9800gt is very similar to the 5770 in terms of performance it only is 30% less effective in pixel rate and memory bandwidth. So it is up to you, but I think this would be a great power supply for your system. Also it really isn't that loud, of course it is no corsair or antec but it is much cheaper than those.
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Contact the manufacture of the mother board and the graphics card. It works great on my Gateway.
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Be prepared for a fight to get it installed. You have to do a couple of things first because of Windows 8. First go into the bios by hitting delete on start up and disable secure boot. Then dig around in bios to find and enable the legacy boot option. I'm sorry I can't tell you exactly what that is called but it wasn't hard to find. You may also need to make sure you have the latest drivers for the NVidia product you are installing. Then, as Jel said, you should upgrade at least the power supply to a minimum of 500 watts. My GTX-650 SC is running just fine with a 550 watt PS and just the stock RAM. Be prepared for a fight to get it installed. You have to do a couple of things first because of Windows 8. First go into the bios by hitting delete on start up and disable secure boot. Then dig around in bios to find and enable the legacy boot option. I'm sorry I can't tell you exactly what that is called but it wasn't hard to find. You may also need to make sure you have the latest drivers for the NVidia product you are installing. Then, as Jel said, you should upgrade at least the power supply to a minimum of 500 watts. My GTX-650 SC is running just fine with a 550 watt PS and just the... » Read More Be prepared for a fight to get it installed. You have to do a couple of things first because of Windows 8. First go into the bios by hitting delete on start up and disable secure boot. Then dig around in bios to find and enable the legacy boot option. I'm sorry I can't tell you exactly what that is called but it wasn't hard to find. You may also need to make sure you have the latest drivers for the NVidia product you are installing. Then, as Jel said, you should upgrade at least the power supply to a minimum of 500 watts. My GTX-650 SC is running just fine with a 550 watt PS and just the stock RAM. « Show Less
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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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I agree Marino on the intergrated graphics install a good video card for more powerplay especially if your gaming.....i am a AMD fan so you can t go what i say but if you want a good reasonable v-card may i suggest the Sapphire Radeon 270 2GB OC card cost right now $168.98 right here on Amazon, or a EVGA Nvida Geforce 750 TI 2GB Superclocked with G-Sync Support for $139.99 here too.This also a short but good graphic card because of not using so much wattage from the power supply (You need a 300 watts PSU to run it!) but it run good off 75 watt plus you have all the Nvida goodies that come with it!!! I agree Marino on the intergrated graphics install a good video card for more powerplay especially if your gaming.....i am a AMD fan so you can t go what i say but if you want a good reasonable v-card may i suggest the Sapphire Radeon 270 2GB OC card cost right now $168.98 right here on Amazon, or a EVGA Nvida Geforce 750 TI 2GB Superclocked with G-Sync Support for $139.99 here too.This also a short but good graphic card because of not using so much wattage from the power supply (You need a 300 watts PSU to run it!) but it run good off 75 watt plus you have all the Nvida goodies that come... » Read More I agree Marino on the intergrated graphics install a good video card for more powerplay especially if your gaming.....i am a AMD fan so you can t go what i say but if you want a good reasonable v-card may i suggest the Sapphire Radeon 270 2GB OC card cost right now $168.98 right here on Amazon, or a EVGA Nvida Geforce 750 TI 2GB Superclocked with G-Sync Support for $139.99 here too.This also a short but good graphic card because of not using so much wattage from the power supply (You need a 300 watts PSU to run it!) but it run good off 75 watt plus you have all the Nvida goodies that come with it!!! « Show Less
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I have (6) 1920 x 1080 {27"} running and once set up they have been running continuously since install. I've blown (7) adapters till I got a complete set for both of my machines i have two systems running the same setup at two different locations. Card seem to be working good for over four months now. Buy the adapters locally if possible if they blow your not down very long I have extras just in case. If I had gotten the I-Inc 28" I could tell you about 1920 x 1200 but they never put them on sale again when I was ready to purchase.