Quick Question About Graphics Card

[novafx]

After a few weeks of wondering what to do im still on the hunt for a new graphics card iam aware my power supply is quite low for todays standard however what im after is the best graphics card i can get to match my power supply

Thanks

 

[Troncoso]

You can pull of (maybe) an older Nvidia card, like an 8500 GT. I think the recommended wattage for a 9800 is 300W. But, I would never get a card that barely scraped by what you have.

 

[novafx]

You can pull of (maybe) an older Nvidia card, like an 8500 GT. I think the recommended wattage for a 9800 is 300W. But, I would never get a card that barely scraped by what you have.

thanks for a reply what would you recommend, from looking online i came across the gt240 ?

 

[claptonman]

Is that an OEM power supply, as in from a pre-built computer?

 

[novafx]

Is that an OEM power supply, as in from a pre-built computer?

yes it was a pre built machine from novatech

 

[Troncoso]

thanks for a reply what would you recommend, from looking online i came across the gt240 ?

Why do you want the new card? That power supply is limiting you to GPU's that are barely better than what you have.

 

[S.T.A.R.S.]

Are you going to use it for playing games perhaps?

 

[Machin3]

There's two options you can do:

1. You can visit this website to calculate minimum psu outputs to meet what card you want: http://extreme.outervision.com/psucalculatorlite.jsp

Just put in the hardware you have and just pick a video card you are interested in from the drop-down menu and see how much the power supply has to be at minimum.

-or-

2. You can just purchase a new power supply or a combo of a power supply + graphics card. Take a look here:

http://www.newegg.com/Store/ComboDeals.aspx?ComboStoreID=25&name=Video-Cards-Power-Supplies