Upgrading Graphic Card

[bliz]

This guy meant,like that you won't play crysis on normal...,probably on low.(depends on your monitor resolution!)You can still buy something like a radeon 4800 series,will give you better performance of course...probably more than double.

Well,a SSD would be a better idea i think,for speed.Would not boost games but it would be a more interresting approach to boost the whole system and OS.

But for performance in games,any GPU will be great of course,i knowand you want performance in games,so...

I don't know where you can buy old cards tho,i mean, new... You can buy used cards but you don't know how much time they will last.
You could buy one to one of the guys here maybe:) would be a good idea,i'm quite certain that some guys here have a good old card that is still fresh :D,and would be cheaper.

And how old is your PSU?

[kenanchristian]

Ah yeah i forgot something, i hv a Biostar G41-M7 ver 6.2 for motherboard
is it compatible for upgrading the graphic card?

[bliz]

Sure! all you need is a PCI express slot.

[kenanchristian]

Yeah my friend said that too, but he say what i need is PCIe 2.0
but in the motherboard spec there are only 2 PCI slot and 1 PCIx16
Which one do i use for the graphic card?

[bliz]

PCIe X16,normally,depends on the card too.on the card you see the conector ,it may be x16, x8 x4...

The longest and highest slot is almost always X16 and if you have 2 long slots like the highest one,they are not both x16,they are the same but the second one works only in X8. it does not make a real difference but always plug the card into the highest slot.anyway you have the slot for even the biggest cards of today,so there is no problem.

PCIe 2 cards will work in PCI 1 slots (what you have) but you will have about 0 to 3 % less performance.

In general,if the card has a smaller connector than the biggest slot,just plug the card in the slot of the right size.you can also install a x4 card,for example,in a x16 slots. it's just an amount of lanes inside the slot.

[kenanchristian]

Aah i see

so the best suggestion maybe buying the DA HD5670 or the DA HD4680 that my friend suggest?
I think i will buy the 5670 one, how is it?
Can i use it on my motherboard?

[kenanchristian]

Aah i see

so the best suggestion maybe buying the DA HD5670 or the DA HD4680 that my friend suggest?
I think i will buy the 5670 one, how is it?
Can i use it on my motherboard?

[great_big_abyss]

Yes, you'll be able to use the 5670 with your motherboard.

[kenanchristian]

My screen is 1360x768
Should i get the lower resolution to play games with the hd5670?

[great_big_abyss]

I don't understand the question...

The 5670 should be able to push out 1360x768 perfectly fine.