GPU for a Pentium 4 system + 1Gb DDR400

[Anarchy0110]

I have an old system, kinda 4-5 years old now. Having a 450W power supply with 18A in the +12V rail. Can anyone give me an advice for a new video card :-?

 

[guitarfreaknation]

Nvidia 9600GT? They have decent performance/power consumption..

 

[Anarchy0110]

HD4670 maybe :-? Probably GT240 is the best. Still need your advices Thanks for helping me, appreciate that

 

[hat]

P4 system... is that AGP or PCI-E? If it's AGP, last I heard the 3850 was the baddest AGP card out there, but I thought I saw a 4650 or a 4670 on AGP, and the performance would be comparable, probably favoring the 4650/70, and they take less power. If it's PCI-E, then yeah, the GT240 is a good choice.

 

[Anarchy0110]

Of course it's PCI-E. HD4650 DDR2 or GT240 DDR5, that's all I'm gonna get right now. Kinda ridiculous if I use the 9600GT because it needs 1 PCI-E 6pin Adapter
Btw, I see a lot of Americans and Europeans in this forum I wish there were more Asians like me

 

[JrRacinFan]

8800GT "Green" or HD5670.

 

[Anarchy0110]

8800GT "Green" or HD5670.

I don't quite agree. HD5670 probably HD5550 or 5570 would be better. Thanks man
8800GT "Green" I can't find anything like that in my country

 

[JrRacinFan]

I don't quite agree. HD5670 probably HD5550 or 5570 would be better.

I kno everyone's perception is different but how would you classify the 5550 or 5570 as better than the 5670?

 

[Anarchy0110]

I kno everyone's perception is different but how would you classify the 5550 or 5570 as better than the 5670?

I don't think my power supply can handle the HD5670 I'm not stupid as you think, It's definitely better than the HD5550 or HD5570

 

[JrRacinFan]

I don't think my power supply can handle the HD5670 I'm not stupid as you think, It's definitely better than the HD5550 or HD5570

Never called you stupid

It would work perfectly fine on that power supply.

 

[guitarfreaknation]

I don't think my power supply can handle the HD5670 I'm not stupid as you think, It's definitely better than the HD5550 or HD5570

450w with 18 on 12volt rail? i ran a 9800GTX on a similar psu, just 500watts lol

 

[Anarchy0110]

450w with 18 on 12volt rail? i ran a 9800GTX on a similar psu, just 500watts lol

You have to be kidding me . Anyway if you're true. Then I'll try the HD4770

 

[Anarchy0110]

Never called you stupid

It would work perfectly fine on that power supply.

Ok I see, thanks for that man. Appreciate that

 

[JrRacinFan]

450w with 18 on 12volt rail? i ran a 9800GTX on a similar psu, just 500watts lol

Was just about to say, could go up to a 5750 paired with that power supply if needed(excluding fact of needing a PCIe 6 pin connection).

EDIT:

Did exaggerate a touch, due to age of psu and that's deciding factor for me, wouldn't try it.

 

[Anarchy0110]

Was just about to say, could go up to a 5750 paired with that power supply if needed(excluding fact of needing a PCIe 6 pin connection).

EDIT:

Did exaggerate a touch, due to age of psu and that's deciding factor for me, wouldn't try it.

That is amazing !! I can't imagine that ) Well with a Pentium 4 2.8 GHz and 1Gb DDR400 Single Channel, Bottleneck

 

[Frick]

Was just about to say, could go up to a 5750 paired with that power supply if needed(excluding fact of needing a PCIe 6 pin connection).

EDIT:

Did exaggerate a touch, due to age of psu and that's deciding factor for me, wouldn't try it.

CPU would bottleneck though. The 4770 is probably bottlenecked as well, but it's still a very nice card.

 

[Anarchy0110]

Man that's what I'm worried about the most. Well because my parents do not have money for me to buy a new rig. Well here's something I've just figured out:

Core i7 875K 2.93, Asus P7P55D-E Pro, 8Gb DDR3 1600, 2-way CrossFire ATI Radeon HD5850 or 2-way SLI NVIDIA GTX 460 (probably OC this to match the HD5850), Dual SSD Kingston SSDNow! 128 Gb Raid 0 for OS+Programs and a WD Caviar Black 1Tb for other stuffs, Corsair 850W PSU, and a 22 inch Full-HD LCD Monitor, H50 CPU Cooler

Probably can replaced with the X6 1090T and a nice AMD 890GX Motherboard

 

[brandonwh64]

I had a Pentium D 805 in one of my earlier rigs (which is like a 2 pentium 4's on 1 die) and this cpu bottlenecked a 8800GTS 640mb card down bad! so i think anything of what you guys are telling him to get is not gonna be worth anything to him cause of the CPU. Also would like to add the fact that i was running 2gb of DDR2 667 and hes only got 1gb of DDR1 so thats gonna kill him even more. I would say stay around the 8XXX series or lower cause anything more is a waist of money cause the rest of your PC wont handle as much as the video card will. IF i was you i would buy a whole new motherboard, RAM, and CPU combo before getting a new video card.

 

[Anarchy0110]

I had a Pentium D 805 in one of my earlier rigs (which is like a 2 pentium 4's on 1 die) and this cpu bottlenecked a 8800GTS 640mb card down bad! so i think anything of what you guys are telling him to get is not gonna be worth anything to him cause of the CPU. Also would like to add the fact that i was running 2gb of DDR2 667 and hes only got 1gb of DDR1 so thats gonna kill him even more. I would say stay around the 8XXX series or lower cause anything more is a waist of money cause the rest of your PC wont handle as much as the video card will. IF i was you i would buy a whole new motherboard, RAM, and CPU combo before getting a new video card.

Exactly Well that's how hard my problem is .

 

[brandonwh64]

I loved my Pentium D for the time i had it but i could tell its age with the last GPU upgrade i did, some games played good but others would play good til i got to areas were alot of things were going on and it would shutter BAD! when i upgraded to a E5200 C2D it stopped completely. The best card that i had in that PC was the 7600GT DDR3 card that i first put in it. would play COD 4 pretty good

 

[Anarchy0110]

I loved my Pentium D for the time i had it but i could tell its age with the last GPU upgrade i did, some games played good but others would play good til i got to areas were alot of things were going on and it would shutter BAD! when i upgraded to a E5200 C2D it stopped completely. The best card that i had in that PC was the 7600GT DDR3 card that i first put in it. would play COD 4 pretty good

How do u think about the 7900GS?? That's a freaking hot one Or I can go with HD2600Pro or 7300GT. Well I do figure out a lot of options for myself but still need you guys advice

 

[brandonwh64]

ME personlly, i would get new hardware or NEWER hardware. what motherboard do you have? exact model number. you can use CPUz to find out

 

[Anarchy0110]

ME personlly, i would get new hardware or NEWER hardware. what motherboard do you have? exact model number. you can use CPUz to find out

I CAN remember it myself. Intel D101GGC ATI Radeon Xpress 200 Chipset

 

[Frick]

How do u think about the 7900GS?? That's a freaking hot one Or I can go with HD2600Pro or 7300GT. Well I do figure out a lot of options for myself but still need you guys advice

It's not too bad. It's also better than both the 2600Pro and the GT.

Or you can just buy a better card in case you upgrade your system.

 

[Anarchy0110]

I'll try to spend money to upgrade, but 99% that won't be possible I'm in just enough for a new GPU