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Do I NEED to upgrade my CPU to use this card?

you don't need to upgrade the CPU to use them, but a faster CPU will get more out of the 480 & 580. For your configuration, I would definitely get the 470. No sense spending money on 480/580 when you can't max it out due to CPU.

Power supply should be plenty sufficient.
 
shangshang said:
you don't need to upgrade the CPU to use them, but a faster CPU will get more out of the 480 & 580. For your configuration, I would definitely get the 470. No sense spending money on 480/580 when you can't max it out due to CPU.

Power supply should be plenty sufficient.
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Thanks!
 
You could always get the card ... and if it doesn't fit the case then build another PC around it. It would be a perfect excuse to give your office a new accessory!
 
GTX460 / HD6870 is probably the best card for that system, unless you are gaming at 1920x1200 or higher and cranking AA to 8x. Q8200 @ 2.33ghz would be a severe bottleneck in games nowdays because most games are console ports that already don't really stress the videocards, exacerbating the CPU bottleneck if anything.
 
You might want to check if the PSU is not some weird proprietary one. I remember a Gateway I bought years ago had a proprietary PSU attached to some proprietary MB so I had to buy a whole new MB and PSU to get anything new in the machine to work.
 
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If I were you, I'd get a GTX460 right now for $129 (after rebate) from Micro Center.

Then when you're ready to step up your game, then build a brand new system. This is the most bang-for-the-bucks pathway for you, not to mention the 460 is a shorter card than 470 and 580 and 6850 so you don't need to worry about that either. Period.
 
happy medium said:
The answer is no, you need a cpu upgrade to use those cards or you are wasting money.

Best go for the 6850 or the 136$ shipped Palit gtx460 1gb on sale at newegg.
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Micro Center has a better deal for GTX460.
$129AR + shipping for Palit Sonic edition. Newegg is $139AR for the regular (lower clocked) Palit one.
 
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