New graphic card, what to buy?

Denithor

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Did you build this system or is it from an OEM (Dell, HP, etc)?

What power supply do you have in there?
 

Concillian

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Hello,
I want to buy new graphic card, in my last thread I saw some comments about hd6670, 6770, and gtx550
Which will be the best choose for my computer?

What resolution and games are you planning on playing?
What are your power supply specs (12v amperage rating is more important than total wattage)
What is your price range?

6770 and 550 Ti are pretty comparable in performance, the 550 may be a tad bit faster, but you probably couldn't tell back to back. These are pretty good budget card for lower res gaming at 1650x, especially if you don't mind playing without too much anti-aliasing. 1920x really wants a higher spec card, but I'm using a 5770 right now for 1920x gaming until the new generation of cards hits. I have to turn down settings from maximum and no anti-aliasing to get decent performance.

GTX560 is about equal in performance to a 6870, which offers plenty of horsepower for 1650x at full options, and will play at 1920x with almost everything enabled on less demanding games, but may need just a step or too down to be completely smooth on the most demanding games (BF3, for example.)

6850 offers a middle step, where the nVidia competitor is the GTX460 1GB.

I really wouldn't consider cards below a 6770 / 550 Ti. Lower spec than this cut speed in huge chunks. A 6670 is slightly faster than HALF a 6770, but price is still 3/4 for example.
 

Concillian

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This is my power supply:
http://oi42.tinypic.com/262m9mw.jpg
Input: 115v 10a 60hz
230v 5a 50hz


Should be fine for a 6870 / 560. Above that starts pushing things. More might be okay when using an i3, which is low power usage, but a 6870 or 560 use about half of your available 12v power at maximum draw, and you need to leave some room for the rest of your computer.
312 Watts on the 12v rail is the important spec there (12v times 26A = 312 watts)
Computers don't use a lot of 3.3v and 5v anymore. Mostly 12v.
 
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lironf90

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Res I think about 1360X768, medium quality for games.
I think I will go on the gtx550. Is it good choice for the price?

Thanks guys!
 

lironf90

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Ok I see that in my country the 6850 have ok price, i think i will go on that. I wish newegg would do ww shipments