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Latest post 11/19/2009 09:29 AM by tigerwolf7. 7 replies.
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Video card for 530

Was wondering what the best card i could put in this comp. would like to run crysis fairly decent currently i have a HD 3450 in it and it is by no means a barn burner. wanting a NVIDIA card and one that is overclockable for sure.

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Re: Video card for 530

 

Bstngt:

Was wondering what the best card i could put in this comp. would like to run crysis fairly decent currently i have a HD 3450 in it and it is by no means a barn burner. wanting a NVIDIA card and one that is overclockable for sure.

Hi, There are two cards that I would recommend for your system, and they are the 9500GT HERE, and the 4650 HERE.

 

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Re: Video card for 530

Anything more powerful if i have to i will upgrade the PSU but would like to keep the one that is in it, also is there any way to run dual GPU's on this comp. Not wanting to do it just wandering. Could i go with a new gtx 275 or a ati5850??

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Re: Video card for 530

Bstngt:

Anything more powerful if i have to i will upgrade the PSU but would like to keep the one that is in it, also is there any way to run dual GPU's on this comp. Not wanting to do it just wandering. Could i go with a new gtx 275 or a ati5850??

Hi, Anything more powerful, then you will need a new PSU. Also, if you want to add another graphics card for SLI mode, then your mobo will have to be SLI compatible, Ie have 2 PCIe x 16 and above graphics card slots.

Here is the system requirements for the 5850, you could use it if you upgraded your PSU, any ATX type PSU will do.

ATI Radeon™ HD 5850 System Requirements 

  • PCI Express® based PC is required with one X16 lane graphics slot available on the motherboard
  • 500 Watt or greater power supply with two 75W 6-pin PCI Express® power connectors recommended (600 Watt and four 6-pin connectors for ATI CrossFireX™ technology in dual mode)
  • Certified power supplies are recommended. Refer to http://ati.amd.com/certifiedPSU for a list of Certified products
  • Minimum 1GB of system memory
  • Installation software requires CD-ROM drive
  • DVD playback requires DVD drive
  • Blu-ray™ playback requires Blu-ray drive
  • For an ATI CrossFireX™ system, a second ATI Radeon™ HD 5850 graphics card, an ATI CrossFireX Ready motherboard and one ATI CrossFireX Bridge Interconnect cable per graphics card (included) are required
The specks for the GTX275 are HERE,

Thermal and Power Specs:
Maximum GPU Temperature (in C) 105  C
Maximum Graphics Card Power (W) 219  W
Minimum System Power Requirement (W) 550  W
Supplementary Power Connectors 6-pin x2 

*Again your PSU will need to upgraded.

 

 

 

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Re: Video card for 530

Now i am getting a mmdriver has stopped working error message, running vista 32 and came on after i did an update to the driver on my 3450 then it wouldnt let me overclock so i did a system restore so it would roll back the driver and am now getting this message any help????

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Re: Video card for 530

Bstngt:

Now i am getting a mmdriver has stopped working error message, running vista 32 and came on after i did an update to the driver on my 3450 then it wouldnt let me overclock so i did a system restore so it would roll back the driver and am now getting this message any help????

 

Hi Bstngt, i dont know if you did this, but, when you upgrade your driver for youy ATI card, did you uninstall all ATI software first. Your old software may well be causing the problem.

 

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Re: Video card for 530

If you have a decen 450w power supply, the 4850(which i own btw) is the beast that you want. $100 everywhere.

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Re: Video card for 530

Yeah, I think you're going to want to look into replacing the PSU with a larger PSU-it needs to be quality, don't just look at the number.  Antec is good.  Then just make sure a card you're looking at will physically fit in the case.  Not sure what kind of limitations that system might have.

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