Hi all I am looking to upgrade my graphics card and after some advice as to what to get. Its been a long long time since I have bought anything decent! Current System: ASUS P5KPL-AM Intel Core 2 E7300 2.66GHz 4GB RAM XFX 8400GS 700W power supply Current games played are HL2 CSS etc, Current card copes with this fine. Have recently got GTA: Episodes from liberty city and its shocking on the lowest settings! New card will have to have a single PCIe Power as supply does not have any and will be powered from a molex converter. Budget is at most £120, if there is anything worthwhile under £100 even better. As an additional question is there anything wrong with chaining SATA power>Molex>PCIe to power the new card? Thanks for you thoughts.
A 786 MB 460 Gtx is your best choice. http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/768M...Shader-Clock-1350MHz-336-Cores-DVI-D-Sub-HDMI Or http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-139-OK&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1830
Thanks for that, is this the only real consideration? Any ideas on if i'll be ok chaining converting cables from a SATA power connector?
Why don't you wait until the GTS 450 comes out, If 460's are now retailing for around £120 then this may well come in at around £100 and hopefully, being less powerful, will only require a single power connection. The release date should very soon.
Yep, it was revealed on monday that the gts 250 will only require one 6pin connector, not sure if it will be okay running off a SATA power connector though. http://wccftech.com/2010/09/06/nvidia-geforce-gts-450-specs-details-revealed/
