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hopkins121
27 Jan 2009, 7:56pm
Hi

im trying to find out what would be the best Graphics card for a GA-8I915pm
Thrax
27 Jan 2009, 7:59pm
Can you post the rest of your system specifications? :)
hopkins121
27 Jan 2009, 8:03pm
Yes i have
CPU: intel 4 2.38ghz
RAM: 1gb
vid: PX6200e

Thats all i know
Buddy J
27 Jan 2009, 8:56pm
Is this your motherboard (http://support.packardbell.de/de/item/index.php?i=spec_Sunshine&pi=platform_veloce_ixtreme)?
hopkins121
27 Jan 2009, 10:51pm
no i have a Core Sunshine (GA-8I915PM Ver 1.1)
hopkins121
27 Jan 2009, 11:00pm
and would like to know what is the best Graphics card is that i can have can't find any thing online
hopkins121
27 Jan 2009, 11:07pm
sorry yes that is it
Mt_Goat
28 Jan 2009, 5:14am
What do you use this for. What games, etc?
hopkins121
28 Jan 2009, 11:16am
videos football manager 09 all Games
Buddy J
28 Jan 2009, 5:32pm
You've got a PCI-e slot for your video card. You can put whatever you want in there. What is your budget? I assume you really don't want the best card. They're $500.
hopkins121
28 Jan 2009, 5:44pm
well about $200 as il be getting a new montherboard and better Ram thinking a lanparty as that was the last one i had before it got fryed and both harddrives
Black Hawk
28 Jan 2009, 6:28pm
I'd go for a Radeon HD 4850 (http://icrontic.pgpartner.com/search_attrib.php/page_id=5/form_keyword=4850/rd=1/st=query).
Buddy J
28 Jan 2009, 10:01pm
Yep. HD 4850 would be a great choice.

Have you read our $600 PC guide (http://icrontic.com/articles/the-600-random-winter-holiday-pc)? You might get some sweet ideas about what you could do for your next system.
Mt_Goat
29 Jan 2009, 1:37am
I would have to point out that the machine in question likely has a very modest power supply of dubious quality. That to me would be the limiting factor here.
hopkins121
29 Jan 2009, 1:40pm
Im with you on that the PSU is only 450
Buddy J
29 Jan 2009, 3:31pm
The 450W in the $600 box is solid. I believe Mt_Goat is referring to the power supply in your rig hopkins121. OEM units are usually pretty cheap and underpowered.
hopkins121
29 Jan 2009, 3:44pm
Sorry yes the one i had in it was bad the only thing i have out of that computer is the montherboard and chip the rest has been changed i now have a 650 PSU gforce 8500 2gb of ram 500 gb hardrive im still new to all this and just picking things up as i go along
Mt_Goat
29 Jan 2009, 9:07pm
Then I would recommend an ATI HD4850 or NVidia 9800GT without reservation! For folding the 9800GT will outperform the ATI card by a good 39% with the CUDA beta drivers!