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Viper190

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Well it has to be said, I am going to be saving for a while, but I'm probably going to just upgrade my computer that I have at the moment. As it is actually a good computer. I still would like some tips on the power supply and the best graphics card to get. I have to heard a lot about the 9800 series good and bad. So can anybody shead some light on that for me?
 

Horticulture

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Viper190 said:
Well it has to be said, I am going to be saving for a while, but I'm probably going to just upgrade my computer that I have at the moment. As it is actually a good computer. I still would like some tips on the power supply and the best graphics card to get. I have to heard a lot about the 9800 series good and bad. So can anybody shead some light on that for me?
Corsair generally makes good, relatively affordable PSUs. 650W will be plenty for any single card configuration, 550 will easily suffice for your system if it'll save you some cash.
As for the 9800 series, they are definitely good cards, but they're beginning to show their age. The 9800GT will easily run any game out today with good framerates, but more demanding games won't run well at high resolutions (1920x1200) with high settings.Tom's Hardware [http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/geforce-gtx-radeon,2151.html] does a monthly buyers' guide which may help you out. Pricing is in US$, but the information should be applicable to the UK.
 

Viper190

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Horticulture said:
Viper190 said:
Well it has to be said, I am going to be saving for a while, but I'm probably going to just upgrade my computer that I have at the moment. As it is actually a good computer. I still would like some tips on the power supply and the best graphics card to get. I have to heard a lot about the 9800 series good and bad. So can anybody shead some light on that for me?
Corsair generally makes good, relatively affordable PSUs. 650W will be plenty for any single card configuration, 550 will easily suffice for your system if it'll save you some cash.
As for the 9800 series, they are definitely good cards, but they're beginning to show their age. The 9800GT will easily run any game out today with good framerates, but more demanding games won't run well at high resolutions (1920x1200) with high settings.Tom's Hardware [http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/geforce-gtx-radeon,2151.html] does a monthly buyers' guide which may help you out. Pricing is in US$, but the information should be applicable to the UK.
That's brilliant mate, cheers. I'll have a look on that 'Tom's Hardware' and see what they are saying.