card to replace onboard

[Crosby1]

Have a MSI K9A2GM / K9A2VM with a Phenom II x4 920 proc. And I want to install a Radeon card that will work best w/ this system. It has a PCI express 1x slot and a PCI Express 16X slot. Im running onbard graphis now so anything would probly be better . Im just
not sure what is OPTIMAL. any advice would be greatly apreciated.

 

[DeathPrincess]

What kind of games/monitors are you intending to use with this?

 

[cannondale06]

budget? you need to list what power supply you have and what res you want to play at.

 

[Lord_Exodia]

??

1. Resolution Playing At
2. System Specs
3. Games Planning on running
4. Budget

 

[Crosby1]

Wow thanks for response.
1 Play Starcraft 2 now @ 1024x768 could go up to 1680x1050(with all settings LOW),could go up toup to med,high,or ultra.
2 monitor 22" Samsung 20000:1 2ms Syncmaster T220
3 sys specs 4Gpc2-6400 DDR/ 1tb cuda 7200 drive (350w POWER SUPPLY I WILL REPLACE WHEN I install new card) ?thinkin bout 600w??? 4. about 100 to 200 bucks????(for Vid Card)

 

[jeremyshaw]

HD5770 will do, then. HD6870 will do much better, though a bit overkill for SC2. You're gonna want to OC your CPU to the wall, however

http://www.techspot.com/review/305-starcraft2-performance/page13.html

Though their test uses a GTX480 as the common card on all the test systems.

 

[Lord_Exodia]

HD5770 will do, then. HD6870 will do much better, though a bit overkill for SC2. You're gonna want to OC your CPU to the wall, however

http://www.techspot.com/review/305-starcraft2-performance/page13.html

Though their test uses a GTX480 as the common card on all the test systems.

These are solid recommendations, I'd also include on the nvidia side of things, gtx 460 768 instead of the 5770.

 

[Hostile]

You can get a XFX 6870 from Newegg for $209.99. There is also a mail-in rebate for an additional $30 off (so $179.99) and it's an actual rebate check, not one of those crap visa cards.

 

[OFaceSIG]

+1 on the 5770 1GB. You can find them now for about 100 with rebates. That card is excellent for 1680x1050 especially for a game like SC2.

 

[jeremyshaw]

These are solid recommendations, I'd also include on the nvidia side of things, gtx 460 768 instead of the 5770.

good point, with a powerful enough CPU, a GTX460 can punch out frames in SC2 as well as the best GPUs can (short of some TD, tugowar, footmanfrenzy, area custom games ).

 

[Crosby1]

Ok
1. What power supply would you recomend? Wattage?
2.What brand of Radeon 5770 ?
3.Is it hard to OC the 920 phenom? (one post suggested I would want to do this)

 

[CrayMan]

1) Corsair HX650 (modular).
2) Sapphire Vapor X (overclock edition) 5770.
3) Unsure. Never owned one.

 

[Iamthelaw]

This would be awesome if it was in your budget because you can get an additional $20 off with this code VG3TENOFF $179.99 ( this card takes the GTX 460 to school) : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161349

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131330 Much lower performance but lower price, this 5770 is what you want to get on a budget $120