Upgrade for a GT 240

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My cousin has a GT 240 on a AMD Athlon X2 250, plugged on a 1080p 32-inch TV. His videocard isn't performing well, not only because it isn't powerful enough, but because it has weird issues after a reboot: it works fine, but if you reboot the machine all kinds of weird behavior ensue.

I'm going to spend a few weeks in Canada and I wanted to bring him a new video card. That way I can keep him away from consoles and enjoying the hell out of Steam sales.

Is there anything at the 100-150 CAD range that'll make for a decent upgrade?
 
There aren't many graphics cards that are slower than a 240 gt. I would just get a gtx 750 and call it a day. You won't have to worry about a power supply not being powerful enough and putting any amount of money into a system with that CPU isn't a good idea. As of right now I don't blame your friend for playing on consoles because they are worlds more powerful than his computer. This is assuming he has a screen resolution of 1080 or lower, and at least 4gb of ram.
 
xLokiX said:
Depends on the power supply, but I'd say 260x or 750ti.
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He's fine on that front. XFX 450W if I recall correct. If I don't, XFX 550W.
8GB of RAM, 1080p screen.

Also, is the 260x/750(ti) better than a 6870?

Thanks.
 
Yeah, I was going to point out that the X2 250 is going to bottleneck you pretty hardcore.

Honestly, the GT 240 is so slow you could probably buy him a new AMD APU (CPU with integrated video) and outrun his existing system on both processor and video fronts. Something like an A8 CPU/APU.

Doing that would get him an upgrade for today, as well as position him for a greater GPU upgrade in the future should he continue his gaming career :)
 
oh, i hope i get this right..
6570 :)
or 56 70?
biggest card with no 6-pin power
128-bit, gddr5
 
schmuckley said:
oh, i hope i get this right..
6570 :)
or 56 70?
biggest card with no 6-pin power
128-bit, gddr5
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Forget both of those. Get a gtx 750. It's much faster than both of those and doesn't require a 6 pin power source.
 
sinisterDei said:
Yeah, I was going to point out that the X2 250 is going to bottleneck you pretty hardcore.

Honestly, the GT 240 is so slow you could probably buy him a new AMD APU (CPU with integrated video) and outrun his existing system on both processor and video fronts. Something like an A8 CPU/APU.

Doing that would get him an upgrade for today, as well as position him for a greater GPU upgrade in the future should he continue his gaming career :)
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This is what I would suggest, given the current hardware in the machine it would be an awesome upgrade to pick up an APU for around your price range, along with a mobo and it will smoke that 250 and gt 240. Heres an apu:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113282 Heres a mobo: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128694 I have used these previously on a machine I built for a friend, works awesome. I know that the x2 250 supports DDR2 and DDR3 if your already using DDr3 in the machine your good to go, if not you would need to buy new RAM, so i guess it depends on that whether or not you can stay within your price range. Good luck, safe travels.

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