Gaming vid card reco

[Skyhooker]

Hey, gang,

I have a client who'd like to upgrade his vid card to be able to play Call of Duty - Modern Warfare without getting killed to to rotten framerate. Could any of you gamers out there recommend a good card for someone on a budget? Here's his current rig: HP Pavilion a6567c

I'd prefer an Nvidia-based card, and he'd like a GB of vid memory if affordable.

Thanks!


Sky

 

[MrUnknown]

I honestly don't know offhand, I do not follow hardware that much anymore. But I wanted to point out that you will probably want to upgrade the power supply. The ones in OEM systems aren't made to run much more than what is in it.

 

[Skyhooker]

Ya, that's the first thing I thought of. I was looking at low-power-consumption cards, but that's a relative term, and they still suck some wattage. I made a recommendation of a bigger PSU as well.

Thanks,

Sky

 

[ArgentStar]

NVidia G Froce is not bad at all. But like the poster above said it comes down to how much is your budget. You can go 8GB graphics if you wanted to!

 

[Fixedathome.com]

NVidia G Froce is not bad at all. But like the poster above said it comes down to how much is your budget. You can go 8GB graphics if you wanted to!

 

[Joines]

To check how much power is needed:

http://educations.newegg.com/tool/psucalc/index.html

 

[Skyhooker]

To check how much power is needed:

http://educations.newegg.com/tool/psucalc/index.html

OK, now that is a very cool tool - thanks!

 

[Peaceful]

You also want to check clearance around your pci express slot. I've seen HP's and Gateways that had a heatsink sitting in the vicinity that prevented the card from seating properly in the slot.

 

[kagman]

I have an nvidia gforce 250 from MSI.. Nice card, but can overheat so you need to have the case cooled.. lol... The MSI cards a nice program that allows you to overclock or underclock the card.