[Jeffrey B.]

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Originally Posted by Coolzer

That PSU needs to be upgraded. How powerful depends on the card you buy. Because you have a 1080p tv you'll need a relatively power hungry card.

Would something along the lines of the Geforce 8600 gt series work on my computer without an upgrade? I was only looking on spending 40-80$ to upgrade my computer. I'm not looking at getting the best card out there just something that'll work much better then the card i have. A friend of mine has a laptop with a 8600 or 8800 series 512 mb video card on his laptop and it plays the games i mentioned in 1080p with a smooth frame rate so I'd be happy with something close to that without a psu upgrade if possible. Like I said I don't have to use the highest settings possible I just want something significantly better then the card I have now.

Newegg.com - EVGA 256-P2-N751-TR GeForce 8600 GT 256MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 SLI Supported Video Card - Desktop Graphics / Video Cards
Newegg.com - XFX PVT84JYAJG GeForce 8600 GT 512MB 128-bit GDDR2 PCI Express x16 SLI Supported Video Card - Desktop Graphics / Video Cards

those are the kind of cards i have been looking at but i don't know which ones my psu can handle because i have no idea how much power my computer uses. i just want the best one that my current psu can handle.