Upgrading my graphics card

[danny85]

Hey guys,

Well not long ago i built a pc for gaming, nothing special just a small budge one. Anyway before i buy games i check the spec's online to make sure im able to play in top spec..

Everything shows that but not the graphics card .. My graphics card is always listed on the game sites but gives me a red cross and when i put my arrow over it, it says " Red cross, if you can run it, please let us know "

Marks 1 out of 10 for running Mw3 i get

CPU - gold star 9

GFX - gold star 1 ( with a red cross next to it )

Ram - gold star 10

So i would like to upgrade the card to something better.

The graphics card i have at the moment is a NVIDIA GeForce 7025/nForce 630a


PC Spec's

CPU - AMD Bulldozer X4 FX-4100 AM3 4.0 GHZ

Graphics Card- NVIDIA GeForce 7025/nForce 630a

Hard Drive - 2000GB Sata

Ram - 8GB 1333Mhz DDR3 ram


Any help or point in the right direction will be greatly appreciated

Many Thanks

Dan

[stroyal]

Budget, power supply specs, and information on your case, are needed before we can make an educated recommendation.

Brand and 12volt amp rail/s rating is what we are looking for, on the PS.

AKAIK that processor, although not as powerful as the Intel high end stuff, will handle any game, and any video card.

What games do you plan on

[stroyal]

We need a link to your motherboard also,
At least the model, and brand.

[danny85]

The case was a cheap one, 20 odd pound off ebay. Make is Envizage E-3393 Black Blue ATX Gaming PC Tower Case..
eBay - The UK's Online Marketplace

Mother board is a ASRockN68-VS3 FX
ASRock > Products > N68-VS3 FX

PSU is a Sumvision
Sumvision PowerX2 500W
Play.com - Buy Sumvision PowerX2 500W PSU / Power Supply Unit online at Play.com and read reviews. Free delivery to UK and Europe!

Games i plan on playing is call of duty and mostly RPG's like skyrim, wow, oblivion.. Mostly quest games but call of duty now and then, but i play a lot of call of duty on the PS3..


Also a side note, this was my first build, so speaking in real terms i don't have much experience at all ( still learning ) so some of the bits might be wrong for the set up. I really have no idea, just from watching TUTs online and reading bits and bobs on forums.

[stroyal]

Not a gamer, but I have the Internet.
According to this:
Modern Warfare 3 System Requirements and Modern Warfare 3 requirements for PC Games
You need a card that scores about 700, to play MW3 on high settings, on this approximate benchmark

PassMark Software - Video Card Benchmarks - High End Video Cards

I'm not sure of your power supply, but it should run something like this
Newegg.com - ASUS EAH6570/DI/1GD3(LP) Radeon HD 6570 1GB 128-bit DDR3 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready Low Profile Ready Video Card
As it only needs a 400watt, and it scores 860, more than you need, for MW3, at least

Wait for the gamers though, they will have UK pricing, and a better Idea.
If you play other games that have more demand, list them.

[stroyal]

You didn't say your budget, but if you want to get a gaming machine that can play most games on respectable setting, get this. It scores Passmark 1749
Newegg.com - SAPPHIRE Vapor-X 100328VXL Radeon HD 6770 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card

It can be had for as little, as $100, but I picked this for its, high performance cooling.

That is provided your case takes a full height board, and it can fit the length

[stroyal]

Not to forget NVidia
Newegg.com - GIGABYTE GV-N550D5-1GI GeForce GTX 550 Ti (Fermi) 1GB 192-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

[danny85]

I really like the sapphire vapor-x..

As for the tower case im looking to upgrade to a coolermaster HAF X but due to the price of them it's holding me back, as id rather spend that kind of money on getting the inside sorted first, then the case to finish it all off.

My budge is around £550, so im on two minds to get a decent card for the time being, or just buy all new stuff for the inside with the help of you guys.

[stroyal]

I would strongly suggest a power supply, as I'm pretty sure yours is poor quality, and from what I can find, has trouble putting out 375 watts, and probably dose not have good protection circuitry.
It's the most important part, and should always be a brand name.
Something like this, has more power, than that 500watt.
Newegg.com - Antec NEO ECO 400C 400W Continuous Power ATX12V 2.3 / EPS12V 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply

Here is out good and bad list

Power Supply Info

[danny85]

Yeah im looking at PSU as we speak now. Been casting my eye at the corsair enthusiast TX750 V2 750W 80 PC Power Supply. Seems a lot better step to the one i have now