The main reason i'm asking about this is because I was about to order a new PSU with the proper amps and better wattage. I just wanted to get a better opinion before I did anything.
Dead Island and Just Cause 2 are the only ones I played with the 550 in. After trying to play on higher settings and the game running very badly, I ran benchmarks on Just Cause 2 and got the same frame rate on the same settings as my old card. After I read more about the new card and saw the 24 amps thing I just put the old card back in because I didn't want to mess anything up. I was also worried that my crappy CPU might be to blame, but my cousin (who knows more about comps than I do) said that card should have made a huge difference. My CPU is only 1.9 GHz dual core.
Hello everyone, I recently purchased a GeForce GTX550Ti 1gig DDR5 (it was on sale) to replace my 9500 GT 512MB DDR3. When I read the description it said a minimum of 400watt psu, which I have, but I didn't see anything about the 12 volt rail needing 24 amps and didn't even notice until after the install. My psu only gives 20 amps and when I installed the card there was no change in performance. So my questions is, could not having the 24 amps be whats causing the the lack of change?
If you don't mind trying to put parts together yourself you could start with motherboard, case and CPU from something like this http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=6820445&CatId=3508 adding maybe a GTX 460 video card and a good 500W PSU (Antec and Corsair are good) - then reuse your RAM, hard drive, OS and optical drive to have not quite a whole new computer but salvaged one that runs better. You'd be able to run just about anything.
This is just an idea, but something I actually ended up doing fairly recently (getting a new CPU, board, case, PSU) - reusing everything else.
Stinger78
ok see thats probably what I'll end up doing, I just didnt know if I could. I'd end up gettin a new vid card last I think tho. How do I know that the motherboard/processor will work with everything else? thats my main prob when it comes to building up a comp is I dont know what works with what :(
Ok that sounds awesome, I just dont know all that much about building comps. So I could use this same harddrive with a new motherboard and all that right? I wont have to buy a new windows or anything right?
So I would probably be better off just saving and buying/building a whole new comp somewhere down the line then huh? I mean like I said, this comp runs fine now I just want more out of it. I should be getting a $500 job sometime within the next month so I'll just check back in here when that happens and see what I can do.
Alright thanks. I found this on tigerdirect, you think that would make a big enough difference? http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-Details.asp?EdpNo=5619575
I use it for WoW and just internet stuff and it runs great, I just want to get more into PC games and I dont know what I need to make this comp better. Im sure it needs a better processor but I've never put anything like that in a comp. If anyone could help me out here that would be great. This is a link to the comp as I bought it http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c01063553&tmp_task=prodinfoCategory&lc=en&dlc=en&cc=us&site=null&key=null&product=3443509( I dont know how to make the links smaller or like " here is the link" type stuff) . It now has 3 gigs of DDR2 ram, a GeForce 9500 GT Video Card (512GB DDR3),and a 400W power supply (I think i needed it for the card). I dont have money to buy a whole new comp so if anyone has any suggestions Thank you in advance.
12 seems like a reasonable cutoff to me. We get a few teenaged trick-or-treaters every Halloween. I give them each one piece of candy. I'd like to tell them they're too old and I'm giving them nothing, but if I did that, I'd have to stand around outside all night to make sure none of those delinquents come back and egg my house.
aransom
This guy right here... This guy right here sounds like a Big FAT Loser imo. :D
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