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Cheap upgrade for kids pc

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  • 01-10-2012 11:04am
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    Rev Hellfire
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    Looking to replace the graphics card in the wee lads PC.

    Its old 8600gt so its showing its age, now I'm not looking to spend a fortune on this.

    Say 40 to 60 sterling if possible, he only plays minecraft and a bit of halflife, though is looking at diablo3 and perhaps torchlight 2.

    So is there anything in that price range that would give him a bit more grunt.
    I'm not looking for great graphics just good enough, he's got a 350 watt power-supply (just a harddrive in the machine, no cd and its an older dual-core Althon) so if need be I could put in for a slightly bigger one.


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    Monotype
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    What's the rest of the system? Like RAM?

    Someone was saying that they were selling 6770s for cheap in pc world a short while ago.

    A 6670?
    http://www.amazon.co.uk/Club3D-Radeon-6670-DDR3-Graphics/dp/B005CDJS9O/

    If I remember correctly, you don't need any power connectors with that.


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    Rev Hellfire
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    Its got 4gig of ram and a Athlon 64 X2 6000+ 3.0GHz.


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    Monotype
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    Yeah, I think a 6670 would do fine. Going by some youtube videos, it seems to handle those games well.


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    spix
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    6670 would be fine although there is much better cards available at that price if you were to go the second hand route.


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    Monotype
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    Yeah true, but you'd also have to consider the PSU - namely whether it has additional PCI-E connectors or not.


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    Rev Hellfire
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    Monotype wrote: »
    Yeah true, but you'd also have to consider the PSU - namely whether it has additional PCI-E connectors or not.

    As it happens it does have single pci-e connector, I think I'd go for a new card to keep things simple.

    The 6670 looks like its a good fit, I've there's no more alternatives I'll order it this evening.

    Thanks for the help guys btw.


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