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Old Jun 2, 2009, 09:20 PM   #1
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Looking for a new Graphics card
I am a casually gamer and am in need of a new graphics card. My card went on the fritz and Even though the new graphics cards are amazing and I would love to have one, I feel I would not be able to use it to is max potentional. So here are my specs

inspiron 531s
4gb memory
former Graphics card was a Geforce 8300gs
it worked really well for 3 years

I primarily play World of warcraft, any suggestions for a cost effective graphics card that will work just as well and be compatable with AMD dual core processor motherboard
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Old Jun 2, 2009, 09:26 PM   #2
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Re: Looking for a new Graphics card
Just for your information, this forum space (feedback) is for feedback on driverheaven related things.. be it forum issues or question, reviews or anything else related to it.

it's not a place to ask this kind of question.... so you'll likely see this topic moved to the appropriate forum...

As for a suggestion, i'd advice getting at minimum a ATI Radeon HD4350 which should actually perform far better then the 8300 you had... but if your playing those kind of games.. you'd likely light up in glee if you got yourself a 4670/4650 Series ATI Radeon HD....

Just make sure you uninstall your previous nvidia drivers completely before downloading and installing the latest 9.5 catalyst drivers from ati.
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Old Jun 2, 2009, 09:32 PM   #3
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Re: Looking for a new Graphics card
Moved to Hardware Discussion & Support for now.. Seeing as there is no mention to a specific GC he requires.
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Re: Looking for a new Graphics card
I'd go for the ATI 4770. Good performance, low price.
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i was going to mention the 4770... but... i'm having a hard time finding one
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Re: Looking for a new Graphics card
ATi 4770 or 4670 are excellent GPUs

Newegg.com - ASUS EAH4770/HTDI/512MD5 Radeon HD 4770 512MB 128-bit DDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready Video Card - Desktop Graphics / Video Cards

Newegg.com - SAPPHIRE 100255HDMI Radeon HD 4670 512MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready Video Card - Desktop Graphics / Video Cards
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Re: Looking for a new Graphics card
4830 is in between the 4670 and 4770, or there abouts.
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As everyone has mentioned a 4770 is a really good card and that would be my choice too
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