Looking for new graphics card

Current system Fujitsu Scaleo-P with Windows Vista SP1 Home Premium has "PCI Express x16: ATI Radeon X600 (RV370)".

What is a recommended replacement to be able to play Fallout 3?

 

if you want to stay with ati I'd say an ati 4850 would work well.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131125
for an nvidia solution in a comparable price range
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127387

 

Thanks. I was considering either the ATI 4650 or 3650, mainly because the power supply is 350 Watts but not really able to find much info on power supply specs for these.

 

according to specs 300 watt or greater for 3650 and 400 watt for 4650 so for stability and playability I would say the 3650 should work

 

Where do you find those specs?

At the ATI site it says 400W or greater for 3600 series and 400W or greater for 4600.

3800 is 450W or grater.

 

found them on newegg on the specifications for the video cards
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814129108

 

OK. I think the HD4670 is probably going to work best here.

I looked at using the PSU calculator at: http://www.extreme.outervision.com/PSUEngine and compared the complete computer set-up between using X600 and 4670 and there is only a few Watts different at around 333 Watts total.

The +12V1 and +12V2 Amps are 15A and 14A rspectively with a combined max power of 300 Watts for these. PSU is Delta Electronics DPS-350AB -4A Rev 00

Any comments before I buy a 4670?

This one looks OK: http://www.play.com/PC/PCs/4-/66642...R3-PCI-Express-2-0-Graphics-Card/Product.html

 

Never heard of that brand so I can't comment on how solid it is. Hopefully someone here knows the brand and can give you an opinion. Let me know how it goes

 

Bearing in mind that I have no personal experience with Sapphire ATI cards, I have read some very good reviews of them. Again, never tried one... I'm an nVidia-type girl.

 

Sapphire is one of the largest (if not the largest) OEMs of ATI video cards. Personally, I'm an NVidia guy. I like NVidia. They rock. However, I did have an ATI card made by Sapphire (a 1950GT) about 18 months ago and I had no problems, and it was a great card (older AGP, but good for what it was). Personally, I'd get an NVidia card. I have no idea what the budget is (I'm assuming fairly small due to the fact that a power supply upgrade seems to not be possible) but the 8600 series from NVidia is available in some really good configurations that will run fine with the current power supply.

 

Any recommendations on a solid power supply?

 

OK. After a bit of research I think I will be going with:

http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Comp...Radeon+HD4670+1GB+DDR3+PCI-E+?productId=34137

with:

http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Comp...Cooling+SILENCER+470+?productId=31341&noVat=0

Will this be OK?

 

excellent psu. Have that same psu in another box and it works like a champ. 470 watt rating is what it will sustain unlike most psu's that rate the max surge that they handle. I've used the 610 and am currently using the 750 in my rig