What graphics card should I buy?

[JP'S]

It's a single core Celeron, I'm surprised it's running windows 7

Cheap compared to cpu and gpu's overall

[Glordit]

Cheap compared to cpu and gpu's overall

Missing the point? It's not going to let them play many games if any! The sub minimum is a dual core these days. Wasting money buying a GPU for that PC. Rather save and get a new system.

[JP'S]

Missing the point? It's not going to let them play many games if any! The sub minimum is a dual core these days. Wasting money buying a GPU for that PC. Rather save and get a new system.

Yeah of course he's going to have to upgrade everything

[Glordit]

Yeah of course he's going to have to upgrade everything

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[Lyt]

The guy doesn't know what he's talking about...you are not going to spend more money on ram than on cpu or gpu lol...ofc its cheap compared to cpu and gpu prices

[JP'S]

The guy doesn't know what he's talking about...you are not going to spend more money on ram than on cpu or gpu lol...ofc its cheap compared to cpu and gpu prices

This

Just a warning expect a jackie chan meme in reply

Oh and btw glordit when did I ever mention a gpu upgrade? I was talking about the price of ram compared to cpu's and gpu's not upgrading the fsuking gpu... Then you came up with upgrading to a new system.... And I agreed that it is the best option for him... And you don't understand?

[S1ght]

The reality is he's going to have to upgrade everything. Yes he will gain some performance out of getting a 9800GTX+ but no it will not be enough to run GTA4.

What will happen is the GPU will sit there calmly waiting for things to do while the CPU continues to struggle in agony. Save your money and look at upgrading everything at once or else you'll literally just throw money away for no reason.

I dunno what the whole argument about the pricing is but this is how it looks for the average person:

GPU > CPU > Mboard > Ram

[Necuno]

The reality is he's going to have to upgrade everything. Yes he will gain some performance out of getting a 9800GTX+ but no it will not be enough to run GTA4.

What will happen is the GPU will sit there calmly waiting for things to do while the CPU continues to struggle in agony. Save your money and look at upgrading everything at once or else you'll literally just throw money away for no reason.

I dunno what the whole argument about the pricing is but this is how it looks for the average person:

GPU > CPU > Mboard > Ram

This was true for me.

1) I got a 670oc and it was ok, but not fast.
2) I got an SSD and it was better, but still not fast.
3) Finally upgraded everything else and then it was fast.

Why? because an old mobo can do just that much...

[bromster]

Here's a benchmark.

E8400 dual core. 4gb ddr3-1333. 4850x2 2gb.

At stockspeeds gta4 runs on high settings 1920x1080 at about 30-35 fps

[JP'S]

Here's a benchmark.

E8400 dual core. 4gb ddr3-1333. 4850x2 2gb.

At stockspeeds gta4 runs on high settings 1920x1080 at about 30-35 fps

Gta 4 runs SO horribly try a other game... I get around 35-45 fps with my rig

Specs

cpu- intel core I5-2500K [email protected]
Motherboard- asus P8Z68-V pro
Gfx- radeon HD 7950
Ram-8gb corsait vengeance