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Need a new graphics card. wanna play bf3 :(
« on: November 03, 2011, 07:17:03 PM »
Hello Gentlemen,

Basically my computer crashes in almost all my games except COD BO and COD2.

its strange the way it now crashes in cod4 even though it is an older game but aye, think i need a new graphics card because its terribly low.

One person suggested i was gettin the crashes because maybe my graphics card wasn't suitable for a 64 bit system?

Any suggestions?

I've a:

windows 7 home premium 64-bit
Processor: intel(R) quad(TM)2 CPU  q3800 @ 2.5GHz (4CPUs), ~2.5GHz
Memory:4096MB RAM
DX11

Current graphics card : nvidia Geforce GT240


would appreciate any advice! :) thanks
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Re: Need a new graphics card. wanna play bf3 :(
« Reply #1 on: November 03, 2011, 07:18:39 PM »
whats your budget?
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Re: Need a new graphics card. wanna play bf3 :(
« Reply #2 on: November 03, 2011, 07:26:38 PM »
about ?200?
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Re: Need a new graphics card. wanna play bf3 :(
« Reply #3 on: November 03, 2011, 07:52:36 PM »
Probably the best card in that price bracket is the GTX 560ti Abe bought one just before release there and is playing away no bother

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-173-OK&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=1341

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Asus-GeForce-560TI-DirectCUII-Graphics/dp/B004K8R8DA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1320349861&sr=8-1

also make sure you have at least one of these on your psu
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Re: Need a new graphics card. wanna play bf3 :(
« Reply #4 on: November 03, 2011, 10:51:56 PM »
Quote from: [TiG]Stalker on November 03, 2011, 07:17:03 PM
Hello Gentlemen,

Basically my computer crashes in almost all my games except COD BO and COD2.
Right-click on "My Computer" and click on "Manage", and then goto "Event Viewer" and then to "Windows Logs", and click on "Application". Goto the time that the last crash was, and tell us what the error is.
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Re: Need a new graphics card. wanna play bf3 :(
« Reply #5 on: November 03, 2011, 11:31:43 PM »
The error is cheap ass gfx card.
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Re: Need a new graphics card. wanna play bf3 :(
« Reply #6 on: November 04, 2011, 09:08:37 AM »
560ti can handle bf3 with no problem , and its easy on the pocket also
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Re: Need a new graphics card. wanna play bf3 :(
« Reply #7 on: November 06, 2011, 01:33:17 AM »
thanks lads for the help. its my birthday on thursday so i shall have some monies for my pocket to spend wisely.

Whats that thing for my psu i need? lol

cheers psyco, i havent had a crash in a while but will let you know what the craic is next time i do.
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Re: Need a new graphics card. wanna play bf3 :(
« Reply #8 on: November 06, 2011, 04:15:44 AM »
Your current PSU (Power Supply) might not supply enough power to run the new card, more modern cards are power hungry.  I think your machine is an off the shelf PC, and they tend to have a lower end PSU.  So if you can afford it upgrade your PSU as well.
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Re: Need a new graphics card. wanna play bf3 :(
« Reply #9 on: November 06, 2011, 09:25:27 PM »
Quote from: [GiT]Fairy on November 06, 2011, 04:15:44 AM
So if you can afford it upgrade your PSU as well.
And if you have a Dell probably a new case as well, as Dell usually have f?cked up PSU power connector hole positions that are usually not in the same place as "usual" PSU holes :/
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Re: Need a new graphics card. wanna play bf3 :(
« Reply #10 on: November 07, 2011, 04:03:29 PM »
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Re: Need a new graphics card. wanna play bf3 :(
« Reply #11 on: November 07, 2011, 04:16:39 PM »
right so how do i update my psu? :s
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Re: Need a new graphics card. wanna play bf3 :(
« Reply #12 on: November 07, 2011, 06:01:26 PM »
need more details maybe a picture of the computer with the side panel off and some close ups of the psu to give an idea of what were dealing with hardware wise
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Re: Need a new graphics card. wanna play bf3 :(
« Reply #13 on: November 07, 2011, 10:02:11 PM »
Quote from: [TiG]Stalker on November 07, 2011, 04:16:39 PM
right so how do i update my psu? :s
What make and model of case do you have, or if you got it pre-built, what's the make and model of the PC?
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Re: Need a new graphics card. wanna play bf3 :(
« Reply #14 on: November 12, 2011, 08:11:29 PM »
Its a packard bell

model :  ixtreme M3720
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