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Best graphics card for my aging mainboard?

Phrixos

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Posted September 12, 2013 at 9:06PM

Hello,

I've got an ATI Radeon HD 3600 Series Accelerator running on an Asus P5E Mainboard. For what I do, there's still a lot of life in the (self-built) system, so I have no plans to upgrade the Mainboard/RAM/CPU. My Graphics card, however is showing its age and I'm thinking of upgrading, to the limit, either of the PCIE 2.0 x16 bus or to my £100 budget.

Any recommendations?

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Jock1e

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Posted September 15, 2013 at 5:03PM

Spam from minhin do not open.

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chub_tor

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Posted September 15, 2013 at 7:39PM

Just about any AMD HD graphics card will out perform the one you have. Personally the HD 5670 is sufficient for my needs but take a look at this selection from ebuyer

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chub_tor

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Posted September 15, 2013 at 7:40PM

Should have added - check your power supply to make sure it has the connections needed for your chosen card and that it has sufficient power to drive it.

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