-THRASH- wrote tommarow is my birthday and i asked my dad to take me to a computer store and upgrade my computer

im planning on getting a new graphics card( i have a intergrated one which is TERRIBLE)
and a power supply to hold it.

im asking what is a good graphics card to handle games like skyrim and battlefield 3, so what is a good one and whats the wattage required?

please help me

well a good recommendation for u would be the GeForce GTX 460 great graphic card i have it you can use it with duel moniters and it has the 3d option for the future hope this helps

I would reccomend a Nvidia Gforce 560 Ti You can have 3 screen's (2 DVI and 1 Mini to HDMI port) so you have a choice it also comes with a DVI to VGA Connector. the downside is it takes 550Watts to power but its well worth it. It also has 3D and PhysX you can also (depending on your MOBO) have 2 of these running side by side to make the gameplay much more smooth (you have to have windows 7 ultimate for that but still amazing!!)and some you can buy with a copy of Battlefield 3 or Mafia 2 inculded in the price let us know what you get

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I'd recommend getting a radeon 6870 or 560 Ti (6870 is a bit better than the 560) and getting at least a 500w PSU., about 150 pounds all together.

-THRASH- wrote tommarow is my birthday and i asked my dad to take me to a computer store and upgrade my computer

im planning on getting a new graphics card( i have a intergrated one which is TERRIBLE)
and a power supply to hold it.

im asking what is a good graphics card to handle games like skyrim and battlefield 3, so what is a good one and whats the wattage required?

please help me

As well as a good graphics card, you're gonna need a good processor and a nice amount of DDR3 RAM at a high frequency.

I recommend getting a 600W PSU as well.

I Would recommend you getting a GTX 560 Ti very good i am getting tomorrow

Just so you know a graphics card itself is not some sort of magical solve all for all. If you have a weak processor or too little RAM, you will have big problems.

Yeah, you could get a 560ti, but it might not be worth it compared to a weaker card if the rest of your system has weak hardware.

Price range:

6850: 150

6870: 170

GTX 560 TI or 6950: 240ish

GTX 560 TI 448: 290ish

GTX 570/6970: 340$

GTX 580: 500$

HD 7970: 550$


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Derp wrote

-THRASH- wrote tommarow is my birthday and i asked my dad to take me to a computer store and upgrade my computer

im planning on getting a new graphics card( i have a intergrated one which is TERRIBLE)
and a power supply to hold it.

im asking what is a good graphics card to handle games like skyrim and battlefield 3, so what is a good one and whats the wattage required?

please help me

As well as a good graphics card, you're gonna need a good processor and a nice amount of DDR3 RAM at a high frequency.

I recommend getting a 600W PSU as well.

i have an intel core i3 16gb of ddr3 and im buying a new psu with it

cwc123 wrote Just so you know a graphics card itself is not some sort of magical solve all for all. If you have a weak processor or too little RAM, you will have big problems.

Yeah, you could get a 560ti, but it might not be worth it compared to a weaker card if the rest of your system has weak hardware.

is an intel core i3 16 gb of ram enough?