Need a new Graphics Card...

[stellavista]

Hi... Bought a PC from PC Specialist three years ago and it's been brilliant. But I want to upgrade the Graphics Card and my PC knowledge is pretty basic. Can someone tell me what the most powerful PC Card these specs will support might be?

All/any advice gratefully received!

Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™2 Duo E8400 (3.00GHz) 1333MHz FSB/6MB L2 Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® P5QL: DDR2, SATAII, PCI-e x16, 3 PCI, 2 x PCI-e x1
Memory (RAM)
4GB CORSAIR DOMINATOR 1066MHz - LIFETIME WARRANTY! (2x2GB)
Graphics Card
2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX285 PCI EXPRESS
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
500GB SERIAL ATA 3-Gb/s HARD DRIVE WITH 8MB CACHE (7,200rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
22x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (READS XD, MS, CF, SD, etc)
Power Supply
700W Quiet Quad Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan
Processor Cooling
COOLIT DOMINO A.L.C. CPU LIQUID COOLER
Sound Card
ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities
ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT
USB Options
8 x USB 2.0 PORTS (6 REAR + 2 FRONT) AS STANDARD

 

[mantadog]

As the CPU is a bit older you will probably start to get problems with that starting to bottleneck a better GPU.

You know that the 285 is still not a bad card, what kind of issues are you getting that is making you want to upgrade?

The next step up would be something like..... GTX 560ti which would be 33% faster. Much faster than that would be fairly pointless because the CPU will slow things down. Even a 560ti might not give you much benefit. See what everyone else thinks.

 

[AwesomeDude]

I agree with Mantadog, That cpu is gunna bottleneck your new gpu :/

 

[stellavista]

Cheers guys... appreciated.