Hey everyone just a question i am planning to transfer myself from console into PC and i may wonder.. I have searched around amazon for a great graphic cards.. I am not searching the BEST BEST BEST graphics.. But like medium--High--ultra ( i would want to focus on high but i would have no problems with medium) And well i planned on this card http://www.amazon.co.uk/Asus-GeForce-560TI-DirectCUII-Graphics/dp/B004K8R8DA/ref=wl_it_dp_o_npd?ie=UTF8&coliid=I1Y7UM6UGAGYAZ&colid=44AYIX079D57 ... I can show here my PC specs


Operating System:
Windows 64-bit
CPU Type:
AMD Athlon™ II X4 630 Processor
CPU Speed:
2.82 GHz
System Memory:
6 GB
Video Card Model:
ATI Radeon HD 4650 <-- Is pretty =/ as it dont support Directx 11
Video Card Memory:
3.74 GB
Video Card Driver:
atiumdag.dll
Hard Disk Size:
685.38 GB

So if i would change my graphics card into that one i just gave a link to.. Would it be possible for me to play PC games in normaly (medium to ultra) without problems or do i might to need to upgrade something more? I am not the best in of the knowledge of PC but hopefully i will know much more .

I guess i have to do it.. ''sigh''. Bump!

That card will be fine.

zhank you

that card is ok but a bit overkill for your processor,for that speed cpu a 460gtx 1gb is best matched and a lot cheaper.pc format did a test on this a few months back,a faster card can only go as fast as the slowest components and your cpu would be the bottleneck.
also some games are more cpu intensive (skyrim) and less sensitive to a more powerful card than say a gpu sensitive game (witcher 2)
id plump for a gtx 460 1gb and save the money for a future motherboard/cpu upgrade

Oh well thanks yand that is realy good to know

Monitor resolution matters too; ie. if your monitor is 1680 * 1050 then you don't even really need a 460's level of power, but if you have a 1920 * 1200 then you'd probably want it.

You definitely can't go wrong with a 560 TI. You could play ULTRA+ on that @ 1920 x 1080 or 1920 x 1200.

Links with GPU & Skyrim Info:

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/skyrim-performance-benchmark,3074.html
http://techreport.com/articles.x/22048
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/fastest-graphics-card-radeon-geforce,3067-7.html
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/fastest-graphics-card-radeon-geforce,3067.html

Good advice, the only question I'd have is if a 460 could handle a full set of hi-res textures and additional graphics mods (ENB series, and the inevitable flood of other options). I've got an overclocked gtx280 (approx. the same as a 460), and it's smooth (30 - 60 FPS) on ULTRA + a few texture mods + ini tweaks @ 1920 x 1200, but I feel like I'm right at the limit of what the card can handle. Of course, stepping up to a more powerful GPU requires a CPU that can drive it, and I'm not sure about the X4 630, though I bet there'd be at least some improvement.

OP, I have that exact video card and can play Skyrim with no framerate hiccups at High Quality. I have nothing negative to say about it. It works quite nicely. And I have several graphical enhancement mods activated. No framerate issues.

Well my Desktop resolution is 1920x1080 if i am correct.. (should be what i know)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Palit-SONIC-nVIDIA-Geforce-Graphics/dp/B003VJW0WS/ref=sr_1_2?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1323311667&sr=1-2 I found this one.. Does that one look like a good deal? because the other i am finding in amazon is like the same worth as The 560 TI i linked =P

EVGA 560ti

I dont think as yand said that my CPU would survive that =P

I use an HD5770 until the next gen cards are out.

Playing Skyrim at 1920x1200 and not having much issue. I have 2 settings ultra and 2 at high. No AA but FXAA is ticked, as are all water effects.

Looks good enough that my console playing brother in law was gaping at Skyrim on my computer.

There are certainly MUCH higher end video cards than a 5770 / 6770 (same card, they just re-labeled it for 6xxx generation), but Skyrim is largely CPU bound, since shadows are done on CPU (as I understand it, this is done to aid console performance with shadows, and means PCs are heavier on CPU usage and lighter on GPU than most other similar games as a result)
If you don't run 4x Antialiasing (and the game looks quite good with just FXAA, so you don't really need it) then you can get by with quite a mediocre video card.

A 6850 is a decent upgrade over a 5770 / 6770 and looks to only be $20 more now:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125353

6850s seem to have dropped a LOT, while 5770 / 6770 seems to be right around the price I bought it for like a year ago or so.

The point is that you don't need an insanely great video card for the game to look great on a PC.

By the way guys. curious.. if i would, say get a new motherboard and a new cpu and stuff.. Would i be able to use my same old harddrive with windows 7-64 bit and keep my operativ system or would i need to buy a new operativ system?

oh and i linked http://www.amazon.co.uk/Palit-SONIC-nVIDIA-Geforce-Graphics/dp/B003VJW0WS/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1323396338&sr=8-3 and asked if it were a good deal

For stability purposes, its best to do a fresh install of windows when changing hardware so drastically. Just back up important files beforehand.

You may have to transfer the license, but you will not need to buy a new OS. You will need to reinstall Windows though.

When you reinstall, then validate Windows with the new hardware, it may throw up a 30 or so digit number and a phone number you can call. Just call it, use the automated service. It will ask you for that number. It will then give back a 30 or so digit number for you to "give windows". The license is now tied to the new hardware. This works for both retail and OEM copies of Windows.