Thread: Best graphics card upgrade for HP Pavilion a6827c-b

Something great happened today,i got some extra money that raised my budget to 200$! So i was thinking to spend 150$ on a gfx and 50$ on a psu.... Someone here mentioned Nvidia g250,what power supply will it require in order to work normally? http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Galaxy+-...=1218102200449

At about $205 you could get this combination: BFG Tech GS-550 550W + XFX Radeon HD 4870 1GB The HD 4870 will provide much, much better performance over the GTS 250. The PSU will do decently for a single card.

Gratz on getting the extra bling-bling. I'd recommend a minimum 500W power supply.

I suggest getting a different Card and PSU. Graphics Card http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130469 PSU http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817139008 The only reason I'm suggesting the Graphics Card over the other one you picked it's like $10 more but you get a Lifetime Warranty. The PSU and the Graphics Card I picked out have a $20 Mail in Rebate.

You can get the new Radeon HD 5750 ($129 at newegg) which will actually let you play most recent games with good details, and normally should not necessitate change of PSU (I use it with 350W and no probs). Forget the HD 4850 though, you would need a quality PSU for that one.

my vote goes for this XFX HD-477A-YDFC Radeon HD 4770 512MB only $109 and has free shipping and will last for a while and should work with your current system

But I have this exact same model pc, the only thing thats different is mine doesnt have a -b at the end. I was unable to play tropico 3, kept on getting a message that said I needed a video card that was directx9 compatible and shader 3.0 compat so after reading parts of this thread I decided to buy a Geforce 220 off of ebay. It was new and only 50sum after shipping and I was hoping it wasnt powerful enough to force me to buy a new psu....