Hi,
I've recently finished building a HTPC that will be used/is used for watching movies and series obviously, and also for some casual gaming and apps and so on.
It's got a Asus M4A88TD-M m-board in, that has a onboard Radeon HD4250. It's fine for watching movies and so on, but it's a little bit slow for games, and it's also got a problem where when the resolution changes or I switch the tv on/off, it shows a bunch of coloured lines across the screen and only gets fixed by unplugging the HDMI or switching the tv off and on again. I've tried updating the drivers and playing around with settings but nothing worked, so ive decided to just get a new graphics card.
I've been looking at the GeForce GTX550 or the or the Radeon HD5770.
Now, the other problem i have is that the PC only has a 380W antec earthwatt power supply, and from what I can see the cards require 400W and 450W.
So, do I buy another power supply (not really what i want to do though), or will 380W be ok for at least the GTX (400W), or do i try and get a card that has lower power supply requirements ?
I've recently finished building a HTPC that will be used/is used for watching movies and series obviously, and also for some casual gaming and apps and so on.
It's got a Asus M4A88TD-M m-board in, that has a onboard Radeon HD4250. It's fine for watching movies and so on, but it's a little bit slow for games, and it's also got a problem where when the resolution changes or I switch the tv on/off, it shows a bunch of coloured lines across the screen and only gets fixed by unplugging the HDMI or switching the tv off and on again. I've tried updating the drivers and playing around with settings but nothing worked, so ive decided to just get a new graphics card.
I've been looking at the GeForce GTX550 or the or the Radeon HD5770.
Now, the other problem i have is that the PC only has a 380W antec earthwatt power supply, and from what I can see the cards require 400W and 450W.
So, do I buy another power supply (not really what i want to do though), or will 380W be ok for at least the GTX (400W), or do i try and get a card that has lower power supply requirements ?