compatible graphic card for my PC

hey guys, I need some advice on buying graphic card that would play games on medium settings on Battlefield 3 with 1080p or if not then low resolution.
My PC components are:
CPU= Core 2 duo E7500 2.9GHz
Motherboard= Gigabyte G41M-combo
RAM= 2Gb DDR2 (will be upgrading to 4GB DDR3 within 4 days from now)
SMPS= I ball LPE2 400 watt
Monitor= 22'' Samsung LED S22A350H
HDD= 500GB
OS= Win XP
my budget for graphic card would depend on my PC components, I wont be able to change motherboard and processor, I'm likely to change PSU if Graphic card needs it, I just want to have good gameplay.
I'm already getting a new PC sooner just waiting for new launch of graphic card this year.
pls help me to get best GPU card for this PC component. Thannx

Get GTX 650 Ti and Corsair CX 430 V2

Cilus said:
Get GTX 650 Ti and Corsair CX 430 V2

Won't a 7850 be better for him?

ZOTAC NVIDIA GTX 650 Ti 1GB 1 GB GDDR5 Graphics Card for RS 10,900/- is this good and is this better than HD 7770 OC?

Sapphire HD7850 is priced at Rs. 15,900/-

HorrayforPeePee said:
ZOTAC NVIDIA GTX 650 Ti 1GB 1 GB GDDR5 Graphics Card for RS 10,900/- is this good and is this better than HD 7770 OC?

Yeah. But for a mere 2k extra this card blows 650Ti away: MSI GRAPHICS CARD HD 7850 1GB DDR5 OC
AnandTech - Bench - GPU12

Get The following items:
1. Sapphire HD7850 1GB
2. Corsair CX430V2.

Think about buying GTX650ti, only if you can't extend your budget any more to accommodate HD7850.

e7500 will bottleneck the 7850.
Probably why Cilus suggested the 650ti.
The 7770 might be more suitable.

PSU: Corsair cs430v2

Myth said:
e7500 will bottleneck the 7850.
Probably why Cilus suggested the 650ti.
The 7770 might be more suitable.

PSU: Corsair cs430v2

Yeah, but it will allow him to upgrade CPU later and enjoy more performance.

tkin said:
Yeah, but it will allow him to upgrade CPU later and enjoy more performance.

If OP wants a gpu regardless of current setup, stating a budget would help.

I'm not going to upgrade any other component on this PC, coz i'm already setting up a new PC this year after launch of sea island GPU cards, I just want to play games on this current PC. I'm currently playing Battlefield 2

on integrated graphic, but couldnt play games like call of duty black ops its lagging worst.

Well, the OP is going to upgrade his PC soon. So, HD 7850 2GB DDR5 is the best option for him (if he can get).

I said I'm not going to upgrade the current PC, I'm going to assemble a brand new PC this year as soon as the Sea island launches in market.

Yup, its the same only. Either you upgrade or get a new assembled PC but if you select your card seeing your current config then it wont help much. So, get HD 7850 2GB DDR5 if possible.

will this HD 7850 bottleneck my cpu? and I think my mobo is having PCI gen 1 is this going to disappoint me ?

the HD7850 won't bottleneck your cpu but the cpu may bottleneck the HD7850 ;-)

anyway, even with this minor issue the FPS you will get just overrides any other shortcomings.

Myth said:
e7500 will bottleneck the 7850.
Probably why Cilus suggested the 650ti.
The 7770 might be more suitable.

PSU: Corsair cs430v2

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^^ What does it mean? You are suggesting to get a HD 7970 with a E7500? Any Card over HD 6850 will face severe bottleneck issues when paired with this old Core2Duo CPU. I have seen how Tenida's GTX 560 ti was getting bottlenecked due to his E7400 CPU.

d6bmg said:
Wrong. It won't.
E7500 won' bottleneck even a HD7970.

Check the bus speed and bandwidth of the E7500, it won't be able to feed the GPU with enough data, all data fed to the GPU has to come via the CPU, it will choke like a pig which swallowed a pumpkin

CPU and GPU Bottleneck Explained

Now, an i3 3GHz could run it flawlessly, as the new sandy and ivy architecture uses a ring bus and increases bandwidth exponentially, but the older Core architectures had it rough.

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e7500 will not bottleneck a 7850 for sure.
However, it will bottleneck a 7970.

@ Just to be on the safe side, do OC your cpu

I have no idea on overclocking and I wont be buying any High end card for this configuration. I just want to be able to play on decent framerates.

^^^Then get a AMD HD 7770

there's one more option in-between ;-)

ie GTX 650 Ti

Cilus said:
^^ What does it mean? You are suggesting to get a HD 7970 with a E7500? Any Card over HD 6850 will face severe bottleneck issues when paired with this old Core2Duo CPU. I have seen how Tenida's GTX 560 ti was getting bottlenecked due to his E7400 CPU.

Nope. I'm not suggesting anyone to get HD7970 with E7500. But ehrn you are saying E7500 was bottleneching 560ti, then it may bottleneck hd7850.
Sorry for wrong posting
@OP: Sory for wrong info.
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