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hi guys im upgrading to a graphics card for the first time. All i need to know is if a KFA2 gtx 550 ti will be able to play Battlefield 3,COD MW 3, Assassins creed 3, Hitman absolution and GTA 5 at 1280x720 above 30 fps constant. Also will a thermaltake 450watt 80+ be able to handle the gpu. My system specs are: core i3 540, 6gb ram, foxconn h55mxv 500 gig, windows 7 ultimate 64 bit. hdd 21.5 inch hd screen.

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the 550 will play those games no problem depending on what graphics settings your using, i have a friend who swears by that card, although i do prefer amd cards for gamind, the psu you might want to consider making atleast 550 watts, you might wanna have a look at the amd 7770 it seems to push a few more pixels for the same price, cod mw 3 bf3 might give a few jerks at ultra when the things get serious and the sparks fly

AC3 and GTA5 has not been released yet so if you really want to be safe, get a 680gtx.

You haven't mentioned the level of detail you want from the games. A 550ti will run 1280x720 at 30fps with minimum detail easily.

I want to play all the games at medium gtx 680 is way out of my budget. I'm also thinking of the HD 6790 and HD 6850 .

Also what about a thermal take 600watt or 700watt psu its all I can afford at this time.

Nvidia should be releasing the 660ti soonish (august/sept). Maybe look at the 7850 if your going for AMD? Your PSU should (not guarenteed) be good enough for it.

Is the hd 7770 better than the gtx 550 ti and hd 6790

will a thermaltake 450watt 80+ run a gtx 560 (non Ti) ive done many psu calculators and they all say I 400watt for my system

The 7770 is a crappy card from what I've read.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/rad ... 135-6.html
http://guru3d.com/article/amd-radeon-hd ... -review/21

but it seems it might be on par with the 5770 so if your paying more than R1500 for one your paying too much.