Upgrading my video card?

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EricC

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Ok here it goes,I want to turn my comp into a decent gaiming machine or at least improve it's capacities if possible but I am not the most computer savy guy on the block and all those video cards specs and requirements are basically giving me a headache. :(

So I am turning to you guys for some tips and recommendations about upgrading my video card,my computer is a Sony Vaio desktop and specs are as followed;

Hardware
Processor
Intel® Pentium® D Processor 820
(2.80GHz1 , 2MB L2 Cache)
Front Side Bus Speed
800MHz
Chipset
Intel® 945P
Memory
1GB PC2-4200 533MHz DDR2 (512MBx2)
(Expandable up to 2GB)
Hard Drive
320GB2 7200rpm Serial ATA in a RAID 0 configuration
Graphics
ATI Radeon® X300
128MB DDR SDRAM video memory
Graphics Interface
VGA-Out/DVI-D/TV-Out
x16 PCI Express slot
Giga Pocket® MPEG2 Realtime Encoder board with TV


Power Requirements
Max. 305W
100-120V 7A, 200-240V 3.5A (50/60Hz)

Display is an Acer AL2423W

I know I can't just shove a top of the line card into this thing but I beleive or at least hope I can do better than what I have right now,wich card/s if any would you guys recommend upgrading to ?
 
Sup guys, just curious if anyone can help me out here.... i got aa ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB card,i figure i ask some ATI fans(u guys)now the Radeon 9800 pro is said to be rated at core:380Mhz and Memo:340Mhz ...now at stock speed my video card reads Core:324Mhz and memo: 290Mhz with my ATI Tools....why is that? and my PC reads my card as a Radeon 9800 Pro...i have Catalyst 6.6 installed with DX9c...why is my speed below whats its surpose to be? :confused:
 
EricC said:
Ok here it goes,I want to turn my comp into a decent gaiming machine or at least improve it's capacities if possible but I am not the most computer savy guy on the block and all those video cards specs and requirements are basically giving me a headache. :(

So I am turning to you guys for some tips and recommendations about upgrading my video card,my computer is a Sony Vaio desktop and specs are as followed;

Hardware
Processor
Intel® Pentium® D Processor 820
(2.80GHz1 , 2MB L2 Cache)
Front Side Bus Speed
800MHz
Chipset
Intel® 945P
Memory
1GB PC2-4200 533MHz DDR2 (512MBx2)
(Expandable up to 2GB)
Hard Drive
320GB2 7200rpm Serial ATA in a RAID 0 configuration
Graphics
ATI Radeon® X300
128MB DDR SDRAM video memory
Graphics Interface
VGA-Out/DVI-D/TV-Out
x16 PCI Express slot
Giga Pocket® MPEG2 Realtime Encoder board with TV


Power Requirements
Max. 305W
100-120V 7A, 200-240V 3.5A (50/60Hz)

Display is an Acer AL2423W

I know I can't just shove a top of the line card into this thing but I beleive or at least hope I can do better than what I have right now,wich card/s if any would you guys recommend upgrading to ?
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that x300 built in ur PC sucks..a radeon 9800 Pro "AGP" can take it out....u should go for an ATI Radeon x800, or even better an x850 series PCI-E card. for 120bucks u can get an x850 xt and that alone can play any game u throw at it even on high detail with F.E.A.R. / BF2/ HF2..believe me.......they play pretty much any game at mid to high settings pretty damn sweet w/out slow downs..
 
7600gt would be a good card for that system, its a fantastic card for the price.
 
EricC said:
Would this one be a good pick;

http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=20652&vpn=100-435408&manufacture=ATI

Would I need to upgrade my power supply?

I know alot of questions...
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Thats a GREAT!!!! card..it can play anything u throw at it....even better then the 7600gt card the other dude posted...The X850 Xt PE card can compete even with the nvidia 7800 gt card....but $200+ bucks is to much..go to newegg.com and u can find it for about $119..a 350watt power supply is minimum for it. but a good brand 400+ watt power supply
is your best bet ;) my friend has it by the way..he gets about 87 FPS on Half life 2 with 4xAA and 16xAF on all high detail at 1024x768

this is the link to that card on newegg

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102688
 
x850xt is a good card, I would still go with a 7600gt though.. get complete directx 9 support with the nvidia, where the x800's are not fully compliant.
 
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