Video card suggestion

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mokkapoop

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I would like to know some suggestions of a PCI-E video card I should get. I want to be playing Battlefield 2, WOW, Day of Defeat Source, things of this nature. My computer has the following specs:

Dell Dimension E521 Mini Tower desktop
AMD Athlon 64X2 Dual Core 3800+
2048M DDR2 RAM
160G SATA hard drive
16X DVD+-RW double layer CD/DVD burner drive,
19" Gateway FPD1960 8ms LCD with DVI 1280 × 1024 (native)

Now, I have it setup to dual boot, both XP Professional and Vista Home Basic. I believe performance wise, gaming will be better on XP, but I am willing to try and test both OS's.

What are some suggestions for this?

***Update***

Got a 7600gt for $119 plus tax - $50 rebate =$69, NOT BAD FOR A 7600GT!

Go to Fry's and pick up a 7600 GT for $64 + tax AR as outlined here http://www.fatwallet.com/forums/mess...ea did=711429. Then step up to an 8600 when they finally arrive.
 
I wouldn't buy anything more powerful than an 8800 GTS 320 MB. Anything more would be overkill (based on your 1280x1024 resolution). Around $250 after MIR.

If you want the best price / performance in the lower midrange, look into the x1950 Pro. They can be had for under $150 after MIR.

I wouldn't go with anything less than the x1950 Pro.

And no, I wouldn't bother with Vista for gaming (at least until you can buy Crysis). As it is, the drivers are crap, and you get absolutely no new features going with Vista.
 
Your proprietary power supply is about 310 watts.

Your pushing it .. by I think you can get a 7600GS.

I think it's safe to say you can go with a 7300GT, but that also may be limiting your tiny Dell power supply.

Good luck.

If you want to change power supply to use a 8800GTS:

You need to swap out your power supply. Here's what you need: 550 Watt power supply, a dell power adapter.

Dell's power supply/motherboard connector is proprietary. Don't waste $120 buying a Dell power supply. Buy a standard ATX power supply from PriceWatch.com, get an adapter, and spend no more than $35.00.
 
with 310W, and the rest of your system not using very much power at all ... I'd think you would be just fine with a 8800GTS 320, hell you would be more then fine on the X1950pro
 
well i would not recommend using stock psu's or Ultra psu's nor would i recommend 8800's on 300watts!!! just buy a decent psu and gfx card.. 6800gt is a nice card but not anything new and exciting.. id go 1900gt and silverstone modular psu 600watt if i where to buy today if you can wait 8600gt should be the perfect card for you.
 
Nothing, $150 gets you no where as far as quality is concerned when talking about in a retail store.
 
Can I really price match a card from an online store at a B & M store?

Damnit, I just bought a 7600GS for $100, now I will TAKE this back and price match the crap out of this.
 
the 7600GS is not as good as the 7600gt, the GS has 12 pixel pipelines, and the GT has 20. The more the better.
 
taking this back and PMing the 7600GT, should have done that card in the first place:

Double the speed
Better Ram
better chip

All around better card.

I hate this!
 
Get the 8800GTS 320mb, thats what im getting. Its correlating to my CPU power and i wont be wasting money on a bottlenecked card.
 
Of course, as not stated in ANY of the previous posts, I CANNOT do that card right now. Both money and PSU are holding me back.
 
I have an Asus eax1950pro in mine, had to dremel a couple small pieces of the cpu duct, but once done, fits nice.
 
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