Graphics card reccomendation? Power requirements?

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bit4bit

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Hi, I'm looking to upgrade my rather old ati radeon X700 graphics card, and I'd like to be able to do so without having to change my psu. Here's my specs:

PSU: Coolermaster realpower 620W modular
MOBO: Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS3
CPU: Intel core 2 quad pro Q6600 2.4Ghz
RAM: Corsair 4GB (2*2GB) DDR2 XMS2 Dominator PC2-8500C5
HDD: single seagate 250GB
Cards: Parrallel port pci card

Can anyone suggest some fairly decent cards that I could get with this power supply? I'm not planning to do sli, but I'd like to be able to play some of the more recent games. Maybe something with DX10 would be good?

(I'm not sure if the power will be such an issue, but I thought I'd post it just in case)

Thanks
 
You have a nice hardware lineup for a much better card than what you had. It really depends on budget. I would suggest one of two cards. Both cards are great performers and will run fine with your power supply.

Nvidia 9800GTX or an ATI 4850. The price of both these cards is less than $200 right now.

Here is an eVGA 9800GTX for $150 with a free copy of Call of Duty World at War. I ran that same card for almost 6 months...loved it.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130339
 
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Oops....sorry...didn't realize you are from the island, I live in Germany so I can call it the island LOL

The eVGA 9800GTX is a great card, I loved mine:) You can overclock the crap out of it, runs nice and cool. Plays games very well. You'll be pleased with that choice.
 
Yep 9800GTX is still a good choice. I ran Crysis 1680x1050 set on High with it no probs.
By the way that link to newegg in second post - decription says 9800GTX but it's really 9800GTX+ , I have purchased few of these (exact same model) and both times got 9800GTX+, it's faster, shorter than regular ones, and has only 1 power connector instead of 2, which is really nice.
 
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