I need to upgrade my video card and want a DX10 card but I don't want to go up to nearly 300$. 250$ would be about budget because I still have to buy Vista (roughly 70$) and already spent 93$ on RAM, also I think I might need to buy a power supply upgrade (however it is that I upgrade that) as mine is only 300w output, I think 8800 gts is 400w and 8600 gts is 350w?
Link to Computer Specs: http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/genericDocument?docname=c00213822&cc=us&dlc=en&lc= en&jumpid=reg_R1002_USEN
The thing is I'm not really a gfx whore but I would like to see really nice graphics for a change -Oblivion on max settings- and I'd be playing Oblivion the most, and if I do play DX10 games Oblivion gfx would probably be good enough for me.
I'm not really sure how video cards work and what makes them put out good graphics.
Max Resolution - 1280 x 1024
also I won't be buying vista until there's a DX10 game I want to play because I like XP and a lot of stuff isn't Vista compatible yet.
basically I have like 3 options:
1) 8800 gts (290$+)
2) 8600 gt (150$?) or gts (180$+)
3) wait for other cards to come out
the thing is my brother recently bought a 7600 gt and told me that he could play Oblivon max settings so I thought about getting that but then decided I might as well upgrade to a DX10 card but the 8600 gt doesn't out perform the 7600 gt and I don't think the 8600 gts will either (according to reviews I've read about the 8600 gts)
Link to Computer Specs: http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/genericDocument?docname=c00213822&cc=us&dlc=en&lc= en&jumpid=reg_R1002_USEN
The thing is I'm not really a gfx whore but I would like to see really nice graphics for a change -Oblivion on max settings- and I'd be playing Oblivion the most, and if I do play DX10 games Oblivion gfx would probably be good enough for me.
I'm not really sure how video cards work and what makes them put out good graphics.
Max Resolution - 1280 x 1024
also I won't be buying vista until there's a DX10 game I want to play because I like XP and a lot of stuff isn't Vista compatible yet.
basically I have like 3 options:
1) 8800 gts (290$+)
2) 8600 gt (150$?) or gts (180$+)
3) wait for other cards to come out
the thing is my brother recently bought a 7600 gt and told me that he could play Oblivon max settings so I thought about getting that but then decided I might as well upgrade to a DX10 card but the 8600 gt doesn't out perform the 7600 gt and I don't think the 8600 gts will either (according to reviews I've read about the 8600 gts)
Not so sure on Oblivion.