what is the best graphics card

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superspook55

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hi guys
I need help with a little problem. I want to fit a new graphics card but not too sure which would be the best one & which would best fit my motherboard.
At the moment its onboard which is no good for playing upto date games I need something with a bit of go in it if you know wot I mean allso not to sure if you can switch from onboard graphics to PCI-E x16 or not any help would be appreciated


my system is

ECS Geforce6100pm-M2 motherboard
Geforce 6100/nForce 405 chipset
AMD Athron 4200x2 dual core Processor
1GB DDR2 667 Memory
Onboard Nvidia Geforce 6100 gs Graphics Supporting up to 256 MB
Onboard sound 6-channel audio
1x PCI-E x16 Slot
1x PCI-Ex1
2x PCI Slots
1x 500GB sata hard drive
1x 60GB IDE hard drive
480w power supply
 
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Also, what brand/model is the power supply.... and dont triple post(could a mod delete the other 2 idental threads plz?), as your power supply may not be sufficient to run anything decent if its a china offbrand cheapo power supply.
 
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Best Graphics Card

hi guys
Thanxs for the quick reply yeah funkysnair at the moment have got doom 3 on the go & anythings has too be better than the crappy on board I have & not to sure I understand what you mean by bottleneck the processor
tho what make of psu as to do with it ? & I did not mean to triple post bomberboysk


my system is

ECS Geforce6100pm-M2 motherboard
Geforce 6100/nForce 405 chipset
AMD Athron 4200x2 dual core Processor
1GB DDR2 667 Memory
Onboard Nvidia Geforce 6100 gs Graphics Supporting up to 256 MB
Onboard sound 6-channel audio
1x PCI-E x16 Slot
1x PCI-Ex1
2x PCI Slots
1x 500GB sata hard drive
1x 60GB IDE hard drive
X-Power GTX Light 480w power supply
 
we need some info off the power supply to see what it is capable of powering!!

make and model number will do!

also your budget, as for bottle neck it basicly means that the proccessor cant cope with the graphics card "basicly too slow and the graphics card will suffer"

its like trying to find a ballance between the both.
 
hi funkysnair
Ok well this all the info I could find hope it helps & thanxs


Supports Newest Spec Of ATX 12v & EPS 12v, Supports Systems With Multu-Core CPUs & GPU Technologies, PCI-Express Connectors Supporting High-End Multi-GPU Graphics Cards Allso see Attachment

Thanxs Again
 

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I would look into the 9600GT or the 9600GSO and whatever the ATI equivalents are (3850?). They do not draw too much power, so while you would still have to upgrade the power supply, it wouldn't be a huge investment. Anything better would probably be too powerful for your CPU.
 
hi Kookooshortman55 yeah thanxs for that I was looking at three others the Gforce 7200 128 mb,Geforce 8400 with 256mb gddr2 & the Geforce 8500 256mb so can you tell me would any of these not do the job IE not suitable Iam soz too be such a pain thanxs again


oh just as an added thought the ATI Radeon x1050 128 mb
 
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Again depends on all the games you want to play and what your budget is. Of those three I would go with the 8500GT but I would look into the 512MB version. The 9600GT would let you run every game on the market with acceptable frames. If you're only interested in a small upgrade to play Doom 3 etc, 8500GT would be fine.
 
hi Kookooshortman A thanxs for that its a big help give's me something to go on & I take it they would run ok on my setup with no prob's. Your right my budget is not too big so I have check everthing out know wot I mean but that's gerat info thanxs again
 
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