whats a good grahpics card for me?

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viet_Cong

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hey i built my PC and so the other day my PC didn't turn on, it only gave me post beeps. and realize it was the ram or VGA but im going to rma the memory and buy a new gfx card, i need advice for a new graphics card:

my PC spex i built:

motherboard: asus m3a
ram: patriot 1gb x 2 (2 stick)
HDD: 500gb Digital western sataII
CPU: amd athlon 64 x2 4200+ > upgrading to amd athlon 64 x2 5200+
power supply: 500watts
graphic cards: dual screen geforce 8400gs nvidia

whats a good gfx card, under $70-80?

thanks
 
Right here-

http://cgi.ebay.com/eVGA-8800GTS-GT...tem&pt=PCC_Video_TV_Cards&hash=item3f0197f051


Or if you need a single slot card this is only slightly less performance in a smaller package-

http://cgi.ebay.com/BFG-NVIDIA-GeFo...tem&pt=PCC_Video_TV_Cards&hash=item19bde9cf8c


But I'd definitely go for the gts if you don't mind taking up the slot below the x16 slot. Dual slot coolers may take up more space, but typically cool better. Plus the gts has 128 stream processors VS 112 on the GT.


That being said, what power supply exactly do you have? If it's some now name chinese one you may need a better one to run these GFX cards. Wattage isn't everything. I've popped a cheap 400w power supply with a gts250 (which is basically the same as an 8800gts 512mb) and it took out the motherboard with it. Lesson learned on cheap power supplies. Please look on the label of the power supply and tell us the amperage rating on the 12v rails.
 
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well i really plan on buy anything on the net like newegg or ebay, but i was thinking more into retailer store like tigerdirect, canadacomputer, or thesource (canadian store, u can check out thier website and it will show a list of thier availbilty gfx cards)

ill edit later and tell u waht power supply i have.
 
You have older hardware, you need a slightly older card to go with it. Places like those only sell new hardware, and sometimes it can be incompatible with what you have. The 8800gts 512mb is your best choice in that price range with the hardware you have.
 
Few days back I bought a PC & I get built in VGa...

But after a while I discovered that it is not performing well..

What should I do.....
 
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