I'm planning on buying a new video card...

Hey everyone,

I'm been playing GW for about 2 yrs now and haven't had any problems when I played. But now I feel I want to step up my game and get a better video card.

Currently, I'm running on Intel Integrated Graphics (Go ahead Laugh now)

So I'm planning on buying a new video card in the not too distant future.

I only need an entry - medium level card nothing high-end also around the price range $100-200.

Any Suggestions Guys?

Thanks

i think you should get the GeForce 7900 GT as its not too pricey and can run all games that are out now

What are you using PCI, AGP, or PCI-E?

um..... i don't know? how do i find out?

Seeing as you use integrated graphics, who is the manufacturer of your PC. Also the model number of your PC. This way we can find out what slot your video card will take.

Open ur comp and campare the slots to this. Ignore the PCI-X.


I suggest this card (asuming your card is PCI-E). Even if your card isnt PCI-E you probably do have a PCI-E slot. It hits your max price after the rebate, tell me if this is a problem.
EVGA 256-P2-N765-AR

Sony is my manufacturer. Model Number: VGC-RB40 yea...

According to your model, you have a pci express 16x expansion slot. The card that lucky stripe suggested is quite good. MIght be a little bit pricey for you, but it is dx10 compatible so you will be able to run all the current games, providing the rest of your system holds up. You might want to look into upgrading your ram as well, only 512 might cause the vid card to not run at full potential. I also noticed that your pc only has a 300W power supply (PSU), might want to see if that vid card upgrade will be handled properly by your PSU

Keep in mind DX10 is no beter than DX9 if you dont have vista. Sagill has 512MB of RAM so I take it that he/she does not have Vista or would want to run Vista.

lol actually i have 1.5gb ram i upped that about a month ago. thats the only change to my system

Forget about GeForce 8600 cards, they always sucked - too slow for any real DX10 games, not a cost-efficient solution for non-DX10 stuff, and now that Nvidia has the ~$220 GeForce 8800GT (about twice as fast) out there's just _no_ point in buying a GeForce 8600 card, GTS or not.

Unless you're planning on putting together a new comp from scratch, in which case the 8800GT would be a good idea, just get a cheap GeForce 7900.

Buying a 8800GTS would be the best thing to do but the limit is $150. You can buy the 8600 GTS and use NVIDA's step up plan to get a 8800 GTS over time for cheaper than it would be to actualy upgrade.

Yes, but the GT only runs that fast in PCIe-2.0 No one seems to know this

ok scratch the 150 limit i can squeeze in about 30-40 more bucks so lets say $100-200ish?

ok i lied that card is still 300 bucks. nvm

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814150249
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814150229
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814131066

would any of these be good for me? They are fairly cheap too.

Nobody is taking account the PSU and/or the actual physical size of the PC's case. That PC comes with a 305W PSU, which is probably a generic no-namer that may struggle with modern graphics card on top of everything else. Not to mention the fact that it might not even have the extra PCI-e power cabling that a more modern card may require. I know my 7900GS requires a dedicated PCI-e power lead.

Also, graphics cards these days are pretty large and may not actually fit in the case physically.

Just a couple of things to think about.

so are you saying I should get more power from a new PSU before upgrading my video card?

I think the only card we have to wory about when it comes to size is the 8800GTX or bigger. this case should fit ur average card just fine. Your current PSU should be fine with a card like i suggested but if you make any uppgrades after this, I would make it the PSU, its kinda the backbone of your comp. N like azagoth said, make sure u have a 6-pin PCIe chord.
Heres a pic of what it connects to on the vid card to give u an idea if you arent sure what this means.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ShowIm...-AR+Video+Card (4th Pic)

I wouldnt make a move quite yet. New cards from ATI and Nvidia are due out over the next 10 days or so.
Of particular interest to you should be the new 256Mb version of the 8800GT.
http://forums.vr-zone.com/showthread.php?t=203926

305W is really a weak PSU though. If it were me, i'd go for a short term upgrade to something like a 7600GS/GT and then upgrade do a bigger overhaul once the next gen cards arrive.