Need a New Video Card For Gaming?

Hi Ive been playing games with a PC i bought about a year ago and i want to upgrade the video card to play some of the new games out there can you suggest some of the best video cards and then some of the more affordable ones around $200 also it has to be compatible with my pc



I have NVIDIA GeForce 6150 SE shared video memory (UMA)

Hp Model a6700f|||You can pretty much pick anything that is PCI Express x16. I am not going to get into the AMD(ATI) vs nVidia dispute. I am going to leave the choice up to you. I would however suggest that you get something in the Radeon 4000, or 5000 series, or a GeForce 9000, or 200 series...



I would like to also say that I have 2 of the Radeon 4670 1GB Cards in my desktop, and I haven't found a game yet that my computer cannot handle. The perk to the 4670 is it is a standard size card...so overall size is not a problem, then on top of that it does not require additional power connectors so your current power supply should be able to handle it. In my Laptop i have a Radeon 4650 512Mb, and it too handles games quite well.|||The best ones would be the new GeForce 400 series, aka "Fermi." Second place would be the higher end of ATI's Radeon HD 5000 series, like the 5870 or 5970. Then it's the higher end GeForce 200 series like the 295...



Affordable cards under $200 would be the Radeon HD 5770, which is about $170is on Newegg. The HD 5830 is about $250.



As long as you have a PCI-E slot, and enough room to put the video card in, and a good enough powersupply, then it should be compatible.|||Check out this card. EVGA 01G-P3-1158-TR GeForce GTS 250 1GB 256-bit DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card - Retail. out of 55 buyers on newegg it has a 5 star rating. EVGA 512-P3-N871-AR GeForce 9800 GTX+ 512MB 256-bit DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card - Retail. is much more popular at 5 stars with 972 reviews. but with half the memory. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130514. I personally like EVGA products because they have lifetime warranties. no joke. if your card goes bad.. call em up and they will send you another. if that goes bad one day, call em again. if they dont have your older card they will send you the closest matching specs from the new generation cards. personal experience on that one.



also, if your looking for blazing speed in your games, you might need to consider that even with 4 cores, the 1.8ghz phenom is going to be your weak link after this. not the card. I would also suggest an upgraded power supply.300 w is not enough to run these heavy hitters. even if you do, you wont last for long. you will wear that supply out fast. a bad power supply can take your mother board with it. consider 500w or more.



bro.. thats the price of pc gaming in the top end. and once your on top, your still using last quarters goodies. have fun