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[HEAVY]

Hi Bammers, i need your help, i have a good computer but my video card Intel ® G33/G31 Express Chipset Family (128 mb) isnt good for games that id like play( gothic 3, titan quest, assasin's creed....) . So, i want change it, but i dont know for what card . Im sure that i dont need some megafuckingsuper expensive video card. I need something simple(maximum-256mb) but good
Here characteristic of my computer:
Intel® Core™2 Duo CPU
E6750 @ 2.66GHz
2.67GHz, 1,98 Go
Motherboard: ATX INTEL® DG31PR FSB 1333 Mhz , DDR2-667
Thanks for your attention, if you need info, ask.

[AlbeyT]

I'll be waching this one because I need on too.
I have a Dell xps 400

[Spanky]

depending on your budget, i would go for either the GTX 460 or the ATi 5850. both reasonably priced around $200 ( depending on where you buy ) and support DX11 for future gaming. as for the list of games they will be overqualified performance wise. if your looking for a more inexpensive card i would look into getting a 4800 series from ATi or anything above a 220 GT from nvidia. i went from a 9300 nvidia low low end card to a 220 GT and then a 4870 and was shocked on the games i could play that were previously unplayable, even on low graphics and screen resolution settings.

[HEAVY]

depending on your budget, i would go for either the GTX 460 or the ATi 5850. both reasonably priced around $200 ( depending on where you buy ) and support DX11

$200?! I think that its fucking expensive, lol
For me (im poor student and i try to economize for my futur car ), maximum=70$

[Jesus]

get the radeon 5670, its under$100

[HEAVY]

thank you guys, ill think about it

[HEAVY]

Do i need PCI-express, PCI or AGP?

[Spanky]

depends on what you have available. do you have a pci exprss slot you can use? thats the main one you should go with if you have it available ( which you should). otherwise AGP is the next best thing. supposedly AGP is 8x faster than PCI, and PCI express is 4x faster than AGP.

[HEAVY]

depends on what you have available. do you have a pci exprss slot you can use? thats the main one you should go with if you have it available ( which you should). otherwise AGP is the next best thing. supposedly AGP is 8x faster than PCI, and PCI express is 4x faster than AGP.

ok, look it, here is full info about my mother board: http://www.intel.com/products/desktop/moth...pr-overview.htm

[AlbeyT]

Do i need PCI-express, PCI or AGP?

does your machine even have an agp slot? mine doesn't...... old on does though....

[Spanky]

You have pci express. also you ahve pci but i wouldnt recommend it unless your willing to sacrifice performance for it. here, its easier to look at it from a top view. though it is a bit disappointing that it only supports ddr2 >< i would upgrade the mobo in the future for better support on ram and processors, but for now its more than suitable for what you want to do =)

http://images10.newegg.com/NeweggImage/pro...-121-323-05.jpg

[HEAVY]

something like that? http://cgi.ebay.ca/BFG-Tech-GeForce-8400GS...=item335f7d8f4f

[Spanky]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...5-277-_-Product

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16814162040

try somthing more like these. they will last longer than the 8400 and outperform it =)
whatever you choose, just make sure it has the right interface for the mobo

[HEAVY]

Thank you Spanky

[Spanky]

anytime ^^ i would before you buy look up benchmark videos on what the performance is with some of the games you wish to play. im sure you can find one with assasins creed on at least one of the cards you are thinking of

[HEAVY]

Yesterday, i bought Gigabyte Radeon HD 4550 PCIe 512mb DDR3 128 bit. Yes, thats not a very good card, but power supply of my pc is 350w, so, radeon 5670 and gt 240 will not work correctly. Also, one thing that i need to know: how i can change it correctly on my pc? and How i turn off my old Intel ® G33/G31 Express Chipset Family?