What is a good a good video card?

Question

i'm looking to upgrade my video card and really don't have that much to spend.as of now i have the factory card(intel(r)82954express chipset family.i'm looking for one to enable me to play the 10 odd games that i bought and need a more powerful v.card.one of the games is PAINKILLER.CAN ANYONE SUGGEST ONE AT A REASONABLE PRICE?THANK YOU ALL THAT ANSWER

Answer 1

GMA 950 on Intel 945G chipset is not for gaming. You need a real graphics card. Some options:

Cheap= ATI HD3650, HD 2600 or Geforce 8500GT

Good enough= Geforce 9500GT or HD 3850

Awesome but need a big power supply= HD 4870, 4850 or Geforce 9800 GTX+

Answer 2

depends what the games are.

basically the more you spend the more powerful the video card will be.

if the games you bought are crysis, bioshock, assassins creed, etc, then you will need to spend money on something like an 8800gt or higher. Will probably cost $130+

If you really want to keep the cost down, list the games you have and someone will advise you on the cheapest card.

Also, do you know what slot type you have and what your power supply rating is?

Slot type will be pci, pci-e or agp

if you dont know, http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php will tell you under mainboard-> graphics

Also, do you need the card to be dx10 compatable or is dx9 ok?