don't know what i need

[Ehrler]

So I am looking for a graphics card but I'm compleatly clueless bout what I'm looking for and at. The only card I have ever had was a 9500 1GB. I have about a $50 price range. Any advice?

My system
HP Pavilion p6741c Refurbished Desktop PC - AMD Athlon II X4 640 3.0GHz, 4GB DDR3, 750GB HDD, DVDRW, Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit

My monitor
Acer S200HL Abd 20" Class Widescreen LED Backlit Monitor - 1600 x 900, 16:9, 100000000:1 Dynamic, 600:1 Native, 60Hz, 5ms, DVI, VGA, Energy Star

[Cheese]

Squat,

You have the same processor I have, though I home built mine and have pretty good components and a kickin' vid card.

Check here for the best vid cards for your money:

http://www.hardware-revolution.com/b...february-2012/#

Radeon HD 6750 for $80 is your best bet.

Good Luck!

Cheesy

[Ehrler]

That may be a bit pricey for me. I still need to buy a joystick. But I'll look for that card on amazon. They seem cheaper on there

[Ehrler]

I looked up that card and it's out my price range. I'm workin with a grand total of $120 to get a card and joystick. And if need be a power supply. I think mine has a 250 watt unit right now but I'm not sure

[Buzzard7]

I have a GTS250 I can send you. It's basically a 9800GTX on crack. It played the game maxed out before this last update.
You would need at least 500 watt PSU. PCIex16 slot and it takes up a bit of room in a case.

[semp]

250w ps is kindda low. you may have problems with most video cards as they wont get enough juice to run.

[Ehrler]

250 is what it came with. I only payed $300 for the tower. Figured it's a good place to start

[Ehrler]

Ok. All you pigs that know me know how inpatient I am . So instead of waiting and waiting for a tower that was in back order I swapped it for another 1. Wich means I'm right back to not knowing what I need lol.

New tower:
Acer Aspire AX1420-UR10P Desktop PC - AMD Athlon II X4 645 3.1GHz, 4GB DDR3, 500GB HDD, DVDRW, NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE Graphics, Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit

[Waystin2]

Ok Ehrler, slow down, take a deep breath, now count your taters! LOL

[Ra]

That system seems to be less then your original one (certainly the graphics card is). If all you want to do is replace the graphics card the 9800 is still pretty cheap and you know that it works in your current system (even though your power supply is way to low). Here are some on ebay pretty cheap but stay away from BFG ones since they are out of the video card making business.

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from...All-Categories

Or you can go with the one that Cheese recommends since AH seems more ATI friendly.

Ra