Buying new graphics card.

[orange wolf]

These are my specs;
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System Information report written at: 06/24/10 11:32:55
System Name: HOME-PC
[System Summary]

Item   Value   
OS Name   Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Home Premium   
Version   6.0.6001 Service Pack 1 Build 6001   
Other OS Description    Not Available   
OS Manufacturer   Microsoft Corporation   
System Name   HOME-PC   
System Manufacturer   HP-Pavilion   
System Model   KJ378AA-ABA a6430f   
System Type   X86-based PC   
Processor   AMD Phenom(tm) 8400 Triple-Core Processor, 2100 Mhz, 3 Core(s), 3 Logical Processor(s)   
BIOS Version/Date   Phoenix Technologies, LTD 5.11, 4/15/2008   
SMBIOS Version   2.4   
Windows Directory   C:\Windows   
System Directory   C:\Windows\system32   
Boot Device   \Device\HarddiskVolume1   
Locale   United States   
Hardware Abstraction Layer   Version = "6.0.6001.18000"   
User Name   Home-PC\Home   
Time Zone   Pacific Daylight Time   
Installed Physical Memory (RAM)   3.00 GB   
Total Physical Memory   2.87 GB   
Available Physical Memory   913 MB   
Total Virtual Memory   5.96 GB   
Available Virtual Memory   3.60 GB

[Display]

Item   Value   
Name   NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce 430   
PNP Device ID   PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_03D0&SUBSYS_2A6C103C&REV_A2\3&2411E6FE&0&68   
Adapter Type   GeForce 6150SE nForce 430, NVIDIA compatible   
Adapter Description   NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce 430   
Adapter RAM   128.00 MB (134,217,728 bytes)   
Installed Drivers   nvd3dum.dll,nvwgf2um.dll   
Driver Version   7.15.11.7521   
INF File   oem52.inf (nv_NV3x section)   
Color Planes   Not Available   
Color Table Entries   4294967296   
Resolution   1440 x 900 x 59 hertz   
Bits/Pixel   32   
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I'm looking to run Vindictus, Alpha Protocol, and Mass effect. I can run them but obviously I get graphic lag.

This is the card I am thinking of buying;
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4961945&Sku=E145-9507
A EVGA GeForce 9500 GT Video Card - 1GB DDR2, PCI Express 2.0, SLI Support, DVI, HDTV, VGA

Last time I bought a graphic card it wouldn't work, it would screw up as soon as I tried to install the drivers, or something like that. If I did buy this graphics card, would it work?

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[Oasis]

Buying new graphics card.

Is it a cool Game?

[Flying Ace]

it has to do with gaming though



ontopic if you don't need 1080p for any reason 9800gtx's are awesome

[snot2]

Yarp specially if the old one has 128 ram

[Flying Ace]

is the 9500 better then 9400 but 9800 better then both?

[Night Fox]

You lucky bastard.

[orange wolf]

Is it a cool Game?

Sorry, I really didn't know where to put this.

ontopic if you don't need 1080p for any reason 9800gtx's are awesome

Honestly, I'm not even sure what that part is, the 1080p.

[Flying Ace]

it's HD video

edit: as long as no one minds so I don't have to make another topic what do you guys think about me getting this one?

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4385460&Sku=P56-9820?

[DaSord213]

I just bought a nVidia 8400, it's not the post powerful, but it is such an upgrade to my old one.

Nice card though.

[orange wolf]

I don't understand what PCI is, will I have to know before I buy this?

Edit: as in, if my computer is PCI will this PCI express card work right?

[Snaffle J. Bean]

I don't understand what PCI is, will I have to know before I buy this?

Pretty much, yeah.

PCI and PCI-E are plugs on motherboards for graphics cards and such. If your motherboard doesn't have PCI or PCI-E, but only AGP, you're going to have to get an older card.

[orange wolf]

Pretty much, yeah.

PCI and PCI-E are plugs on motherboards for graphics cards and such. If your motherboard doesn't have PCI or PCI-E, but only AGP, you're going to have to get an older card.

This computer had to have been made after 2005, so I'm pretty sure I don't have AGP, but is PCI the same installation as PCI express?

[Snaffle J. Bean]

This computer had to have been made after 2005, so I'm pretty sure I don't have AGP, but is PCI  the same installation as PCI express?

A PCI-E card will work in a PCI slot, but won't perform as good as if it were in a PCI-E slot.

It would be best just to open your computer up and look at the slots. Possibly take a picture and post it here.

[orange wolf]

I don't have a camera but it looks like this:

[Snaffle J. Bean]

Okay, it looks like you have one PCI-E and one PCI. But one of them looks backwards. My PC has one that's backwards, too.

Does your PC happen to be made by HP?