Need help in picking a graphics card on a budget.

gerboli

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Hello,

I was trying to play some games that required Direct X 11 but it seems that my video card is not compatiable with this (when I run the dxdiag it says that I have direct X 11, so I am assuming it is a graphics card problem, I had the GeForce 8800 GT). Anyways, if this is indeed the problem, I am looking to get a new graphics card so that I can play games on DX11 but I am unsure of what one I could get (my budget is around $120).

I was looking at getting something like the ASUS AMD Radeon HD 7770 1GB GDDR5 PCI-E Video Card (HD7770-1GD5), or at least something similar. If there is something better for the same price or specs please let me know. I am also assuming that my CPU won't have a problem with a card like this (see specs below).

Any help would be much appreciated, especially because I do not know all that much about these sorts of things.

Here are some specs and pics of the CPU that I have:

http://www.trustedreviews.com/Dell-XPS-630-Gaming-PC_Desktop-PC_photos_6

http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/desktop/f/3514/p/18893382/19016368.aspx#19016368

 

gerboli

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Is my CPU compatible with these cards? I've tried doing some reading on my own but it is a little overwhelming when first reading about the specs. There are things like these 6 pin plug ins or somthing that when I looked in my CPU it didn't seem like I had. I am assuming I need something like this to plug into the card?
 

gerboli

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I can't tell if I have a 6 pin plug in or whatever it is called. I am assuming I need that but I couldn't find a plug in when I looked in my CPU (see pics in OP). If I don't have a plug in, what are my options?