Better graphics card than nvidia geforce 9500 gt

Madcap Snow

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looking for a better graphics card than what is in the title preferably alike to the current one. idk how many watts i have but i have a 500 watt laying around if someone can tell me how to find out what i currently have. 150 is my budget USD only want something worth the money
 

Fulgurant

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Man oh man. Are you in for a treat!

Buying a GTX 650 Ti Boost will lift you 14 tiers in the Graphics Heirarchy Chart. :) I'm not even sure I can quantify that difference in meaningful terms. Suffice to say that you're using a card that's comparable to the one (a 7800 GT) in my 8-year-old Opteron 165 rig.
 

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He doesn't necessarily need a new power supply. Granted, if his power supply is of a crappy make/model, he might be interested in replacing it regardless, but the beautiful thing here is that PC tech has grown more power efficient over recent years at the same time that it's grown more powerful. Apart from the chassis, a good power supply actually has the longest potential lifespan of any component in a new rig these days, remaining relevant for possibly two or three future builds.

So the long and the short of it is that the if the OP wishes to post more info about his power supply, we can certainly evaluate whether he should replace it. But in principle, unless the OP's power supply is total and utter crap, he should be ok. The 9500 GT, based on the old reviews I could dig up, was a very low-power card, lower than the 650 Ti Boost. The 650 Ti Boost is by no means a great power hog, though. Max power draw looks to be 118 W.
 
Dxdiag really will not tell us anything about your PSU. For that post the make/model of your PSU and we can look it up. The real problem lies in the fact that there are some really bad PSU out there that can blow up when they get taxed and some of them can do that even before they hit there limit. And that can take the whole rig with it. I have seen them go up in smoke it is not good. As others have said the GTX 650ti Boost would be your best option as far as a GPU. But that will only work if your PSU can handle it if not you run the risk of taking the whole system with it.