Need help choosing a video card for my Q6600 2.4Ghz

quixutopian

Honorable
Jul 1, 2013
2
0
10,510
Well, being NOT a tech geek nor am I knowledgeable in specs, I really need help in choosing the right gaming video card for my Q6600 so I can play some games without worrying about my PC.

Here's my current specs:

Gigabyte EP43-DS3
3 GB RAM (yep, i will upgrade that too)
Windows 8 (64-bit)
NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700 (yep, it's for a workstation but my original plans to learn more about my job (CAD works) at home never really worked out... so I'll change it into a gaming PC instead, :) )

Budgetwise, I am willing to spend up to 150 USD... what would be the best video card I could get that could work for me within that budget?

Any help would be greatly appreciated... thanks!