Best Graphic for this model of motherboard with cooler master Cosmos case

ale9007

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Hi im looking for a nice video card that can support my machine, is pretty big! but has like 4 years from now,, so im planning to upgrade at least the video card cuz is lagging in almost every game.. MY specs are :

Motherboard: Intel Dragontail Peak DP35DP (2 PCI, 3 PCI-E x1, 1 PCI-E x16, 4 DDR2 DIMM, Audio, Gigabit LAN, IEEE-1394)

Ram 2 gb

Quad Core q6600 2.40ghz

Cooler master cosmos Case ( is very big ) as i said.

300gb hard drive

I was told that this video card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127663


would be good for me, can i get some help in this pls? or shall i decided for another one regarding price/performance.

Thanks.

 

JohnPMyers

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That video card is good and will do well. However, while that card will increase your performance a bit, you're still going to be held back by only having 2GB of memory. If your operating system is 32-bit, you should really consider having 4GB. If it's 64-bit, get 8GB (the max your motherboard supports) for best performance.

Having so little memory forces your system to use the hard drive as virtual memory and this is horribly slow and will definitely cause lag. Upgrading the memory alone would give you a noticeable performance increase, but including the video card will really make your gaming experience excellent.