Hi! I'm looking to get a new graphics card, basically replacing my old GeForce 8500 gt. It's really really old I know, but I've actually beat many games with it (set on lowest resolution and quality of course) and I've gotten tired of that and I need something new. Playing on highest resolution isn't really a problem, I don't mind playing on 480p or so just as long as the gameplay is really smooth.
My system specs:
GA-945GCM-S2L motherboard (old, I bought it in 2009).
Pentium 4 3.4 GHz CPU.
Ram is 4 gigs DDR2 (only 3 gigs are usable).
PSU is 500W max.
I've been doing a lot of research and I'm worried that the GPU I really wanna get won't work on my motherboard. I want to get the EVGA GeForce GTX 650 so I dunno if that would work or not. I am going to definitely upgrade my motherboard and everything else when I get the money but I thought maybe I could get the GPU first. I know my system will bottleneck the GPU but anything is better than that old one really but I wanna know whether I'm gonna have problems with that or not, or whether I should opt for something else? My price range is 100-150 dollars or so. I know I wrote a lot but I'm kinda thrilled as I just got the money for it and I really need the motivation to build a better gaming PC. Thank you so much if you read this, and sorry for the message being too long.
My system specs:
GA-945GCM-S2L motherboard (old, I bought it in 2009).
Pentium 4 3.4 GHz CPU.
Ram is 4 gigs DDR2 (only 3 gigs are usable).
PSU is 500W max.
I've been doing a lot of research and I'm worried that the GPU I really wanna get won't work on my motherboard. I want to get the EVGA GeForce GTX 650 so I dunno if that would work or not. I am going to definitely upgrade my motherboard and everything else when I get the money but I thought maybe I could get the GPU first. I know my system will bottleneck the GPU but anything is better than that old one really but I wanna know whether I'm gonna have problems with that or not, or whether I should opt for something else? My price range is 100-150 dollars or so. I know I wrote a lot but I'm kinda thrilled as I just got the money for it and I really need the motivation to build a better gaming PC. Thank you so much if you read this, and sorry for the message being too long.
, I think I'm gonna get me an i3 or something, I'm not really going to replace my monitor, so HD gaming is out of the question, might as well stick to something in my price range. Thanks 
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