Looking for new graphic card compatible with my motherboard

deepnk007

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I have P5N73-AM - Asus mother board and Intel(r) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E7300 @ 2.66GHz processor. I want to start gaming again but I don't know if this motherboard and processor are good enough. Also I wanted to know which graphic card will be compatible with my Motherboard and processor. Please advice me on my motherboard, processor and which new graphic card is advisable?
 
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Totally Agree, A 7770 is the best bet for best performance/price. With minimal bottleneck either.

verma1891

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Your processor is old. So is your mobo. But it can still play games. If you have the budget, upgrade the whole rig, if you dont, get a graphics card only. This will enable you to play games. Dont expect it to max out things. Here's a good graphics card-http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-video-card-gtx760dc2oc2gd5

Buying a higher end graphics card for this system is not recommended as it will be bottlenecked by your CPU and DDR2 ram. Even a gtx 760 may be bottlenecked.
 


Even my 650 is bottlenecked by my old 945GC motherboard. The 760 is on a whole new level.
 


A bad investment for sure, and it will be terrible for gaming especially with a bottleneck like that.
 


Agreed. My recommendation to the user is different. He should not buy any graphics card and build his budget. When ready buy new mobo, CPU and GPU, otherwise when he will update his system in future, his current spending on mid to low level graphics card will be a waste