i am going to buy a new video card but i need help

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ozal

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hi guys !

i am going to buy a new video card cause i wanna play some games on my pc like gta iv , bully , race driver grid , test drive unlimited 2 etc...

but my pc is a bit old here are the specs :

motherboard : asus p5kpl-am se
processor : intel pentium dual core E6300 2.8 GHZ ( its intergrated graphics)
RAM : 2 GB maybe upgrading to 4 GB
power supply : 400 watt

i dont want to play games at high/ultra i only need low/medium. i do want the best i can get on this pc but i cant upgrade my cpu or motherboard so i need help getting the best graphics card for this pc. i am now on holiday so the pc is not with me and i want to buy a graphics card in holland because in iraq they dont have graphics card and they are expensive .

thanks for reading i know its long and alreadt thanks for the help!
 
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ozal

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first of all thanks for answering but my motherboard is only pci express 1.0 x16 i have bought a sapphire radeon HD 7750 1 gb gddr5 but it didnt work
 
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SO you are stuck with something DX 10 so I would say get a GTX 285, I still have one and it give great performance for a DX10 and noreaster I would have suggested that card if it was a higher CPU besides and didn't have a chance of possibly not getting the full grunt out of the card!!
 
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ozal

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yeah and i dont know what to do at the moment my head is full of these things i have been google'ing for about a week now and i dont know what to do
 
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ozal

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and another thing as i said i am on holiday and i need to know that my graphics card is going to work 100% sure i cant buy one then go home and then get nothing on the screen then i can do nothing with the gpu
 
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Your E6300 should be reasonable for what you want to do.
Yes, 4gb will be much better.

pcie 1.0/2.0/3.0 are all forward and backward compatible.
No reason a 7750 should not have worked unless it was defective.
Your 400w psu should have been sufficient unless it is a cheap unit.
What brand/model is your psu?
Very old units did not deliver power to 12v. What does the data plate say about the maximum amps for +12v?

What were your symptoms?

Only the top cards see any impact from slower pcie speeds.
A GTX750 or ti will be a very good upgrade that needs no added power.

 
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ozal

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i need to be 100% sure it is gonna work and no my psu is a 80+ silent something i cant look right now because i am on holiday/vacation what you guys call it and i want to buy a gpu but i need one that is going to work 100% with pcie 1.0 x16
 
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