Need help chosing a new graphics card for my Dimension 8200

[Whistler]

Hi folks,

Newbie here!

I want to upgrade my graphics card(64mb geforce ti200) on my dimension 8200 and I'am looking for some feedback from the peeps in the know. I mostly use my pc for gaming on-line, mostly COD2 for now. My FPS suks playing the new COD2 on-line...np in single player mode......

processor is 2.0G, 512k w/ 512mb mem...
I also upgrade by monitor to a 20" flatscreen...

I spoke to Dell's famous customer service a couple of dif times and they offered two dif cards.
1. Vision teck-xstasy radeon 9600 256mb AGP....$126.95
2.Geforce 6600 256mb...$143.95

Now I've been reading the forums @ Dell and lots of folks have had bad things to say about trying to get their Geforce 9600 to work w/ the dimension 8200...either they work or they don't...something to do w/ the power supply or the motherboard..
I haven't read anything neg about the radeon as of yet, so before I go and spend a whopping $150, I thought I would get some better advise...

I would be thankful for any advice...

Steve :?:

 

[prometheas]

Those two cards arnt that good and their overpriced... 9600 is old school... while both would allow you to play cod2 at considerably better fps than ur current setup , there are way bettter deals..... i would suggest a 6600gt, a much better value and itll allow u to play cod2 at medium settings at 1024x768... btw- check to see if ur power supply can handle it...