Graphic Card for an Athlon 64 x2-4400

Hello!

First of all i will list my specs:

AMD Athlon x2-4400
4Gb RAM
Ati 1900 XT

Im playing on a 1680 * 1050 resolution and wondering about which graphic card would fit me best.

Im thinking in something like 9600 XFX triple X edition, to avoid neckbottle, but im not very sure if i could get a better card.

What would you suggest for me?

Thank you!! Really!

(And please, forgive me for my bad english).

that's good enough. get the basic 9600 GT to make it cheaper.

Well, yesterday i bought the card: XFX 9600 GT triple x edition.

And well, first i runned 3dmark 2006 with my 1900 XT, getting 5189 points... pretty poor...

So, i changed the card especting much more point, and found tou my self watching the screen with just 6908 points...

Damn.

But i checked the cpu, my amd 4400 x2 (939 socket, its not an AM2) and it was running to 1800 Mhz per core!

I went to the bios, and raised the multiplier from 9 to 10, so i could get 2000Mhz per core. And runned again 3DMark, getting this time 8006 Points. Not a great deal, but better anyway.

So, went back to the bios and raised from 10 to 11. Runned again 3DMark and got 8012 points.

So i think the CPU was making some bottleneck at the first try, but the next ones was just ok with it.

Then, should i change the card? a 4850 is not much more expensive, so probably it worth it, doesnt it?

I had a similar setup. Upgraded from an x800 pro to a 8800gt and I can play fallout3 on that machine with AA, high quality and good fps.

my current machine:

4400 X2 939
8800GTX
2 GB Corsair RAM
Windows XP Pro

Only games i struggle with:

Supreme Commander
World in conflict

everything else i can play max without problems even crysis can be played at max although i get 25fps, its still playable. the games ive listed above are very CPU dependent i know that i can more than double my performance in them if i upgrade to a core2duo but money permits, and its not something i can afford at the moment.

you can put as fast a gfx card in there as you want, you will be able to play all the latest games at the highest settings, UNLESS the game is very CPU dependent(most games arnt)

damn to the fact i can no longer edit!

anyway, your 4400 should run at 2200Mhz default not 2000Mhz, i have mine overclock by 200 to make it a 4800 at 2400Mhz. its a safe easy overclock to do and will help you push some more frames.