Will a Palit GTS 250 1Gb work on my system?

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Hi im going to buy a pailt gts 250 to upgrade from my old sparkle 8600 gt
Will my system support it?
My PC Specs:
AMD Athlon 64x2 Dual Core 4200+ 2.2GHz
PQi 4 GB Ram [DDR2]
Sweex 650w PSU
Gigabyte GA-M55SLI-S4 [nForce Chipset] - (Has 2 x16 Pci-Xpress Slots)
1 Samsung 300 Gb HDD, 1 Samsung 160 Gb HDD, 1 Lacie 500 GB External Hardisk
Please do not offend me or call me noobish im a new comer thx :D
 
The GTS 250 will run just fine with your hardware, no worries.

Just one point, though. The CPU is a little weak to drive the GTS250, I would advise either a 9600GT or HD4670 would be a better match, and probably cheaper.
 
It will be an improvement, obviously the faster the processor the better but before you make a decision first:
Download and run CPUZ and open the 'motherboard' tab, this will tell you exactly which motherboard you have and, importaintly, if it is AM2 or AM2+, that little '+' is importaint and if you have a AM2+ 'board that will open up a wider range of upgrades.
Once that is done, check this list, it will tell you which processors your motherboard will support:

http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Support/Motherboard/CPUSupport_Model.aspx?ProductID=2310
 

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Yes, you are correct.
So to recap: Yes, your hardware fully supports the GTS250. Should you wish, a faster processor will give the card more performance but bear in mind, the X2 6000 takes your motherboard to the limit of its official support.
A faster card (HD4870/GTX260 or beyond) is likely to cause issues with the powersupply, despite its 650W output, the importaint +12v amperage is quite low.
 

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no im not gonna buy a GTX 260 or beyond. Thx for reply I think GTS 250 is going to be enough. Pls specify by x2 6000 takes my motherboard beyond the limits of its offical support. Do u mean to tell me that my motherboard wont support the 6000+?