Hi Can You Pls Help me...

Im from the philippines and im wonderin if anyone can help me on what to buy,im currently looking for a new PCI e Video Card and im planning to use it for gaming purposes,my CPU specs is this

Pentium 4 3GB
2GB RAM
(Currently Using my built-in VC which crap ^_^)

just wonderin on what to buy,here in the phils i can afford at least 5k php max or 6k rather,that's around 120US-150US Dollars
and i wanna know for sure on what to buy cause im planning to play Gears of War and GTA IV on my pc.
So pls give me some clue on what to purchase,email me or reply to this post or PM me here thanks in advance for those who will comply to this.

(Im planning to buy 1 of this babies - "Force3D HD4830 512mb,256bit,ddr3,dualDVI,tv" "Asus EAH3650 SILENT/MAGIC/HTDP 512mb,128bit" and this "Inno3D GEForce 9800GT 512mb,256bit,ddr3,HDTV,DualDVI" )

thanks ^_^

^^^^ What he said.

Didn't they (Inno3D) also make AGP versions of the 6600?

ASUS P5GLMX yeah im sure it has a PCI Express VC

then what should i do then???my processor must be replaced???it has 3.01 Ghz and it's still insufficient???what should i do boss??or the mobo needs replacing??

ouch so i have to completely overhaul my CPU?? T_T is there no other way???

it depends on what games you're going to play. to play something like GTA 4 (which is rely heavily on cpu) you really have to replace your pentium 4. but since your board cannot support dual or quad cpu you will have to replace your mobo and RAM (if i'm not mistaken your mobo using DDR 400 which is expensive and hard to find these days) as well. in short you might have to built new rig.

you can try to look on these graphic cards:

HD4650 (GDDR3)
HD4670
9600GSO
9600GT

9600GT is the best between the four while HD4670 is pretty much on par with 9600GSO. the advantage HD4670 over 9600GT/GSO is the card doesn't need 6 pin power connector to power the card.

i'm still using pentium 4 myself (3.0 OC@3.3). paired with 9600GSO i'm still able to play some new games like RE5 (high setting, no AA, v-sync turn on) with 30-50 FPS. but i play on small resolution (1024 x 768)

sorry to say http://www.gta4.net/news/single.php?id=4135
gta4 need at least a dual core.

what odd noise r u talking about? you sure that isnt from psu?

what renz496 said is quite right. it would be pushing it if you get 4850. 9800gt is also an excellence choice too.

oh shoot i guess i have to skip playing it T_T, Gears of War???can i play that game???

Jayce85, stop posting that everywhere, it is very misleading. I'm sorry if it doesn't work for you, but for me and thousands of others ATI cards work fine. you have your one thread on the topic, that is sufficient.

uhm sorry for the late reply,typhoons knock all power supply in our neighborhood for 2 weeks straight....Can my pentium 4 handle this cards - Nvidia 9600GT or Nvidia 9800GT

but if you really want to play games right now just get 9600GT/9800GT

can't edit my comment above

nothing will get harm but you may want to check out if your PSU is powerful enough to power the card. btw new generation cards supporting dx11 is out now but if you get that you really need to get whole new system. the only drawback using the card that you came up with is you're going to stuck with dx10 feature over dx11. but if you're not the one that like to max out everything then you should be fine with those cards

hmm then what would you be suggesting for me to buy???from processor to mobo's etc,thanks renz and redwine fr the answers,im still troubled on what to do >.<

im nervous now with the compatabilities of the parts...