Decent graphics card for my cheap gaming rig

guerrero

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Around $100 I would prefer under $100 ;) My res i 1440x 900 but il play around 1280x760 I would like to play Battlefield 3 on high-medium

===FUTURE CHEAP BUILD FINAL===

AMD A4-3400 Llano

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103955

ASUS F1A75-M LE

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131769R

G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231310

COOLER MASTER GX 450W

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817171060

Case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811156226

I have an optical drive and HDD with Win 7 32 bit (no full 4gb ram)

I saw some Refurbished cards
A gts 450 for $90 and gtx 460 for $100

I would like if it would play "modern" games on high-medium

This would be my first build im 14 ;P I think il get the card after my jr high graduation to game during summer haha :hello:
 

firedice

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Lol there is no question about the motherboard, more the case. But your case is a mid tower, so you'll be fine for the 6850. My friend can almost play BF3 at ultra in 1080p with a 6850. At such a low resolution your processor is going to be the bottleneck. At that price point I would highly recommend getting a sandy bridge pentium and cheap motherboard to go with it. A couple more bucks for a lot more power coupled with a 6850.
 

guerrero

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Il choose this card for my graduation present haha (3 weeks) and the intergranted graphics can run BF3 on medium on about 30 fps+ and after rebates this is about $180 without gpu