Which Graphics card should i choose

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Hi everyone.
I am going to buy a new graphics card (1 gb) plz tell me what i should get.
My system specs are given below . plz see them and tell me the appropriate card.

OS: Windows 7 ultimate
Motherboard: Gigabyte G41M-ES2L
Ram: 3 gb DDR 2
Processor: Intel Dual core @2.6 GHz(E5300).
In built graphics:1 GB( intel X4500).
HDD: 580 GB.
I am not sure about the SMPS watt but will chech soon.
Please tell me which graphics card model i should buy for playing the latest games. I don't know the PCIE version of the pci slots(2.0 or 1.1). If anyone please have any knowledge obut it please help me.
Thanks before hand :hello: :hello: :hello: :hello: :hello: :hello:
 
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OK my SMPS is 300 wattz . And i have a crt monitor with 1024 X 768 resolution. i am looking for a graphics card within $200( can increase)
thanks
 
if your psu is too old(i assume that it is old), you can get a new psu like corsair's cx 430 v2 or cx 500 v2, seasonic s12ii 520w psu.
with the rest of the money, you can get a radeon hd 7750 or radeon hd 6770 for your 1024x764 crt monitor. a little higher can get you a radeon hd 6850. these should be enough for gaming @1024x768.
or you could save up money and buy a whole new pc later.
 

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upgrade psu to corsair cx 430 and gpu to 6670, 6750 or 6770. A 6850 is better than all of them. 6850, 6870, etc. could be preferred if u plan to go for high resol. in future, else both will be more than enuf
 
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well i have an old 80 gb HDD and a new 500 gb HDD.
 
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ok, i will get those , by the way my cpu cabinet is old HP model . hope i have no problem getting a new psu installed in it.
 
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in 2006 i bought this hp compaq model , but in 2010 i changed its mother board , processor and ram to the current specs.so now u can say its insides are different than when it was bought , but the smps is the same old one :p
 

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tbh even installing a new psu would be pointless the system is really old and a 6850/6870 will be bottlenecks by the cpu as a friend of mine has the 6870 on a e6600 @ 3.125ghz and he recives half of the performace i do with the same card.

if i was you id either get a completely new system of a 7750 as that would work on ur psu :)