Help buying graphics cards

[kurtyboy1967]

good morning i have a pc with intel core 2 duo E6300 and 4 g of ddr2 what would be the best graphics card to get for this system

 

[alyoshka]

Depends on what sort of PCI/PCIe Slot the mobo has.
I would be more advisable to start saving for a new rig.

 

[kurtyboy1967]

thanks for your reply www.intel.com/design/intarch/manuals/315664.pdf ....this is the mother board manual i am trying to make the best out of this system till i can save up the money for a better one. any help you can give me woulf be great thanks

 

[alyoshka]

Ok, what would you be using the rig for with a graphics card.... what sort of apps, games are we looking at?
Your board has a PCIe x 16 First gen slot on it.
So you could even go for the just announced Gigabyte 7850 1GB card..... but....it would really be more advisable to go for a PCIe first gen or second gen card.

 

[Ravyu]

Yea.... I think you should save up for a new computer. PCI E 1.0 isn't gonna power the current gen cards. You can probably go for an ATI GPU if your that desperate

 

[alyoshka]

Maybe this
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121475

or this
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814500259

Should give you ample use....
Or
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814162100

 

[kurtyboy1967]

I would like to play the new XCOM: Enemy Unknown game and command and conquer type games mindcraft WOW..........

 

[kurtyboy1967]

so what would you recomened is the best proccesser and MOBO with out breaking the bank

 

[alyoshka]

I couldn't find any AMD cards on newegg for 50 bucks that would be the max I can advise the OP to put into a GPU for his rig.... so that why the choice is stuck to Nvidia....

 

[kurtyboy1967]

Thanks for all your help....

 

[johnsonroad]

Let me help you out:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102988

Seriously, the GT 520 and 610 are abysmal purchases for gaming. His CPU is plenty powerful to handle a 6670, and even if it weren't, why in the world would you buy a card that's less than half as powerful for basically the same price?

I agree with the 6670. It's not only the best value, but the best performance since anything above that would be too powerful.

I currently have the same E6300 Dual Core Processor at 1.8 Ghz. I've been using an 9800 GT for a few years now, and it's been a decent setup. I am riding this PC out until next summer, when I'm building a new one. In the mean time, I am also going to be playing XCOM: Enemy Unknown like the OP. And I'm not anticipating any problems.

So yeah, 6670 is probably the best bet.

 

[alyoshka]

Check out his Mobo .....