Upgrade Help (i have some knowledge)

[souljabear]

ok well i did some research before bying a graphics card and got confused
im just gonna get to the point i have a gateway gt5670 * http://www.ascendtech.us/gateway-gt5670-gt5674-motherboard_i_mb64gw4006254ra.aspx * < all the info about it can be found here, its upgraded from a vista 64 to a win 7 32, (i dont know if this is relavant) i have intergrated graphics at the moment, so i wana know what slot type i have PCI-E, PCI-E 2 or 3? or better yet can anyone recommend me a card from tigerdirect? i hope to order it by this weekend.

 

[souljabear]

also would i hav to get a low profile? whats the diffence?

 

[samuelspark]

You support PCI-E so you can pretty much use any card. Low profile means the card itself has small dimensions. Also, we need to know the rest of your specs to find a good GPU. PSU/CPU/RAM/Monitor Resolution/What Games

 

[souljabear]

1024x764 res im using a sansui hdtv with VGA and i dont know what pcu is

 

[souljabear]

ill post more....
CPU is a AMD Phenom 8400 3core
Installed memory (RAM) 3.0G (2.87gb usable)

 

[souljabear]

it dont need to be but im also (attempting) to stay with in 150$ limit 10-20 over is fine

 

[samuelspark]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161417

Should be excellent. Play any game maxed at that resolution. Very low power consumption as well.

 

[souljabear]

sounds perfect, thanks for helping me out, do you know how long shipping usualy is?

 

[samuelspark]

2-3 days. Pretty fast.

 

[souljabear]

one question though i have that blue cord (VGA) and a s-cable slot, i dont either of them on that card

 

[souljabear]

would it matter? what card my monitor is plugged into? like i get this one, with those three slots wich i dont have or can use, and use my vga in the slot its in now? would i still get the graphics from the new card?

 

[samuelspark]

The graphics card comes with a DVI to VGA adapter. And you need to plug the monitor into this card.

 

[souljabear]

Best answer selected by souljabear.