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Old 10-12-2007, 10:04 PM
asjdwf Offline
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So confused on new graphics card purchase!

Hello all,

I've currently got a Nvidia Geforce 7300 GS It's 256MB DDR2, it's a PCI-Express card. and I am playing World of Warcraft (With burning crusades patch) and Sims 2 (With all expansions) My current card seems to be lacking when I put both games on full detail and I was hoping someone here could point me in the right direction on what would be a good upgrade. I need something that can run WOW at full speed and Sims 2 at full speed also. Price is somewhat a concern, don't want to spend 300 dollars or more LOL. My computer came from CompuUsa, It's a premade, HP pavillion with the graphics card installed seperatley because the one that was in it was not dedicated, or something like that.

here is the info of the one I have

* Specifications GPU: NVIDIA® GeForce® 7300 GS
* Bus Type: PCI Express®
* Memory: 256MB
* RAMDACs: Dual 400MHz
* API Support: Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0 and lower, OpenGL 2.0 and lower for Microsoft Windows®
* Connectors: DVI-I, VGA, HDTV
* Windows Vista? ready

* Included in Box GeForce 7300 GS graphics card
* Quick install guide
* DVI-I to VGA dongle
* HDTV dongle
Driver CD, Which Includes
* NVIDIA ForceWare? unified graphics drivers
* Full installation manual .pdf

* System Requirements CPU with 800MHz processor or higher
* 128MB of RAM
* Microsoft Windows XP
* CD or DVD-ROM Drive
* 35MB available hard disk space (50MB for full installation)
* A 350W PCI Express compliant system power supply
* A PCI Express compliant motherboard
* A vacant PCI Express x16 slot

Anyways........I see a lot of the 7600's on newegg for high prices and low prices that say the same thing ....what should I do? Also, will my current PSU/or power supply I think it's called, run a new card like it ran my old one or do I need to buy a new one that best buy showed me?
Thanks for all of your help up front.

Aaron
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