So confused on new graphics card purchase!

[asjdwf]

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

[Generator]

the 7300 gs is nvidias replacement for the 6200 turbo cache card...your card is sharing sys memory..also its not very powerful.. its only got 128 memory on ..it uses 128 of your pc memory when it needs it..go for dedicated memory of 256 or more..like the 7600 gt etc,, or check the best card you can get for your specs.

[asjdwf]

Um.......mine is dedicated memory. Check the stats on 7300GS at Nvidia.com

It's a DDR2 256MB, LOL. It's dedicated. Anyways, I opened up my case and finally found out that I have an antec 380 watt psu. I called best buy/geeksquad and they confirmed that I can run a 7600gt or even a 7900 without any problems. Does that sound right?

Aaron

[Generator]

i have to disagree with you ..the 7300 gs cards has turbo cache which shares system memory. so your card must have 256 dedicated memory and uses 256 system memory if needed. it also could be 256 mb but 128 shared..if you bought and it said 256,,then its shared with 128 of your system memory. if it said 512 than it is 256 dedicated memory. a 7600 gt should be ok. heres the specs on your card http://www.nvidia.com/object/7_series_techspecs.html

[asjdwf]

Ok cool. Thaks so much for your help, you guys know so much more about this stuff than I do. So are you saying that with a 380 Watt Antec a 7600GT will work fine? If so I'm buying it ASAP! LOL Thanks

Aaron

[Generator]

yes,, your have no problem,, you have enough power..heres a link to the 7600gt psu reccomendation. http://www.leadtek.com/eng/3d_graphi...lineid=1&act=2 ,and thats the 7600gt extreme card.