good pci-express video card to run WoW/Starcraft 2?

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#1 freakxpink
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Currently my set up is

 

3.2 GHz Celeron D

512 DDR2 RAM

FX5500 PCI 256MB

 

terrible, huh? well, i plan on buying a pci express card because it has a pci-e slot. my price range is about 100-180. i also plan on buying another gig of ram.  

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#2 X360PS3AMD05
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I would really recommend you wait for the $40 Celerons to come out next month (based on the Core arch.) and pick-up a good mobo for $80-100 and stick to your current card. Right now it'll suck, but when Starcraft 2 rolls around you won't be hating yourself for not having a good upgrade path. Then you can stick in a nice DX10 mid-range PCI-E card. If you do go for say a 7600GT, the CPU will probably be holding it back :?
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145526 RAM - 40$ 1024mb Corsair Value Select I actually just bought this about an hour ago :) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130075 GPU - 85$ 7600GS 256mb I own this card its suberb. or http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130062 GPU - 110$ 7600GT 256mb a tad better than a GS w/ GDDR3 mem. Those should run SC2 very nicely