good video card???????

is there a graphics card between 100-150$ that can run games such asRome:Total War.( Withnolag )I really dont know anything about pc hardware and would like a little advice before i buy something. Its a Hp pavillion desktop. It has a Intel(R) Celron(R) 2.70 GHz processor. I have 1 Gig of Ram ( may be updating that soon ). I recently put windows vista ultimate on it. I would prefer to buy the card from bestbuy so if you would please help me find the best card they got around that price i would be really grateful. Thanks in advance. I have a ps3 but i love rts games and rts is making a slow ( very slow )transition to consoles. If you need any more info please let me know or if you recommend any other sites for me to ask about this

4330 or 9800GT... Get a new proccessor while you're at it.

will you please provide a linkso i can fully understand. im know absolutely nothing

would this be good

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=9339192&st=9000+gt&lp=2&type=product&cp=1&id=1218102780717

i really dont trust buying off internet much and bestbuy is really the only decent electronic store we got.

That is pretty overpriced for a 9800GT. HERE is a better priced one even though it is only 512MB.

Either of these:

card one

card two

Will perform better and cost less than the card you linked, assuming your power supply can handle the 9800 series.

buy from tigerdirect, new egg and possbily amazon.

Just look around, some times one of those sites has a deal superior than the rest.

I live in CA, i have to pay taxes for newegg, but not for amazon or tigerdirect.

Tiger direct usually has 2 dollar shipping for certain items, while sometimes newegg has an item priced lower with free shipping. It all depends.

And honestly 1gb for Vista ultimated is really low. Upgrade to 2gb of ram. What's your curent graphs card? Or is it integraded (onboard)?

Also if anything that processor is really crappy.

Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP
1.0 GHz Processor
256MB RAM
2.9 GB HDD space
8x CD-ROM drive
64 MB DirectX 9.0b compatible Video Card
DirectX 9.0b compatible 16-bit sound card

Honestly a 9400Gt would be fine for that game, anything higher would just be a waste with that processor.

Just get this

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=9182831&type=product&id=1218049408411

9500 GT

Itwouldnt be better to go ahead and get the 1gb one. i plan on playing games besides rts on it.

im completely over-hauling the computer. im just doing it as i get the money for it

Itwouldnt be better to go ahead and get the 1gb one. i plan on playing games besides rts on it.

rolltide101x

If you're talking about 1gb video card, then no.

If the question was Hd4870 512mb or Hd4870 1gb i'd say go for the 1gb.

But with a low end card, no 512 is fine. You have a single core Celeron at 2.7 ghz, am I correct?

If so then a 9500GT is the best you should get. Also keep in mind better graphics card require good power supplies and HP usually gives pretty crappy power supplies. I use to use an HP, then I THEN(accidently put just) realized instead of wasting time on it i'd save and either build one or buy a custom made pc.

The old HP I had wasn't extremely bad at it's time though, it had an AMD 4600+x2, I had an 8600 GTS with it.

Gad that's horribly overpriced... why are you buying from Best Buy?subrosian

by the way. what processor would yall recommend. I have no clue how to price them so if yall could please give me a price range for a good processor i would be very grateful

by the way. what processor would yall recommend. I have no clue how to price them so if yall could please give me a price range for a good processor i would be very grateful

rolltide101x

how do i found out???

its probably a sucky one. LOL but i have no clue how to find out which i got

how do i found out???

rolltide101x

Trigem motherboard

it doesnt go any more specific than that on HPs website

For Rome you don't need that good of a card. A 7600GT would suffice.

never mind one sec

Motherboard nameGlendale

Form factoruATX

Processor brandIntel

Processor socket typemPGA478

will this info suffice

im sorry it put everything together like that it wasnt like that when i was typing it sorry

omg im dumb i should have just gave you the link

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c00046449&tmp_track_link=ot_recdoc/c00038821/en_us/c00046449/loc:1&lc=en&dlc=en&cc=us

omg im dumb i should have just gave you the link

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c00046449&tmp_track_link=ot_recdoc/c00038821/en_us/c00046449/loc:1&lc=en&dlc=en&cc=us

rolltide101x

Well, I'm sorry to tell you buddy, but they no longer sell CPU's for that socket, unless you buy online. 775 is the major socket, and even that is getting phased out pretty soon.

omg im dumb i should have just gave you the link

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c00046449&tmp_track_link=ot_recdoc/c00038821/en_us/c00046449/loc:1&lc=en&dlc=en&cc=us

rolltide101x

how much would "good" motherboard cost. I plan on switching everything that isnt atleast decent out. i guess i should get the motherboard 1st right??

how much would "good" motherboard cost. I plan on switching everything that isnt atleast decent out. i guess i should get the motherboard 1st right??

rolltide101x

ok, but i have no clue what to buy. i hate to ask this but can you recommend a entire system for me.

[QUOTE="rolltide101x"]

how much would "good" motherboard cost. I plan on switching everything that isnt atleast decent out. i guess i should get the motherboard 1st right??

subrosian

it may take me a couple months to get the money for all the parts though LOL.

ok, but i have no clue what to buy. i hate to ask this but can you recommend a entire system for me.

rolltide101x

it may take me a couple months to get the money for all the parts though LOL.

rolltide101x

k, thanks for the help.

2.8Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo E7400 3MB Cache FSB 1066
Stock Intel LGA775 Heatsink and Fan
ASUS P5KPL-CM (Intel GMA 3100 Video, G31, PCIEx, 8-Channel Audio, LAN, 4xSATA2, 2xDDR2, 1333FSB)
2GB (2GBx1) PC6400 DDR2 800Mhz Memory Lifetime Warranty
320GB 7200RPM 16MB Cache Serial ATA300
22X LG Dual Layer DVD+/-RW/CDRW w/Nero
512MB nVidia GeForce GTS 250 GDDR3 PCI Express DVI/Tvout
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 32bit SP1
Antec Black 300 (3 5.25, 6 3.5 bays) 2 Fans, Front Audio/USB/1394
500watt Antec EarthWatts EA500
Onboard LAN included
Onboard Sound included
Standard 1 year parts and labor

ecollegepc.com
Total price (that includes shipping)$686.00
No tax.

Or mess around with cyberpowerpc.com