Looking to buy a new graphics card.

Ive been looking around for a nice graphics card. Ive looked at several sites like newegg and compusa and i found the XFX GeForce 8400GS 256MBto be a good buy. Im not looking for top of the line graphics just something that will give me nice frame rates and nice visuals on games like WoW and Guild Wars. I recently got Gears of War for the PC and it looks like crap on my comp. I was wondering if this card could handle the game with medium-high settings and still maintain a good frame rate. Also how much wattage would you need for this card? Here is a link to the card on newegg. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150257. Thx for the help. :)

no you deffiently wont be able to play gears of war with that card on medium-high. go for this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130035

or http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150229(much much better then the 8400gs)

its funny....some guy reviewing the card on newegg said he played fear, bioshock, crysis on the card and said that other ppl tottally overlook itBibone

Was that guy on crack by any chance?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127296

Can't go wrong at that price. The XFX one seems way overpriced, look at all the other 8400GS on newegg. You're paying way more for 2 DVI outputs, unless I'm missing something, don't look at low-end cards too often. Would probably go for the 8600GT anyway tho, still only like $75 after rebate.

Is there really a major diference between the different companies like MSI, XFX, or PNY?Eastdabest

Out of those brands,XFX has the best warranty (Double Lifetime Warranty) but IMHO thats useless because the card will usually be LONG obsolete before it gives out.

Is there really a major diference between the different companies like MSI, XFX, or PNY?Eastdabest

EVGA has the best support, BFG is usually overclocked (but expensive) and certain cards come with free games. I like EVGA first since they're also usually the cheapest.

Is there really a major diference between the different companies like MSI, XFX, or PNY?Eastdabest

In terms of performance, not really. XFX generally overclock better, and cover your part if you do overclock and damage it, and also give double lifetime warranties. Probably come in a nicer package with more contents. In the higher end gfx cards the better brands are usually only marginally more expensive, so worth paying the extra $10-20. In the low-end market not worth paying so much more, wouldn't care too much about a $40 card personally, if it lasted a year that'd easily be my money's worth.

Whats overclocking? Sorry for all the different questions lol Im a noob at this:PEastdabest