Just wanted to bump this cuz it looked like it was getting lost in the mix....

I was actually trying to figure that out, and I'm not really sure how to do that other than looking on the unit itself. What I found was a sticker on it that saysLC A42 ATX 12V. I googled that and couldn't find anything. The only way I know it's a 425W is that I googled my PC and checked out the specs. It's a cyberpower 5100. Based on what I'm discovering from this PC it's probably a lower end power supply, just like my Graphics card, motherboard, keyboard and mouse. Well, not sure my motherboard is lower end, but the max RAM it can support is 4GB, so it'sprobably lower end or older.

Okay..checked again, and prob not good news from just a brief google of it. It's a TurboLink LCA420 ATX 12V.

P.S. I'm not really looking to find out if my power supply is a good one or not, really just if I can run the 250 card with it in terms of whether it'll provide enough power.

Okay...from what I'm hearing the 250 isthe way to go, a better choice than the 9800. Question I have now is power supply. The 250 calls for a 450W and I have a 425W, can I get away with that? I was thinking if I can't that the 9800 listed below would be a good alternative. I don't want to buy another power supply right now. Is this 9800 at least close to the 250 in terms of the performance I can expect?

PNY XLR8 GeForce GTS 250 Graphics adapter - 1 GB - DDR3 SDRAM

BFG BFGE981024GTGE NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT 1 GB GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 Graphics Card with EcoIntelligence Low Power Design

Thanks for all your input. I THINK I've decided on this one.

PNY - NVIDIA GeForce XLR8 GTS 250 1GB DDR3 PCI Express Graphics Card

I can get it on Amazon for $128 with a $20 rebate, making it $108. From looking around, that seems to be a pretty good price. It's going for $149 at Best Buy.

Funny you mention the 9800, I've put this one in my cart at Amazon. Would you recommend this one?

BFG BFGE981024GTGE NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT 1 GB GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 Graphics Card with EcoIntelligence Low Power Design

Not knowing anything about cards, what's the difference between the two? This second one is like 30 bucks more. How much better is it, and is it worth the extra $30. The so called regular price on this one on Amazon is $209, and $149 for the one above.

EVGA 01G-P3-N981-TR GeForce 9800 GT 1GB DDR3 PCI-Express 2.0 Graphics Card

Just found this one at bestbuy for $124, which I would prefer cuz I have a giftcard with them. How am I supposed to know the difference, they all sounds so similar???

PNY - NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT 1GB GDDR3 PCI Express Graphics Card

Sheesh, another one...so confusing...a little pricier, though...

PNY XLR8 GeForce GTS 250 Graphics adapter - 1 GB - DDR3 SDRAM

First, I have to say I pretty much know nothing about graphics cards. So, I just bought a Cyberpower PC witha 2.6Ghz quad core processor and 4GB of RAM, so I'm thinking I've got a pretty powerful system and can pretty much run any game out there, with maybe a few exceptions, especially since I have a 1GB video card. However, after some research, and first hand experience, my 1GB card is on the lower end of cards. It's the Geforce 9500 GT. Now, I've always thought that the memory of a video card was the end all and be all when it came to cards, and 1GB is plenty! But, then I see the price of my card and I see some 512mb cards that cost way more than my 1GB and that really showed I don't know squat about cards if a 512 card could perform better than a 1GB card.

So, one question is about running Fallout 3. With my system specs and my 1GB card, albeit a lower end card, I figure I should be able to run that game pretty much flawlessly at max settings. It's not like we're talking about Crysis here, or even Just Cause 2, which I could barely run. However, when my son played Fallout3 there were some framerate issues, which kinda bummed me out.

Second question, what card is recommended for like the sligthtly above 100 range that given the specs of the rest of my system could run at least all of the second tier games in terms of spec requirements, such as Fallout 3, Left for Dead 2, Bioshock 2, etc, at maximum settings without any hickups? And like the upper tier games like Just Cause and Crysis with maybe taking things down a notch, but still playable.

Third, if I do get another card, what should I do with my current 9500? Should I keep both cards in the sytsem? I do want to have a dual monitor set up. Should I just connect both monitors to my new card, or one to the 9500 and one to the new one?

Oh, fourth question. I think the problem with playing just cause 2is that when I went to "can you run this" it said the recommended specs were directx 10.1 capable card. I was looking around at some $100ish cards and the max on those were only 10. If I get a card maxed at 10, will I end up not being able to run a lot of games in the near future, or would I be safe getting a card that's just 10 capable?

Thanks a lot.