Help Needed for Selecting Graphics Card

[just_jimish]

Hello Friends,

I am a new member of this community & I need your help in selecting Graphics Card for my PC.

My PC Configuration is as follows,
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- Intel Core 2 Duo E4500 – 2.2 Ghz
- Intel Original - 945 GCNL Board
- 1 GB DDR-2 RAM (667 Mhz)
- 450 W Power Supply
- 17” CRT Monitor (1024 x 768 resolution)
- Running on Windows XP – Sp2 (32bit)
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- Budget is around $70 to $100
- Preferable Bard to buy – Nvidia (or as you suggest)
- Should be DirectX – 10 compatible
- Mostly I play racing games (NFS series games)
- Ready to upgrade RAM as my board supports max up to 2Gb.

I did some search on Internet but it is very confusing to selecting best suitable one for my pc… So kindly help me to select best Card within above criteria.

Thanks in advance. :icon_wink:

[Xlphos]

I would recommend getting any of the 9 series graphics card from Nvidia. Have a look at the ratings Nvidia Series 9. Better off going with 9600 GT or better, You will have to look you self for prices I am in the UK and work in pounds.

Things to look out for

Core clock speed > 500MHz
Memory clock speed > 800MHz
Shader clock speed > 1500MHz
Memory > 512MB (GDDR3 is better than GDDR2)
Memory interface > 256-bit

This is my thoughts, I would find out how graphics cards work before buying.

[just_jimish]

thanks Xlphos.....

I will workout with points u have suggested...

I was also thinking of 9600 GT.. now I just need to inquire prices in Indian rupees.

thanks again.