Many moons ago (2008) I built a system for my son. Not being a real savy I built it from specs here. It has worked well and is still kicking strong. I would like to upgrade the graphics card and could really use some help. The orignal build is
GIGABYTE GA-MA770-DS3 AM2+/AM2 AMD 770 ATX All Solid Capacitor AMD Motherboard
EVGA 512-P2-N757-TR GeForce 8600GT 512MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card
AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ Windsor 3.0GHz Socket AM2 125W Dual-Core Processor Model ADX6000CZBOX
G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-6400CL5D-2GBNQ
Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD3200AAKS 320GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
Theres more if you need it, case etc. I was looking at new egg and would like to keep the price around 250 dollars if possiable. I just dont want to spend more on a card than the system could use or make use of. There is no overclocking done and It was built so he could play Micrsoft FSX flight sim. which I am now using it for and ofcourse want to max the setting out LOL. which may not be possible for this set up. Any ways thanks for any input
GIGABYTE GA-MA770-DS3 AM2+/AM2 AMD 770 ATX All Solid Capacitor AMD Motherboard
EVGA 512-P2-N757-TR GeForce 8600GT 512MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card
AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ Windsor 3.0GHz Socket AM2 125W Dual-Core Processor Model ADX6000CZBOX
G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-6400CL5D-2GBNQ
Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD3200AAKS 320GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
Theres more if you need it, case etc. I was looking at new egg and would like to keep the price around 250 dollars if possiable. I just dont want to spend more on a card than the system could use or make use of. There is no overclocking done and It was built so he could play Micrsoft FSX flight sim. which I am now using it for and ofcourse want to max the setting out LOL. which may not be possible for this set up. Any ways thanks for any input