Upgrading my computer

[Awepicness]

A few years ago I bought an HP Pavilion p7-1234. I realize now that the graphics card it came with - the Radeon HD 6530D - isn't great for some of the newer games and even for some of the ones that aren't quite as new. I'm looking to buy a new graphics card for it, but I don't know what to search for. Also, if I do get one, I don't know if some of the other parts would bottleneck it. So here are the questions I have:

Could someone please recommend a graphics card I could get and maybe any other needed hardware upgrades to support it? I have a budget of about $250 right now, but I'll have up to $450 I'd be willing to spend in a few months.

Is it worth getting new upgrades for this computer at all, or should I just save more money later on and build a better one?

here's the product specs on HP's website: http://h20565.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/template.PAGE/public/kb/docDisplay/?sp4ts.oid=5187022&spf_p.tpst=kbDocDisplay&spf_p.prp_kbDocDisplay=wsrp-navigationalState%3DdocId%253Demr_na-c03363664-10%257CdocLocale%253D%257CcalledBy%253D&javax.portlet.begCacheTok=com.vignette.cachetoken&javax.portlet.endCacheTok=com.vignette.cachetoken

thanks for your time in reading and answering this.

 

[Ubrales]

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Use the computer as-is and then save up for a new build.

 

[eatmypie]

Probably a 750 ti would be the best fit for your system. you can watch what it does to even the systems that only cost like $300 here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_Pnte_niJE it will give you up to a 8x to 9x performance increase in most games. Then you could do something like buy something like an fx 6300 and a msi or asus micro atx am3+ motherboard for your future system. Then once you have some money again buy a case and power supply along with 8 gigs of ddr3 ram