What would be the best graphics card for my PC?

Question

I have an Emachines w3615 with the following specs. Were is the best place to get the best video card for my peticular pc at a great price? I wanna be able to play Crysis (or better) with no problems. Or is the one I already have is good enough?

MB: MB, 945G 10/100 LAN W/O 1394 - INTEL 4006173R
CPU: CPU,Intel P4 631 (3.00GHz)
CPU Fan Type: Fan Heatsink P4 AVC
HDD: HDD, 160GB 7200rpm
Memory: Mem, DDR-RAM 2GB
ODD1: DVDRW,MF N3LC DLYR 16X
Modem: Modem, Fax Conx RSLG V.92 56K
Power Supply: PS, 300 Watt 100929
LAN: LAN, 10/100 100372
Multimedia Reader: MEDIA READER,9IN1 105453
Video: NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GS PCI-E SLOT

Answer 1

The 7300 is not really a powerful card, its less powerful than the 7600 and x1600 and they have some trouble keeping up with modern games.

I would move up to a 8600, I have one and it awesome, maxes out just about everything but the best games. The 8800gt is overrated, its an extra $150 and the 8600 actually beats it in some games like FSX.

Your cpu is a little lethargic for this kind of thing, but luckily you have a socket 775, so you can upgrade to even a quad core if you wanted.

Look at this benchmark, its comparing the 3ghz p4 to the cheap cheap 1.6ghz pentium dual core (the renamed original core duo, not the same as pentium d), the pentium 4 gets annihilated, even the 3.8ghz extreme edition p4 gets killed:

http://www23.tomshardware.com/cpu_2007.html?modelx=33&model1=911&model2=884&chart=421

The 1.6ghz os only $70 and the 2ghz is only $80, and the 2.2ghz core 2 duo is only $120, and if you went all out the quad core is only $250:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116037

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116052

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115031

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115017

With exactly the same hardware, the quad core runs 7.1 times faster than the 3ghz p4, and even the 1.6ghz PDC is twice as powerful.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

nvidia 8800gt is the best value for money