graphics cards

i know nothing about graphics cards, all i know is they can be good or bad...
i need a graphics card for less than 150. around 100 would be preferable...
how do u know which card is better, by memory or what its confusing to me :O

Does your motherboard have an AGP 4/8x slot or Pci-e express 16?

Whats the card for? No point buying a $20 card if you want to play F.E.A.R or a $400 card if you want to look at your emails.

im building my first computer

here is my stuff i have chosen, im on a tight budget

MOBO
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813138264

CPU
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103533

PSU
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817148008

RAM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820145526

HARDDRIVE
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822144184

CASE
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811144001

thats pretty much it, its my first build though

i play games but im on a budget so thats why im askin for help

then the best card you can get for 150$ is a 6600gt
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814150098

u also picked the wrong ram pin, ur mobo supports 184(ddr400, 3200), that ram pin is 280(ddr533 4200)

your budget is better than mine, i envy you lol :p

Why buy a motherboard with onboard graphics if you intend to buy a graphics card?

Quote:

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Onboard Video Chipset nVIDIA GeForce 6100

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In fact that onboard video looks quite good.

You have also shown me a board and chipset I wasn't aware of. New material to study! :shifty:

wait so can anyone point out a ram that would be right for me (preferablly cosair and 2X 512mb to equal 1024) for as cheap as possible and how good is that onboard graphics because i read somewhere that onboard graphics are bad

2x512MB DDR400 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820145440


This is a very new motherboard with Nvidia 6100 onboard. I cannot tell you yet how good it is but it's not for extreme gaming performance but still quite good.

Here is another motherboard with even better onboard graphics: http://www.pcstats.com/releaseview.cfm?ReleaseID=1301

If you really are looking for an advanced gaming system then choose a board without onboard graphics.

well i play counterstrike 1.6 and source and some old games...im going to start playing some new games maybe like battlefield do u think i should use onboard and then later on upgrade?

What system are you used to playing with?

uh i think the answer would be xbox or windows xp

Yeah but what graphics card is in your current system that lets you play those games (preferably the whole system specs). I'm looking for a comparison here.

This might help: http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=2539

not my computer but, amd athlon xp 2500+
160gb harddrive
STOCK GRAPHICS CARD
512mb ram
lol

The lol part of your post is the best. :lol:

STOCK GRAPHICS CARD tells us very little. Use Lavalys EVEREST to get more information.

stock, heh that's probably 32mb ati rage at best like me :p (proceeds to weep)