6600 GT? How is the future?
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It's worth it now, however, if you're a serious gamer, then no card will stay relevent for four years. If you're a gamer, you'd be better off going with at least a 6800GT, as that will give a little more "head room" than a 6600GT.\n\nIf you're not a gamer and you just want it for high definition content, etc., then it should last several years.\n\nNote: It may or may not be adequate for the upcoming Windows Vista in full Aero Glass mode though.
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The first thing you'll want to identify is if you have an AGP slot or PCI Express. Most newer computers have PCI Express, but I'm still rocking an AGP slot. I assume you have that out of the way.\n\nNow, when looking for a graphics card the numbers tell much of the story, but it's not always true to form. For example, depending on the quality of a graphic chip or the memory used, you might get varying results.\n\nThere's also varying degrees of "high level" 3D. Odds are you are looking at specific game or two? You can check the game's recommended graphics card levels on the box or website. They will give you two levels "required" and "recommended." Required is the bare minimum. You'll want more than that. Recommended is what they say is best. A good rule of thumb for PC games is to find the recommended specs, and then boost up your power a level or two. This way you won't be lagging behind completely 1 one year. But PC games the way they are now, 2 years is about as long as you'll ever get at "high level."\n\nMemory is highly important, one of the key features of a graphics card. I'd recommend a minimum of 256mb at this point.\n\nNow I could talk specs with you all day, but your main concern here has to be price. Graphics cards that can play any modern game on the shelf today range from $100 to well over $700. What is the difference? Well that $700 is going to be BRAND NEW and have every new piece of technology out there. The $100 card, while serviceable, probably is on it's dying breath and will need to be upgraded to play next years games. The question is, are you going to want to play a specific game now? Are you looking to the future? And how much are you willing to pay for future proofing?\n\nAnother item to consider is that a new graphics technology, DirectX 10 is JUST coming out. If the future if your concern, you'll want a card that features this technology.\n\nIn short: the number one thing you want to look for is a good price to performance ratio. You can do this by researching reviews and all the technical numbers that these kind folks will feed you. A good sweet spot for graphics cards is typically $200-300. More than that and you're paying to be an early adopter. Less than that and you're buying an already outdated card.\n\nI've avoided using specific numbers, due to the fact that "high level" changes every 6 months. And it varies greatly depending on what game you are wishing to play. World of Warcraft is an entirely different beast than F.E.A.R.\n\nI've linked a great source for you to check graphics card reviews. Often times you can find the card you are looking for and see how it stacks up to other cards of similar price and features.
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The best AGP card would be a Nvidia 6600GT or 6800 video card.  6800 AGP cards are a bit rare but they do exist.  It's probably easier (and probably cheaper) to get a 6600GT, however.  These cards are a good choice because they support the latest graphic doo-hickeys like the latest shader version, DirectX 9, etc.\n\nPlease note that no ATI X-series (X300, X600, X700, X800, X1800) cards are available in AGP form except for one that exists for Apple Macs.  These cards are manufactured months to years in advance and ATI chose not to support AGP in favor of PCI-Express.
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Now we are talking, AMD 64 Overclocked, Heat exchanger cooling a Motherboard that will hold 4GB ram, SATA twin HDs one to hold your OS one to hold Virtual Drive for games GTX OC GE Force Nvidia 7800 Graphics Card PCI-E, 600w PSU, System blowers all round and a 24inch W/S TFT (that's extreme gaming)\nSorry got carried away there, cost about £2500-£3000 but what a beast to build, my Dream.
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the X1650 is one of the latest cards around and is Vista safe.\nit is *NOT*, though, a fast card; a 9800(XT) will outrun it most common benchmarks.\nit will only run (properly) on a newer motherboard, either with PCI-E or AGP8; you will have trouble getting the card to run properly on any older motherboard only supporting AGP4.\nthus, if you have one of those, the Nv5200 (or a 2nd hand 9800XT) should be your preferred choice. none of those will run Vista to its fullest, though
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look at like the Dell XPS etc. They do a lot, but they'll eat a battery in nothing flat. How much on-the-road high end graphics do you think you'll be doing, anyway?
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PriceApprox. $530 for 2.67GHz, 4MB L2 E6700 (TBC)\n\n///
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not much. spend about 30 bucks more and get a 6600GT 128meg card. works with all games. very nice for the price. go to www.newegg.com  they have the best deals.
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hi,\nUR cpu speed and RAM are enough to support the card.If your motherboard has an AGP 4X(1.5V) then the card should run fine.256 MB gforce 6200 turbocache is also a good option.
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Of course it will.  Get 1 GiG of RAM or better too, for the best optimaization, if you all ready haven't yet.
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Any of these will make you one super happy man :)\n\nI also believe you have an AGP port instead of PCI-Express\nhttp://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?N=1069609639&Submit=ENE&Description=geforce+6600gt&Ntk=all\n\nHere is a link of how it performs in 3dmark.\nIt gets a pretty good score. Although a 6200 is also a great card as you  can see the 6600gt is about 3 times as fast as the 6200.\nhttp://www.tomshardware.com/2005/12/02/vga_charts_viii/page18.html
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No. Computers from big companies like Dell often do not come with video CARDs. They usually come with integrated graphics and other junk like that. If you are a gamer, kill the integrated graphics and custom order a graphics card. If you simply do work, don't bother custom ordering. Since I am a big time gamer, I suggest the 6600GT priced at about 120 and the 7800GT at 299 dollars (these are nVidia cards).\nOh yeah, the guy above is quite right. The Dell XPS Gaming PCs come with "high-end" graphics cards. I still wouldn't buy a PC because I can make my own and mod it all I want.
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I had a 5200 and it was nice for limited gaming.  If you are into serious gaming like BF2 or FarCry or other graphics heavy applications.  You want to try to spend as much as possible on a great video card.  The nVidia 6800 with 256 Mb of memory is what I'm using now and I love it.  It's by no means a top of the line card only cost about $160, but it works for the games I mentioned great.  I have PCI-Express though and that may make a difference.  You can get great reviews on vid cards at www.tomshardware.com along with prices from tiger and zipzoomfly.
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Everyone so far has given you "yes" or "maybe".  No, the answer is to play the game well, plain, flat out, no.  Yeah, on the lowest settings, its a definite maybe.  But, to play them well, no.  Your processor is OKAY not great but OKAY.  The problem with the Xpress 200M is that this is an integrated card and it is taking 64MB from you main memory.  I remember someone saying you had a "good" system.  It's not.  It's just okay.  But we can... fix that, sort of.  What you need is a dedicated graphics card and since you have the Xpress 200M chances are you also have a PCIe slot.  That being said, you should purchase one, a Geforce 7600GT graphics card, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130017 and then get yourself an additional 512MB module of memory (bringing the total to 1GB).  You should now be able to play all the games in that list at a resolution of at least 1024 x 768 with most effects enabled.  The limiting factor here is your processor.
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I think you should buy the NVIDIA GeForce 6600.It would play on medium and high settings and maybe make the graphics a little better.
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About your best bet is the GeForce 6600 GT brilliant mid range card
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NewEgg list two PCI FX5500s, at $54 and $78.\nI recommend that you opt for the 128-bit $78 3DFuzion model - although it is currently out of stock...\n\nA motherboard from before AGP times!  The processor might not be upto playing COD - you should give serious thought to a total upgrade.  For $112 you could source a Foxconn SoA motherboard, Sempron 2400+ CPU and 256Mb DDR400 RAM.\nThen $78 could buy you a 9600XT - but if you had the money - there would be much more choice!\n\n(AGP) comparisons of older cards:\nhttp://www.tomshardware.co.uk/2003/12/29/vga_charts_iii/page16.html