G'Day Hardware forum people to who im new! Getting straight to the problem (not really a problem, a problematic question more like): im a greenhorn when it comes to hardware, computer guts and i could use your assistance. Point is, i have this PC right here; AFAIK its fine and all exept the video card. GeForce 6600 is quite retro and crappy right now, i suppose, right? Im looking for some specialists assistance about this - im looking to buy a new video card while not knowing much of them (wich one is good, better and so on). Need your suggestions. Here's my computer irons (the ones i tought worth telling you): The software said motherboard is unknown, but it's ''945P Series''. Atleast thats what the book says. And i guess ''945P'' is just series, not a specific model and i dont know how to find out the motherboard model apart from taking off the computer sides and digging inside its guts (if really needed, i can do that). In general: I have nVidia GeForce 6600, i think its old and crappy, i need new one. What you suggest? I wish to play vgames like ArmA2 and others around that kind of graphical performance (so far all the system requirments pass such games reccomended specs except the vcard). Mainly its the vcard assistance needed here, but if im already posting this here, gonna ask one more: how's the rest computer? Will it stand some more years? P.S. If more info needed, i can anytime find out more about this PC, but i dont think such detailed intel about it isnt needed just for a videocard change.
Welcome to HWF If you want to play games like ArmA 2, I'd suggest to upgrade your CPU to at least an Intel Core 2 Duo (E6600 or higher) to get decent performance. Your motherboard (Intel 945P supports this). It's optional, though. Your current CPU is fast enough to run the game. Concerning your graphics card, you should use a Geforce 8800 GT, Geforce 9800 or higher to be able to run the game. Your System Memory should be enough, so no need to upgrade that.
That one is quite fast indeed. But I would suggest purchasing an ATI Radeon HD4870. It's much cheaper, very high performance and you save some to spend on a faster CPU
I agree to RHochstenbach - a GeForce GTX 460 would be bottlenecked by all the other components. Mostly the CPU. The Pentium D is a office CPU - you should get a Core 2 Duo or a Core 2 Quad.
