Upgrading Video Card?

I recently purchased a Gateway LX-6200 2.2Ghz Phenom X4 9500, 8GB DDR2 Memory, Windows Vista Home Premium (64-bit) and ATI Integrated graphics card. I was thinking of upgrading my video card due to less than stellar FPS when playing World of Warcraft. Was just wondering if it is possible to do so and what would be a good option for me to purchase?|||As noted, you can upgrade a desktop machine with the proper video card matching your video slot on your machine.



The important item is to see if you need to update your power supply to handle the new video card.



Sarge|||i would go for a recognised brand of graphics as integrated graphics that come with pcs are not designed for gaming. they can at most handle movies or games that are several years old. i would see if you can get a gpu as it would add processing power onto your cpu as well as displaying images. therefore you would experience increased speed and faster graphics. I dont know about compatability for your system so i wont say but do get the biggest card you can afford.|||I think you should stick with with ATI so you can run duel monitors if needed.

In Australia, you can buy anything from a

512M 8400GS $45AU to a PCI E 16x 2GB 4870x2 Dual core for around $750AU retail.

bare in mind this upgrade is possible providing you have a spare PCI express 16x slot on your motherboard.|||This is a tough question to answer - this is a desktop PC and therefore it can be upgraded, but suggesting an upgrade is largely based on what you expect performance wise. World of Warcraft is not a particularly heavyweight game, even with everything turned up. It looks like your machine comes with the ATI HD 3200 integrated, so there are several cards that would be faster. I personally would look towards something like the Nvidia 9800GT/GTX since its currently in the sweet spot pricewise at ~$100-150 with pretty good performance.



Check out sites like anandtech.com and tomshardware.com to get reviews of current video card performance.|||You have a very good configuration in your PC except VGA card. Actually ATI is a well recognized brand but integrated graphics do not support for gaming. They are very poor in HDR lightening and Pixel shader which are two main features which supports for gaming. If you have PCI-Express slot in your motherboard you can go for a good VGA card. If you go for good VGA, it increases not only the performance in gaming but also the quality of pictures, movies and you can enable high resolutions and video effects,3D effects without decreasing the performance of your PC .

I recommend you to go for a VGA of a well recognized brand like NVIDIA or ATI . Actually I do not know much about ATI VGA models. These are some NVIDIA GEFORCE VGA cards which are suitable for gaming which are in ascending order of performance in gaming. 8500GT, 8600GT, 8800GT, 8800GTS, 8800GTX, 8800Ultra, 9800GX2.

Actually 9800GX2 is extremely good for gaming but very expensive. But 8800GTX is very good VGA for gaming and can purchase for a reasonable price in these days. It was a one of the best VGAs of NVIDIA, one year ago. I think it is good to go for the best one you can afford. ASUS and XFX are good manufacturers for NVIDIA VGA Cards.



you can compare these VGAs and many more NVIDIA VGAs by visiting this link.



http://www.nvidia.com/object/graphics_cards_buy_now.html