Upgrading video card?

I have a Dell Dimension E520

Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.20GHz

2.0 GB RAM

Microsoft Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)

Video Card-256MB ATI Radeon X1300PRO (Radeon X1300 Series (0x7183))

CD Drice-SONY CDRWDVD CRX310S



Im looking into upgrading my video card and was wondering if someone can recommend the top video cards that I can put in this computer. All help is greatly appreciated.|||i would highly recommend the 3850. its a great card and wont bottleneck your pc. the 8800gtx is NOT the top card around.

the 8800 ultra is the top card. now the 8600 gt is OK for playing dx10 games but if your not planning on playing dx10 games then id rather get the 7600gt because it gets higher fps in most games. i would also think about waiting 1 month for the 9*** series to come out. the 9600gt will be pretty cheap and will be at LEAST twice the power of an 8600.|||check that on support.dell.com

or training.us.dell.com|||well



8800 GTX NVIDIA...if you willing to spend over 500 :P



its the top video card... its PCI so you will need a PCI motherboard



if not



8600 GTS...also very good still PCI cheaper tho|||I would research the amount of power draw that your computer power supply can handle. To be honest I was going to recommend the ATI card based on price, however, after doing a lookup on Newegg, you can find both the ATI 3870 and nVidia 8800 GT for around $250. It is personal preference.



I have two gaming systems, one a P5NE-SLI running dual 8800s and a Phenom based system w/ crossfire capabilities running a single 3870. Both systems are Asus boards running 22inch Asus monitors w/XP SP2.



I would say that in my limited real life experience, (Oblivion, Hellgate, C&C, Overlord,Soulstorm Demo) I did not see any discernable difference in the video at a resolution of 1680x1440.|||It has 1 PCI-Express 16x slot



Dont go for something crazy though, or you will bottleneck the hell out of it (Plus your Power supply probably couldnt support a 8800gtx or something)



I suggest an 8600GT

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…