gonna buy a new GPU! need help

[Hanzo Hattori]

Hey guys and girls

So my old GPU (Geforce 8800gtx) crashed and i need a new one now. As I noticed Operation Flashpoint (the new one) wasnt running that good, like on medium settings I got about 20 fps. Thats kinda low.

First question:

There are hella lot of GPUs on the market atm, but which one's the best for 100 - 200 euros?
I want my new GPU to have at least 1GB GDDR and if possible DirectX 11. I'm not quite sure whats better to use for gaming, because there are a lot of similar graphics cards.


Second question:

Do I need to upgrade my system at all?

CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 (2x 2.44ghz or something)
RAM: 2GB atm (gonna buy atleast another 1GB stick)
GPU: Well, not available.
HDD: 800GB disk space

I'm going to play all those GPU monster games as Bad Company 2, MW2, Crysis and so on...

Thanks

 

[the_dancy_vagrant]

Hey guys and girls

So my old GPU (Geforce 8800gtx) crashed and i need a new one now. As I noticed Operation Flashpoint (the new one) wasnt running that good, like on medium settings I got about 20 fps. Thats kinda low.

First question:

There are hella lot of GPUs on the market atm, but which one's the best for 100 - 200 euros?
I want my new GPU to have at least 1GB GDDR and if possible DirectX 11. I'm not quite sure whats better to use for gaming, because there are a lot of similar graphics cards.


Second question:

Do I need to upgrade my system at all?

CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 (2x 2.44ghz or something)
RAM: 2GB atm (gonna buy atleast another 1GB stick)
GPU: Well, not available.
HDD: 800GB disk space

I'm going to play all those GPU monster games as Bad Company 2, MW2, Crysis and so on...

Thanks

Questions: when did the graphics card fail and when was the last time you updated your nvidia drivers?

The reason I ask is because there's recently been a rash of nvidia cards being destroyed by a flaw in the 196.75 version drivers. By recently I mean in the past week. The driver apparently doesn't tell the cooling fan on the card to operate at proper speeds, resulting in the card first performing badly followed at a later time by full blown irreparable failure. You may be able to get a free card out of this if it was caused by these bad drivers.

 

[Hanzo Hattori]

Hey guys and girls

So my old GPU (Geforce 8800gtx) crashed and i need a new one now. As I noticed Operation Flashpoint (the new one) wasnt running that good, like on medium settings I got about 20 fps. Thats kinda low.

First question:

There are hella lot of GPUs on the market atm, but which one's the best for 100 - 200 euros?
I want my new GPU to have at least 1GB GDDR and if possible DirectX 11. I'm not quite sure whats better to use for gaming, because there are a lot of similar graphics cards.


Second question:

Do I need to upgrade my system at all?

CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 (2x 2.44ghz or something)
RAM: 2GB atm (gonna buy atleast another 1GB stick)
GPU: Well, not available.
HDD: 800GB disk space

I'm going to play all those GPU monster games as Bad Company 2, MW2, Crysis and so on...

Thanks

Questions: when did the graphics card fail and when was the last time you updated your nvidia drivers?

The reason I ask is because there's recently been a rash of nvidia cards being destroyed by a flaw in the 196.75 version drivers. By recently I mean in the past week. The driver apparently doesn't tell the cooling fan on the card to operate at proper speeds, resulting in the card first performing badly followed at a later time by full blown irreparable failure. You may be able to get a free card out of this if it was caused by these bad drivers.

I don't know exactly but well, during the past weeks. And yes, it could easily be that the card was on this version.