Which graphics card to replace my integrated card?

Right now I have:

Windows Vista Home Premium

AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core Processor (2 CPUs), ~2.3 GHz

2 GB RAM (DDR2 SDRAM)

Nvidia GeForce 6150SE nForce 430

Here is a link to the specs:

http://www.amazon.com/Pavilion-A6110N-De...

The Nvidia 6150 is an integrated card which I understand is not optimal for gaming. I want to know which graphics card would be best to replace the 6150 as well as how do I replace/disable the integrated card with another card. I also want this card to be able t o handle games for maybe the next two years or so (I have a Geforce FX 5700 that lasted about 4 years).

Which graphics card to replace my integrated card?

That's a nice HP.The 2GB of ram big SATA 3.0 hard drive-very good choice with Vista premium. One thing you are probably already aware of is that if you go with one of the bigger video cards that a power supply upgrade will be neccessary. You can get a top-rated 520watt Corsair for 89.99 here:

http://www.buy.com/prod/corsair-520w-sli...

That's $40 less than at Newegg and will power any video card made.

If you want to go with a budget video card that doesn't need a power supply upgrade this is a card that's just out and runs DDR4 memory

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

If you want be go with nVidia the eVGA 8800GTS superclock is the way to go. I suggest that you go with the 640MB card if you want to be happy for 2 years because as better DX10 games come out near the end of the year the 256 and 320MB cards will be lacking in the memory department. I am going with the ATI 1GB 2900XT with DDR4 runnnig thru a 512bit memory bus. It already beats the 8800GTX in benchmarks and a lot of people think that, as new optimized drivers come out it will dust the Ultras because its only running 20-30 points behind the Ultra now with unoptimized drivers. I lean toward the ATI cards because they are brand new cards and will get better and better as they write decent drivers for them while the nVidia cards are almost a year old and they are about as optimized as they can get. Another reason is that even the Ultras stink doing DX10-nVidia says its due to immature DX10 drivers but most pros think its the cards themselves. I'm thinking the new ATI cards will do a better job at DX10. You can't tell the difference between the high-end cards from both right now because there aren't any games out that tax them right now but thats going to change as games like Crysis come out. As far as your HP goes HP computers are the most bloated machines out running way too much useless propreitory software. If you uninstall programs you don't use and go into msconfig startup and uncheck progs you dont need starting up and running all the time you will probably see a increase in performance. To disable your onboard graphics you go into bios upon startup and disable it there.

Which graphics card to replace my integrated card?

@ SJ - I'm in the same boat as JP who asked the question.

I've got the same comp, and just found out that I have no hope in playing games. My old comp is 5 years old-%26gt;2.4Ghz Pent.4, 1GB DDR RAM,Radeon 9800 pro. I was playing Doom 3+others on best gfx. Report It

Which graphics card to replace my integrated card?

With my new comp, Oblivion on 640x480 Medium GFX lags.

Old comp had no trouble on best performance.

What is a cost effective way of upgrading so i can go BEYOND what my last computer could? Report It

Which graphics card to replace my integrated card?

it depends, the best type of video cards out right now, are pci express x16 video cards. If your motherboard can accept pci x-16, you should put one of those video cards in there. Theyre the newest and fastest, but there are many types, some are better than others, i have a EVGA 8800GTS superclocked, and im very happy with it, it was $300.00, this one may be good for you check it out.

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