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<blockquote data-quote="Simplicity" data-source="post: 3011310" data-attributes="member: 1496">Typically, my advice is to buy the best video card you can reasonably afford, but now is a weird time for buying those cards.&nbsp; The reason is that later this year, DirectX 10 will come out.&nbsp; DirectX 10 imposes requirements on graphics boards designers, and the current generations of cards may need some sprucing up to deal with these and the new features introduced by DirectX 10 (and Windows Vista in general).&nbsp; Since you just bought a computer, you clearly want to see some graphics improvement for your money.&nbsp; I recommend either going with a relatively cheap card (I consider the 7600GT a somewhat cheap card.&nbsp; The 7300 is a non-gamer &quot;budget&quot; card) for now and upgrading after the fallout from DirectX 10 clears.You might also try replacing the card in your new machine with your OLD card.&nbsp; You'll probably see some improvement by doing that, which could tide you over.&nbsp; But I don't think it'll be enough to justify the purchase of your new machine.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Simplicity, post: 3011310, member: 1496"] Typically, my advice is to buy the best video card you can reasonably afford, but now is a weird time for buying those cards. The reason is that later this year, DirectX 10 will come out. DirectX 10 imposes requirements on graphics boards designers, and the current generations of cards may need some sprucing up to deal with these and the new features introduced by DirectX 10 (and Windows Vista in general). Since you just bought a computer, you clearly want to see some graphics improvement for your money. I recommend either going with a relatively cheap card (I consider the 7600GT a somewhat cheap card. The 7300 is a non-gamer "budget" card) for now and upgrading after the fallout from DirectX 10 clears. You might also try replacing the card in your new machine with your OLD card. You'll probably see some improvement by doing that, which could tide you over. But I don't think it'll be enough to justify the purchase of your new machine. [/QUOTE]

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