What graphics card should I get that will be compatible with my pc?

[Malock]

Hello there, my name is Michael and I am new to this site. I know you must get this question a lot so I try not to waste your time. I am looking for a new graphics card for my pc but I'm not sure which ones are compatibly. My pc is good except for the graphics card. I want to start gaming on my pc, I'm not looking for any amazing performance just good enough for the game's to run smoothly. I mainly want to play skyrim on it. Here is my pc information:

• System Manufacturer: Packard Bell
  
• System Model: ixtreme M3720
  
• System Type: x64-based PC
  
• Processor: Intel® Core2 Quad CPU Q8300 @ 2.50GHz, 2499 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)
  
• BIOS Version/Date: AMI P01-A3, 21/07/2009
  
• SMBIOS Version: 2.5
  
• Installed Physical Memory (RAM): 4.00 GB
  
• Total Physical Memory: 3.75 GB
  
• Available Physical Memory: 1.67 GB
  
• Total Virtual Memory: 7.50 GB
  
• Available Virtual Memory: 5.22 GB
  

The current graphics card is a NVIDIA GeForce 7100 / NVIDIA nForce 630i

I just want to say that the pc is the same as it was straight out of the box. I have never added anything to it.

Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.

[JasonJT]

Any PCI-E card will do

 

Hi There mate,

 

There are tons of cards so i understand it can be confusing - so you need to figure out how much you want to spend firstly and if you want to play games on all the highest settings. Nvidia have been around a long time and I used to use them all the time - the last couple years ATI or now AMD have taken over in terms of performance for price.

 

Take a look at this mid-range card that will play just about any game and run CS5 etc: XFX HD 6790 1GB DDR5

 

I'm going to be getting a custom built PC soon from the same guys - I've got my eye on this pink one as my GF and I are moving in and I dont want her on mine all the time hehe: link removed by KenB

 

Let me know what you plan to use it for so I can recommend a couple of good ones

 

-Jason

[Malock]

Thanks for your suggestion, I mainly want it for playing games such as skyrim. I'm just not sure what graphics card will work with my pc.

[mardaneus]

hi malock go to nvidia website u will find info about skyrim & what card to use & tweaks Edited February 9, 2012 by mardaneus

[KenB]

I missed your last post Malock

 

 

These are the system specs for skyrim

 

Windows 7/Vista/XP PC (32 or 64 bit)

Processor: Quad-core Intel or AMD CPU

4GB System RAM

6GB free HDD space

DirectX 9.0c compatible NVIDIA or AMD ATI video card with 1GB of RAM (Nvidia GeForce GTX 260 or higher; ATI Radeon 4890 or higher).

DirectX compatible sound card

Internet access for Steam activation

 

Do you still need advice or have you bought a card ?