Will i be able to use this graphics card?

alot of new or newish games on my computer dont really work very well so i think its time to invest in a new graphics card and i was thinking a nvidia geforce 8600. all i want to know is if that card will work or if theres any better ones out there my price range is about £100 - £120

Operating System System Model
Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2 (build 2600) DIXONSXP Ei 314
System Serial Number: 910300800600N264506001
Enclosure Type: Desktop
Processor a Main Circuit Board b
3.20 gigahertz Intel Pentium 4
16 kilobyte primary memory cache
2048 kilobyte secondary memory cache Board: DIXONSXP RC4107MA-RS2H
Serial Number: UYCF64306688
Bus Clock: 200 megahertz
BIOS: Phoenix Technologies, LTD 6.00 PG 09/05/2006
Drives Memory Modules c,d
75.51 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
4.41 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

IDE-DVD DVDRW8801 [CD-ROM drive]

Generic USB CF Reader USB Device [Hard drive] -- drive 2
Generic USB MS Reader USB Device [Hard drive] -- drive 4
Generic USB SD Reader USB Device [Hard drive] -- drive 1
Generic USB SM Reader USB Device [Hard drive] -- drive 3
WDC WD800BB-00JHC0 [Hard drive] (80.03 GB) -- drive 0, s/n WD-WMAM9DH49988, rev 05.01C05, SMART Status: Healthy 960 Megabytes Installed Memory

Slot 'A0' has 512 MB
Slot 'A1' has 512 MB
Slot 'A2' is Empty
Slot 'A3' is Empty
Local Drive Volumes

graphics card:

name: ATI RADEON XPRESS 200 SERIES
Manufacturer: ATI technologies inc.
Chip Type: ATI RADEON XPRESS SERIES (0x5A61)
DAC type: Internal DAC (400MHz)
Approx total momory: 64.0 MB


sorry if this is not enough infomation im not the best at these sort of things. but i will post what is needed.

all answers will be appreciated thank you :help:

Probably the one thing you didn't tell us is whether it has an AGP or PCI-e slot for the graphics card. If it's an AGP slot, then no luck for the geForce 8600.

oh sorry its a PCI-e :)

I'm no expert on this, but for that money (and the fact that you're using XP), I'd go for a top-end direct-X 9 card, rather than a mid-range direct-x 10 card. The only difficulty is finding a shop that is still stocking them. You'll certainly be able to get a decent one for £120 if you can.

Well you could definetly go for a X1950 XT or Pro, XT bieng the better card, for around £100. Alot faster than an 8600. Any chance you know your PSU?

ill check, or i will atempt to at least :P

urm im not to sure considering i dont really understand the PSU but there was a sticker on it which said 18A if that helps :(

I would also invest in some more RAM....1GB is absolute minimum in todays games and that motherboard is probably (please check first!) DDR1.....If it is, you can pick up another gig very cheap from ppl switching to DDR2.

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Originally Posted by Bacon!

urm im not to sure considering i dont really understand the PSU but there was a sticker on it which said 18A if that helps :(

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Good point about the PSU tigerboyce!

There should be a sticker on it somewhere that tells you what wattages/current it can output on certain voltage rails... if you can't provide that, then just an overall wattage figure would probablyl do.

PSU looks a bit weak. I would stick with ATI/AMD as you can use 'surroundview'. This is an option in the BIOS to enable multiple monitors. (up to 3)