Hi Just recently purchased a Gigabyte MOBO the GA-P35-DS3L P35 775 ATX Motherboard. Also Purchased the Intel E7200 Processor (2.53Ghz Core 2 Duo 1066 bus speed). Was wondering what would yalls recommendations as to going next (graphics card wise) cause there seems to be so MANY choices now and days. Thinking of spending 250-500 on graphics card cause I LOVE to game. hopefully Call of Duty 4 on full settings with this PC, Also if you recommend me returning this Mobo and processor and getting a different one, that can happen. I havent and WONT open them till i have all the parts for the PC to be put together that day. Another question I have is. Can that MOBO take a DDR3 Graphics card. I know the ram is DDr2 But ive heard SOME people say ya and some no. trying to get more info on that subject. Thanks a ton for the help and time. also If you DO happen to recommend a nice graphics card. recommend a Power supply watt amount aswell cause I know the new cards get hot which means more Fans which means more watts . thanks again
I would reccomend either 8800 gt or gts, pretty good for the cost. Yes, a mobo doesn't matter what type of GDDR type ram the graphics card has, you could use, gddr2, gddr3, gddr4, etc. BTW, I am a AMD guy, but I personally think a dual core @ only 2.53 ghz is pretty low, and instead of spending $500 on a video card, I think a nicer CPU would be better.
Your proc is probably fine. I would agree to go with an 8800GT or a new 9600 GT. Either will be able to max COD4. The 8800GT is a little bit more powerfull but the 9600GT uses less power and run a bit cooler.
