You should post your computer's specs, Sapsuker. As well as how big your powersupply is.

ok well i always have a hard time finding out the motherboard and powersupply because i have to take apart the computer or something, and i tend to not have good tools to do that (like there's bound to be a lot of static wherever i'm going to take the computer apart).

however i do know that the computer has a 2.6 ghz dual core intel processor and 6 gb of ram. does that help with anything??

On the nVidia side, a 9800 GT or a 250 GTS would be around 100$, and they have pretty similar performance.

If you have a good processor though, might be worth throwing in an extra $50 or so just to get a beefier card. Even if you don't have a good processor, a better card will help your next processor upgrade that much more.

I find I get more of a technology boner if I don't just *upgrade* individual componenets at a time but instead wait 3 years then upgrade my entire rig (minus the case and the PSU, HDDs etc). You get more bang for your buck and you can avoid overspending towards bottlenecks this way too. No point in putting an 9800 on your grandad's pentium rig etc.

yeah but this computer is pretty brand new and it's fine on everything except for the ultra-shitty graphics card. i think i'll wait until some good deals for the 9800 or 250 come out somewhere on the internet and then get it. thanks for the help.

9800 GT
http://www.ecost.com/detail.aspx?edp=42065611&source=EWBBASE&cm_mmc=CSE-_-google-_-ewbbase-_-Computer&ci_src=17588969&ci_sku=42065611
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150323&nm_mc=OTC-Froogle&cm_mmc=OTC-Froogle-_-Video+Cards-_-XFX-_-14150323
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125247

GTS 250
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=10010154&prodlist=froogle
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130468