will this graphics card be better then my intergrated?

Question

i have asked this question befor but i didnt really word it right.my question is i have a hp a6009n desktop with intergrated nvidia geforce 6150 SE.i play games alot on my computer mainly guildwars.i was looking at getting a nvidia geforce 5500 pci card becouse it requirs a 250w power supply and thats all my computer has in it.i had a diffrent computer for about a year and the mobo fried on it it was running a nvidia geforce 6100 intergrated.as i looked at the mother board i saw some chared marks on the processor and the intergrated graphics chip.im wondering if it got to hot.my hp computer is running good but if i play guild wars for about 3 hours or so sometimes the screen goes black then comes back or it freezes.i dont knwo if mobo is getting too hot or if its something else.so my question is should i get this pci card to take off the load on the mobo and in your opion will the pci card be worst then the intergrated meaning will my guild wars run slower allso wil it keep mobo cool.

my computer has a pcix16 slot but all the cards i could find requir at least 450watt psu and i only got 250watt i dont want to have to get a new psu thats why i chose a pci.if any knwo where to get a pcix16 that dosnt require that much juice please let me know but i couldnt find anything.

Answer 1

get the Visiontek Radeon X1550 256 MB PCI-E one since it only requires a 4pin connector from the power supply and its also PCI Express

Heres the link at Circuit City:http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/VisionTek-Radeon-X1550-256MB-HD-Video-Card-X1550256PCIE/sem/rpsm/oid/178242/catOid/-13043/rpem/ccd/productDetail.do

And the link ant the manufacturers web site:http://www.visiontek.com/products/cards/retail/x1550_PCIe.html

Hope It Works Out!!

Answer 2

The 5500 is really, really slow- not as good as your integrated 6150SE. The only benefit is you'll possibly recover 64mb of RAM by disabling onboard video. Old-style PCI slots are good for network cards, modems, sound- but NOT video.

Get a 7300GS - that solves your performance problems and probably doesn't require any psu upgrade. Even if it does, it would be well worth it.

Since integrated 6150SE is only found on newer mobos, I'd have to think you've got a PCI-E slot.

Answer 3

getting you vid card will leave the ram for running programs and not games, try to get a card with at least 240mb ram. this will greatly improve performance...

Answer 4

if you put a northbridge cooler on your integrated graphic chip, that will probably fix it.