Whats a good graphics card for the system I have?

My 7900GS finally gave out on me (:evil:), what would be good graphics card for my system? I know my power supply isnt very good, but whats the best I can get with out burning my house down Lool. BTW, heres my specs:

Amd Athlon 64x2 Dual

core processor 4000+

2.11GHz, 2.00GB of ram

300 Watt powersupply

Yea your PSU is very restricting. Providing you upgrade, i think a maybe a GTX 260 would be a good complement to your rig.

I can get an 8600GT for 35, you think my system will handle it?asyrian758

The only game i plan on running are tf2, l4d, Hlf episode 1/2, basically valve games. Im considering the 8600, but im scared ill overheat something. asyrian758

Do you have any specifics or a model of you PSU? I doubt a generic 300w will run a 8600gt and may even damage it, however a decent 300w PSU with those systems specs should be fine.

First thing's first- I would go so far as to say that you HAVE to get a new PSU. I wouldn't be shocked if your 300 watt was actually responsible for killing that 7900GS. An underpowered graphics card is much more prone to failure. That being said.. you should get a good 500-550 watt PSU (Corsair, Antec, Cooler Master), and nothing faster than a 9800GTX+ or GTS 250. Maybe an ATI 4670 or 4850. Your CPU will bottleneck anything faster quite severely. I speak from experience! I had my 8800 GTS 512 (which overclocked is the same as a 9800GTX or GTS 250) in a system with a 2.6ghz Athlon 64 X2, and I didn't even realize how bottlenecked it was until I got my E8400.

not out to raise hell but an hd 4550 is aboutt he best you will get onto a 300 wtt psu even if it has a quality 12v rail

Save yourself the time, get a 750W power supply :D

You'll be set as far as PSU's go for a long time.