Upgrade from nVidia GeForce4 MX 420

I have a Dell PC that's a few years old and it has an nVidia GeForce4
MX 420 video card, which seems to be a pretty good card for most
things. However, I think I may need to upgrade in the near future
because, quite frankly, I'm not sure that it's going to be able to
handle Call of Duty 3. :-) It could handle the original Call of Duty,
and it did a pretty good job at CoD 2 but I wasn't able to take
advantage of all the detail available in the game without bogging the
card down. I'm going to assume that CoD 3 is going to be even more
taxing on the card.

So, I'll probably need to upgrade but I don't want to spend a heap of
cash on a card. I'm not a hardcore gamer, but I want something that can
handle some newer games. I don't want to lay down $250 for a card. What
would you recommend? It looks to me like just about any nVidia card
would be an upgrade from what I have now. Should I just pick something
up in the nVidia 6 line?

Thanks,
John

John Neiberger wrote:
> I have a Dell PC that's a few years old and it has an nVidia GeForce4
> MX 420 video card, which seems to be a pretty good card for most
> things. However, I think I may need to upgrade in the near future
> because, quite frankly, I'm not sure that it's going to be able to
> handle Call of Duty 3. :-) It could handle the original Call of Duty,
> and it did a pretty good job at CoD 2 but I wasn't able to take
> advantage of all the detail available in the game without bogging the
> card down. I'm going to assume that CoD 3 is going to be even more
> taxing on the card.
>
> So, I'll probably need to upgrade but I don't want to spend a heap of
> cash on a card. I'm not a hardcore gamer, but I want something that can
> handle some newer games. I don't want to lay down $250 for a card. What
> would you recommend? It looks to me like just about any nVidia card
> would be an upgrade from what I have now. Should I just pick something
> up in the nVidia 6 line?
>
> Thanks,
> John

What are your specs or model number?AGP or PCI-e expansion slot?Power
supply rating?Really need more info. I suspect agp since I don't think
a pci-e MX420 was sold.Without replacing your power supply I would
probably go with:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...N82E16814130051