I buy this card on a tight budget . my old radieon x1650 series card be close to give up the good ghost of existence , and I want something to be prepare for that day . the x series atus 's be pretty good , but because I be a hardcore gamer I hope this will at least let I get up to medium setting on my game . I run a ASUS p5b board , with a intel dual core 2.13 ghz processor on 6 gig of ram and I want to say 450wat power supply , but I be unable to open the case right now to see . I could be on a 350 , but that be beside the point . this be a pretty decent look PCI card for a reasonable price I will update this review as soon as I get the card in . here be to hope . and I know this be a bit shorter than my regular review , I hope to be of insight once this come in . good Luck Gamers and tweaker .