Is a Nvidia Geforce GT220 a good graphics card?

I am going to buy a new computer soon. Here are the specs:

18.5 inch monitor

8GB ram

1TB hard drive

Intel Core i5 processor

And NVIDIA GeForce GT220

I am just wondering if this computer is good overall and if that is a good graphics card. THANX|||220 is a low end card BUT...when paired with a good CPU (like your i5) it will run games flawlessly. Ive got a 220 paired with a low end core 2 duo and it runs MW2, fallout 3 and source games on highest settings.



If you have the extra cash get a 240 ddr3 instead. Its a much better card and not too much more.|||YES That is an amazing computer -8GB, i5, GT220 is fast-|||Seems fine overall. What is that monitor size 18.5" ? I think at least 20" monitors have higher resolution and not much more expensive. 22" will have much bigger screen size with same at least 1680x1050 resolution.

GT 220 is really a low end card, even older 9500GT sometimes is faster. Yeah you can run some older games on high settings with it but what resolution? 800x600? may be 1024x768? not enough...

GT 240 would be a better option (512MB GDDR5 is much better than 1GB DDR3 model by the way - check benchmarks). But older 9800GT is much better. ATI 5670 512MB GDDR5 is much better too - both just a little bit more expensive but offer nearly double performance. Look at this chart:

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gefo…



9800GT and 5670 are about $85-90 shipped vs $60-70 for GT 220 but they are not even on the benchmark - they are much higher above 9600GSO listed on top.



8GB ram is an overkill in most cases - do you run professional video editing software? Then may be.



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Good luck