Advice on some graphics cards to play Amnesia.

[helloimlouisb]

I just bought Amnesia digitally, and i was so psyched to play it. Unfortunately, the fps im getting is none to be desired, making the game pretty much unplayable, even though i also got penumbra and i was able to play that just fine (a little bit choppy still, but nothing too serious) So i decided it was time to look for a new graphics card, mine being a nvidia geforce 6150se nforce 430 (yes, i updated my drivers). A friend of mine suggested, based on my specs, that i buy a nvidia geforce 9500 GT, and that it will run a newer game fine. Can anybody maybe testify for or against this? And if against, any other ideas that are available? (My budgets around $150, so nothing too high-end please) Much appreciated.

Specs: Windows 7, 2048 MB RAM, 1.9 GHz AMD Phenom 8250e triple core, integrated RAMDAC. Anything im missing just let me know, thanks again.

[plutomaniac]

for 150 you can get a very good graphics card for this game. For example for 149 euros(which in $ should be less) you can get a MSI GTX 460 OC (PCI-Express, GDDR5, 1GB).

(all the modern games will play but no guaranties of course, this is important!)

[helloimlouisb]

Thanks, any advice on the graphics card my friend recommended?

[plutomaniac]

Geforce 9500 GT is old and weak compared to GTX 460. The card he recommended you costs arround 45$ nowadays and it useless. Go for the MSI GTX 460 at 140$. You will be more than ok.

[helloimlouisb]

Thanks alot, and you're sure it'll run based on my specs?

[plutomaniac]

Well the system looks fine, the cpu is a liitle-bit low(1.9GHz is low nowadays) but the game will certainly work just fine. I can be sure if you show me an dxdiag log here(Start > Run > dxdiag)