Re: i am a little upset.
Yup, what I thought. The MB in the test does not have built in graphics and they used a 6800 GT stand alone card which was one of the better cards about 15 months ago.
ATI RADEON XPRESS 200 reference board
1GB OCZ EL DDR400 Platinum Edition Rev 2
NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT reference card
What card to get depends on how radical you are about your gaming. You can get some really good cards for around $300. 7900GT, 7800GT, 6800 Ultra, X1800XT.
The top end cards start at $400 and go up from there. 7800 GTX, 7900GTX, X1900XT.
Don't get a 7600GT it is a crippled card. The pixel pipelines (12) and memory bandwidth (128) are cut back. In the $200 range the X800XL, X850XT, 6800 GT are better choices (16 pipelines and 256 bit memory same as the $300 and up cards).
Pick some specific cards you like and then post them here and watch us all start arguing over which is the best.
Like Scott said the 5200 is probably AGP and probably won't fit into the card slots on you computer. Your new video card has to be PCI-e (not PCI or AGP). The good news is that PCI-e cards are a lot cheaper than the AGP which are going out of production.
Post the model number on your computer. The link above doesn't work. It comes up as no longer valid. I want to make sure the power supply and card slots in your computer will support all the newer video cards. Is it this one?
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=7739799&type=product&id=1140392808026
Update: Save these links. If you ever have questions again they make it easy for people to help.
This is probably your MB. It's an ASUS. w/ a PCI-e video slot and 2 usable PCI slots.
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/...roduct=1841851&lang=en&docname=c00496280#N842
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/...=en&product=1841851&lang=en&docname=c00609393
There is no info on the power supply so you will have to open the case and read the ratings from the label. The important info is:
Total wattage 350W, 400W, etc.
The Current rating for the +12V. It will say something like +12V@18A. The xxA is the current rating.
Now the important part. If there are (2) +12V ratings then you can handle any video card. If there is only one +12V rating then you will be limited on how fast a video card can be installed.