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thought i might update my GeForce 9500 GT for something a bit more powerful, any recommendations?
the pc is windows7 ultimate 64bit, quad processor and 8 gigs of ram
I kinda like my XFX 1G GTX285 Black Edition.
Works with everything I throw at it....;)
I kinda like my Sapphire Toxic 1G Radeon HD 5850. 
anywho, the Radeon 5770 is a good all-around card.
(did Jafo actually use "kinda"?)
I have a Gigabyte GTX260-OC that performs exceptionally well for doing every day use... and some video creation, editing, encodinig, etc, while multi-tasking and performing other shit.
It ain't top end (and some gamers would say it's below par) but it does the business for the average/slightly above average user.
Nope, there's some freakin' imposter with a similar avatater pretending to be a helmet wearing race enthusiast with a penchant for over-costed graphics cards that have GTX in the name because it 'kinda' takes him back to the racetrack.
lol thanx guys, well i dont play games ever but i do lots of video editing...........kinda lol 
Been hangin' out with youse Americans too darn long....;p
[did Jafo actually use 'darn'?]
[at least 'youse' is Aussie]
Then the Nvidia GTX260 would be a good, cost effective upgrade without going into overkill.... and it will play lower-end games well if ever the fancy takes you. I don't play games much, either, but I do quite a bit of video creation, conversion and editing, and the GTX260 handles it all brilliantly. So if anybody tries to convince you that you need a GTX295 or higher, or an ATI 5000 series card, tell them it's not necessary... and save yourself hundreds of pounds.
Thing is, if you're upgrading your graphics card, you may also want to check the power requirement and whether your power supply is up for the job.... cos an underpowered graphics card will cause all sorts of problems (BSOD's), even damage to your system.
i think the radeon 4850 will do everything you need it to do, lou. it's a fantastic all-around card and only needs one 6-pin power connector, if i remember correctly. you can probably find them for around 100 bucks these days.
No, power supplies come with different power ratings for different levels of use, etc, so if you had something like a 350 watt unit you might want to upgrade it to accomodate the higher power need of your new card... there would be a substantial jump from a 9500GT to a GTX260, for example. So, depending on the power requirements of your CPU, I would suggest perhaps something like a 650w to 700w unit to more than cover it.
It's better to be safe than sorry, right! 
I find that i can pretty much run anything at the moment on what i have which is an Asus 1GB EAH4890. basicly it's just a ATI 4890 asusified! (Yeah i know that's not a real word it just suited it!) 
and that's with Win 7 Home premium 64 bit, 4 gigs of memory & dual core 3.00 ghz processor on a 700 watt thermaltake toughpower PSU
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