My system is failing and I am considering building new (memory slots are bad I think). I currently have a Gigabyte MB with an e4300 chip and a "Nice At The Time I Bought It 2 Years Ago" EVGA GeForce 8800 GTS 640MB Video Card. I want to upgrade to a new i5 or i7 system with Windows 7 but cannot afford to buy a new $300+ video card for the system. My goal is to buy MB, RAM and Chip - use my 500 Gig SATA drive, dvd, and video card. Since I have not bought a card for 2 years, I am lost in the new ones and how they would compare to my old card. Am I wasting my time upgrading if I try to use the same old video card? It will work I assume in an i7 MB. If not, what would be comparable today so I know where to go "up" from. I play games like Bioshock, FarCry2, Call of Duty, Fallout3, etc.
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