I apologize, I didn't mean to submit. My enter button is stupid =P 
Anyways, I really don't want to invest too much $$$$ (or make a new thread with a corrected title) 
But I'd really like something that could atleast handle Psychonauts or Spore on max settings.  
Ideas please? I will post with my graphics card in a sec. (Haha, geez. I'm using Chrome & I can't turn the italix off) 

Edit:

how much money we talkin here?

How much is not too much?

" how much money we talkin here? "

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Here's a card for a $100

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I'd go with 4850 over 9800gt because it is simply faster and the same price.

" @Skytylz said:

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Here's a card for a $100

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This is a good card, well worth the money :) "

Can graphics cards be built onto motherboards? & if so, can u remove them to replace it? I'm not positive, but I think mine might be..... 
Or I'm f-ing retarded. EDIT: I take that back, I'm high...

The best card on the market now would be an xbox 360 :p.

" @EnchantedEcho said:

" @Skytylz said:

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Here's a card for a $100

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This is a good card, well worth the money :) "

Sweet! I really like that one. I don't know if it matters but I have 4gb of ram. Does that work wit my graphics card at all? "

" Can graphics cards be built onto motherboards? & if so, can u remove them to replace it? I'm not positive, but I think mine might be..... 
Or I'm f-ing retarded. EDIT: I take that back, I'm high... "

" @jNerd: No. You don't have to remove your old integrated graphics card.   Your new graphics card will take up a different slot on your motherboard (usually PCI-Express), and you plug the monitor into the new graphics card instead of the onboard video. "

This would be my reccomendation, don't wanna toot my horn but i've built over 100 PCs in the last year alone ^^ "

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" @captain_clayman said:

" how much money we talkin here? "

  I'm thinking around a $100, lower would be cool. $120 wouldn't be bad.   & my current card is a Nvidia Geforce 6100 (Integrated RAMDAC) running DirectX 10 "

" @jNerd said:

" @captain_clayman said:

" how much money we talkin here? "

  I'm thinking around a $100, lower would be cool. $120 wouldn't be bad.   & my current card is a Nvidia Geforce 6100 (Integrated RAMDAC) running DirectX 10 "

i say go with... ATi 4850 or 9800GTX+ if you're an nvidia guy can't go wrong with those for the price "

" @captain_clayman said:

" @jNerd said:

" @captain_clayman said:

" how much money we talkin here? "

  I'm thinking around a $100, lower would be cool. $120 wouldn't be bad.   & my current card is a Nvidia Geforce 6100 (Integrated RAMDAC) running DirectX 10 "

i say go with... ATi 4850 or 9800GTX+ if you're an nvidia guy can't go wrong with those for the price "

QFT  Although whenever people ask for a good budget card the first thing that pops into my head is a 9800 :P   But yeah the 4850 is an excellent card as well :) "

" @captain_clayman: I'm thinking about dipping my toes into the ATI pool soon :P  Thinking about going all out on a 5850 but the new line of Fermi cards looks oh so temping :D "

" @Dipstick said:

" @captain_clayman: I'm thinking about dipping my toes into the ATI pool soon :P  Thinking about going all out on a 5850 but the new line of Fermi cards looks oh so temping :D "

i reaaaaally want a 5870 but i need money.  and a lot of it.  think of it this way.  when nvidia's GTX 480 and 470 come out, they'll be like 800 dollars and the 5870 will be like 300. "

9800GTX+ is a good recommendation because the card doesn't stutter. Also the idle tempertures aren't as high as the hd4850 which can run very hot. Well that's my opinion and recommendation, maybe not everyone will accept that, however I believe what i'm saying is true.

Just today is installed my new Nvidia 9500GT. I've only tried ME1 so far, but it runs smooth and sexy. Then again, it won't run most things over 30 FPS, but that's great for me. Plus, it was $70.

GTS 250 for $139 will be better then a 9800
 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150357

The GTS250 is pretty much a 9800GTX re-skinned (which in turn was an 8800GTS 512 re-skinned).  Nvidia have been repackaging the G92 chip for ages now,  but that being said the 250 will suit your needs just fine.  
 
Failing that take a look at the ATI 5770 (might be a little to much, dunno what US pricing is like) or the 5750.  Both are great cards and have a DX11 feature set to boot.

I'd recommend the 9800.

yeah 9800 probably is better for price

Recommending a rebranded 3 year old card over 4850.
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