What video card should i buy to be able to play wow smoothly?

hi guys i need some help with upgrading my video card. my computer is a HP Black Pavilion Slimline s5713w-b it has a 220w power supply, the graphics card it came with it a NVIDIA GeForce 6150 SE integrated graphics. i just need a video card that will play warcraft smoothly. thanks guys|||Unfortunately because you have a slimline, you can't install anything really powerful. First of all, slimlines can only accept low-profile graphics cards, standard height cards are too tall to physically fit.



Alas, no midrange or higher gaming cards exist in low-profile.. just a few entry-level gaming cards and lots of general-purpose budget cards which are too slow for gaming.



The second problem is that slimlines have smaller, weaker power supplies... so they often can't even meet the power requirements of entry-level cards. Those power supplies are proprietary, so it's often impossible to upgrade them much, if at all.



The GeForce GT240 requires a 300 watt power supply. The GTX 260 requires a 550W power supply with dual power connectors. Neither is available in low-profile- there used to be a low-profile GT240 by Sparkle, but it's discontinued.



In any event, the best card that's guaranteed to work in your computer is a Radeon HD 5450, which is a budget cards not really intended for gaming. It can handle WoW on medium settings, but it's about half the speed of the Radeon HD 4650 and GeForce GT220 which are widely considered the bare-minimum cards for playing games.



http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…



The GeForce 210 linked by a previous poster would also work with your power supply, but it's even slower- about equivalent to a Radeon HD 4350.



Here are a few POSSIBLE low-profile solutions. Their official power requirements call for 300W, but in reality they've been found to work in many systems with 220-250W power supplies. Check out the user feedback on Newegg from people who've purchased them.



Radeon HD 4650

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…



GeForce GT220

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…



Radeon HD 5570

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…



I recommend trying the 5570, because it's performance is a lot better.



Your other alternative (if your computer has an empty drive bay) is the FSP booster supplementary power supply. That would allow you to run faster cards like the low-profile Radeon HD 5670. While there's also a low-profile GeForce 9800GT, I'd recommend staying away from it. Those things have a terrible reputation for overheating, which is only magnified by slimline cases and their cramped interiors with poor airflow.



http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…



http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductLis…





Card performance:

http://www.techspot.com/review/245-ati-r…|||I suggest getting a GT 240, since your computer is a low profile it doesn't have enough power to power super hero graphic cards but the GT 240 should be good for your needs.



Here's where you can find the card

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…|||I use a gt240, you wont be able to super max it out, but it will run smoothly most of the time, and it's pretty cheap.|||GTX 260 or any number above that will work fine.