Need some help with graphics cards

[Stonerose92]

Hi, my graphics card recently stopped working, so I was going to obviously buy a new one.. My friend told me that I can't get a graphics card better than the one I've got, for my mobo, but he didn't really explain himself well, like why.. So i don't believe him..

So can anyone tell me what graphics cards I can use on my computer? Here's some info from speccy:

Motherboard
Manufacturer Intel Corporation
Model D945GCL
Version 300
Chipset Vendor Intel
Chipset Model i945P/PL/G/GZ
Chipset Revision A2
Southbridge Vendor Intel
Southbridge Model 82801GB (ICH7/R)
Southbridge Revision A1
BIOS
Brand Intel Corp.
Version CF94510J.15A.0028.2006.1213.1629
Date 12/13/2006
PCI Data
Slot PCI-X
Slot Type PCI-X
Slot Usage Available
Data But Width 8192 bit
Slot Designation PCIE X16 SLOT
Slot Number 0
Slot PCI-X
Slot Type PCI-X
Slot Usage Available
Data But Width 256 bit
Slot Designation PCIE X1 SLOT 1
Slot Number 1
Slot PCI
Slot Type PCI
Slot Usage In Use
Data But Width 32 bit
Slot Designation PCI SLOT 1
Slot Number 2
Slot PCI
Slot Type PCI
Slot Usage In Use
Data But Width 32 bit
Slot Designation PCI SLOT 2
Slot Number 3

Old Graphics Card
(Info I took from speccy before it stopped working)
GeForce 9500 GT
GPU G96
Device ID 10DE-0640
Revision A2
Subvendor XFX Pine Group (1682)
Current Performance Level Level 1
Current GPU Clock 550 MHz
Current Memory Clock 400 MHz
Current Shader Clock 1375 MHz
Technology 66 nm
Die Size 144 nm²
Transistors 314 M
Release Date Jul 29, 2008
DirectX Support 10.0
DirectX Shader Model 4.0
OpenGL Support 3.0
Bus Interface PCI Express x16
Temperature 56 °C
ForceWare version 280.26
BIOS Version 62.94.4b.00.81
ROPs 8
Shaders 32 unified
Physical Memory 1024 MB
Virtual Memory 2432 MB
Bus Width 128 Bit
Count of performance levels : 1
Level 0
GPU Clock 550 MHz
Memory Clock 400 MHz
Shader Clock 1375 MHz

Thanks, hope you can help!

 

[Stonerose92]

I don't think it mentioned it in the speccy, but the memory type of this graphics card is DDR2, don't know if this makes any difference, but worth a mention anyway.

 

[Ritwik7]

You have a PCI-E x16 slot for a graphics card so any PCI-E cards (the majority of all cards today) will work. However, you must tell us what power supply unit you have and it's wattage. Also specify your budget for a new card.

 

[Stonerose92]

Alright, just checked, my supply says 'Max voltage: 300w', don't know the model, can't seem to find it. Well i'm basically looking for a card, as good, or as better than my original, as cheap as possible. So any PCI-E card will work, regardless of it being DDR2/3 etc.?

 

[Atham]

If your PSU meets the requirements, then yes.