Will an ATI X1550 graphics card afford me next-gen graphics?

I am looking for a cheap graphics card and be wondering if the x1550 will give me next-gen graphics. If it doesn't could you recommend a graphics card that will.

Will an ATI X1550 graphics card afford me next-gen graphics?

no X1550 is crap, and merely DX9c.



For next gen these are the DX10 option i would recommend :



ATI : HD 2900XT

Nvidia: Geforce 8600 Ultra



all cards beneath the ones above run on buses that are below 256MB, hence will hurt performance greatly.
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GL
In essential essence, playing a PC game is drastically different from playing a PC team game.



For example, a PC game's performance depends on how powerful your computer is, while console hardware never coppers, so how will you describe your next-gen graphics? Are those games even made right now?



Or are you referring to the up-to-the-minute games to be able to display the maximum graphical settings?



In that defence, you have minimal choices, Windows Vista have Direct X10, this allows better graphical quality than Direct X9, but this requires Direct X10 compatible video card. These are the choices for those video cards :



From the most expensive to the Cheapest :



NVidia GeForce 8800GTX

ATI Radeon 2900XT

NVidia GeForce 8600

NVidia GeForce 8500



This is the minimum video cards requires to play the upcoming Direct X10 games such as Crysis.