Buying a PCIe card... is it OK please tell

[jay4u]

I have a 925 Gav mobo.... and 1 GB transcend ram... and intel 3 Ghz processor.... now my mobo support PCIe cards.... so tell me which PCIe card i should buy as i am a casual gamer and do not need very high end card...

i want only to play present games at high res and future games at normal res..... plus i dont wann spend too much on it.....may be 6-7k maximum

i am getting Xfx 5300 Pci Xpress128 for 3000 bucks... should i buy it...

Games and application i wanna use:
Max payne 1 2
Call of Duty 1 2
Medal of Honor all versions
Fifa 2005
Cricket 2002 2004 2005
GTA
DOOM
Farcry

Poser
Blender
3Dmax
Carraca

Is the onboard graphics good ... i dont know how to compare it... i heard its onboard graphics is decent.... And i heard PCIe uses system RAm so its better if we increase our system ram to 1.5 - 2 GB for excellent performance

Also can someone tell me whether intel 915GAV fully supports SATA2 standard.... i am planning to buy a Hitachi SATA2 Hdd as well

[delhibhai1000]

for 6-7k u cud get d 6600 non-gt.. Shud b able to handle d above games.. But just about...
For 8.5-9k u cud get d 6600GT, which is a MUCH better card...

for that budget, your best bet is to buy a 6600 non GT with 128 MB RAM, & if required overclock it,i would recomend XFX or Gigabyte

[jay4u]

But what about the onboard graphic card of 915GAV.. how well does it fare ... and about support for SATA2 in 915 GAV....