Graphics Card Upgrade

[Fergal69]

Hi,

My system is an AMD Phenom 9500 Quad Core 2.2ghz & just upgraded from Windows XP to 7 64bit, & oh joy - can fly around london without the game freezing despite only having 3 gb of RAM.

However, there are little square patches of red on the screen. I assume this is because my system is now running Direct X 11 & my graphics card, being a GEForce Nvidia 9800 GT (1gb) which only supports Direct X 10.

I'm looking to puchase an GEForce Nvidia GT610 which is a 2gb ddr3 memory card as they support direct x 11 & also as they are on offer at the moment from a localshop - don't want to spend a lot on a graphic card at present as just bought Windows 7, thought not at the retail price.

Has any one got this card & how are they finding it on CoD? In the past the graphics cards I've bought have an on board fan, whereas this hasn't. I've plenty of space in my base & have 2 fans on the front of the case sucking in fresh air & obviously a large fan on the rear to exhaust hot air, so despite what the manufactuers say, is there an overheat issue?

Posted this in this forum as well as the technical forum as not sure how many people just look at this forum & only look at the technical forum for assistance if they have problems.