Ok guys im thinking about getting a desktop so my laptop can take a breather lol. I was thinking about buying a really nice graphics card like i want one that will be able to play oblivion, cataclysm (wow) and all that good stuff on atleast normal ability. Im not looking to break the bank either so any of your guys ideas and input would help me alot. Thanks

We need to see what your other specs are like.
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I do not have the desktop yet but ill show you what i am going to get if it helps.

HP Pavilion p6653w Desktop PC:
Key Features and Benefits:


?AMD Athlon II 250 dual-core processor
3.0Ghz, 4000MHz System Bus, 2MB L2 Cache

?5GB DDR2 system memory (expandable up to 16GB)
Gives you the power to handle the most power-hungry applications and tons of multimedia

?1TB SATA hard drive
Store 666,000 photos, 285,000 songs or 526 hours of HD video and more

?LightScribe SuperMulti DVD burner
Watch DVD movies on your computer; read and write CDs and DVDs in multiple formats

?10/100BaseT Ethernet LAN
Connect to a broadband modem or a wired broadband router with wired Ethernet

?ATI Radeon HD 4200 integrated graphics
Additional Black HP Pavilion PC Features:

?15-in-1 digital media card reader
?6 x USB 2.0 ports, 1 x headphone jack, 1 x microphone jack, 1 x VGA port, 1 x DVI port, 1 x microphone/line-in/line-out, 1 x rear speaker out, 1 x side speaker out, 1 x center (subwoofer) out, 1 x RJ-45 Ethernet LAN, 1 x coaxial digital audio out (SPDIF)
?1 x PCI Express x 16 slot, 3 x PCI Express x1 slots, 1 MiniCard slot; 2 x external 5.25" bays, 1 x external 3.5" bay, 2 x internal 3.5" bays
Software:

?Genuine Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit Edition (To learn more about the features of Windows 7, click here)
?Microsoft Office 2010 (purchase of Product Key required to activate full Office 2010 suite)
?Norton Internet Security 2011 (60-day trial)
?HP MediaSmart Software Suite; Cyberlink DVD Suite Deluxe
?HP Support Assistant, HP Advisor
Support and Warranty:

?1-year limited hardware warranty and 1 year software support with 24/7 toll-free phone support
?Restore discs are no longer included with PCs. We recommend you use the installed software to create your own restore and backup DVD the first week you use the black HP Pavilion desktop PC.
What's In The Box:

?Power supply and power cord
?HP USB keyboard
?HP optical mouse
?Quick Start Guide and documentation

That PC looks to have a 250W Power Supply Unit, which is really not sufficient enough to place a decent GPU in there, so that should be upgraded first. Did you already purchase this system?

No i didnt i was looking at them and getting peoples idea on the computer because my cousin can build them and i can get it created any way i would like.



EDIT: Im not looking to break the bank either though. LIke 800 bucks or something like that down the road would prefer to keep in the 600-700 price range. Im going to use my 40 tv as my monitor.

Building a PC is fairly easy and usually the best option. For $700 you can still get a pretty decent PC, much better then the one you currently chose.
If it must be a pre-built system:

This one would max Oblivion, and run most modern games very well. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883227291
Cheaper version, but would still run Oblivion on high settings fine. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883229223

So it would run oblivion on high settings without the lag.

Either one will run Oblivion very well. However Oblivion is a very poorly optimized game. It stutters on even my PC (sig) when roaming in the gameworld. Its mainly due to how it loads the game from the HDD to the CPU and GPU, its not like most other games when it comes to that. But either one of those PCs will run the game fine, of course the more expensive one will run it slightly better on Ultra settings. But other games like WoW that are not very intensive will run perfectly on there.

Actually was going to ask you about that to about WOW lol. Like i can play a couple games on my laptop but i prefer minus the lag i hate it lol.

how much are you looking to spend?

Just to give you an idea of what certain hardware can do, I have a Phenom II X4 955 and a GTX 460 1GB. I play both games and oftentimes can keep a solid 60 FPS with most in game quality options maxed @ 1680x1050 (thats with vertical sync on).

My new rig being spec'd below gets a solid 75fps with everything up full and at 2x AA and AF too I think with vsync enabled.

Intel i5-2500k
4GB RAM
GTS250 1GB
Win 7 x64

Runs perfectly.