Need help speeding up games on computer

I think it is my graphics card i need to upgrade, foolish me for buying this prebuilt PC two years ago at bestbuy.. At least now i know i'm gonna make my own.

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OS Name   Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium
Version   6.1.7600 Build 7600
Other OS Description    Not Available
OS Manufacturer   Microsoft Corporation
System Name   ****
System Manufacturer   HP-Pavilion
System Model   NY464AA-ABA p6130y
System Type   x64-based PC
Processor   AMD Phenom(tm) 9750 Quad-Core Processor, 2400 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/Date   American Megatrends Inc. 5.17, 7/24/2009
SMBIOS Version   2.5
Windows Directory   C:\Windows
System Directory   C:\Windows\system32
Boot Device   \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale   United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer   Version = "6.1.7600.16385"
User Name   ***-PC\Admin
Time Zone   Eastern Daylight Time
Installed Physical Memory (RAM)   8.00 GB
Total Physical Memory   7.75 GB
Available Physical Memory   4.44 GB
Total Virtual Memory   15.5 GB
Available Virtual Memory   11.3 GB
Page File Space   7.75 GB
Page File   C:\pagefile.sys


Can anyone link me to where i can buy something to fix this problem, as most modern FPS are running slow on my computer. So if anyone knows a cheap, GOOD, graphics card for gaming, please link me to it.

The best value/proformance for money are AMD's, not even nvidia fans(and im one of them) can dispute that.

Saying that, the Nvidia 260GTX is your best nvidia priced graphics card that is less then 100 dollars (im assuming your in the US?)

What is your budget?

Do you currently have onboard or something? Because you never listed what you have now.

Any card close to $100 (perhaps from $70 and up) can handle most modern FPS's at lower settings reasonably, but you may have to dial back resolution settings which is more often than not a problem if you're on an LCD monitor. (Especially if you're using an old LCD that's 1280x1024, as there are no lower resolutions that will match the aspect ratio correctly resulting in image distortion which can affect how well you aim.)

Personally though, I always take from the latest series of cards especially if spending more than $100 or $120. The latest cards get the latest features and support, DirectX 11 support (which you'll need if you don't upgrade in the future, but most lower end cards probably won't handle it well enough anyways), and better antialiasing which is useful for applications with older graphics like NL.

Of course, upgrading your card will also allow you to run NL2 better when it comes around. NL2 graphics will not be too close to those of modern games (in order to support older hardware), but the free-building environment makes up for that; users will undoubtedly create graphically demanding parks and custom scenery when NL2 comes around and that will introduce a lot of graphical overhead which make get NL2 to become as graphically demanding as games set in the latest game engines.

I have an Intel HD Graphics card. FML.

Here's two major issues you need to watch out for: slot and power supply.

Even nowadays, I wouldn't be surprised if vendors are cheap enough pieces of poop to use motherboards that don't include a PCI-Express 2.0 slot, which is REQUIRED for any reasonably decent card. (Someone may refute this and claim otherwise, but nonetheless, it's a precaution worth taking before getting a card.) As for power supply, it varies on the card you get, but you may need up to 300-400 watts to run the card, maybe 500-600 if you plan on OCing and getting aftermarket cooling for the CPU, upgrading RAM, adding drives, etc. Check your current PSU to see how much juice it can run.