Best possible Grapics card for an Inspiron 530

That's excellent, many thanks :)

Forgot to mention, I already upgrade the PSU the last time I changed the Graphics Card.

I am using a Casecom 500w,

Thinking about upgrading to a better one though.

Thanks again.

Just looked into these Nvidia's and they don't seem to be much better than my current 9800gt

Are they Radeons much superior to that card?

I'm wondering if I should just upgrade the CPU instead

The Game I'm trying to play is Total War Shogun 2, game loads etc, but is very slow and wont progress into battles etc

If you want to upgrade from the 9800 GT, I would recommend the AMD HD 6770 or GTX 550 Ti since you have a 500 watt power supply.  However, your CPU is lacking based on recommended requirements.   I would give the video card a try first and then go from there.   You can get the HD 6770 for less than $100. 

ok thanks, have a feeling its more of a problem with the CPU, as the game looks great, just that the PC struggles on actions, also think i need to upgrade that before i can use a better card...

Thanks anyway :)

I would recommend this CPU HERE, but the cost may not be worth it which is why I would just try a new video card first like the HD 6770 and spend as little as possible.  It's too bad your system did not come with the Quad.  Most games rely on the GPU and the CPU, but I'm not sure about this particular game. 

It is the E8500 same as posted.  

ow ok, its described there as "Wolfdale"

Thanks again

:)

E8600 is the best CPU for Inspiron 530 with G33M02 motherboard