I want to upgrade my graphics

I have a HP pavilion a6228x with just the graphic card it came with, a nvidia geforce 6150. It is not fast enough for me, I like to game. I would like to upgrade, but i don't know what kind of graphics card to buy. Please help.
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Your computer has an PCI-E 16x slot, meaning you can put basically any of the new cards of your desire.
I'm a fan of the 9800GTX's, but that's just me.
Remember with a high end graphics card, you will most likely have to upgrade your power supply as well.
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