Need a bit of advice....

Long and short i just got a new HP and i knew for gaming i was gonna need to bump up the video card for my gamin experience. FYI, its the HP modle number A4317C. Amd Athalon 2.7GHz, 4 gig ram, and i think 500g HD, anyway. i am looking at 2 cards at bestbuy.com. both are nvidea, and i should be able to use them both, please tell me if i am wrong. here are the cards:
Asus - NVIDIA GeForce GT 240 1GB DDR3 PCI Express
or
Asus - NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 1GB GDDR3 PCI Express
i am battleing the numbers in my head as to how much i really wanna spend. but my BIGGER question is just to make sure these will work, and if not i am open to suggestons. Also, does going to an HDMI cable make a big difference in the gameing clarity? i would think so, but if not then i am not gonna spend the $$ to buy the HDMI cable...
Would appreciate any and all tips.
Thanx
GraFF

Well, lemme make sure I am clear on the difference between DVI and hdmi.... The video card has the old school VGA plug, a flat hdmi plug, and a goofy sideways pinned lookin plug( looks like the VGA but with an extra flat/sideways pin), However... My monitor only has a VGA plug and a flat hdmi plug, so should I get a dvi to hdmi adaptor or should I buy a hdmi cable?? Or just scratch both and stay with the VGA cable..... Now we are still back to the 2 video cards.... Do I dump the $160 or do I go cheap and get the card for $110.... I guess what I am lookin for is someone to tell me that the $160 card is the way to go cause it's a wicked sweeet vid card....

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