HI, I had a quadro fx 500 and it ran all the games that i wanted to play perfectly fine, including halflife 2. I recently upgraded to a quadro fx 1000 and that's even better, i can use 3ds max and maya with no problems and then if i want play games. What's your buget for a graphics card? I brought my quadro Fx from a guy on ebay for £150 including shipping.