i am looking to upgrade from my ATI Radeon 9250 to something faster. are there any cards that will run games as smooth as a PS2? it must have a PCI interface and i definatley want a nVidia. i was looking at the FX5000 series (specifically the GeForce 4 FX5500). how are these? i want something that will handle racing games with absolutley no problems. give me some suggestions also on what you think would be "overkill". i do have a budget too. i plan to buy my next card on ebay so i want to keep it under $100 but i am willing to compromise if it has features that apeal to my style of gaming.
will RAM upgrades make my system faster too? i have 512mb of DDR 266 PC2700 (i think) with a 40gig hdd (almost full) and a 3.06ghz Celeron cpu.
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my budget doesnt provide for an SLI 3+ghz gaming monster. i just want a simple upgrade. i only have a standard PCI - NOT PCI express or anything fancy. please dont recommend getting a new board, it totally out of the question, unless you found a good board for dirt cheap.
i spend many thousands of dollars on my mountain bike and only use the computer as a pass time.
2006-10-31 16:41:06 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
let me refrase this: my favorite game to play is NFS: Most wanted. i currently run 800x600 resolution w/ high car geometry/reflection update/detail, low overall detail, and 0% anit-aliasing. what should i buy in order to use 1024x768 res. with maxed out details and full anti-aliasing?
2006-10-31 16:43:25 · update #1
Radeon X1300. That is the only card for PCI that is better than what you already have, and its not very good itself. The FX5500 is pretty much the same as the 9250. Sorry, but this is pretty much a cut and dry situation, the PCI interface is dead.
2006-10-31 17:15:59 · answer #1 · answered by mysticman44 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nVidia is a very good choice for gaming. U can buy the nVidia GeForce4 256mb graphics card for smooth gameplay. Yes if u can afford a new RAM u should buy it. It will surely increase the quality of the graphics. Ur processor is celeron which is not so good for gaming.U should try to get a better processor like pentium4 or core 2 duo.
2006-10-31 18:42:41 · answer #2 · answered by cocoon 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It concerns what variety of video card you purchase, AGP or PCI-e, yet except your computers historical you probable have a PCI-e. in the experience that your watching a card i might propose watching the a number of benchmarks to confirm the cardboard your getting can play the video games you like it to play. And the a number of kinds of video enjoying cards are Nvidia and ATi, its somewhat decision. yet whilst your talking with regard to the a number of manufacturers that sell those enjoying cards, the sole element that concerns approximately them is their cooling, examine comments and so on.
2016-12-28 09:16:11 · answer #3 · answered by everitt 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I guess the nvidia card would do just fine. You might want to up your ram to 1GB as well. Other than that, try to remove unwanted programs from your HDD to save some space for buffering.
2006-10-31 16:52:33 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋