I recently purchased a Pentium D 3.4ghtz systerm that has 2 gigs of RAM (upgradeable to 4 max) and came with a NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GS video card.
If I wanted to could I replace my video card with NVIDIA's current fastest 512 mb video card or even their 1 gig video cards or will my comp not be able to handle that?
If it can handle it would I have to upgrade the RAM to the max 4 gigs?
The following link has detailed specs on my system:
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1770723&Tab=2&NoMapp=0
thanks so much for help.
2006-11-21 14:27:40 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
current video card is the 7300 nvidia geforce gs 512 mb to be specific.
2006-11-21 14:28:38 · update #1
Definitely, go for the gold GeForce 7950 GX2 would work great on your pc, even some of the newer ATI cards like the X1900 Crossfire edition. And no you don't have to upgrade your RAM, you have 2GBs already which is great, but you know if you have the money to blow, why the hell not max it out!! Oh yeah, these components will mean more heat, so you might want to think about a few memory heatsinks and maybe upgrade your cooling components.
2006-11-21 18:40:27 · answer #1 · answered by Jason C 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-04 05:45:52 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It should handle it. Be careful though, because its not som much your somputer handling it, but you processor over heating. a 2 gig Ram q/ GeForce 7300 GS produces a lot of heat. Consider getting thermal take or water cooling system for your computer ig youll be doing heavy gaming.
2006-11-21 14:36:05 · answer #3 · answered by scopetu 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would think the system can handle it. The card has its own memory, which stores most of the "static" graphic, with only dynamic changes needing to use the main memory path.
Best thing to do is install the card, run a program and see if the graphics response is acceptable. If not, then increasing the main memory would likely help.
2006-11-21 14:35:01 · answer #4 · answered by InspectorBudget 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes the pc will be able to haddle it but it also means more heat
2006-11-21 14:37:33 · answer #5 · answered by Best Helper 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋