I need a good video card but need help on which one.?

Question

I need a good video card and i need help to find a good one , can you post links , or telling me which one to get thats best for my computer , my computer is a Dell DIMENSION DIM2400 Intel (R) Pentium (R) 4 CPU 2.66GHz , 256 MB of RAM and I'd also like to know how much a RAM upgrade and the video card that would go good with my computer would be.

Answer 1

Well, any video card made in the last year is going to help you out a ton. Read some of the reviews on http://www.tomshardware.com for suggestions.

Although the video card is the single most important component you can upgrade to improve gaming, the CPU, mobo, and RAM should be heavily considered if you intend to be able to play the latest games with the detail turned all the way up.

You definitely need a RAM upgrade. So decide if you are going to stick with this PC before you pump money here. These days, 1GB is the minimum. You could go up to 2GB. After that, it will be a waste since a lot of the bottleneck in your PC is elsewhere (CPU, FSB, etc). Also see if your system requires "dual-channel" configuration. I don't think the Dimension 2400's do, but consult the manual to be sure. It will tell you the memory sizes and slots you can install DIMMs in to preserve dual-channel.

Hope that gets you started anyway...!