We will be upgrading to Windows Vista soon. I like to play the Sims. My husband thinks we need the one with the TV tuner built in. We are prepared to buy a 500 watt power supply to support it. We need PCI express. We have 2.66 ghz dual core pentium D, 1 gig of ram.
Right now we have ATI radeon 200 integrated. Hubby thinks he wants the All-In-Wonder, what do you think?
I want the best deal but I really want to buy it at Circuit City or Staples because I have a gift card for those. Willing to go elsewhere though.
2007-02-28 13:13:15 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
Dont get vista yet, still having a lot of issues like this:
http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/01/29/xp-vs-vista/
All-in-wonders can cost some money:
http://ati.amd.com/products/radeonx1900/aiwx1900/index.html
http://www.directron.com/atix1900a256.html
And Never try ebay, they sell that card for $300.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ATI-Tecnologies-All-In-Wonder-X1900-PCI-TV-TUNER_W0QQitemZ120081977336QQcmdZViewItem
2007-02-28 14:53:55 · answer #1 · answered by computertech82 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hi...
That's simple and you had ur Vista PC ready. You've got the good specs of ur PC for Vista, but you need the latest PCI express graphic card and a true 500 watts power supply to support ur PC, vcard power requirement and Vista OS.
Since grahic card is the number one concern for latest Vista especially the AERO glass effect system, you need atleast 128MB or 256MB capacity Vcard RAM ATI or NVIDIA since u had gift card that store theres no problem. Video card should mark with pixel shader 2.0 rated on the graphic card box, WDDM support, and good sound card ready.
If you had freinds or relatives here in philippines and they wanted to upgrade their pc try PC Express store they have good service and pc consultancy.
Have a nice day bye...
2007-02-28 13:53:16 · answer #2 · answered by pcx-13th-trainer 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
without understanding extra about your computer it really is not any longer conceivable to say what the acceptable improve route will be. A video card and pics card are in simple terms diverse names for an similar element. Getting one will boost the performance of pics on the computer yet no longer overall performance. in case you computer is often very sluggish, then it really is totally likely you want extra RAM. Getting extra RAM will likely grant a higher develop than a pics card notwithstanding it really is confusing to say without understanding your modern-day computer specs.
2016-12-05 02:11:13 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should have asked this question about a week ago. Directron.com had a $250 Video Card for $150. I wanted it so bad, but, just did not have the money at the time.
http://www.directron.com/video---camera.html
2007-02-28 13:25:48 · answer #4 · answered by Snaglefritz 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
EBAY.com go for the 7600xfx if your not a havy gamer or if you want get a 7900gsxfx.
2007-02-28 13:22:23 · answer #5 · answered by Mi 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋