What would be the best choice for my PC?

Question

I have a Sempron 2800+ with 512 DDR. my on-board graphics adapter is 32MB. Is it ok for me to install a video card that has 64MB SDR? what is better? to retain the 32MB on-board vidadapter or install the 64MB SDR agp vidcard?

Answer 1

64 megs of ram on a video card is always better than 32 but even 64 megs aint much considering todays gaming needs.

Answer 2

You won't be able to play much with either the integrated graphics or the 64Mb AGP card.

If you want to enjoy games, get a better card. You could consider these:

1. ATI 9550 or 9600 Pro- Cheap DX9 cards w/ good overclocking headroom. Low power consumption.

2. Nvidia 7300 GT AGP or 7600GS AGP - Faster in games but more expensive. Your power supply may or may not be able to handle them.

3. ATI X1950 Pro AGP - Really fast and expensive. You may really need to upgrade your power supply also w/ this powerful card.

Answer 3

If your goal is to improve the graphics the AGP video card would be a good move. The AGP card is more likely to have better hardware graphics acceleration then the imbedded video and the 32M of memory that your embedded video uses will be freed up to be used by your applications. Incidently, your systems BIOS probably allows you to set how much memory your on board video uses, 32M is likely it's default setting, but you probably can allocate more. Usally BIOS calls this screen something like "Peripherals."

If your goal is to speed up the machine the money would be better spent on more memory assuming you're running XP/2000/Vista family. If you're OS is Windows 9x/ME then more memory wouldn't help -- those versions of windows only use 512M,

Answer 4

A 64MB card is a better card, but I recommend getting a card with 128MB of RAM on your video card. And to really get a better experience, upgrade your RAM to 1GB. If you upgrade both of these, then you will have a perfect Vista Capable computer, and you will be able to run programs faster and games faster.