I have A Dell Dimension Dim 3000 with a Intel(4) Pentium 4cpu 3.00ghz , and 1gb of Ram . My current video card is a NVIDIA Geforce Fx5500. If I go out and buy a nice graphics card will i be able to play higher graphic games in ex; Oblivion ? My computer right now can handle World Of Warcraft at Full graphics , And Half Life.
2007-07-27 01:22:15 · 4 answers · asked by Kervinn 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
Cheap options: 7300GT or 7600GS AGP versions.
Fast options: X1950 Pro AGP or 7950GT AGP
2007-07-27 01:57:53 · answer #1 · answered by Karz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well it depends on what graphics card you get. If you get a low-end GeForce 6 series or a Radeon 9500 or lower you won't get a great performance increase. Sounds like your system has an AGP slot. Normally I would recommend any GeForce 8600GT or above. But because you have a AGP slot you should get a GeForce 7950GT. That would increase overall system performance dramatically. Hope this helps.
2007-07-27 08:35:01 · answer #2 · answered by piNkiShlOOps 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
DONT BUY ANY HARDWARE AT BEST BUY (response to 1st post). They WILL rip you off. You can get RAM a lot cheaper online (see links below). As for video card, yes it will help a lot (consider a 7600 GT). I agree that you should also consider upgrading RAM to 2GB as well if you want the best performance.
2007-07-27 09:17:19 · answer #3 · answered by BravesWings 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a new graphics card will definately help- your processer is plenty fast- but you may think about a ram upgrade, don't quote me on this but i'll bet you can get 2- 1gig sticks at bestbuy for 60-80 bucks-they also have a page where you put your computer model name/number in and they show you whats availabe for your model graphics cards/ ram/ accessories
2007-07-27 08:31:35 · answer #4 · answered by brandon_7_28_84 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋