Im currently running XP, and have an A8V-XE 939 socket Mother board. Not sure on the FSB speed but its only temporary anyways. I plan on upgrading my system soon and also to Vista.
2007-08-14 03:56:49 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
1. Price - so that you do not burn a hole on your wallet
2. Compatibility with graphics slot on the motherboard. 8x AGP or x16 PCIe.
3. GPU architecture- more shaders or stream processors the better. The better cards have at least 12 pixel shaders or 32 stream processors.
4. Core clock speed- 500 mhz or higher is better.
5. On board memory clock speed - higher is better. Get ddr3. 256Mb ddr3 beats 512Mb ddr2.
6. The fast cards draw 4 amps or more on the +12V rail of the power supply. Be sure to have a power supply with strong +12V rail (16 amps or higher) if you will get a mainstream card. Monster cards will require much higher amps.
2007-08-15 01:54:40 · answer #1 · answered by Karz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It all depends on the following factors...
1. Interface ur Motherboard supports including Speed
2. OS/Games ur planning to install/play and their requirements
3. Amount of RAM/Type on the Card
4. Cooling features/ temperature
5. Direct X 9/10 support
6. Maximum resolution supported by the card and if it matches the monitor u have..
Check this link below too..
http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-10877_11-6031406.html
Do rate if it helped...
2007-08-14 11:06:02 · answer #2 · answered by Sridhar G 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is very easy...
Bottom line is that you want to look at the BANDWIDTH. The higher the number (GB/sec) the better. This number is a combination of RAM, Processor Speed, and Bus speed (look for 256bit or higher Bus speed)
2007-08-14 13:22:20 · answer #3 · answered by jsygrovehpi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The person above is absolutely correct on almost everything, also please remember to NEVER buy a graphics card from a retail store. It's a great way to overpay for it. You can normally buy the same thing on line for as much as 50% less.
2007-08-14 11:07:35 · answer #4 · answered by ? 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the memory and the slot it takes (if ur upgrading then u should get a pci-e slot motherboard and a pci-e graphics card) what connections it takes via VGA, DVI, or TV-Out and whatever else u need it for
2007-08-14 11:09:22 · answer #5 · answered by Caboose 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Checkout this article it will help:
http://www.gamegiants.net/article_info.php?articles_id=4
2007-08-14 14:31:00 · answer #6 · answered by decker 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋