I have Windows XP Home Edition Ver. 2002, Service Pack 2
AMD Athlon Xp 2800+; 2.09 GHz, 1 GB of RAM;;
This is an update to my previous question with my system specs. I'm going to update my video card again but I need to know how much my computer can take though. If I need more RAM I'm probably going to buy more too.
2007-09-12 16:34:25 · 6 answers · asked by PBR Streetgang 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
The upgrade isn't limited by anything you listed there.
There are two limits to what you can upgrade to:
First limit is what slot your motherboard has for upgrade. If you have an AGP slot the best upgrade is going to be an Nvidia Geforce 7 card like the Geforce 7900 or 7950.
If you have a PCI-e card then the best upgrade possible would be the Nvidia Geforce 8800GTX ultra.
However, the second limit is the power supply in the machine. An 8800GTX sucks back the electricity in a big way (I seem to remember over 300 watts of power just for the video card). The 7950 card also uses a lot of electricity.
If your power supply can't deliver enough power the system will stop working or be very flaky.
As for buying more RAM, going from 1GB ro 2GB won't help video performance but it can certainly help system performance although with XP home 1GB is probably fine.
2007-09-12 17:08:23 · answer #1 · answered by Jason T 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that's truthfully untrue. an aftermarket such as HP or Dell normally works with a particular supplier such as ATI or NVidia solely for sessions of time to shrink fee of their universal hardware purchases, whether, they maximum truthfully do no longer do something to actively forestall the different from working. As an IT supervisor I even have some hundred Dell workstations in my place of work and 20 or so HP workstations. all of them use assorted upgraded enjoying cards devoid of difficulty. on the tip of the day what fairly concerns is the motherboard and this is compatibility. There are some situations the place bundled drivers or different application changes made via the OEM ought to interfere with the drivers or application from yet another maker. yet those would be in basic terms application and working device suitable, no longer hardware. final analysis, as long as your motherboard is compatible you're solid. in case you do have device defects evaluate wiping the producer put in OS in prefer of your individual custom put in one.
2016-11-15 02:27:59 · answer #2 · answered by dorval 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As big of a video card as your power supply can handle. It has its own memory and doesn't care about your system ram.
2007-09-12 16:41:13 · answer #3 · answered by s j 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
u can run a g force 256 or 512 video card it should run smooth i have the same setup as u have and im runnin a g force 512 with no problems.
2007-09-12 16:40:25 · answer #4 · answered by bewereobilivinstand 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You need to know what kind of interface slot you have (AGP, PCI or PCI Express), and what is the size of power supply you have (how many watts)
2007-09-12 16:39:28 · answer #5 · answered by Kasey C 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
just type this on the run program dxdiag
2007-09-12 16:39:21 · answer #6 · answered by louis 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋