Because I have got a load of new PC games that look really cool but they require higher RAM and graphics cards to play it?
2007-10-30 10:21:31 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
You need to advise on the spec of the PC you have at the moment.
N point putting 2gb of RAM into a pIII PC, and you cannot just install any kind of RAM or graphics card. Need to know if your motherboard has a PCI-E or AGP slot, if it takes DDR or DDR2 RAM and what speed, etc.
2007-10-31 16:08:33 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Depends on what you find on sale...I got a 128 meg video card for the cost of shipping the other day. Ram can be $20 to $80 a stick, depends on what kind you need. For both you can go here and let it search your pc and make recommendations, www.crucial.com. They are not always the cheapest, but they are always competitive.
2007-10-30 17:25:47 · answer #2 · answered by spacedude4 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
before you go out buying Ram And Graphics Cards check what is compataible with your motherboard
If your looking to play High End Games i would recommend the 8800GTS/GTX as there top of the range for now
Also your ram if your motherboard supports it i would go for the Crucial XMS2 800MHZ
2007-10-30 17:32:57 · answer #3 · answered by Most Wanted 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You need to be a little more specific.
Graphics cards 50$-800$
2 GB of ram=120$(DDR), 1200$ (RDRAM)
needless to say I think you need to be more specific.
2007-10-30 17:27:06 · answer #4 · answered by silencetheevil8 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
PC World charge £14.99 for the installation plus the cost of the parts. Have a look at http://www.crucial.com
2007-10-30 17:37:44 · answer #5 · answered by Gary Crant 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Go to http://www.crucial.com/uk/ and run the Scanner Tool - It will tell you the cost of the alternatives.
2007-10-30 17:27:37 · answer #6 · answered by Robert W 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
First, you need to tell us WHAT pc you are talking about.
Then we need to know WHAT video card you want.
We will also need to know WHAT games you are going to want to play.
DETAILS.
2007-10-30 17:25:50 · answer #7 · answered by Bjorn 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
hi mate
this upgrade wont cost as much as you think,for example depending on what graphics slot your have (agp or pci-e)
a good combination for good gaming performance would be a ATI Radeon X1950 Pro 512MB PCI-E from http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Graphics+Cards/PCI-E/ATI+Radeon+X1900+Series/ATI+Radeon+X1950+Pro+512MB+PCI-E+?productId=28798 and buy your memory from Arianet Valueplus memory,the 1gb module go to http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Memory/DDR2/DDR2+800+%28PC6400%29/Arianet+Valueplus+1GB+PC6400+DDR2+800MHz?productId=28954 and for the 512mb module go to http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Memory/DDR2/DDR2+800+%28PC6400%29/Arianet+Valueplus+512MB+PC6400+DDR2+800MHz?productId=28955
for all that i make that less than £100 which is a bargain,especially when you think the performance increase you will experience
another good graphic card for its price is the MSI GeForce 8600GTS 256MB PCI-E from http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Graphics+Cards/PCI-E/nVIDIA+GeForce+8+Series/MSI+GeForce+8600GTS+256MB+PCI-E+?productId=26870,this is a awesome card and has some brilliant specifications to prove that..take a look..............
Api ...DirectX 10.0, OpenGL 2.0
Chipset ...nVidia Geforce 8600GTS
Compatible slots... 1x PCI Express x16
Core clock speed.. 690MHz * (675MHz Standard)
Device type ...Graphics Adapter
Enclosure type ..Plug in PCI Card
Interface type... PCI Express x16
Max monitors supported... 2
Max resolution ..2048 x 1536 @ 85Hz, 32-bit color
Memory bandwidth ...32GB/s
Memory clock speed... 2100MHz* (2000MHz Standard)
Operating system requirements.. Windows XP, Vista
Shader clock ...1450MHz
Software included ..NVIDIA ForceWare Drivers
Stream processors.. 32
Texels per second ...10.8G Texels/sec
Tv interface ...TV Out, S-Video Connection
Video memory installed... 256MB DDR3
Warranty ...2 years Manufacturer
Maximum tv out (s-video) resolution... 1024 x 768
and the best budget card around is the ATi Radeon X1650 512MB PCI-Express from http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Graphics+Cards/PCI-E/ATI+Radeon+X1600+Series/ATi+Radeon+X1650+512MB+PCI-Express+?productId=28237,for just £28 this has some amazing specs including a Core: 500MHz, Memory: 667MHz DDR2, 128bit interface
i hope this helps
good luck mate !
2007-10-30 18:03:24 · answer #8 · answered by brianthesnail123 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
id guess about 250 would be a pretty reasonable price range...
2007-10-30 17:49:41 · answer #9 · answered by X.x.Zach.x.X 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋