Need new video card!

Craiyan

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So lately I've been playing League of Legends, an mmo based on fps. My computer worked for every thing else, but games and videos just suck. My computer is a bad one, but literally I get 1-9 frames per second in League. That sucks, i cant do a single thing. And videos are laggy. So i figured out its probably because of my outdated graphics card.

I recently sold my ps3 for some money and, in total I have 150 dollars. I currently have a 256MB ATI Radeon X1550 What is the best graphics card i should get that wont get bottle necked by my pc. Or do I have to buy something else?

Here are my specs:



3.06 GHz
4gb ram ( 2.99 usable )
Intel pentium 4

Operating System
Windows 7 Professional 64-bit SP1
CPU
Intel Pentium 4 524
Prescott 90nm Technology
RAM
4.00GB Dual-Channel DDR2 @ 266MHz (4-4-4-12)

Motherboard
Dell Inc. 0JC474 (Microprocessor)

Graphics
VA1912w-3 (1440x900@60Hz)
Intel Standard VGA Graphics Adapter (Dell)

]256MB ATI Radeon X1550 64-bit (Microsoft Corporation - WDDM) (VISIONTEK)

ATI Radeon X1550 64-bit Secondary (Microsoft Corporation - WDDM) (VISIONTEK
 
Solution
You could go on Youtube to see if anyone has videos of playing on a Pentium 4 (which there are). You could try to get a card like a 6570 so you wouldnt be spending too much money on an older computer.
You could play League of Legends on your computer, but I wouldnt recommend spending too much money on it.

It also depends on your power supply and monitor resolution. If your processor has Hyper Threading (which it should), then you are in luck.

The thing is, they made the X1550 in a couple of variants. These variants fit different slots on the motherboard. They made an AGP, PCI-e x16, and a PCI card.

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Which one of these does your video card fit in?

Also, you can try to build up a new computer for it. It wouldnt cost too much, but that is if it is unplayable on your current computer.