This is my first post on the forum so hello everyone!
I was given an old Dell computer some years ago and I use it everyday for surfing the web mostly. I have a good collection of games on Steam (mostly low end/older games) and I would like to improve my gaming experience a bit. I play mostly indie games without problems but I sometimes play TF2 or Oblivion for example and I cant say it's really pleasant.
Here are some specs from my machine:
Processor: Intel Pentium D 820
Video card: ATI Radeon X300/X550/X1050 Series (256MB)
RAM: 2GB (1x1GB, 2x512MB)
OS: Microsoft Windows XP Professional
My main question is, what kind of graphic card could make a difference for me (on a 30-40$ budget). I believe I use a PCI-Express (x16) interface, would it matter if I get a PCI-Express 2.0 card? would a DDR3 card still work? does using Windows XP means I can't use certain cards?
As you can see I don't really know what I'm looking for in terms of specs and I would really appreciate some advice. Here are 2 models I have found online that would fit my budget:
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814133461
http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=7373215&CatId=28
Thanks for reading!
Vince
I was given an old Dell computer some years ago and I use it everyday for surfing the web mostly. I have a good collection of games on Steam (mostly low end/older games) and I would like to improve my gaming experience a bit. I play mostly indie games without problems but I sometimes play TF2 or Oblivion for example and I cant say it's really pleasant.
Here are some specs from my machine:
Processor: Intel Pentium D 820
Video card: ATI Radeon X300/X550/X1050 Series (256MB)
RAM: 2GB (1x1GB, 2x512MB)
OS: Microsoft Windows XP Professional
My main question is, what kind of graphic card could make a difference for me (on a 30-40$ budget). I believe I use a PCI-Express (x16) interface, would it matter if I get a PCI-Express 2.0 card? would a DDR3 card still work? does using Windows XP means I can't use certain cards?
As you can see I don't really know what I'm looking for in terms of specs and I would really appreciate some advice. Here are 2 models I have found online that would fit my budget:
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814133461
http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=7373215&CatId=28
Thanks for reading!
Vince
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