AGP graphics on _ancient_ system
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A small question from a newbie in HW.. hope it's OK.
I have an old computer, almost dare not to say it.. AMD Athlon 900 Mhz. 500 Mb memory.
My MB is equipped with AGP or PCI.
I have an 21" monitor (Compaq P1100)
I prefer to run max res 1920 x 1440
and.. I do not play games. The important for me is max performance on my relatively limited system, with high res and performance in applications such as Adobe InDesign etc.
All the threads I could find here refers to an ancient PC as something with 2GhZ+ and 1 Gb memory.
What are the options for really old systems ? I am considering Leadtek Geforce 7600GT, found one for $50 used. It would also give me video output.
Any suggestions / advice welcomed.
I have an old computer, almost dare not to say it.. AMD Athlon 900 Mhz. 500 Mb memory.
My MB is equipped with AGP or PCI.
I have an 21" monitor (Compaq P1100)
I prefer to run max res 1920 x 1440
and.. I do not play games. The important for me is max performance on my relatively limited system, with high res and performance in applications such as Adobe InDesign etc.
All the threads I could find here refers to an ancient PC as something with 2GhZ+ and 1 Gb memory.
What are the options for really old systems ? I am considering Leadtek Geforce 7600GT, found one for $50 used. It would also give me video output.
Any suggestions / advice welcomed.
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I'll take a stab at it:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
I wouldn't spend more than that, and the limiting factor may be if your cpu supports the card and system memory.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
I wouldn't spend more than that, and the limiting factor may be if your cpu supports the card and system memory.
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Get a 3650. It's the best bang for the buck for your system, at around $50. 2600 is good too, but cost a bit more because it's out of production and getting rare.
It's better to skip that fx5200. It's just too ancient. No support for Vista, dx10, and performance that will struggle even on non-gaming rendering.
Get a 3650. It's the best bang for the buck for your system, at around $50. 2600 is good too, but cost a bit more because it's out of production and getting rare.
It's better to skip that fx5200. It's just too ancient. No support for Vista, dx10, and performance that will struggle even on non-gaming rendering.
dagger said:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=E...Get a 3650. It's the best bang for the buck for your system, at around $50. 2600 is good too, but cost a bit more because it's out of production and getting rare.
It's better to skip that fx5200. It's just too ancient. No support for Vista, dx10, and performance that will struggle even on non-gaming rendering.
I agree with all that but does his system support it?
"I have an old computer, almost dare not to say it.. AMD Athlonhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athlon 900 Mhz. 500 Mb memory."
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