new video card?

okay, 2 questions. i have a ati x1650 pro currently and am laggin alot on my game's. Will this GPU run better than mine? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814127336 and also will it work perfectly fine in my pci x16 v1.0 motherboard? thanks in advanced guy's

The same or worse than your present card. Here's a handy GPU hierarchy chart to check.
http://www.tomshardware.com/review [...] 987-6.html

even a 50-70 card will not make any different for you
save money

Dude you would be taking a big performance hit getting that HD3450. You would be paying money for LESS performance. You need to spend around $110 to get the minimum performance increase that you need for today's games which would be about an Nvidia 9600GT or an ATI HD3850

Work harder and make the money some how.

Just because 3450 is a higher number than 1650 does not mean that it is faster.

The first number for both ATI and Nvidia cards is the generation of the series. The last 3 digits of the card are more meaningful.

An ATI HD3450 is like the modern day equivalent of an ATI x1300 card which is definitely slower than your 1650. Yes a 3450 is likely faster than a 1300 but it does not come close to your 1650.

And by the way. An ATI 9250 is not faster than a HD4870

That's a good price for a 9600GT.

BTW Gill, I like your avatar. That is a nice looking rig you got.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814162007

even cheaper and OC editon for 89.99!!!

that rig?dont even wanna mention it. the performance never match the outside!!!you will be SOOOOOOOOOOOOOooo disappointed when you hear the spec!lol

get the second one i told you the OC version for less!(weird!)