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Hi all,
No sure if this is the right place for this post.

I have go a system with a pentium 4 2.93 ghz and 1gb ddr400 ram. i am looking to upgrade the graphics to a pci not pci-e as this is the only slots it has. i was looking to put in a geforce 6200 or geforce 8400gs, but then came across something else.

I can get hold of another system. am2 motherboard with amd 64 x2 4000+ 2.1ghz dual and 1gb ddr2 667 mhz with a via k8m890 chipset. the board also has a pci-e x16 slot for further upgrade.

The question is tho what would be better for gaming ( i know both of these system are super low grade ) but it is for a teen and wants a computer to play some older games on.

So i just need your opinions on what is better out the two of these as they stand and not further upgrades.

Thanks

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the memory slots are already occupied so it wont be having any more memory installed. The ddr system is already build and running, justs needs a gpu fitted.

but i am still unsure which system would perform better as they are stated above.

amd sure will.... at least it having a dual core.. :p 
my laptop is also having same like config ur p4, and ur amd is hving same like config my desktop.. and my desktop is far better than laptop.. lol..

Thanks chemcg,
I know that the amd cpu out does the pentium but what is your opinions on the gpu's

Geforce 6200 or 8400gs standard pci running with ddr and pentium 4 or via k8m890 onboard chipset with amd 4000+ dual and ddr2.

He will be getting the systems as they are but with the pentium system, it will have a new gpu installed as above.

So, which would perform better at gaming.
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