Need help upgrading a graphics card in an old computer
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Hey everyone,
I'm trying to upgrade an older computer for my son, but am unsure how much to spend on a graphics card, because I don't know how much the rest of the system will bottleneck performance.
Here's what's there now:
Thermaltake 430W PSU
AMD Athlon 64 3800+ CPU
2 GB PC 3200 DDR SDRAM
GeForce 6600 GPU
Windows XP
I'm think about one of these cards (after reading the latest Tom's rankings):
Radeon 4650
Radeon 4670
Radeon 4850
GeForce 9800GT
Questions:
How much performance boost will I see with each of these cards?
Which cards will be bottlenecked?
Thanks for the help!
I'm trying to upgrade an older computer for my son, but am unsure how much to spend on a graphics card, because I don't know how much the rest of the system will bottleneck performance.
Here's what's there now:
Thermaltake 430W PSU
AMD Athlon 64 3800+ CPU
2 GB PC 3200 DDR SDRAM
GeForce 6600 GPU
Windows XP
I'm think about one of these cards (after reading the latest Tom's rankings):
Radeon 4650
Radeon 4670
Radeon 4850
GeForce 9800GT
Questions:
How much performance boost will I see with each of these cards?
Which cards will be bottlenecked?
Thanks for the help!
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@ Creamsoda: I'd go down one leval to the HD4650, but be very careful to make sure the card has the correct connection, you may have an AGP motherboard. If you are unsure, take a look here:
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