i know there has probably been a lot of these posts in the past, and unfortunately I'm about to make another one (sorry guys! )
now i know were a dieing breed, but I still have and actively use my dieing dinosaur of an AGP based desktop, for just about everything, from watching streaming movies online, listening to music, surfing the net and playing games (probably the main focus of the pc). Im not at liberty to be able to make any huge significant PC upgrades at this time, since I'm out of work, so just a decent quick small fix to my problem is all thats needed to get me by for at least the next couple of months.
the current PC specs im running atm are:
mobo: asustek p5p800 (socket 775)
CPU: intel P4 630 Prescott 3.00GHz
RAM: 2GB dual channel DDR133Mhz
VGA: nvidia GeForce FX 5200 128mb AGP 8x
PSU: Lite-On 280w
O/S: Win XP + SP3
what I need is some recommendations for a video card fix for roughly a 6 month time period (if i can get longer out of it, great just gives me more time to save even more for a better setup) that will be capable in running diablo 3, league of legends, SMITE (all 3 games pass minimum system req. except for video card) (so shader model 3.0 support is a MUST) i dont care about how great or amazing the graphics will be im perfectly compliant with only playing games at a 1024x768 res, at low everything if need be, just as long as i can achieve and maintain at least 20-30 FPS (currently play league around 5-9 fps until team fights then it goes lower )
I also know that a power supply is going to end up being another issue as well seeing as how its so low, so feel free to suggest compatible ones as well. Keep in mind my budget for this quick little fix is roughly between $90-$120CDN.
any tips, suggestions, recommendations would be greatly appreciated
now i know were a dieing breed, but I still have and actively use my dieing dinosaur of an AGP based desktop, for just about everything, from watching streaming movies online, listening to music, surfing the net and playing games (probably the main focus of the pc). Im not at liberty to be able to make any huge significant PC upgrades at this time, since I'm out of work, so just a decent quick small fix to my problem is all thats needed to get me by for at least the next couple of months.
the current PC specs im running atm are:
mobo: asustek p5p800 (socket 775)
CPU: intel P4 630 Prescott 3.00GHz
RAM: 2GB dual channel DDR133Mhz
VGA: nvidia GeForce FX 5200 128mb AGP 8x
PSU: Lite-On 280w
O/S: Win XP + SP3
what I need is some recommendations for a video card fix for roughly a 6 month time period (if i can get longer out of it, great just gives me more time to save even more for a better setup) that will be capable in running diablo 3, league of legends, SMITE (all 3 games pass minimum system req. except for video card) (so shader model 3.0 support is a MUST) i dont care about how great or amazing the graphics will be im perfectly compliant with only playing games at a 1024x768 res, at low everything if need be, just as long as i can achieve and maintain at least 20-30 FPS (currently play league around 5-9 fps until team fights then it goes lower )
I also know that a power supply is going to end up being another issue as well seeing as how its so low, so feel free to suggest compatible ones as well. Keep in mind my budget for this quick little fix is roughly between $90-$120CDN.
any tips, suggestions, recommendations would be greatly appreciated