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What can I upgrade my GE 8400 gs graphic card to?

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I want to be able to play Bfbc2 without excessive video lag and under $100.

This is what I have in my computer right now. I hope its enough information


System Manufacturer ECS
System Model G31T-M7
System Type x64-based PC
Processor Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.60GHz, 3603 Mhz, 1 Core(s), 2 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/Date American Megatrends Inc. 080014, 7/21/2009
SMBIOS Version 2.5
Windows Directory C:\Windows
System Directory C:\Windows\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "6.1.7601.17514"
User Name Brian-PC\Brian
Time Zone Mountain Daylight Time
Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 2.00 GB
Total Physical Memory 2.00 GB
Available Physical Memory 844 MB
Total Virtual Memory 5.00 GB
Available Virtual Memory 3.68 GB
Page File Space 3.00 GB
GE 8400gs


and where is a good cheap place to buy a video card?

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Processor Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.60GHz, 3603 Mhz, 1 Core(s), 2 Logical Processor(s)


You're outta luck, unfortunately :( 

That CPU will bottleneck everything out there... I had an 8800GTS 320 that was bottlenecked substantially by that exact CPU.

You can put something like a Radeon 6670 (which is about $70 ish and roughly as powerful as my 8800GTS was) into your rig and it will definitely perform better than with an 8400, but I don't know if it will make BFBC2 playable.

IMO save up until you can buy a new PC.

nalehw7 said:
I want to be able to play Bfbc2 without excessive video lag and under $100.

This is what I have in my computer right now. I hope its enough information


System Manufacturer ECS
System Model G31T-M7
System Type x64-based PC
Processor Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.60GHz, 3603 Mhz, 1 Core(s), 2 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/Date American Megatrends Inc. 080014, 7/21/2009
SMBIOS Version 2.5
Windows Directory C:\Windows
System Directory C:\Windows\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "6.1.7601.17514"
User Name Brian-PC\Brian
Time Zone Mountain Daylight Time
Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 2.00 GB
Total Physical Memory 2.00 GB
Available Physical Memory 844 MB
Total Virtual Memory 5.00 GB
Available Virtual Memory 3.68 GB
Page File Space 3.00 GB
GE 8400gs


and where is a good cheap place to buy a video card?

power supply says coolmax v-500
and Im not sure how to tell what the case is
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Well, a decent gaming laptop will cost you a lot more than a decent gaming PC, which you could probably put together for $400-$500 ish so long as you could use your current case, optical drive, and hard drive(s).

I haven't looked into gaming laptops really, since they're always overpriced for gaming compared to a desktop. I would imagine you're going to have to shell out at least $1000 for a gaming laptop and probably $1500-2000 for a nice one, but that's just an uneducated guess.
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