I have a hp pav 410a with a 2.8 proc. -1 gig of ram -WinXP- and unfortunately the wrong video card to play Witcher. I have an fx 5200 that plays the game but choppy and slow. I am on a fixed income and I have about 100.00 that I can spend for a video card PCI (no agp or PCI-E on this old motherboard . Can someone please tell me which video card to buy for the money that I have that would be the best PCI card for the money that I have . OR AM I waisting my time - (hope not) because I can't afford another PC .Someone Help! Gaming addiction fix needed!!!!!!!!
Need advice - older system PCI video card
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Rage_3K_Moiz
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Is that $100? For PCI, the best card right now is the 8500GT PCI made by Sparkle. The best bang-for-buck card though would be the GeForce 6200 PCI. Get the latter [ame=http://www.amazon.com/EVGA-256-P1-N399-LX-e-GeForce-256MB-Graphics/dp/B000V4PYTC/ref=dp_cp_ob_e_title_0]here[/ame].
JamesPromIII
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What about the HIS HD 2400 Pro?
Thanks for the advice !
Just ordered a Sparkle 8500GT - will be here in 2 days ! Thank you guys for the advice !
The FX5200 was ok for Titan Quest but terrible on Witcher. On other question I have (please overlook my ignorance) is - My pc when it came out had 2 slots for memory- the book says it has a 1 gig max. -which I have - my question is can i take out the two 512 MB Memory (184 pin ddr 400MHz) sticks and replace them each with 1GB memory sticks?
Just ordered a Sparkle 8500GT - will be here in 2 days ! Thank you guys for the advice !
The FX5200 was ok for Titan Quest but terrible on Witcher. On other question I have (please overlook my ignorance) is - My pc when it came out had 2 slots for memory- the book says it has a 1 gig max. -which I have - my question is can i take out the two 512 MB Memory (184 pin ddr 400MHz) sticks and replace them each with 1GB memory sticks?
JamesPromIII
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You can but your only going to get effects for 1 gig not the full potential which would be 2 gigs
Rage_3K_Moiz
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It would depend on how much maximum memory your motherboard supports. Check on HP's site and make sure before you buy the new RAM.txfloodman said:
So if the specs on the M-Board say max memory supported 1 gb . then that is all that the pc will recognize ? or that is all it will use - even if there is more there?
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