Thinking of adding on to old computer any help apprescated

[swker98]

Thinking to add on to old computer i want to add a new viedo card (nivda gfource fx or ati vadion 128 or 256 mb) and would i need ram fo this looking to spend 150 totle on ram and viedo card




the specs are


PowerSpec® 8350

Processor


Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor 1.6GHz

OS


Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition

System Board


Gigabyte GA8IDML-MC

System Memory


256MB, 133MHz SDRAM DIMM

Diskette Drive


3.5" 1.44MB Floppy Disk Drive

Hard Drive


40GB ATA/100

CD-ROM Drive


Samsung 52x Multi-read

CD-RW Drive


Samsung 16x10x32x

Video


nVidia TnT2 Vanta 16MB AGP

Sound


Integrated Creative CT5880 4-Channel Audio

Modem


56K V.90 Modem MDP3880

LAN


Integrated 10/100 Ethernet Adapter

Keyboard


Windows PS/2 Keyboard

Mouse


PS/2 2-button Internet Scroll Mouse

Speakers


Stereo Speakers

Software


Microsoft® Works 6.0

Warranty


On-Site Limited Warranty

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or specs on this site http://www.powerspec.com/systems/archives/system_archive.phtml

any help will be appresated

Thank You

 

[Fearless]

Hi,

According to the powerspec.com link you provided, the 8350 supports an AGP 4x (AGP 2.0) slot for video. Most of the cards you can buy today are 8x cards (AGP 3.0), which are *supposed* to be backwards-compatible with the 4x interface.

On the plus side, video cards have come down in price. I know that the GeForce FX 5200 is an 8x card that works with 4x motherboards, and it's $40. That card has 128MB DDR ram built in.

Cheers,

Cliff

 

[swker98]

thaks

thansk 4 ur help

ill consider it


P.S will my monider work wit it i go ta



Philips 107S Light Frame 2

Thanks again