Guys, I've had my computer for 4 years now. It's pretty good for every day use, etc. But, I want to upgrade the video card and the memory.

This is the computer ...

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1748791,00.asp

What do you guys recommend?

 

2gb RAM, and a decent dx10 card, maybe a 6800GT or so. Should go nicely with your P4.

It depends on what your motherboard can support though. What kind of video slots does it support? (AGP, PCI, PIC-e, etc)

 

What are you looking for in the upgrades?
What are the reasons for upgrading?
What's your budget?

I just need those three things and I can help you out.



The 6800GT isn't DX10. That card is one of the slowest and oldest on the market. I don't even know if they make them anymore.

 

I'm playing a few games, I know my computer isn't any gaming rig though. I'm willing to spend $100 on the video card.

The memory I need another gig of memory. I have 4 memory slots that are filled up with two 512s currently which are in Position 1 and 3.

 

what OS are you/planning on running?
any photoshop type stuff, or strictly gaming/standard apps?

 

XP & I'm not planning on upgrading to anything else. I doubt I'll be getting into photoshop.

I forgot to say it's PCI Express.

 

i was gonna say 9600 but those cards are 180, cant wait to get mine. Go with an 8600 GT. you can get em around 100 now.

 

go with a couple gigs of ram - no more than three (32 bit can't recognize any more) stick with two 1 gig corsair sticks or get two more 512's...

if you were willing to drop a little bit more on the gpu you could gowith a Nvidia GeForce 9600GT... 150-160 range...

if you are set on +/- 100 GeForce 8600 or 8800 GT

 

... and that will work with PCI Express?

 

yes. When you buy the card just make sure it is PCI-e compatible. Majority of cards on the market today are PCI-e.

 

express or express x16?

 

That's why I was asking. I don't know the difference.

Edit: I just found this link, it's got a much better spec sheet.

http://www.superwarehouse.com/Sony_V...820G/ps/454407

 

ah, you're good ...PCIeX16

 

as for the ram you need DDR SDRAM DIMM 184 pin pc3200 in either 512 or 1gig sticks.

 

So what do you think about this video card?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814150247

.. and this memory?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820145440