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Old December 28th, 2005, 06:06 PM   Digg it!   #1 (permalink)
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Newbie Gamer Needs Advice in Buying New Video Card?

I've recently gotten into playing games on my pc, but i'm not able to play the most current games because of my graphics card... So I really need everyone who is willing to give adivce as to what video card I should get. I have a 2.6 mhz pentium 4, with 1 gb of ddr 3200 memory, windows xp, and my current video card is a Nvidia Geforce fx 5200 agp. Which a few of people tell me is pretty ancient when it comes to video cards. I'm willing to spend from 150 to 200 dollars on a card, so please I would like to hear what are some of the best video cards for my computer. I'm not sure if i should go ati or nvidia.
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Well, this is about the best card you can get for that price:
SAPPHIRE 100136 Radeon X800GT 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 AGP 4X/8X Video Card - OEM

But what is the make/model of your powersupply? If you get a new card, and your power suppl can't handle it you could run into quite a few problems.
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Old December 28th, 2005, 06:28 PM     #5 (permalink)
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I cant see the name on my power supply...but i can see that it is a 250 watt power supply is that enough? what would i need for the x800GT?
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oh no.... u need atleast quality 350W powersupply for that.
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you will without a doubt need a new power supply. 250w is not going to cut it. Are you using a dell, or other manufacturer like that, or is it custom?
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Yes I bought a gateway a couple of years ago. Should I just wait and get a new computer or is it easy to install the power supply and video card?
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Power supplys are very easy to install...the only problem you could have is if gateway used a custom powersupply in your computer...if they did you probably wont be able to use a normal one...what is the model of your computer?
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it's a gateway 500 XL
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