ive been told im burning out my pc

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Name: brianjo
Date: July 31, 2006 at 10:00:04 Pacific
Subject: ive been told im burning out my pc
OS: windows xp
CPU/Ram: 1028 mb ram 128 mb 3d car
Model/Manufacturer: dell dimension 8200

Comment:

i have a dell 8200 which originally had 128 mb ram with 64 mb 3d card i now have upgraded it to 1028mb ram with a 128 mb 3d card i now want to go further and buy a 256mb 3d card to play pray smothly as it slows so badly what would be a good 3d card to go for? (ill look on ebay so dont know a price range yet) how would i know if my power supply is enough?
brian norris

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Response Number 1

Name: Talon
Date: July 31, 2006 at 10:04:16 Pacific
Subject: ive been told im burning out my pc

Reply: (edit)

a good card for your system:
ATI RADEON 9550 256MB AGP 8X
$80 MSRP
The card does not require a beast power supply, and as Dell computers usually come with a standard 300W, this is more than enough to handle the card.
P4 D - 2.66GHz
1024MB DDR2 RAM
ASUS A8N-SLI Motherboard
Gigabyte Nvidia Geforce 6800 Ultra 256MB PCI-E
Creative SoundBlaster Audigy 2 ZS Platinum
2x Western Digital Raptor 74GB

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Response Number 2

Name: brianjo
Date: July 31, 2006 at 10:14:10 Pacific
Subject: ive been told im burning out my pc

Reply: (edit)

thanks talon
sorry forgot to mension how do i know if my pc graphics has pci or agp
brian norris

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Response Number 3

Name: jam
Date: July 31, 2006 at 12:27:33 Pacific
Subject: ive been told im burning out my pc

Reply: (edit)

Do not get a Radeon 9550. It's not a bad card but it's far from being great (I have one in my backup machine). If you're concerned about your PSU, the best card to get that doesn't require the PSU plug-in would be the Radeon 9600XT. 128MB or 256MB really doesn't matter much with these cards. It will spank the crap out of the 9550.
BTW, your Dimension 8200 DOES have an AGP slot...but it's a 4X/2X, not an 8X/4X. In other words, an 8X AGP card WILL work, but it will run at 4X speed.
This 9600XT would be the one to get because it uses DDR2 memory (most use DDR1)...unfortunately, it's currently out of stock:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102600

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Response Number 4

Name: Talon
Date: July 31, 2006 at 12:51:58 Pacific
Subject: ive been told im burning out my pc

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as jam mentioned your system uses AGP, so youre fine
P4 D - 2.66GHz
1024MB DDR2 RAM
ASUS A8N-SLI Motherboard
Gigabyte Nvidia Geforce 6800 Ultra 256MB PCI-E
Creative SoundBlaster Audigy 2 ZS Platinum
2x Western Digital Raptor 74GB

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Response Number 5

Name: brianjo
Date: August 1, 2006 at 09:01:18 Pacific
Subject: ive been told im burning out my pc

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thanks thats a load off my mind
brian norris

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