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Name: umimlost
Date: December 3, 2004 at 18:50:17 Pacific
Subject: video card upgrade explanation
OS: windows 2000
CPU/Ram: 900mhz/512k
Comment:

hello,
I posted message 2 days ago (NEW GAMER, PLEASE HELP) and received a lot of appreciated feedback. I figured out finally what video card i have.
It's an ATI RAGE XL PCI. Now i would like to upgrade my video card so, i can play games on my PC without them being slow and choppy. My setup is an AMD ATHLON 900 mhz, 512K SDRAM.
What type of video card can I buy and install without having to change the processor, and should i buy more RAM?
Thanks in advance.



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Name: hcky11kev
Date: December 4, 2004 at 20:16:21 Pacific
Reply: (edit)

what kind of games do you want to play?? Won't do you much good to upgrade to an expensive video card when all you got is a 900MHz cpu. Think about getting a new computer or upgrading your CPU, mobo, ram, etc.

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