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Help to decide what graphic card to get

Discussion in 'PC hardware help' started by Plextor, Sep 15, 2006.

  1. Plextor

    Plextor Member

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    I have:

    Amd 64 3400+
    2.40ghz
    2.00 gb ram

    graphics card ati radeon 9800 which is old and i am going to purchase a new one which card is the best at present no other brand only ati under £50 what does interface mean

    PS Do the grapics cards have to be compatible with the computer and if it does what/how

    thanks
     
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  2. tailschao

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    in this case, it means how the graphics card connects to the rest of the computer, gfx cards do this through a PCI slot, an AGP slot or a PCI-E slot. I beleive the radeon 9800 you have now is only made for agp, i.e. a new graphics card would need to be an agp card too.
    Yes, and see above.
    i'll have a quick scout around for under £50 gfx cards, but i have to ask, why not nvidia?
     
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    oh, just re-read your post, yeah like that but agp
     
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