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New video card

Discussion in 'PC hardware help' started by fireman50, Aug 11, 2008.

  1. fireman50

    fireman50 Regular member

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    I need a new video card but I'm not sure which one to get. This is my PC http://support.gateway.com/s/PC/R/4053/4053sp3.shtml I haven't changed anything on it besides getting a bigger hard drive. I'll mostly just play Counter-Strike Source on it. Do I need to add more ram too? I'll use this until I eventually make my own PC. I don't want to spend more than 80$ on the new card. It says I have one free PCI-E x16 slot available. So should I definitely get a PCI-E card?
     
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    You will also need a new power supply if you get anything decent. if you don't get anything decent, you'll be able to play CS:S but not much else. This assumes a new PSU will fit that PC...
     
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    Yes you would, Dynex PSUs are very lightweight.
     

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