graphics card replacment

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  1. shaun316

    shaun316 Member

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    I have 256MB ATI Radeon 2600 XT and wanna upgrade which do i get?
     
    shaun316, Oct 8, 2008
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    Depends. How much do you want to spend? How much gaming will you do? Also what kind of CPU do you have? Because if you have a slow CPU a graphics card upgrade wont help as much.
     
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  3. spamual

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    dont forget PSU aswell
     
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    abuzar1 Senior member

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    Well if it can run a 2600XT it should not bee tooo bad.
     
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    IICR the 2600XT doesnt even have a PCIE pin to use.
     
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    oh
    ok then
     
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    The 2600XT uses almost no power whatsoever, I think it's about 50-70W. Compared with the 150W of the HD4870 for example, that's not much.
     
    sammorris, Oct 10, 2008
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