I've been passing on my old games to my nephew's for as long as I've been gaming. Lately though, many of the games have been a bit more than their PC can handle with only on board graphics (Far Cry, NFSU2, Pirates etc).
I'd like to determine what card will boost the performance of their system to a decent level without going overboard (obviously an X800XT would be a poor choice for a Celeron based system). I don't care so much about eye candy so much as that the game can just manage to run at decent rates on lower settings.
System specs:
eMachines T2692
2.6 Ghz Celeron
256 DDR
On board graphics
not shure what mobo is in this rig
Where is the line above which a card will be overkill for the celeron processor? What would be the performance/value point? I've already spent a bunch on their christmas and I really don't want to spend too much more here if I can help it.
I'd like to determine what card will boost the performance of their system to a decent level without going overboard (obviously an X800XT would be a poor choice for a Celeron based system). I don't care so much about eye candy so much as that the game can just manage to run at decent rates on lower settings.
System specs:
eMachines T2692
2.6 Ghz Celeron
256 DDR
On board graphics
not shure what mobo is in this rig
Where is the line above which a card will be overkill for the celeron processor? What would be the performance/value point? I've already spent a bunch on their christmas and I really don't want to spend too much more here if I can help it.
