OK, I Give Up. I Need Help.

Computergasm

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I want to upgrade the vid card without having to upgrade anything else.

System is a Dell Dimension 8400, P4, 3 gigs RAM, PCIe, Windows XP, and currently has a Radeon 850XT Platinum. I believe it has a 350W power supply and I guess I would consider upgrading to 400W if I really need to. I realize I'll be stuck with DirectX9.

What are my best choices? THANKS!
 

Munky

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You can get a decent DX10 card, but it's not like DX10 matters at this point. A Radeon 3850 or a Geforce 9600gt would be about 2-3x as fast, don't require a lot of power, and can be had for under $150. Since you're still on a P4, there's no point getting anything faster, since the cpu would hold you back anyways.
 

Munky

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Originally posted by: wired247
Since I'm too lazy to look up your specs, is that AGP or PCI-e?

I'm thinking 7600GS

It's PCI-e... and a 7600gs would be a downgrade.