- Dec 15, 2006
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I have an older computer that I let a young nephew have because his family isn't able to purchase him a computer. He wants to play some older games on it. The computer has the below hardware;
Asus A7V266-E http://www.motherboards.org/fi...uals/1/a7v266e-100.pdf
AMD Athlon XP 1800+
1GB PC2100 RAM
64MB GeForce3 AGP card
250GB 7200RPM Maxtor HDD
500W Vantec PSU
Windows XP Professional 32 bit
Most of this is hand me down hardware from older systems I've built.
The AGP slot is 4x only. I was reading on the internet and it appears that, due to voltages, this board can not support a card that is rated for 8X and even video cards labeled as 8x/4x may not work.
I'm actually a little confused.
I called VisionTek and the tech support guy told me to order the 256MB X1050 card which I did, it's on the way from New Egg and was only $35
Is this an ample card for gaming? I don't mind spending $100 on the kid but I don't have any idea what is a good card to buy.
Can you guys post me in the right direction? Thank you.
I now realize Obivion will never run so that is no longer an issue.
Asus A7V266-E http://www.motherboards.org/fi...uals/1/a7v266e-100.pdf
AMD Athlon XP 1800+
1GB PC2100 RAM
64MB GeForce3 AGP card
250GB 7200RPM Maxtor HDD
500W Vantec PSU
Windows XP Professional 32 bit
Most of this is hand me down hardware from older systems I've built.
The AGP slot is 4x only. I was reading on the internet and it appears that, due to voltages, this board can not support a card that is rated for 8X and even video cards labeled as 8x/4x may not work.
I'm actually a little confused.
I called VisionTek and the tech support guy told me to order the 256MB X1050 card which I did, it's on the way from New Egg and was only $35
Is this an ample card for gaming? I don't mind spending $100 on the kid but I don't have any idea what is a good card to buy.
Can you guys post me in the right direction? Thank you.
I now realize Obivion will never run so that is no longer an issue.