Will a new video card do anything for me?

[ride525]

Well, I couldn't stand it....my "old" duron 600 system, needed upgrading. Bought k7vta3 motherboard - Sempron 2500+ combo. 512 Kingston 3200 memory. Sony 12x DVD burner. Antec Sonata Case.

The question I have will upgrading my Creative CT 6710 Riva TNT 16mb video card do anything for me? I do a lot of web surfing, some work at home with Word and Excel, some MP3 files for my portable player, and just got a 3.2 megapixed digital camera.

I was thinking of video card upgrade, something like 9200SE. Any thoughts here?

Thanks so much for your past input.

Jeff

 

[Sideswipe001]

If you don't play games, you might not really see much of a difference. Do you notice it holding you back in anything you do?

 

[RobFDB]

Well aside from the ability to run your moniter at high res and high(er) refresh rates (probally - what res/refresh do you use atm and what moniter to you have?) if you dont do any gaming no not really. Then again you'll probally get slightly better output from a R9200SE and they are dirt cheap right now, so it cant hurt to upgrade.

 

[ride525]

I have a Philips 19" monitor, something like a model 109.

I have been using it at 1028x768, but wife is complaining about small print.



Thanks for any help,

I think I'm about to buy Crucial 9200se for $58.

 

[ride525]

Actually thinking now of Connect3d 9200SE from newegg for $46.

Any more thoughts?

Thanks again

 

[HGC]

I'd go for it. I'm guessing, but I think you might get a little sharper text and a little snappier performence. In any case, your TNT card ia ancient not really in the same league as your new good stuff.

 

[newParadigm]

GF 4MX 440 for $25 from BuyXtremeGear.com


About same quality as 9200se, way lower price.

 

[ride525]

Someone else mentioned I should step up to a 9600se, for about $65.

 

[Cawchy87]

nope, no need. And it isn't really a "step up."