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| i have a sony vaio pcv-rs410, this computer is great for regular tasks such as homework and surfing the web, but i am interested in a new video card. i plan on purchasing one tomorrow or monday. i would like some recommendations on video cards that would be congruous with my motherboard. i plan on using this for playing computer games. my last question is it worth buying a new video card if buying a new computer is out of the question?
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i didn't mention anything about ram because i have the max (1GB) i filled up both slots with 512MB cards shortly after purchasing the computer in 2003. i also plan on getting a tv tuner adapter.
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i didn't mention anything about ram because i have the max (1GB) i filled up both slots with 512MB cards shortly after purchasing the computer in 2003. |
Alright, nice  .
Well, still, which types of games would you want to play? With that PC, you'll only run FPS games smoothly with low settings. I'd suggest a 128MB vid card.
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TheIndianGuy
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| Valr wrote: | | skate4lifee wrote: |
i didn't mention anything about ram because i have the max (1GB) i filled up both slots with 512MB cards shortly after purchasing the computer in 2003. |
Alright, nice .
Well, still, which types of games would you want to play? With that PC, you'll only run FPS games smoothly with low settings. I'd suggest a 128MB vid card. |
the three improvements i've made to it so far are the new dvd writer after my old one 'died,' filled up the other hard drive slot with a 400gb internal hard drive, and the 1GB of ram. the last two things i would like are a a tv tuner adapter and a new video card. i don't intend on playing any FPS games or any games that you have to purchase, i plan on playing downloaded games such as Fly For Fun. thank you for the advice.
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| Yeah, a 128mb would be fine for MMOs like those. Check out newegg or tigerdirect, they should have a PCI vid card pretty cheap, around $30~$40.
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TheIndianGuy
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| Valr wrote: | | Yeah, a 128mb would be fine for MMOs like those. Check out newegg or tigerdirect, they should have a PCI vid card pretty cheap, around $30~$40. |
i plan on going to Fry's electronics because it is close to my house and tends to have good prices. i was looking on their website - www.frys.com and was unable to find one with 128mb, did i miss it? smallest i saw was 256mb.
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| Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2008 3:47 am Post subject: |
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| skate4lifee wrote: | | Valr wrote: | | Yeah, a 128mb would be fine for MMOs like those. Check out newegg or tigerdirect, they should have a PCI vid card pretty cheap, around $30~$40. |
i plan on going to Fry's electronics because it is close to my house and tends to have good prices. i was looking on their website - www.frys.com and was unable to find one with 128mb, did i miss it? smallest i saw was 256mb. |
It has ONE, but it's $99.  A ctrl+f on '128' helped.
http://shop3.outpost.com/%7BzbU+6yDHQDe8TKcGbTsf+Q**.node1%7D/product/5490819;jsessionid=zbU+6yDHQDe8TKcGbTsf+Q**.node1?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG
Edit: Stupid fucking link, just copy and paste it all in.
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PCI Slots don't have anything to do with his Video Card, unless you want him to get a super old 32mb video card. Nowadays it's either AGP or PCI-E. And he has one AGP Slot.
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| Sm4rtOne wrote: |
PCI Slots don't have anything to do with his Video Card, unless you want him to get a super old 32mb video card. Nowadays it's either AGP or PCI-E. And he has one AGP Slot. |
I was basing his computer off of the link I posted. It didn't say AGP under expansion slots, so I thought all he had were PCI. Ah well, good for him.
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Video Output Interface AGP 4x
That's what's in your link.
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