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Originally posted by BBStacker83@Dec 7 2004, 08:04 AM
Looking to upgarde my PC . I got the Saitek x45 joystick system, and put in an additional 512K mem chip in. I want to replace the other 256K simm with another 512K and put in a graphix accelerator card. Any recommendations on what brand and card to get my system going good. it's a Gateway 1.8M system with the added upgrades mentioned above. I play NFSU, MSFS2004, CFS ans B-17 a lot and want to make it run better.
Thanks. :Oo:
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Hi
First off, you can't go wrong with 1024 MB Ram. That's what new games need to run smooth.
The rest depends though. I couldn't find the processor speed of your Gateway 1.8M (?).
So if you can find that out, it would be very helpful to decide on the other parts. (If you don't know how to, press [Start] -> [Run] -> type
dxdiag and see the results there.)
But in general, it depends also on the amount of money you'd like to spend on it. If price doesn't matter, I'd reccomend another Mainboard and CPU if your CPU Speed now is lower than 2 ghz. You can buy AMD Processors such as a AMD64 3000+ really cheap. However, with such a processor and 1024 MB Ram, I'd suggest a videocard that performes appropriate. In this category would be for example a ATI x800Pro or a nVidia 6800 GT. But said cards would cost you a bit, around $350 or more.
CPU: AMD 64 3000+ = $148
Mainboard: Asus AV8 Deluxe = $99
Videocard: ATI/nVidia = $390 - $420
If you want a pricey solution, you may want to look further in to this card: nVidia 6600 GT AGP.
Make sure you look around for an AGP model, others won't fit in your mainboard. Without upgrading your processor, this card would cost you around $240.
Keep in mind that we can't give you a good suggest without knowing your whole configuration yet. It would be helpful to know such things as CPU, Mainboard, Videocard now, Soundcard and your Operating System.
Hope this helps a bit