Want to by good graphics card...

[The Extreme TES]

Hey people :D...On my OLD computer my graphic card got burned from all dirt that was in my comp...(I didnt cleaned him because i have my brothers computer) I had i think ummmm......Nvidia Geforce 3600+....And i now dk will i buy the same graphic? Or buy some more better...Do you have any suggestions? Thanks a lot :thumbsup: ..

 

P.S. How much costs 1GB RAM???? (Have DDR 2)

[bben46]

Whatever card you decide on be sure to measure to be sure it will fit, and does not cover something up on your motherboard or hit something when installed.

 

Also be sure to check the power requirements for any new card as the power supplies in many name brand (DELL, HP etc) computers are barely able to run the original configuration. Adding a new video card could easily over run the power it can supply. When calculating power requirements, be sure to allow at least 200 Watts for everything else.

 

So if your new Video card is rated at 125 watts at idle and 300 watts peak. use the 300 watt max for calculations - 300 watts for the card, 200 watts for the rest of the computer and another 100 Watts for any other additions (second Hard drive, Sound card etc) gives you a MINIMUM power requirement of 600Watts. So that 450Watt supply that came with it will probably power it up. But when you try to play a power hungry game like Oblivion, it will crash constantly and eventually burn out. Probably damaging your motherboard and new video card when it does.

[CommanderCrazy]

@bben, are you a hardware guru or something? :thumbsup: