Pentium 4 2.66 Ghz with MSI 4670

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Hkcuong

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Can they pair with each other? Currently, I am using a Gigabyte 6600 non GT but the animations move very slow when playing games.
 
It's not the processor you need to worry about. Does your computer have PCI-Express, or is this an AGP version of the card? Is your power supply powerful enough (I'd say at least 400 watts and 30 amps total on the 12v rail(s)). On top of that, would the upgrade even be worth while? How much RAM does the system have? A P4 2.66GHz is pretty dated...
 
The_Other_One said:
It's not the processor you need to worry about. Does your computer have PCI-Express, or is this an AGP version of the card? Is your power supply powerful enough (I'd say at least 400 watts and 30 amps total on the 12v rail(s)). On top of that, would the upgrade even be worth while? How much RAM does the system have? A P4 2.66GHz is pretty dated...
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Yeah, the mainboard is P5GZ-MX of ASUS and has 1 PCIE x16 (the card version is also PCIE not AGP). The system has 2 GBs of RAM (1 gb each). Noname PSU.
 
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Your PSU is all I'd really worry about. Aside from that, that card should work fine. But once again, that processor is rather dated. While GPU's still play a huge role in game performance, you may still run into some issues with such an old processor.
 
The_Other_One said:
Your PSU is all I'd really worry about. Aside from that, that card should work fine. But once again, that processor is rather dated. While GPU's still play a huge role in game performance, you may still run into some issues with such an old processor.
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I was in the pretty much same boat. I was running a 6800GT on my 3.2Ghz P4. While it ran old games fine, I didn't even have the option to run newer games with that card. Now I CAN run the newer games, and while my CPU is choking the card horribly, I can manage playable and even quite good looking frames. Sure it'll slow to a chug sometimes, but I'll put my current 4850 alongside another when I build my new computer, or maybe just sell it for a 5850/5870 when I see how they turn out. Anyway, I digress, If your PSU can handle it, all the power to you. Doesn't hurt anything other than your wallet.
 
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