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30nine

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Yes hi, im new,and here for help if poss.
My kids want me to get a new pc as they say the one ive got is to slow.
But im thinking of trying to upgrade this one ive got, with more memory
and a graphics card so they can play games ect. Here is the current system-

Mainboard Epox via p4m266a
intel celeron 478 processor 400mh-2.4gh
512mb ram
80gb HD
win xp sp2
it says support for agp slot for 1.5v 4x agp 2.0 compliant
and also has 2 slots for 184 pin ddr dimm memory
so i think i can put 1gb of ram in it but unsure about a graphics card
at the moment the graphics is shared with the main pc memory and
its only 32mb.
can anyone advise me what to get in the way of a graphics card.

Cheers JK
 
That motherboard only has a AGP/VGA Slot: 1 (4x mode @ 1.5v)

So I wouldnt bother getting new graphics card, I would get hold of at lease a AGP X8 mobo or even better a PCI-E X16.

As far as RAM goes you can have up to 2 x DDR SDRAM PC2100, 2GB max.

Having more RAM will bring better performance to your PC.

Do you have a budget?
 
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You could jump the ram to 1gb and go from the onboard video to like a 6600gt AGP card and it would improve quite a bit. But thats money spent on a already outdated system, but it would be a improvement.
 
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My budgets only £80
so you dont think a graphics card would help?
I can get the 1gb ram ok ive still got a credit note with amazon.
someone reccomended a nvidia GeForce FX5500 card.
If i did get another motherboard,would i need to replace anything else?
 
The FX5500 isn't a very good card, I wouldn't look into it.

This one is ok for your price range:
http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?SAP-X1555A

If you got a new motherboard there isn't anything else you would have to buy, aslong as you make sure it has the same socket as the processor you are using at the moment, and it takes he RAM that you have or are getting :)

Is the £80 for both RAM and graphics card?
 
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The £80 is just for the graphics card,however i dont really want to spend to much on this system as it is mainly used by my kids.
See im not after a card that can run the latest games(doom, hl ect) its just for middle range games,and also for something called second life(whatever that is and internet use,
 
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Hey Just installed new graphics card works fine,at least the kids are happy.
It seems to have improved the speed of my whole system not just games is this usaul?not that im complaining.
Still waiting for memory,ive ordered ony 1gb for this pc at the moment
Might replace the hd with 120gb any recomondations?
 
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