Pci card, or agp? motherboard..ahhhh

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jman15

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my motherboard has 3 pci slots, and one agp slot. No idea if it is 4x or 8x don't know how to tell. I was wondering if pci cards would be better for gaming. Also My computer is a gateway 310 series and the mother board is only able to support 512mb of sd pc2100 166mhz ram. This is not very good for gaming i assume? should i just get a new motherboard.. I am beyond confused. I was thinking that maybe i should jsut get a new computer

I was thinking of getting a computer from cyberpowerinc.com
probably with an athlon 64 3000
1g of pc 3200 ram
geforce fx 5700 or 6600 (256mb ram)
80gb hard drive
400w power supply
for about 580-680 bucks
i was wondering if that would be abetter investment for gaming than just upgrading my ram to 512 and getting a new video card in my old computer.
Also how do i know which video card are compatible with my motherboard?


oh ad as for my "gaming" i plan on playing games like UT2004, battle for middle earth, possibley halflife 2



many questions i know but i am very confused.
 
jman15 said:
my motherboard has 3 pci slots, and one agp slot. No idea if it is 4x or 8x don't know how to tell. I was wondering if pci cards would be better for gaming. Also My computer is a gateway 310 series and the mother board is only able to support 512mb of sd pc2100 166mhz ram.
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AGP is better for video cards then pci. if you have a agp 4x or 8x it should be compatiable with almost all video cards. PCI graphics card or bad for gamming. use http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php#download to make sure you have agp 8x or 4x if you have 2x then it not compatiable with any of today agp cards (unliky you have a 2x but my old computer had one so it is possiable)

This is not very good for gaming i assume?
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I need more details on your system before I can determin that like your cpu and video card.

I was thinking of getting a computer from cyberpowerinc.com
probably with an athlon 64 3000
1g of pc 3200 ram
geforce fx 5700 or 6600 (256mb ram)
80gb hard drive
400w power supply
for about 580-680 bucks
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If you can afford to buy a new computer that is your best option. That computer on cyberpowerinc looks decent. deffinally go with the geforce 6600 or if it a option go with a 6600 GT.

i was wondering if that would be abetter investment for gaming than just upgrading my ram to 512 and getting a new video card in my old computer.
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I not sure untill I get more details on what you currently have. upgrading to 512 ram should help espcially if you running windows xp. getting a better graphic card will help but how much depends if your cpu is holding you back or not which I cant say till I know what cpu you have.

give the info you get from cpuz plus your video card information so we can answer you better
 
should I just get a new motherboard.. I am beyond confused. I was thinking that maybe I should jsut get a new computer
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Well youll have to decide that before any useful advice can be rendered :)

i was wondering if that would be abetter investment for gaming than just upgrading my ram to 512 and getting a new video card in my old computer.
Also how do I know which video card are compatible with my motherboard?
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Depends what you have now.
 
my cpu is a celeron processer 2.4 ghz
ram 256mb sdram pc 2100 166mhz (max i can hold is 512)
40gig hard drive
on board vid card (i think its a 64mb one)

anything else you need to know?
 
Thats enough information to work with for now but now the question is, what's the budget? :)
 
You're prolly best off getting a second computer (that way you can even network them) :)
 
I'd say get the one off that website. Assuming it's a custom built, that's also better incase you want to upgrade in the future.
 
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