Video Card Help

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puzowned

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Hello all, this is my first post on this forum so I apologize for anything i do wrong. But anyways I need help choosing a video card for a computer that I just got. It's not new, my grandpa gave it to me and he is a big computer guy so I'm pretty sure these are decent specs, the only problem I have with choosing a video card is that I'm not sure if it will be compatible with my system, and I also need a decently powerful one. I don't need any help on actually putting it into the computer as I already know how to do that. But here are the specs:


Intel Premium 4 CPU 2.53 GHz
2.00 GB of ram
32 bit

I'm not really sure where to find what kind of motherboard I have, and if there is anything else you guys need to help me out just ask for it. Thank you.
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Almost sounds like a dell computer. Is this a custom built or store bought pc? If store bought just give us make and model number.
 
Hate to break it to you, but those aren't exactly high end parts. Most people wouldn't even consider them low-end anymore. As far as a general use PC goes, its perfectly fine, but if you wind up investing any amount of money into that system it'll be so limited by the slower components that its essentially a waste of hard earned cash. Another limiting factor is the lack of a quality power supply used by OEM manufacturers. Distributors like Gateway use the absolute bare bones units to power their machines, put anything extra in there, especially with a high power draw (Like a graphics card for example) and you'll find yourself with a blown up computer. Last but not least, you may not even have a PCI-E slot on your motherboard. All modern graphics cards use this format as it provides far more bandwidth than AGP or regular PCI. If you only have an AGP or PCI slot available for a GPU, then you'll not only have limited performance, but also have to pay a premium to get a card in an obsolete format.

Having said that, if you still feel the need to invest in a new power supply and a graphics card we can go into further details, but we see people come in here all the time looking to invest in a machine not really worth spending money on sadly. Still willing to give you any help you need, I just want to make sure you know what you're getting yourself into.
 
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