Which graphic card?

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dcdd1

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hi im new here, hi to all in this forum,i have this spec pc below and had it recently serviced they recommend i upgrade graphic card to 256mb but i dont know anything hardware at all....so complete novice really with hardware..

MS Windows 7 home Premium 32bit sp1
AMD Phenom 9550 Quad-core processor
4gb ram
ATI Radeon X1200 SERIES

this graphic card is 128mb and i need 256mb according to service upgrade?...only im not sure which card i should get as there is so many any suggestions much appriecated?

also i want to install myself as i was told its so easy ???? so question is which card what make is compatable etc and how to install please thanks:confused:
 
When buying a video card you first need to know what you want to do with the system you are installing it on. whether it be for gaming or just regular every day use. I would though recommended that you buy either an Nvidia graphics card pr an ATI graphics card. those are 2 of the better companies on the market. i have never had any problems with either of those companies.
 
thanks for replys im near bristol ...and just general use ...but something that will meet the rest of hardware,like it fast lol,anyway are they easy to fit and i was told maybe Nvidia graphics card 256mb ?but does it matter? not a gamer
 
What do you intend to do with the card? Any gaming?
Whats your budget and currency?
What power supply and motherboard do you have?
 
Does Windows 32bit allow for 4gb of RAM to actually function to its maximum ability? I can't remember if 3gb is the max for 32bit or if its 4gb.
 
It can see up to 4gb. But substracts from the upperend for hardware memory addresses. So you end up with anything from 3gb and up to the OS.
 
the board is according to a program i installed says this

FOXCONN A6VMX 0A

2.20 gigahertz AMD Phenom 9550 Quad-Core
512 kilobyte primary memory cache
2048 kilobyte secondary memory cache
2048 kilobyte tertiary memory cache
64-bit ready
Multi-core (4 total)
Not hyper-threaded Board: FOXCONN A6VMX 0A

Bus Clock: 200 megahertz
BIOS: American Megatrends Inc. 080014 06/19/2008
Drives Memory Modules c,d
488.57 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
421.72 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

ATAPI DVD A DH16A6S ATA Device [Optical drive]

WDC WD5000AAVS-00ZTB0 ATA Device [Hard drive] (500.11 GB) -- drive 0, s/n WD-WCASU5186134, SMART Status: Healthy 3456

Megabytes Usable Installed Memory

Slot 'DIMM1' has 2048 MB
Slot 'DIMM2' has 2048 MB
Local Drive Volumes

whatever all this above means does this help with which graphics card 256 i should use or more ?i dont know
 
so which card should i get ?any ideas just for general use and i dont know price range about average price:confused:
 
^^ im quite sure its 3gb, i coudl be wrong but i know that on my system (64) i have to enable memory remapping to get the full 4gb of memory

EDIT: think i missed a fair few posts here haha, this was for the last page :P
 
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probably because we need a budget. if your willing to spend $300 youll get a much different card than if your going to spend $30
 
dcdd1 said:
just a better graphic card than what i got and what would you recommend?
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dcdd1 said:
so which card should i get ?any ideas just for general use and i dont know price range about average price:confused:
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dcdd1 said:
i still havent got an answer which card 256mb do i get for this setup?
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dcdd1 said:
does anyone know the answer to which graphic card?
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You still havent said what brand and model power supply you have (important) and how much you want to spend on a card.
 
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