Which Video Card(s)?

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struby

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I am looking to buy a new video card for my computer, here are my guidelines:

My computer is a Dell Dimension 2350 Desktop
I currently have 256 mb of RAM, but am looking to upgrade that as well
My current video card is just what came with the computer, and I am hoping to run Guild Wars smoothly and maybe even more advanced things.

-Must fit into my computer, without making other modifications.
-I am not looking to spend too much money, I would say no more than 80-90 bucks, if not even less (tell me if I am thinking too low).
-I am not extremely knowledgeable about computers, so I might need someone to walk me through the process.
-I was thinking Radeon, since the Guild Wars box has that mentioned, as well as GeForce, but I am open to suggestions.

Thanks in advance.
 
You don't have much of an upgrade path... Apparently the machine only has PCI so you can only get a PCI graphics card. The perforamce will be quite limited due to this. And that's plain PCI, not PCI Express.
 
Well, I think you can find a 5500 for PCI. But it's not going to really boost your performance. The best upgrade for you right now is to get more ram, at least another 512MB. 1GB would be good.
 
But

But are any of those an upgrade, and are any of those as good as the radeon 9000, because that is recommended for the game, so basically, are any of those pci video cards as good as or better than the radeon 9000?
 
First off, the Radeon 9000 isn't much of a card. I beleive it's actually comparable to the older 8500... Now, I don't know right off how good those really are, but I'd suggest just finding one that's within your price range and looking for a benchmark.
 
Thanks for your help man, so how about I pick one out, and you can tell me whether it is better than the Radeon 9000, the box of Guild Wars recommends the ATI Radeon 9000, which is why I am asking and want one at least equal to and if not better than it, I will edit in a card.

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Like the Radeon 9200 se
The Radeon 9250
The Radion X550
I would appretiate it greatly if someone could take a look at that list and tell me which ones are not equal or better to the Radeon 9000.
 
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From what I can see, the X550 just uses PCIe so no point to even consider that one...

I can't find a good side by side conmparison between the 9200 SE and the 9250, but the plain 9200 is normally about 5 FPS slower than the 9250... And, just FYI, the 9600 is about twice as fast as the 9200!
 
But

But what about the Radeon 9000, how do they compare to that? since the Guild Wars box recommends that, I just want to know which of those are equal, better, or lower performing than the 9000, which is not PCI, I don't think it is anyway.
edit: and that is the 64 mb 9000 which I wish to compare to, and I would guess that some of those PCI video cards in the link I put up earlier are better than the Radeon 9000 64 mb video card.
Thanks again for your help.
 
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struby said:
I am hoping to run Guild Wars smoothly
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Guild Wars?

1. Get yourself a 5700LE
2. Upgrade to 512MB RAM

and maybe even more advanced things.
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Hey don't expect blazing speeds with your setup even if you decide to do the upgrade.

I was thinking Radeon as well as GeForce, but I am open to suggestions.
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Thats all you've got to choose from. :)
 
tweaker said:
Guild Wars?

1. Get yourself a 5700LE
2. Upgrade to 512MB RAM



Hey don't expect blazing speeds with your setup even if you decide to do the upgrade.



Thats all you've got to choose from. :)
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Guild Wars is a computer game.
and I was thinking of going higher than 512 RAM, can my system do a 512 and a 256 chip, or do the two chips have to be the same size that u put in?

Anyone else have any thoughts on which video card I should get?

Thanks.
 
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