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viking252
05-27-2005, 06:05 AM
Hi
I am in some serious need for help as to wich graphic card i should get for my 3 year old pc.(i know waay old :o )
My pc is a fujitsu fmw deskpower ce11a, AMD duron 1100Mhz, 512 MB ram
and a measly 205 watt power supply.
My monitor does not support DVI instead it has a DFP port, but i guess that i
can buy an adapter to get around that problem?
My bus is a PCI bus, wich sort of makes the selection of cards fairly small.
I have searched the net quite a lot but i am still not sure what card to get.

I am not a hardcore gamer, but i would like to be able to play games that are newer than 3 years :)

Any help and advise will be greatly appriciated.

Snod Blatter
05-27-2005, 09:50 AM
An FX5200 would probably suit that quite well, and maybe take some of the strain off the rest of the system with all of it's hardware features.

Just my thoughts :)

glc
05-27-2005, 01:03 PM
A Radeon 9200/9250 should work well too. The big concern is the 205 watt PSU, it may not be able to handle the load of a video card - I assume it's using onboard video now?

Snod Blatter
05-27-2005, 02:05 PM
True... is there a make on the PSU at all?