Help for newbie

[archangel72189]

Hey, I'm looking to upgrade my (very) old nVidia TNT2 Pro to something with a little more punch. While I'm not a huge gamer, I do like to play them from time to time (I now have my eye on Rome: Total War, Swat 4, Splinter Cell 3). Idealy I'm looking for a cheap card that will provide stable performance from these and other future games. My budget is very tight, so you know. I was looking at this one:

Amigo Radeon 9550 128Mb 128-bit

(http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16814166004)

There card has a 20$ rebate, bringing it down $42.

Is this card adequate for my needs?

Also, is 512 Mb sufficient to support these games? Thanks in advance :)

[kram 2.0]

One of the problems you may run into is whether or not the system will suport the Radeon 9550 you listed. The TNT2 Pro is very old - it was made before AGP8x, which is what the Radeon 9550 fits into. Do you have a pre-built system? As well, can you list your full sys specs?

kram