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EVGA nVidia GeForce GT 240 1 GB DDR5 VGA/DVI/HDMI PCI-Express Video Card 01G-P3-1246-LR List Price: $119.99 Sale Price: $92.88 Average Rating:   |
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1GB DDR5, GT240,D+V+HDMI PCIe |
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ASUS Geforce GTX480 PCI-E 2.0 1536 MB DDR5 Graphics Card ENGTX480/2DI/1536MD5 List Price: $534.99 Sale Price: Too low to display Average Rating:  |
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XFX ATI Radeon HD 4850 1 GB DDR3 VGA/DVI/HD MI PCI-Express Video Card HD485XZNFC List Price: $0.00 Sale Price: $114.99 Average Rating:  |
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XFX RADEON HD4850 PCIE 2.0 625MCTLR1GB DDR3 DVI VGA HDMI |
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256MB ATI Radeon X800XT Pe Platinum Edition DDR DVI/Vga/TV-Out PCI-E x16 |
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If you’ve been looking to upgrade your computer video card you’ve probably heard a great deal about PCI Express and SLI. Don’t run out and buy a new computer just yet and take that AGP motherboard you just threw away out of the trash. The truth is you can probably make some simple upgrades to your current computer to get a couple more years of gaming out of it. Of course if you have an extremely slow processor and/or less than an 8x AGP motherboard, you will need to do more than upgrade your graphics card. However, in most cases people’s computers are only a couple of years old and really have plenty of processing power.
The three things to look at are your memory, motherboard, and video card. To get the most out of the more recent games you want to have at least 1GB of RAM. This is a very simple upgrade and only takes a couple of minutes. For more information on upgrading your memory you can visit my website. Second, check to be sure your AGP slot on your current motherboard is 8x. If your memory and motherboard meet these standards you’re in luck. A new video card will probably float you for at least another year, likely two if you get a top of the line card. The thing to remember is that PCI Express is new technology and not nearly as widespread as AGP is. Game companies want to make as much money as possible from each game. For this reason, they will try to make the games play well on the widest array of platforms. When you think about it like this, it is easy to see how AGP will be useful for a while longer. For more information on AGP video cards visit the Video Card review [http://gaming-computers.net/productreviews_graphicscards.html] section of my website.
If your motherboard isn’t up to par or your processor is outdated it is time for an upgrade. If you are a do-it-yourselfer like I am, you should look into building your own computer. It’s not as difficult as you might think and can save you a good deal of money.
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