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Old 03-10-2004, 05:43 PM   #1
Fear58
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Want to get new vid card, any other hardware I need?


I was shopping around at best buy the other day, and came across the 9800 XT 128mb Radion, by ATI, priced at $300. I have a little cash i could use to upgrade my pc, and I heard this new 9800 XT line from radeon Rocks in putting out lots of FPS. I run a Nvidia Geforce MX somethin, 64mb right now. It's...i guess..ok, But i think this new ATI vid card would put out a lot more FPS in my gaming. Anyway, would this new card slow down my pc? Here are the basic specs:

P4 2 Ghz cache: 512MB
120 GB 7200 RPM hard drive
Not sure which motherboard i have, dont know how to check in mandrake 9.2

Could my processor still handle the video card? would I see much of a difference really?
Thanks for the time to answer my question.
 
Old 03-10-2004, 06:34 PM   #2
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your specs are fine... and yes, that card rocks... remember to use the latest ati drivers instead of whatever your distro uses by default...

http://www.ati.com/support/drivers/l...eon-linux.html
 
  


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