Upgrade

**bulio** · 01-24-2004, 05:15 PM

hi ppl, I am looking to buy a couple upgrades and a good graphics card that are pretty good and affordable. I have a couple questions tho

sys specs:
-intel pentium 3 667 mhz
-128mb sdram
-intel®82810 graphics card
-20gig hd

1.If i buy a better g card, can my cpu handle better games, or will it just make certain games faster. For example, enemy territory, I can run it but it is laggy, will the card improve my comp so games are less glitchy

2. I currently have an intel ®82810 g card, if I upgrade will I be able to handle more intensive games?

3. I have 128 mb sdram, should I upgrade this aswell?

4. anything else?

thx ppl!

**Livy** · 01-24-2004, 05:18 PM

budgets kinda help to give u ideas where to uprgade, i would def say upgrade your ram. as if u only have 128mb and an inbuilt card. the card will be taking some too, which doesnt help, at least another 256mb and you should notice the dif.
but a full upgrade may be worth it if u have the dough,

**bulio** · 01-24-2004, 05:30 PM

so far I want:

-ati radeon 9200
$149.99

-256 mb sdram
80$

these any good?

**DWk** · 01-24-2004, 05:46 PM

Originally posted by bulio@24 January 2004 - 10:15
1.If i buy a better g card, can my cpu handle better games, or will it just make certain games faster. For example, enemy territory, I can run it but it is laggy, will the card improve my comp so games are less glitchy

2. I currently have an intel ®82810 g card, if I upgrade will I be able to handle more intensive games?

3. I have 128 mb sdram, should I upgrade this aswell?

4. anything else?

thx ppl!

1. Enemy Territory? I run it perfectly with an MX440. If you're not an extreme gamer or aren't thinking of playing games a lot, I would recommend one of these - They are like 25-35 dollars (the most expensive ones).

2. Such as what games?

3. Yes you need at least 256mb sdram if you are planning on playing ET well. I might have to say that it's possibly your ram which is making ET run laggy. Try upgrading the RAM first and see the difference. If it's needed, get a card.

**bigdawgfoxx** · 01-24-2004, 06:17 PM

you really should just build a new computer...but the 256MB stick for $80 is pretty high..you can find cheaper from www.newegg.com im sure.

**DWk** · 01-24-2004, 06:33 PM

Yea are you sure isn't that 256DDR ram? Nonetheless, it would be expensive.

**bulio** · 01-24-2004, 06:41 PM

nope, it's sdram, the person at the comp store says the g-card can act as ram aswell so that would kind of make up for the 128 mb more that I need, no?

**Mad Cat** · 01-24-2004, 06:44 PM

Originally posted by bulio@24 January 2004 - 18:41
nope, it's sdram, the person at the comp store says the g-card can act as ram aswell so that would kind of make up for the 128 mb more that I need, no?

I think thats crap.

Unless your GPU is integrated, then getting a gcard will improve ram a little.