[Nemesis]

I came across a nVidia 7900GS 256mb PCI-E for 200 bucks and it seems like a good deal but as i looked at other online stores i kept seeing different verzions. For example some had the letters PNY in front of them or BFG wat is that? I am on a 200-230 dollar budget so if there are any other cards that are better than this one please tell me. Another thing is the memory is there a big diffrence between 256mb and 512mb in terms of performance and graphics? I have 1gb of ram and a pentium 4 procesor 3.0ghz cpu speed will that be enough to run this card smoothly and at its full? I know there are alot of questions but im cllueless when it comes to this stuff, thank you in advance.

[spike]

PNY BFG are brand names Pentium 4 cpu's are OLD tech. and run very hot 1 gig of ram is the bare minimum I would run for any system, 2 gig's is MUCH prefered As for a better video card http://www.newegg.co...16814130066EVGA offers a lifetime warranty and an "upgrade" program, meaning you can trade it in on a newer model, for a discount, a VERY nice feature! Also the Pent. 4 cpu is somewhat "bottlenecked" by its "netburst" platform, which means, that under some conditions , yes you will be limited by its performance

[Nemesis]

So is there a difference?

[spike]

[quote name='Nemesis']So is there a difference?see above

[Nemesis]

ok, thx but will the PNY 7900GS 256 run on my computer well?

[spike]

yes

[Nemesis]

OK ty one more question do u think i have enough power supply? I dont know hwo to check how much power supply i have.

[spike]

What Brand of computer do you have, and what are it 's spec's You will need atleast a good 400watt and preferrably a 500 watt and IS IT A PCI-E OR AGP VIDEO CARD YOU ARE LOOKING FOR????

[Nemesis]

Dell Dimension 8400Pentium 4 processor 3.00 GhZWindows xp Home Edition1gb ram144gb hardriveRadeon x300 video cardIs that all u need?

[spike]

IS YOUR CURRENT VIDEO CARD " ON BOARD" OR IS IT A PLUG IN CARD ON THE MOTHERBOARD???

[Nemesis]

Sorry how can you check that? Oh and here is the exact card im gettinghttp://www.compusa.com/products/productinfo.asp?pfp=BROWSE&No=40&N=200105&Ns=mfg%5Fname%7C0&productcode=341761&Pn=GeForce7900GSVideo_Card

[spike]

Ok , I found your spec's online, you need a pci-e video card, the one you mentioned earlier will work, although not as well as the one I posted, and not as good a warranty. YES, YOU WILL NEED A NEW POWER SUPPLY!!!!!!!!! You will have to go to DELL to get one as they use a propriatary power supply, sorry.(This is going to be expensive).

[Nemesis]

Dang ok, another question i looked at the system requirements and it said i needed this - A PCI Express supplementary power connector is that already in my computer? Oh and how big a power supply 300 w 500 w?

[spike]

This is one reason you need a new power supply!

[Nemesis]

So thats basically a power supply? How big does it need to be 400 w 500 w?

[spike]

In the case of power supplys, bigger is usually better but I" Think " dell has a 430 watt, which should work fine You really should consider the EVGA Card, over the PNY, if for nothing else , just the warranty!

[Nemesis]

Do u know a link to the excact same card but evga? I cnt find one.

[Nemesis]

Also any cheap power supplies im on a budget.

[spike]

You have NO OPTION but to go to dell to get your supply ( that I know of), and as far as the card is concerned, why not the one I posted?, it's faster and has more ram.

[Nemesis]

It cost more , im only 14 here i dont have a job. Why only dell will this not work?http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817153023