i have a really old graphics card and am upgrading it to a geforce 5 if my friend buy a new one so what i am asking is will that be good engough to run most games or do i need a different more powerful to run the games i want such as age of empires or rome total war and call of duty
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I doubt it will play anything new but even with 256mb ram I think you will struggle. My advice would be that if you want to play games upgrade your ram by atleast another 256mb and go for a Geforce 6600GT or if your budget dosent allow for this even the 6200 would be better than the Geforce 5 series (just)lol. The Geforce 6 series cards are now around £100 but you can get the 6200 for as cheap as £50 now. I would really go with the 6600GT or the plain old 6600 (like mine) it does the job very well.
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Don't bother, your using windows 98, a celeron, and 256MB of RAM. no matter what you put into it, it wouldn't run any game fast enough for it to be playable.
The fact that your using windows 98 tells that your probably using a 1GHz CPU at most.
The fact that your using windows 98 tells that your probably using a 1GHz CPU at most.
look all need is advice about the graphics card that is why i asked about the graphics card notfor you guys to slag off my computer i know itisn't the best computer in the world btu i will sort that out i know about computers altough i am a kid i can fix them and i know a computer is crap and i will sort it that out later and i cannot afford a brillant and my parents don't throw money at me ever 5 seconds
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If your on a tight budget, and it sounds like you are, go with a GeForce 6200 128MB Card. In most cases you'll find it cheaper and much easier than a FX5700, which is the minimum card I would recommend for playing those games. I have a younger brother who plays all the games you listed and Battlefield 2 on a 6200, and they run perfectly fine for what he needs.
And trust me I know how hard it is to find money when it isnt there. Especially when your not old enough to get your own job. I spent a summer working for my parents, and wasted a birthday and a chirstmas years ago to just to upgrade my first computer. But it was worth it, and I recommend you try to, too. Even if its only $250, you can get a lot for a little now a days.
And trust me I know how hard it is to find money when it isnt there. Especially when your not old enough to get your own job. I spent a summer working for my parents, and wasted a birthday and a chirstmas years ago to just to upgrade my first computer. But it was worth it, and I recommend you try to, too. Even if its only $250, you can get a lot for a little now a days.
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