I have about a 4 year old computer with the following:
Asus p4p800 MOBO with intel p4 2.8 with two elixer 400ddr 512 memory slots, however has a 4 channel 400ddr potential.
sound blaster x-fi sound card.
two hard drives, maxtor 120 gig and seagate 160 gig set up master/slave.
550 watt output power supply that some tech replaced my old one with and its prettyyyyy crappy.
as i posted in a hardware problems thread my ati 9800 pro video card seems to be failing. i figure while im gonna upgrade i might as well upgrade to possibly more ram if anyone thinks its a good idea.
i guess i have two questions....one would be what would be the best graphics card that my existing MOBO can handle?
and if it can handle anyhting....should i wait till january when the new hardware realeases are...well..released with the new capabilities that supposedly exist for graphics cards and the like.
Asus p4p800 MOBO with intel p4 2.8 with two elixer 400ddr 512 memory slots, however has a 4 channel 400ddr potential.
sound blaster x-fi sound card.
two hard drives, maxtor 120 gig and seagate 160 gig set up master/slave.
550 watt output power supply that some tech replaced my old one with and its prettyyyyy crappy.
as i posted in a hardware problems thread my ati 9800 pro video card seems to be failing. i figure while im gonna upgrade i might as well upgrade to possibly more ram if anyone thinks its a good idea.
i guess i have two questions....one would be what would be the best graphics card that my existing MOBO can handle?
and if it can handle anyhting....should i wait till january when the new hardware realeases are...well..released with the new capabilities that supposedly exist for graphics cards and the like.