interim system

[jimson]

My plans for a new system are on the back burner for a while.

Right now I'm playing an an emachine with onboard graphics and figure anything would be an improvement.

I will soon have a PC available that I don't mind spending a few bucks on to run ah in the meantime. I already own it but the person who I lent it to will be gone soon.


It is an HP pavilion a1606n
Pentium D 2.7 ghz
1gig ram
Integrated video and audio.

I was thinking to upgrade to 2 gigs ram and a video card

I could buy a good nvidia card to use tenporarily and then reuse it on my future gaming sytem or I could get a cheaper one and then just leave it in when this system is relegated to general PC duties once my new rig is
built, but I don't know what card this system will support.

Any ideas?

[MotleyCH]

http://www.buy.com/prod/xfx-geforce-8500gt-500mhz-512mb-pci-express-x16-dvi-vga-tv-out-sli/q/loc/101/205000290.html


Looks like your mobo supports pci-e 16x, I'd go with another gig of of ram and card similar to this. You will get excellent FPS in AH with this.

If you get this card, put a fan on it.

[Helm]

testing..testing

[jimson]

Thanks, motley!

Card seems to be recommended for Vista, any reason it wouldn't work with XP?

[MotleyCH]

It'll work with XP..but if you are getting this exact card, point a extra case fan towards it. This one just has a heatsink.