need info about my v-card

[mrsid2]

Whatever you do, do NOT buy the MX420 - its a piece of crap.

If you _have_ to get MX get the MX460. If you dont HAVE to get an MX get a real card like r9700.

[Reschke]

Sounds like you have one of those mini-ATX type cases that was pushed really hard by HP and e-Machines brand a couple of years ago.

You might have a problem with the overall size of a video card going into one of those PCI slots but you never know till you buy it. If you are only looking for a "band-aid" to help you get by for a while then just buy the PCI video card. However if you are wanting to get something with a little more spring in its step then get a new case, mobo, CPU and AGP video card. Make sure you keep reading up and decide for yourself which card you want based on how much you can afford.

As a general rule of thumb I don't upgrade my entire system every year. I upgrade pieces over a two year period. My next system upgrade will be a CPU/RAM/MOBO but that will not happen till at least next spring/summer. By then the 2.5GHz+ CPU's will be cheaper and will give me a huge jump over my 1.4GHz T-Bird.

[lord dolf vader]

little comp place here has a special

all no name but decent quality

case ( black plastic )
350w no name ps
256 pc 133
1.4 duron =heat sink
cdrom
floppy
mother board ( msi i think) on board vid and sound but has agp

$199.00  all you need is a hard drive and vid card sell your old one for 200 bucks and your in like flinn.

this is from a walk in shop

also has cool 80 gig 8mb buffer 7200 rpm drives like 120 bucks

you can get a radeon 8500 for 86 bucks on pricwatch and your framrates will be in another realm. and yea cpu does make a big difference . when i went from a celleron 366 oc'ed to 550 to a a p3 one gig the difference was huge and from 1 gig p3 to athalon 1500+ difference was noticable. this is with the same radeon ddr vivo card ( first ddr radeon) everything seemed more exact and detailed like the game was using the extra power from the cpu to make more exact positioning and more fill detail. i might be wrong but thos were my impressions. (noticed no difference from xp 1500 to xp 1900 like it was maxed )

 

look around near you  for deals nothing like hind sight after a upgrade to ruin your day.