Computer Hope
Hardware => Hardware => Topic started by: Rhyswalter on May 28, 2011, 07:32:44 PM
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I have two computers. One that I've progressively built by adding new parts one at a time (Originally an HP Pavilion Elite) and another that I have had for about 5 years now (An emachine that I don't know the brand or official title of). I want to put a 2nd graphics driver in my HP, which already has a ATI RADEON HD 4350. The emachine has an ATI RADEON XPRESS 200 in it. I was wondering if I couple put the XPRESS 200 in the HP until I could afford a better one...Or if it wouldn't do anything and wouldn't be worth it. Any opinions or help welcome! I'm new to this site, so I'm sorry if I posted in the wrong section! Thanks for the help, though! :D
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IMHO putting money into any computer that is over three years old is not a very good idea. The best graphics cards now have new requirements for the motherboards. You haven to be sure the motherboard meets the specs.
On the other hand, replacing a wimpy graphics card with a better choice gives some improvement for games, but not much else.
My recommendation is save lour money for a new motherboard and CPU. That is where things are really moving. Graphics cards have not changed a whole lot in the past year. But the new motherboards are way extreme.
But that is my thought. Maybe somebody else has better idea.