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February 3rd, 2007 07:00

Video card

E510 Duo Core 3.0 ghz
 
160 GB hard drive
 
2 GB RAM
 
305 watt power supply
 
need a video card for Vista Home Premium that will work with my power supply
 
current card is the RADEON X600 256MB HYPER MEMORY
  • jmwills

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    Posted February 3rd, 2007 08:00

    Most after market cards will do just fine as long as they have a minimum of 128 dedicated RAM.
  • bumwithshoes

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    Posted February 3rd, 2007 10:00

    recently added a card to nieces pc so i'm well rehearsed on procedure. . . .someone ripped the vga connector from back of pc
  • bumwithshoes

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    Posted February 3rd, 2007 10:00

    thanx Jm
     
    gonna purchase full program soon and i wanna do it right the first time
  • jmwills

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    Posted February 3rd, 2007 10:00

    The video card is not going to pull that much juice.  I like nVidia.
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    Posted February 3rd, 2007 10:00

    Read the install instructions carefully, you will have to disable the onboard video for the new card to work.
  • bumwithshoes

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    Posted February 3rd, 2007 10:00

    what's the BEST quality card i can use without upgrading power supply? would i be able to go as high as 512mb?