Video card upgrade advise

Reece · 07-06-11, 07:36 PM

I had shelved SH5 because my computer system is getting a little "old"! I recently purchased Trainz 2010 (2009 release) and even setting video options way down still jerks around, I would have thought it would run this!!

however I am not flush with funds but I think the best move would be to upgrade my old ATI HD4850 512, though I still use WinXP Pro so updating to a newer card will change this to 1024mb taking a further chunk out of the 3gb XP works with, I questioned this before here way back but it is getting more urgent.

If I do upgrade it would be to a later ATI card as the Asus AMD motherboard is optimized for this.

Advise please!

Specs:
Asus M3A32-MVP Deluxe with 4 PCIe X16 slots.
Processor: AMD Phenom II dual core running at 3.7ghz
Ram: 4gb Kingston HyperX 1060mhz
Video ATI HD4850 512 HIS Turbo running at 685mhz
Windows: XP Pro

07-06-11, 07:36 PM	#1
Reece CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Down Under Posts: 32,934 Downloads: 171 Uploads: 0	Video card upgrade advise I had shelved SH5 because my computer system is getting a little "old"! I recently purchased Trainz 2010 (2009 release) and even setting video options way down still jerks around, I would have thought it would run this!! however I am not flush with funds but I think the best move would be to upgrade my old ATI HD4850 512, though I still use WinXP Pro so updating to a newer card will change this to 1024mb taking a further chunk out of the 3gb XP works with, I questioned this before here way back but it is getting more urgent. If I do upgrade it would be to a later ATI card as the Asus AMD motherboard is optimized for this. Advise please! Specs: Asus M3A32-MVP Deluxe with 4 PCIe X16 slots. Processor: AMD Phenom II dual core running at 3.7ghz Ram: 4gb Kingston HyperX 1060mhz Video ATI HD4850 512 HIS Turbo running at 685mhz Windows: XP Pro __________________ *Sub captains go down with their ship!*