Upgrading Video Card Advice

joea · 09-12-12, 03:44 AM

Alright, I am a bit fed up with my geforce g210. I bought a new computer in 2010, an HP desktop with dualcore 3.5 Ghz processors, 4GB ram and 500 GB - I'll get the exact specs tonight if needed. It came with the aforementioned card which was not ideal but the price of the system was right. I had just moved that year to a new apartment and had a lot of expenses, but wanted a new computer as I could not stand my old computer (a Dell purchased in 2002) anymore. I had taken a hiatus from subsims (and subsim) and other games because of it.

Now my current system works fine for the most part-I tend to play older games anyway. However if I decide to get into more recent games and sims (eg. was looking at x-plane or one of the other newer flightsims) the card won't cut it.

So I want to know how to proceed. I understand to start off with, that I have to check what cards my system will support as I can't just buy the most powerful card I can afford as my PC might not be able to handle it. How can I find that out?

What other things should I check and consider?

Thanks.

09-12-12, 03:44 AM	#1
joea Silent Hunter Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: At periscope depth in Lake Geneva Posts: 3,512 Downloads: 25 Uploads: 0	Upgrading Video Card Advice Alright, I am a bit fed up with my geforce g210. I bought a new computer in 2010, an HP desktop with dualcore 3.5 Ghz processors, 4GB ram and 500 GB - I'll get the exact specs tonight if needed. It came with the aforementioned card which was not ideal but the price of the system was right. I had just moved that year to a new apartment and had a lot of expenses, but wanted a new computer as I could not stand my old computer (a Dell purchased in 2002) anymore. I had taken a hiatus from subsims (and subsim) and other games because of it. Now my current system works fine for the most part-I tend to play older games anyway. However if I decide to get into more recent games and sims (eg. was looking at x-plane or one of the other newer flightsims) the card won't cut it. So I want to know how to proceed. I understand to start off with, that I have to check what cards my system will support as I can't just buy the most powerful card I can afford as my PC might not be able to handle it. How can I find that out? What other things should I check and consider? Thanks.