Cheap Video Card...

[ReallyDedPoet]

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

I believe 2.0 is V2. The card you selected is nice. Price is awesome to boot! Needs 300w power supply

Product Specifications
Core Clock 700 MHz
Processor Cores 96
Processor Clock 1400 MHz
Texture Fill Rate 5.6 Billion/sec.
Memory Amount 1024MB DDR3
Memory Data Rate, effective 1600 MHz
Memory Interface 128-bit
Memory Bandwidth 25.6 GB/sec.
Power & Thermal 49W - Active
On-board Outputs VGA, DVI, and HDMI
Bus Type PCI Express® 2.0

Key Features
Full Microsoft DirectX 11 Support
Blu-Ray 3D Support
NVIDIA CUDA***8482; technology Support
Microsoft Windows 7 Support
DirectCompute 5.0 Support
OpenCL Support
NVIDIA PhysX***8482; Technology Support
Hardware Video Decode Acceleration1
TrueHD and DTS-HD Audio Bitstreaming Support
Dual-Link HDCP-Capable2
OpenGL 4.0 support3
Minimum System Requirements
PCI Express® or PCI Express 2.0-compliant motherboard with one x16 graphics slot
A minimum 300W or greater system power supply (with a minimum 12V current rating of 22A)4
Intel Pentium 4, AMD Athlon XP class processor or higher
200MB of available hard disk space
1GB system memory (4GB recommended)
Microsoft Windows XP, Vista, or Windows 7 Operating System (32 or 64-bit)
CD-ROM/DVD-ROM drive for installation
DVI or HDMI or VGA compatible monitor
Package Contents
NVIDIA GeForce GT 430 Graphics Card
Quick Installation Guide
Installation CD, which includes:
- Detailed Installation Guide
- Microsoft DirectX 9.0c
- NVIDIA Graphics Drivers
- PhysX System Software
- 3DVision Software
Low-Profile bracket kit

Yeah, it does look like a good one. I think I have a 300 or 400w power supply. Also thinking about adding one more gig of RAM to give me 3 gigs.

Looking at this RAM, trying to get one stick, but no luck, I may have to buy PNY MD2048KD2-667 Optima 2GB 2x1GB Dual Channel Kit DDR2 667 MHz PC2-5300 Desktop DIMM Memory Modules

A little different that what I have. Corsair Dual Channel 6400, 800Mhz, DDR2, 2 one gig sticks.
but should run fine I think. My goal here is to get a couple of more years out of the rig, then build a mid to high range machine at that time.

Thanks Chris

[CaptainHaplo]

You could also get 2 512mb sticks - it would likely be cheaper - and would add up to the max 3G that xp can use.

[ReallyDedPoet]

Originally Posted by CaptainHaplo

You could also get 2 512mb sticks - it would likely be cheaper - and would add up to the max 3G that xp can use.

I'll try that. No way of changing XP to see more is there?

Edit: Just placed the order. The VC and the ram, the latter was only 35.00, so I got the two. No big deal.

Thanks lads

[AVGWarhawk]

I see no reason you could not get another 2 years out of your billy goat. I still have my emachine 550 my girls play games on. Same rig I played SH4 on without issue. Works just fine and will for a few more years. I think I got it in 2003. The machine does not have quite the power your machine does. All the same, very lively and worth keeping until it absolutely does not play a darn thing.

[ReallyDedPoet]

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

I see no reason you could not get another 2 years out of your billy goat. I still have my emachine 550 my girls play games on. Same rig I played SH4 on without issue. Works just fine and will for a few more years. I think I got it in 2003. The machine does not have quite the power your machine does. All the same, very lively and worth keeping until it absolutely does not play a darn thing.

Yeah, I agree.

[ReallyDedPoet]

Just as a footnote. I will be putting 3, 1 gig sticks in, I have 4 slots to do this. Any particular way they should go in?

[AVGWarhawk]

Originally Posted by reallydedpoet

Just as a footnote. I will be putting 3, 1 gig sticks in, I have 4 slots to do this. Any particular way they should go in?

Shiny side towards the board. Sorry. Use the two slots already in use and add the third to the slot next in the row of slots.