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I have been into computer hardware, especially 3D graphics and the hardware that drives them, for a number of years. I have knowledge in installation, use, troubleshooting, purchase suggestions and overclocking.
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| Gabe | 08/25/09 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | Thank you, Gabe |
| Daniel | 07/07/09 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | Thanks you I appreciate your help |
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| Rob | 04/11/09 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | thx much |
| vinzanity | 04/09/09 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | it helps.. thnx for this |
With this motherboard, your options are limited to AGP or PCI (PCI Express being something different entirely), based on that, I would suggest an AGP based card, there should still be a few HD 2600XT's
The included power supply appears to be an Antec EarthWatts 500W, this should be fine for the GTX 260, assuming the rest of your system isn't entirely over the top (less than four HDs, less than two optical
Do you have a need for more performance in a specific application? If not, I wouldn't really bother with the price of an upgrade. Furthermore, is your system compatable with the upgrade? Power supply?
It depends on what kind of physical expansion is available on this computer, although given the limitation of the power supply, I would suggest leaving the system as is (including the 2GB of memory, as
If the manufacturer specification is for 36A available on the +12V (either as the combined sum of multiple rails, or a single rail), I would suggest you follow that specification. Your previous power unit

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