I'm a PC newb; the only upgrading I ever did was adding RAM once. I'm running a Dell Dimension 4550 with an old 64 mB graphics card that plays most gemes fair, but gives me major slowdowns with some Morrowind (FPS viewpoint) mods. I'm considerring upgrading. How do you determine if a card is motherboard compatible?
Dell tells me I can use a 128 mB card with AGP 4xconnection. Do I sacrefice any performance with a 4x/8x card with 4x connection? Am I limited in the memory in the card? Is it worth upgrading a 2 1/2 year old system? Should I plan to bring along a new card to a new system I may buy in the next couple of years? Is installing a video card easy?
Any general advice is greatly appreciated.
Thanks all!
Dell tells me I can use a 128 mB card with AGP 4xconnection. Do I sacrefice any performance with a 4x/8x card with 4x connection? Am I limited in the memory in the card? Is it worth upgrading a 2 1/2 year old system? Should I plan to bring along a new card to a new system I may buy in the next couple of years? Is installing a video card easy?
Any general advice is greatly appreciated.
Thanks all!