graphics card for old pc

[thebest0905]

i have the same motherboard with intel core 2duo e4300 and 1gb ram, what graphics card will work on this system?

 

[jr9]

I wouldn't go any higher than NVIDIA 600 series or AMD Radeon 200 series. Any of these cards may require UEFI which your motherboard doesn't have.

I would consider a newer platform/PC all together. Any half decent graphics card even from the 600 series will possibly be bottle-necked by a core 2 duo machine with only 1GB of RAM. Are you running Windows XP or Vista? You may also have issues finding drivers for the card as well.

 

[thebest0905]

my pc is running windows xp

 

[thebest0905]

i also interesting on buying asus radeon r7 240 2gb ddr3 graphics card for my pc, will it work on my pc?

 

[jr9]

It should work

- Small, should fit in case
- Doesn't require UEFI BIOS to boot
- Has Windows XP drivers available
- Doesn't require any extra power other than what comes in a PCIe slot which even a 10 year old PC should have. You should verify you do have a PCIe slot before purchasing it though just to be sure.

 

[thebest0905]

how about sapphire r7 240 1gb ddr5? will it work on my pc?

 

[jr9]

how about sapphire r7 240 1gb ddr5? will it work on my pc?

Should work just fine. It is essentially the same card with less VRAM from a different vendor.

 

[thebest0905]

also i want to install 2gb ddr2 667mhz ram on my pc,will it work on my pc?

 

[jr9]

also i want to install 2gb ddr2 667mhz ram on my pc,will it work on my pc?

I'd need to know either your PC model name or motherboard name to answer that.

 

[thebest0905]

the motherboard name is gigabyte ga-945gcmx-s2 motherboard

 

[dontlistentome]

DDR2 667 should work. That motherboard looks like it supports quad cores, like the Core 2 Q9400. You're not going to play PUBG with this computer but you could probably get good performance in Win XP era games.