Hello its bee a while since Ive been here. About a year or so since I built my pc. My girlfriend just got my dads pc that he built and she would like to up the video card in it and has about 300 to spare. I haven't been looking at the newer video cards that have come out. She is an artist and uses very very demanding software and has to run multiple applications so she needs no lag while doing this. She has 4gigs of DDR2 ram so hopefully that will help. Its in windows 7 64bit by the way.
Her motherboard is GIGABYTE GA-G31M-ES2L
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128357&cm_re=ga-g31m-es2l-_-13-128-357-_-Product
her processor is an Intel Pentium E5200
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116072&cm_re=E5200-_-19-116-072-_-Product
Her current Video card is an Gigabyte Radeon HD 4350 512MB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125251&Tpk=HD%204350
Oh and if it matters she has 2 2gb sticks of CORSAIR XMS2 2GB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145201
I know its not the best equipment but in your expert opinions what would be the best way to go with a new video card?
Random side question I am currently using vista 64 on my computer and its rating on ram is 5.8 not 5.9. I have 8gb
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231219 and http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231209
2 of each stick. Why dont I have a perfect 5.8?
Thanks in advance
Her motherboard is GIGABYTE GA-G31M-ES2L
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128357&cm_re=ga-g31m-es2l-_-13-128-357-_-Product
her processor is an Intel Pentium E5200
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116072&cm_re=E5200-_-19-116-072-_-Product
Her current Video card is an Gigabyte Radeon HD 4350 512MB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125251&Tpk=HD%204350
Oh and if it matters she has 2 2gb sticks of CORSAIR XMS2 2GB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145201
I know its not the best equipment but in your expert opinions what would be the best way to go with a new video card?
Random side question I am currently using vista 64 on my computer and its rating on ram is 5.8 not 5.9. I have 8gb
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231219 and http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231209
2 of each stick. Why dont I have a perfect 5.8?
Thanks in advance