Adobe Photoshop CS will use all the RAM he can install, More
RAM above the 1 GB he has now will help.
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message | James
|
| The Riva TNT video card is essentially a decent enough
card, even if it is a
| little long in the tooth.. the kind of newer card you are
looking to get
| that would work with your hardware is an ATI Radeon 9000
64Mb, which in all
| honesty will not improve video a great deal (hardly
noticeable) for your
| kind of usage.. to improve performance, you should look at
buying a high
| quality CRT display
|
|
http://www.windowsmarketplace.com/results.aspx?bcatid=503&av=14-698
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| --
| Mike Hall
| MVP - Windows Shell/User
|
|
| | > First, let me say thanks to you guys for providing a
prompt response to my
| > questions. The specs on my current computer are P4 2.0
GHz, 1024 MB RAM,
| > 60 GB HDD and WindowsXP Home edition. I use my pc
mostly for MS Office
| > 2003, surfing, e-mail and lately Adobe PhotoShop CS. I
do not play or
| > need the latest cutting edge cards necessary for 3D
games. I was wanting
| > to upgrade the video card to see if it might offer any
improvements while
| > working with photos in Adobe. I frequently shop
www.tigerdirect.com and
| > they have quite a few cards that would double or even
quadruple my current
| > video card memory, but most of them are of the 8X
variety. With the help
| > supplied here I have been able to determine that my
motherboard supports
| > 2X/4X, does that mean I must purchase another card that
is of that
| > specific variety only?
| >
| > Thanks,
| > James
| >
| >
| > | >> James Stewart wrote:
| >>
| >>> Hi All,
| >>>
| >>> How can you determine the AGP architecture of an
installed video card
| >>> (2X,4X,8X)? I am wanting to upgrade my current video
card (nVidia
| >>> RIVA TNT2 model64/Model64 Pro) and I would like to
determine which
| >>> video card
| >>> upgrades, if any, are compatible with my pc. Do you
always have to
| >>> use a
| >>> card that is matched only to your AGP architecture? I
would
| >>> appreciate any information that someone might provide
regarding this
| >>> issue.
| >>
| >> You need to review your motherboard specs and also
think about the rest
| >> of your hardware. That's a really old video card.
Certainly upgrading
| >> it would be a good thing, but if the computer is fairly
old and/or the
| >> processor isn't very powerful there would be no point
in putting in a
| >> $300-500 video card.
| >>
| >> Why don't you tell us about your computer first? Also
tell us what you
| >> use the computer for - games (if games, what games), 2D
apps like word
| >> processors, web surfing/email, etc.
| >>
| >> Malke
| >> --
| >> MS-MVP Windows User/Shell
| >> Elephant Boy Computers
| >>
www.elephantboycomputers.com
| >> "Don't Panic"
| >
| >
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