I've been out of the PC building loop for a bit, so a quick question from an old duffer!
Is it possible to buy a graphics card that will be a waste of spec due to the limitations of the motherboard its placed in?
i.e. I've an ABIT NF7 ver2.0, XP+2500, system and an ATI 9250 128mb... much as I'd love to upgrade the whole show, I'm stuck for ££'s
and thinking about just sticking a new gfx card in to play some of the newer games.
DDR is my problem - will a newer DDR2 or 3 card get the oportunity to perform when I've got pc2700 RAM loaded in my DDR slots?
I've been looking at second hand 9800XT ...but the x1650pro is a good price new - would I see the benefit of the DDR2 and higher clock speeds on the card in comparison to my Mobo?
...although I have got my eye on a secondhand AMD 3500 64 with K8N Ultra combo
as a subtle upgrade
now all I need is some overtime.
Is it possible to buy a graphics card that will be a waste of spec due to the limitations of the motherboard its placed in?
i.e. I've an ABIT NF7 ver2.0, XP+2500, system and an ATI 9250 128mb... much as I'd love to upgrade the whole show, I'm stuck for ££'s

DDR is my problem - will a newer DDR2 or 3 card get the oportunity to perform when I've got pc2700 RAM loaded in my DDR slots?
I've been looking at second hand 9800XT ...but the x1650pro is a good price new - would I see the benefit of the DDR2 and higher clock speeds on the card in comparison to my Mobo?
...although I have got my eye on a secondhand AMD 3500 64 with K8N Ultra combo

