Currently I have a PC with the following specs:
Intel® Core™ 2 Quad-Core Q8300 Processor (2.50GHz, 4MB cache, 1333MHz FSB)
nVidia GeForce GT220 1024MB graphics card
4096MB Dual Channel DDR3 1066MHz [4x1024] Memory
640GB (7200rpm) SATA Hard Drive
Windows 7 installed
Although I don't do any heavy gaming I do play some games which require a lot of processing power and a decent graphics card. I was thinking about upgrading my graphics card as I've read that the one I have doesn't give very good performance and I'm pretty sure it could be improved. I'll probably switch to an ATI one but I'm not sure which would be a good one to go for. Any advice? I don't want or need a top of the range one, but something fairly decent for a good price is what I'm looking for. Alternatively would anyone suggest that upgrading something else would be preferable to upgrading the graphics card in order to improve performance?
Also my computer came without wireless capability even though it's fairly new (stupid oversight when it was bought). It's a Dell and I've recently been told that Dell computers are usually only compatible with Dell parts when it comes to things like this. Their wireless cards seem excessively expensive. Does anyone know if it's true that these are the only ones which will work?
Intel® Core™ 2 Quad-Core Q8300 Processor (2.50GHz, 4MB cache, 1333MHz FSB)
nVidia GeForce GT220 1024MB graphics card
4096MB Dual Channel DDR3 1066MHz [4x1024] Memory
640GB (7200rpm) SATA Hard Drive
Windows 7 installed
Although I don't do any heavy gaming I do play some games which require a lot of processing power and a decent graphics card. I was thinking about upgrading my graphics card as I've read that the one I have doesn't give very good performance and I'm pretty sure it could be improved. I'll probably switch to an ATI one but I'm not sure which would be a good one to go for. Any advice? I don't want or need a top of the range one, but something fairly decent for a good price is what I'm looking for. Alternatively would anyone suggest that upgrading something else would be preferable to upgrading the graphics card in order to improve performance?
Also my computer came without wireless capability even though it's fairly new (stupid oversight when it was bought). It's a Dell and I've recently been told that Dell computers are usually only compatible with Dell parts when it comes to things like this. Their wireless cards seem excessively expensive. Does anyone know if it's true that these are the only ones which will work?
