Re: Upgrade for gaming

On Fri, 30 Dec 2005 10:03:06 -0800, bgoodman123 thoughtfully wrote:

> I recently purchased a game that exceeds the resources on my system. I was
> wondering about doing the upgrade. I have a Pentium 4 CPU 2.66 GHz with
> 256 MB RAM and a Video card: GeForce FX 5200.
> The game requires an upgrade to 512 MB RAM and a DirectX 9.0 compatible
> i.e. GeForce FX 6200.
> How can I tell if my system can handle the upgrade, etc? Thanks for any
> ideas.
> Brian.


If you're running XP 256ram is the minimum memory. The 5200 should be
able to handle the game but I'd install the latest nVidia driver.
.

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