Hi Everyone, I'm running a Dell Dimension 4550 with Win XP Pro SP3. I purchased my computer in 2004 . The video card , a 32MB ATI Rage 128 Ultra came pre-installed in my computer.It's still working fine.But it's limited in what it can do. I know next to nothing about video hard ware . And I would like to upgrade to another video card that would have a video out and TV tuner abilities . I'm not a gamer, but I use my computer a lot for watching movies , and would also like to watch TV on on-line also. So I would like to ask two questions : 1. Would upgrading my computer's ram to 1 GB , from 512 MB help my video display ? 2.What video card upgrade would you recommend that would be compatible with my computer? Thanks.
What are you intending to run on the PC that you can't run at the moment? I ask because for playing modern games, realistically the whole system needs upgrading.
I was thinking about getting better movie video playback , and watching HD TV shows on my computer.Could my present video card handle that? If I had a TV tuner on my computer? Also, I would like a card with a video out , so I could send on-line movies to my TV.
High-def has something to do with the graphics card, and a lot to do with the processor, and given the age of the system, neither will play back HD well, they will manage it, but it will probably be a bit juddery.
