AboutMike Expertise Areas of expertise: PC Hardware, Peripherals, Barcode Scanners, Printers, and Applications, Networking, Microsoft Applications. I am good at researching issues and have a lot of contacts in the IT industry. So, if I can't directly answer a question I can likely find the answer.
Areas I won't be much help in: Apple Computers, Linux, older Networking technologies like Token Ring, or Thick/Thinnet.
Experience I'm currently a Network Administrator for a contract circuit board manufacturer in Oregon, USA.
I've been working on PCs from a hobby standpoint for better than 25 years. I've been doing it professionally for 4 years.
i kinda confuse in selecting for graphic card or asus nvidia chipset motherboard(p5 n7a vm)..
my sys config is:
P4 3.2GHz
intel D945GTP motherboard..
512mb ddr2 (533Mhz)
i think my fsb is only 1066Mhz :(...
my question are :-
should i go for 9600GT ddr2 (1GB) or 9500GT ddr3(1GB).. i don't know are they compatible with my system or not?
and should i buy asus p5 n7a vm motherboard which has GF 9300GT 512mb graphic card inbuilt..?
(some of my friends suggested for whole system upgrade but then i can't buy any seprate video card)
Answer Honestly, it depends on what you do with your computer and how much money you want to spend.
You have a pretty decent motherboard now and that 9600GT DDR2 actually performs better than the DDR3 card and it is probably less expensive.
Personally, I would keep your motherboard and get the 9600GT card. My only suggestion would be to put the money you save towards more memory, like upgrade from 512MB to at least 1GB of RAM.
