I have a five or six year old desktop computer. I would like to update the graphic card in advance of upgrading from XP pro to Win 7 on this box. As well as letting my son play his Spore on the desktop instead of my Laptop. The MS Win 7 Adviser tool indicates that is the only thing lacking on this system, beyond needing a simple re-partition of my hard drive to provide enough space on my C drive for the OS.
The current graphics card is a NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440 with AGP8X. Apparently I need to upgrade to something with pixel shader 2 for both the game and the Windows upgrade. What do I need to be aware of, when I am shopping for a new card? Any suggestions on a good, but affordable card? While I'm at it, I apparently need to replace the failed DVD drive. Any concerns on incompatibility for basic DVD drives? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:307280 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
