Wow, great! LimpingFish, voh , thanks you guys! What a relief to know I have a PCI-E.
As for the 400w 'PSU'. I read that if your Video card can handle a game like 'Cysis', that it
can pretty much handle anything. But I read that some of these cards require more juice
than others. One video review of a card said that it needed like a 1000W! I don't have a
problem of upping the 'PSU' if it will get the type of card that will run the graphics in this type of game smoothly (750w?). Any advise on a video card that could run a resource hog like 'Crysis'?
I found a site that tested my system for a particular game and besides failing the minimum requirements for the game 'Crysis' when it came to the video card, it says that I barley meet the minimum on the following two points:
1. CPU
"Minimum: Intel Pentium 4 2.8 GHz (3.2 GHz for Vista) or faster, Intel Core 2.0 GHz (2.2 GHz for Vista) or faster, AMD Athlon 2800+ (3200+ for Vista) or faster.
You Have: 2 processors running - Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.40GHz"
2. Operating System
"Minimum: Windows XP/Vista
You Have: Microsoft Windows XP Professional (Build Service Pack 32600)"
Other than that, I'm good to go.
I don't know why they would have a problem with windows XP Pro, but as for the CPU, I take it that there is nothing I can do about that short of buying a new PC.
As for the 400w 'PSU'. I read that if your Video card can handle a game like 'Cysis', that it
can pretty much handle anything. But I read that some of these cards require more juice
than others. One video review of a card said that it needed like a 1000W! I don't have a
problem of upping the 'PSU' if it will get the type of card that will run the graphics in this type of game smoothly (750w?). Any advise on a video card that could run a resource hog like 'Crysis'?
I found a site that tested my system for a particular game and besides failing the minimum requirements for the game 'Crysis' when it came to the video card, it says that I barley meet the minimum on the following two points:
1. CPU
"Minimum: Intel Pentium 4 2.8 GHz (3.2 GHz for Vista) or faster, Intel Core 2.0 GHz (2.2 GHz for Vista) or faster, AMD Athlon 2800+ (3200+ for Vista) or faster.
You Have: 2 processors running - Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.40GHz"
2. Operating System
"Minimum: Windows XP/Vista
You Have: Microsoft Windows XP Professional (Build Service Pack 32600)"
Other than that, I'm good to go.
I don't know why they would have a problem with windows XP Pro, but as for the CPU, I take it that there is nothing I can do about that short of buying a new PC.