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Thread ID: 84530	2007-11-09 06:22:00	How to buy a graphics card and more...	jermsie (6820)	Press F1

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609755	2007-11-09 06:22:00	I built this machine in Brisbane while on holiday 3 years back on a very limited budget and it's now time for an upgrade, or at least a replacement of some components. This is what my money got me: Albatron KM400A Pro motherboard w. onboard graphics AMD Sempron 2Ghz CPU Maxtor 160gb HDD Sony DVD RW DW-D22A 512mb DDR400? (added another 512mb, 64mb used for graphics) Within the last year ive been suffering in terms of performance, because I do quite a bit graphics work in photoshop and browsing of flash sites, CPU usage and ram has gone way up. So, what specs do I look for when buying: Graphics card with good perfomance for graphic design and flash work? I don't do gaming. CPU (cache size, frequency etc.) RAM 320gb+ Hard drive (SATA, SATAII, buffer) Motherboard.I'm not dim when it comes to compputers but I'd appreciate some guidance for a gruntier system that can do the jobs i need done! :) BTW. Still on a tight budget ;)	jermsie (6820)
609756	2007-11-09 19:55:00	Depends what you do with Photoshop. My father has no problems using photoshop with 512mb DDR400 and a FX5200 graphics card. If you do serious work in graphics then the Matrox line of cards are the ones to look at.	pctek (84)
609757	2007-11-09 20:01:00	Get lots of RAM - 2 gigs or even 3.	Greg (193)
609758	2007-11-09 20:22:00	Get lots of RAM - 2 gigs or even 3. Motherboard can take a max of 1024mb per slot. Two Slots. What should I look for? DDR2? When viewing DVDs, i get blue and red spots showing up randomly and CPU goes way up on sites with Flash.	jermsie (6820)
609759	2007-11-09 20:32:00	Get a better mobo and CPU. And something without onboard video. Only thing is you'll have to replace the ram. If you want DDR2 ram. That mobo doesnt support DDR2.	Speedy Gonzales (78)
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