Whats the difference really?

Im looking to replace my dead video card and am looking at the X series Radeon...

Basically this:

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1644510&Tab=0&NoMapp=0

or this

http://www.allstarshop.com/shop/product.asp?pid=13540&sid=GXT7GBEE51AM8PKWDBHN8ACJM5NG0D4E

The 9800 Pro is the high-end card for the last generation. The X1600 is the midrange card for this generation. DDR2 memory is supposed to be faster, but since they're both on an AGP slot rather than a PCI-X, I don't know how much difference it would make. You could try searching around on tomshardware.com for comparison benchmarking and such.

If you can find a 9800 (Pro or XT models) for a hundred or less, then that would be an amazing deal. Pricewatch.com might hook you up.

Thatswhere I found the X1600

What I really need to know is... do some computers not support DDR2? How can I tell if mine does?

Main Circuit Board:

Board: PCCHIPS M957G 3.0
Bus Clock: 800 megahertz
BIOS: American Megatrends Inc. 080010 04/13/2005

Procesor:

2.80 gigahertz Intel Pentium 4
16 kilobyte primary memory cache
1024 kilobyte secondary memory cache

Drives:

160.00 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
144.91 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

AOPEN COM5232/AAH PRO [CD-ROM drive]
3.5" format removeable media [Floppy drive]

HDS72258 0VLSA80 SCSI Disk Device (79.99 GB) -- drive 1
WDC WD800BB-00JHC0 [Hard drive] (80.03 GB) -- drive 0, s/n WD-WMAM98610039, rev 05.01C05, SMART Status: Healthy

Memory Modules:

1024 Megabytes Installed Memory

Local Drive Volumes:

d: (NTFS on drive 1) 79.98 GB 65.48 GB free
e: (NTFS on drive 0) 80.02 GB 79.43 GB free

Controllers:

Standard floppy disk controller
Primary IDE Channel [Controller]
Secondary IDE Channel [Controller]
VIA Bus Master IDE Controller

Display:

RADEON 9200 SERIES [Display adapter]
RADEON 9200 SERIES - Secondary [Display adapter]
Gateway EV910 [Monitor] (17.7"vis, October 2001)

Bus Adapters

VIA SATA RAID Controller
VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host Controller (4x)
VIA USB Enhanced Host Controller

yey

DDR2

first of all go with the x1600pro with ddr2

the memory on a video card doesnt affect compatibility of video cards with a motherboard

as long as you have the correct slot and enough power any video card, no matter what kind of memory, will work

Posted by: yankees26 (see profile) - 01/20/2006 9:08 AM

That is, simply, incorrect.

???

There are several types of ram which can be purchased that depending on the age and the typ[e of motherboard can or cannot be used. Asking a random asshole on a forum is probably a bad idea. I'd seek professional help.

was from the CNet help forums....

http://reviews.cnet.com/5208-7591-0.html?forumID=26&threadID=151364&messageID=1685849


Telling me they are wrong then?

and heres the new suggested card:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16814143045

If'm I can afford it, any computer whiz's out there able to read my comp info and tell me if it will work out?