Author: gerold daniels
Date: 05:23:36 12/22/04
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On December 22, 2004 at 07:11:39, Tony Nichols wrote: >On December 22, 2004 at 06:56:40, Eran Karu wrote: > >>I will use AMD Athlon 64 3500+ 939 for playing or analyzing chess games under >>Fritz8 interface (Sometimes I watch 3 dimensions games from fritz server,) >>surfing the Internet with nice multimedia and watch DVD movies. I do not use >>heavy graphic work such art or photo. >> >>So, what is the right maximum level of NVIDIA Geforce series for a new display >>card? >> >>From GeForce 256 (lowest end) through GeForce 6 series (highest end.) >> >>For example, I consider GeForce 5 series such 5200, 5700 or 5800. >> >>Also, what is size of memory that is enough for it, 500MB or 1GB? >> >>Is 80GB hard disk space more than enough? >> >>I do not want to waste money on unnecesssary high-end display card, expensive >>memory chips and hard drive. Please help me. >> >>Many thanks, >>Eran Karu >Hello Eran >I would recomend a good video card. If you use a cheap card your system will be >held back. 512 mb of ram is plenty for most people. I currently have 256 on my >AMD xp 2600 running windows xp. The only time I get low is when I'm >multi-tasking. I also have a 80 gig hard drive. I have plenty of software and >still have 55 gig left. Right now I'm running a very cheap 64mb geforce. It >definitely sucks. I think 128 is probably good enough. 256 is even better! >Good Luck >Tony hi eran..get 1 gb or 2 gb of ram for sure. gerold
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