How much does a new video card cost?

My computers pretty old, and I use it for games a lot. But for sims 2 and sims 3 it runs slow cause of the video card. How much does a 128 MB video card cost & a 2.0 GHz P4 processor (CPU) ?|||That does sound pretty old (no offense, its probably better than what i used to use :D ). a 128Mb graphics card is very low end and would be very cheap.

most graphics cards now are either 512Mb gddr3 (which is smaller but faster, i would say better) or 1Gb gddr2(bigger but slower).

If you dont want to spend much then you could get something like the NVIDIA geforce 9500GT for i can't imagine much over thirty pounds. you could get a worse one for less or you could get a 9600GT for 50 pounds which is twice as good, depends if you dont mind playing on lower settings.

The good thing about graphics cards is that they are easy to replace, just take them out and slot the new one in.



A 2GHz processor isnt very high either so luckily you could get that quite cheap. i know that low level intel celeron, intel pentium, and AMD athlon woiuld have this. unfortunatly i dont rlly know much about proccessor costs and fitting them but, again, if you dont mind spending a bit more a dual core(means two proccessors in one basically) would be good.

i hope this helps, im not an expert but i know a bit.

Also one problem you might face is that because your computer is so old, new graphics cards and parts might not be compatible with your motherboard so you might have to do some research on it. it will need to have a PCI express slot for most graphics cards.

GOOD LUCK :P|||check on ebay|||Those hardware are listed in affordable pricing currently. You should be able to get the CPU and GPU for less than 200 dollars.|||Here is a 512MB/128-bit PCI-Express card for under $100: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…

It looks like a pretty good card.



Here's an AGP card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…



Do some searching around and make sure you're getting what you want. Bet sure to look at the bit specification as well. I wouldn't go for anything less than 128-bit.



P4 socket 478 for under $100: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…



Refurbished P4 socket 775: http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=…