Please, please, please tell me

[Abby]

Thanking you both ever so much your help is much appreciated.
Just one more thing, if i was to get a better video card like a: 128MB GeForce FX5200 8x AGP card with dual monitor support, which is t&L (not sure???don't even know what this is ) does that mean i will have to have 800MHz??? does that make any sense because I haven't a clue am sooooooooooooooo confused

once again THANK U

[astaregod]

T&L is transform & lighting, and if it's on the card's GPU (graphics processing unit) your CPU (central processing unit) won't have to worry about handling it (which is why you can get a slower processor if you have T&L). T&L doesn't have anything to do with front-side bus speed, which is different than processor speed. FSB speed just determines how fast data is sent between components of your computer.

the GeForce FX 5200 is T&L capable (I have the 256MB version) but you don't have to have 800MHz whether it's FSB speed or processor speed

[Abby]

Thanks that actually made some sense to me!! think will get the 128MB GeForce FX5200 video card and now all I have to do is wait for the friggin game!!

Fingers crossed this cold of mine gets worse so that when the game arrives I'll have to take a few days off work

[astaregod]

hey, before you buy it, make sure you have an available AGP slot. if you can give me the brand and model number of your motherboard i can probably find out if it supports the card you are about to purchase (although with the specs you gave, it looks like it's most likely). also if you have little experience installing cards in a computer it'll be best if you take it to a computer professional or a trusted friend to install the card for you. other than that, it's a simple push into the slot...

hope it works out for you!

[Abby]

Thanks for the offer , but i'm buyin the PC from Dell and the video card is an optional upgrade so they'll put it all in for me, I would never attempt to put anything like that into the computer what with my reputation for crashing computers and besides I can only just about connect my Minidisc - and this comming from a gal who did an IT course

[astaregod]

heheh... well dell should know if it'll work if it has an option for the video card upgrade. cool