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Old July 29th, 2004, 09:10 AM
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new mother board and cpu - new sound and video cards too??
Hi,

so...i'm getting the following board, cpu, and memory:

Abit VA-10 board, AMD Athlon XP 2500 processor, and 256 ram (pc 2700 - thanks for the clarification, karsh.).

should i get new sound and video cards what i have has been working fine for my needs for 5 years....but, with new "other-stuff" should i go ahead and replace these? i don't do gaming...i do some photo editing..but, not for the New Yorker, or anything...so, if i need new...what do you suggest? (even if i don't NEED it, i'd like to know what you suggest.
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Why don't you post the make and model of your video/sound cards. Save people guessing whether it's worth upgrading
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right...sorry...busy day.

ok:

video: vanta m64 (pt-5988-3q) 16M

sound: creative labs (model CT 4810)

ok...so, the sound card says compatible with "pentium class processor"...does that mean it won't work with the athlon xp?
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The motherboard has onboard sound and video, so technically you don't need either card. Personally, I would use the onboard sound, but get a new video card. For your purposes, anything will do, get something cheap like an nVidia geforce 5200. The video card is optional though, since as I said, you have it built in on that mobo. I don't think your current card will work on a new mobo, so that might make the decision for you.
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Thanks! i should be finished asking questions now.

i appreciate all the help.
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