Buying a new video card...

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Well, in case this is needed for anything, my CPU is an Athlon 800.

Is that a type? Should that be 2800? If not, I'd reccomend getting a new processor before a video card...

I know that it's not necessarily how many megabytes of RAM, but also depends on processor speed (videocards have processers?

Yes. Video cards have VPU's (video processing unit, ie, processors). In most cases, the VPU only matters when comparing video cards with the same amount of ram. Ie, a 333mhz 128 mb video card is obviously slower than a 400mhz 128 mb video card.


I would also strongly advise you to go for a 128 mb video card. 64 mb is becomming the new 'minimum requirement' for many games, and for those that only require 16-32, you'll have to run on lower detail settings for a decent framerate.

edit: fixed messed up quote