MNMax21 Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 Okay, I might've made a slight mistake in planning. I built my cabinet and have a 4 player control panel. I love it, but I recently got involved with downloading pinball games from VP. I have got them all working now. However, I think my on board video is really holding back the experience. I end up having the pinball disappear at certain points of every table and the graphics almost look like they're ghosting slightly. It has almost a pixelated look to some parts of the table.I have a HP Compaq CQ5826. It has a AMD Athlon II X2 3.20 Ghz processor (It's a A3 socket, mATX tower) and an onboard ATI Radeon HD 3000. I bought this on the cheap and will end up needing to buy a new motherboard (lack of slots) in order to upgrade my video. I would like to keep the processor if possible and just switch out the motherboard and upgrade the graphics card. I am wondering if anyone can give me a good recommendation on a middle of the road video card?? I really only use this machine for Gameex, MAME and VP/FP Pinball.I use a 32" LCD TV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kustom Kid Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 An AMD 6450 should be more than enough to run anything you throw at it emulator wise. You can get a new mobo and video card for about $100 total and be good to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MNMax21 Posted July 6, 2012 Author Share Posted July 6, 2012 I got up sold at Micro Center. I picked up a new MB, AMD FX processor, + 4 MB RAM, power source and a GTX 460. The motherboard has bluetooth and the USB ports are always on for charging... even if the systems off. All for under $300, which was sweet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kustom Kid Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 Micro center is hard to walk out of without spending way more than you planned. I'm headed there Monday to build a computer for a co-worker and I know I'll spend some money on myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kustom Kid Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 Well, I managed to spend $1200 of her money and none of mine! The bad thing is now I want to build a new computer for myself because the one I built for her boots in 12 seconds and mine takes about 40 seconds. Plus the case is nicer than mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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