@redskins26rocs: I agree though, and I'm going to upgrade the PSU ASAP. SHould be fine temporarily though. It's an older card, and I disconnected the optical drive (didn't work anyways)

@redskins26rocs: The GPU was free. The mobo has a PCIe x16, so the GPU fits. I don't know the exact GPU though. I've been doing some research. I'm pretty sure it has 512 MB VRAM

The Walking Dead, teaching children basic survival skills and exposing them to the use of weapons... Kind of like like Fox News advocates every day...

It's just a generic mobo I think. Got the PC from a friend. It's not meant for gaming, but it's better than my laptop, and I wanted something that would work well enough until I could build.

I'm installing a new GPU to use instead of integrated graphics. Is the process the same? From what I've read, you uninstall the current drivers, restart the PC, completely shut down the PC, unplug PC, install new GPU, turn on PC, and then just install the newest drivers?

Please correct me if I'm missing anything.

I read that some older PC's (and this is an older PC. Intel Pentium D Dual COre 3.0 GHz) need to have the graphics source changed in the BIOS. Is this necessary?

Also, I hope this is the appropriate place for this post. I didn't see a PC Hardware topic like in the old Gamespot website.

Thanks for confirming that.

Yeah, I kinda already knew that about integrated graphics. Going to get a dedicated GPU ASAP.

Pretty straightforward question. I have a laptop with a 2.1 GHz dual core processor, and Intel HD 2000 integrated graphics. A friend of mine just gave me an old desktop with a 3.00 GHz dual core processor, with Intel G965 Integrated graphics. I loaded up Half-Life 2, which I can nearly max out on my laptop with V-Sync on at a stable 30-50 FPS, and this desktop was getting like 25. Is this just because the desktop, processor, and integrated GPU are so old?

Also, I haven't had a chance to add more RAM to the desktop (came with 2 gigs). Is it just because of that? (My laptop has 4)

Pretty simple question. I think the BF4 beta was awesome, and I'm a huge fan of BF3. On the other hand, GTA V is amazing. But the online isn't as great as I was expecting. And after you beat the game once, it kinda gets old pretty quick (I never had much fun going on the killing sprees)

What do you guys think?

I could never get into TF2. Are they both a lot like that?

From what I've seen on Random Encounter, both look really fun, and they happen to be dirt cheap this weeekend. Which one should I get?