2 questions of nerdom, computer/ software question Options

[chook]

I got a computer that is a 3 GHz p4 that has an AGP slot and uses 800 MHZ DDR (I think). It is from the compaq business desktops, and seems good enough for a gaming platform (after more ram and a good video card)

What do you guys recommend for a good video card that is AGP and under 200. Its replacing my XP1800+ system.


The second question is my router. I have a Buffalo WHR-HP-G54 router. On some computers configured correctly, it has problems assigning a IP address through DHCP. I was wondering if anyone had had issues with this and was thinking of installing DD-WRT on it. Does anyone know something that may be wrong with it? I know its not password/encryption.

[Mommy]

For video cards, just go to Best Buy and find the most expensive video card that is still within your price range. If you don't like it, return it within 14 days (you may have 30 days but I can't be positive). That's what I did. Just kept returning them until I found a card I liked (which we finally just ended up building a whole new computer because the Mobo was fried as well so we just returned the card again and bought a $350 graphics card on newegg...but that's beside the point).Trial and error at Best Buy's expense is fun. I do it with RAM too. Basically, if I have hardware issues with a computer, I buy a video card and RAM from BB to see if that fixes the issue. If not, I rule those out and return the parts with nothing more wasted except a little time