PC Graphic Card question

[Solid-Stark]

Snesboy said:

Solid-Stark said:

Hello all. Long story short, i have a cheap desktop and used to game on a laptop. I would run the Orange Box on medium settings with playable framerate(Desktop couldn't play games).

Today i went to the store and bought a GT430 (I know!) for my desktop, and wow im overall impressed to how much better my desktop runs Orange Box than my laptop.

Heres the question, when i go to the settings and all the current settings are with the * next to it, i assume thats what my gpu recommends. Thats everything on high with no AA. I get super smooth framerate (I game on ps3 :P) except there is some screen tear. However, out of curiosity i turned up everything on max, including AA on 8x. And to my astonishment, game maintained good framerate( +30 definitely) and there is less screen tear!(than the recommended settings)

So whats with that? will i fry my system?

Thanks in advance.

Extra info: Desktop is an Athlon 64 2.4GHz 2gb ddr ram single core(I know! :P)

Btw, my brother has an Athlon 64 single-core at 2GHz with 2GB DDR2 RAM and he put a Radeon HD 4870 card in it. He's since purchased a new computer. We just keep it around as an extra StarCraft II box.  And no, you can't really fry your system with an OP graphics card in it. Just make sure it stays cool with some fans. You might also consider a new power supply, just in case.

Copy that sir!