HP Pavilion a320n needs graphics card update.

I need to update the graphics card for my HP the a320n desktop. I need to know about how to proceed and how much it will cost me... and should I even bother? This old compy me has served well with not a glitch during the last 7 years or so, but now, it is flat refusing to run games like Second Life. It's a Nvidia GeForce 4 MX integrated GPU. Is there a way to improve this?

Here are some generic instructions:

http://support.HP.com/us-en/document/c00007413

... The choice is yours. You should be able to find much better used or old-stock 8 x AGP card for anywhere from $30 to $150: example... http://www.TigerDirect.com/applications/category/category_slc.asp?CATID=318 & SRCCODE = WEBGOOVID & cm_mmc_o = mH4CjC7BBTkwCjCECjCEL

Memory must be inexpensive as well and can also help a lot. The thing is, if you think you can buy a new computer from an OEM, like HP, for about the same price... So, I leave to you to determine if XP is more reliable than vista or not. But more new games will be compatible with Vista... (or Win7).

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