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Can I switch out motherboards and graphics cards and keep all of my other components?

I want to upgrade to a PCI Express video card. To do this I will need to upgrade my motherboard as well. I am currently using an ASUS A8V Deluxe motherboard http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=1617 with an AMD FX-55 (Socket 939). Besides the CPU, what other hardware compatibility issues will I encounter? I would just like to swap the motherboards and video cards, and keep all of my current...

How does one go about installing all the components of a new Video Card?

I just bought Empire: Total War and I tried to play it. I have all of the system requirements for the game except for the video/graphics. I am running Windows XP on a Dell 8400 with 3 Ghz Intel processor, 2GB of memory, etc. Currently I have a Radion video card installed. I have a new graphics card ready to go, a NVIDIA GeForce 8400 256mb. I am not sure how to go about this. Do I uninstall the current...

I need a basic primer on connecting TV-video components.?

I recently bought a hi-def tv, a DVD recorder, and I have a new cable box. I used to be pretty handy hooking up cables, but now I’m completely baffled. The problem seems to be the hi-def. What is a component cable, HDMI, DVI, etc. One basic problem is my tv does’t have an HDMI connection, but I would also like to understand the whle system. Any links to a simple descritpion of tis whole...