5450 is decent, if dated. Which game do you want to play with it.
Thanks to everyone for replying.
I'm finally going to replace my 10 year old Dell Inspiron as it is slow as molasses in January. Dell has a desktop for $699 that includes 4 GB of DDR3, a 750-GB hard drive and the aforementioned ATI 5450. I'd like to have 8GB RAM, 1TB disk and a better graphics. Uses would include the usual Internet access, editing video files (MP4 mostly), home bookkeeping/taxes, and some gaming. I've been thinking about picking up Red Dead Redemption, but there's no way it will run on my current system. Nor will Gun or Battlefield 1942.
If anyone has suggestions re system configuration or brands, I'm all ears.