ATI Radeon Video Card and MS2004

Hi allI am new to this forum. It has been a few months since being active in fs 2002. I have seen fs2004 is now available. I am interested in getting it but i have a few questions.I am thinking of buying a new video card for my pc.(ATI Radeon)Here is my specsPIII 650 with 256 mg ram.I have a friend that has the ati radeon 7200 in his Piii 800and is getting smooth frame rates.would this upgrade to my machine run fs2004 smoothnote:fs2002 is running at about 27 fps with my viper 500 card.i am now running in 1024x780 mode. Granted my sliders aren't maxed.what do you think.PS:i know my system is old but i don't want to buy a whole new pc for the game.dave