I think I need to upgrade my Grafix card,
Curently using an ATI Radeon 9500, Just started using my PC to play games and it needs to run in low settings
My system is a Packard Bell AMD athlon 64, 3200+
Will any grafix card work? And which would you recomend?

Cheers

 

I'm also planning a new card soon, and new mobo CPU etc. so I can play BF2

 

anyone?

 

I've just bought an XFX 256mb nvidia 7800GTX 490mhz version. It's pretty sweet but not cheap.

http://www.komplett.co.uk/k/ki.asp?sku=311291&cks=PRL

 

Oh thats a PCI-Express card which is no good to you if you don't have a PCI-Express slot

 

Depends on ur budget mate. The 850/7800 are the best, but not really needed. A 6600GT is v good value for money, and light years ahead of what u have.

 

ive got the x850xt pc-e
it rocks!!

 

Cheers Rick, and will this plug and play in my machine?

 

A GeForce 6800GT should not be to expensive either... I have that one and it is very good...

 

Does it matter what make, Ive seen Galaxy,nVIDIA,Novatech, club etc.
Which one do I go for?

 

depends on your budget but i'd go for one of these:-

Ł100 - Nvidia 6600 GT (AGP)
Ł200 - Nvidia 6800 GT (AGP)
Ł250 - Nvidia 7800 GT (PCI-E)

I use the 6600GT and it plays BF2 at 1024x768 at max settings just fine.

 

imo brand name is not important. I went for the cheapest 6600GT i could find which was a PNY one at that time.

 

Weight 1.4 kilos! LoL!

 

i've got the ATI Raidon 9600 - 256meg ram on board and some fancy processor for maths functions

bought it when it come out in april 2004 - fantastic piece of kit

 

I've got a knarley GeForce 4200 Ti

 

With a bit of luck, I shall have a jiffy bag containing BF2 which I will test on an NVIDIA geforce 5600xt 256 meg graphics card

 

What the difference between AGP and PCI-E. And how do I find out which one I need. Seen lots of these card on ebay etc but they always state "make sure it will fit your mobo"?

 

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/GeForce-6600GT...QQcmdZViewItem
Will this work ok?

 

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You need to post up your Mobo spec, Processor and present memory mate

Like asking for an engine when we dont know what its going into!

The least troublesome cards and drivers at the mid/higher end seem to be Radeon. But its a waste of time bragging about your high spec card when its in a 5 year old Jetway MOBO with 256 of PC100 memory. lol
If you use a GeForce .. and you dont want problems ,, stick to the Windows Certified drivers, too. Same goes for ATI, but their drivers seem to be better engineered anyways.
For the record, I am using an ATI 9600 Pro and in my Speed box .. an ATI Radeon X800XT Platinum (one of the best cards money can buy)

 

[quote="Al Bags"]You need to post up your Mobo spec, Processor and present memory mate [quote]

My system is a Packard Bell AMD athlon 64, 3200+
It has 2.20 Ghz, 1.00 GB of RAM. How do I find out my mobo details

Just spoke to PC World They said any card would fit AGP, PCI etc said PCI-E is the fastest?

 

What would be better?
256mb Saphire ATI Radeon 9600 Pro (AGP) or nVidia GeForce 6600GT 256MB
Or would I be ok with 128Mb

 

come on peps 20 mins left not sure if to bid on one on ebay

 

Sorry .. Just seen this ..
That 9600 Pro is well below what your Motherboard can probably support .. We still need to know what Mobo.
It will be AGP or PCI Express (forget the other PCI ones ; )
You should be looking at 128 ATI or similar.

Download this system info app .. Run it .. then post the results for the Mobo name .. memory, Graphics slot info, processor. Theres loads of info produced!

http://www.majorgeeks.com/download181.html

Your mobo MAY support dual-channel memory .. If it does .. you would prob have two matching sticks of memory. If it only has one stick (but supports two) there may be a performance upgrade available there .. even if you do have 1Gb already.

Al.

 

Cheers mate, downloaded and run that file,

Motherboard Properties
Motherboard ID 07/27/2004-K8T800-8237-6A7L0G09C-00
Motherboard Name Unknown

Front Side Bus Properties
Bus Type AMD Hammer
Real Clock 200 MHz
Effective Clock 200 MHz

Memory Bus Properties
Bus Type DDR SDRAM
Bus Width 64-bit
Real Clock 200 MHz (DDR)
Effective Clock 400 MHz
Bandwidth 3200 MB/s

I'm not a big pc gamer, just like the games look and play good.
Would I be better off going for a card with 128 or 256 MB's

 

Unknown .. .lol : (

128 or 256 will not be much noticeable difference for you.

Still need to look at mobo or get info about the slot type and model : (
Get any manual with the PC?

 

Just read the manual which was pants

What do you need to know I'll rip the side off and look inside

 

AIDA ...

Computer ... DMI ... System Slots ?? Info there and in bottom pane?

 

Look for the Name on the Mobo somewhere .. may be between the PCI slots .. in coloured paint!

Watch the place fill with dust ; )

 

Not much dust only a few months old.
Cant see a name, but it has two sticks of RAM, a brown connector for the grafix card, not sure what eles you need so heres a picture

 

bugger thats a good bit of software

 

can you not trace it from the via chip???

 

Sorry mate bit of a novice, how would I do that?

 

I cant ID it mate from that pic .. been looking ..

Looks like 1x AGP, 3x PCI, Via chipset .. I recognise, but cant remember that gold chip heatsink .. maybe MSI.

There will be info on it somewhere.
I'll show the pic to a mate tomoz .. he builds a few, too ; )

Whats that in the bottom slot position?

 

yeah tried to zoom in on the chip and it went all blury

 

Don't use it, but has telephone style conector so think it's a modem.

 

We need ident from the board ...

Many use Via chipsets of various shapes and descriptions.

I'd guess at MSI tho .. so far.

 

Is this what you needed?

 

You know, I looked at that bottom thing, dont seemed to be pluged into anything?